Assertion (A): | Very small animals are rarely found in polar regions. |
Reason (R): | Small animals have a larger surface area relative to their volume. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) correctly explains the (A). |
2. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not correctly explain the (A). |
1. | a rapidly expanding population |
2. | a stable population |
3. | a population where there were more old individuals than young individuals |
4. | a population with more males than females |
1. | 10 per cent of animals and some plants |
2. | 50 per cent of animals and nearly all plants |
3. | 99 per cent of animals and nearly all plants |
4. | 100 per cent of animals and nearly 1 per cent of plants |
1. | warning colouration by poisonous organisms. |
2. | protective resemblance with the environment. |
3. | lack of effect of exposure of sunlight on skin colour. |
4. | contrasting skin colours in males and females of a species. |
Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): | The problem of predation is particularly severe for plants than for animals. |
Reason (R): | Plants function as producers in an ecosystem. |
1. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A) |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and but (R) does not correctly explain (A) |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are False |
1. | increased sweating |
2. | evaporative cooling from tongue |
3. | behavioural means |
4. | producing a dilute urine |
Statement I: | Age structure can indicate whether a population is increasing, stable, or declining. |
Statement II: | In general terms, a population with a very broad base would be expected to be stable. |
List I (Interaction) |
List II (Species A and B) |
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A. | Mutualism | I. | +(A), O(B) |
B. | Commensalism | II. | –(A), O(B) |
C. | Amensalism | III. | +(A), –(B) |
D. | Parasitism | IV | +(A), +(B) |
Options: | A | B | C | D |
1. | III | I | IV | II |
2. | IV | II | I | II |
3. | IV | I | II | III |
4. | IV | III | I | II |
Statement I: | Gause's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle' states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely and competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually. |
Statement II: | In general, carnivores are more adversely affected by competition than herbivores. |