If the population pyramid of an associated population has an extremely broad base, it is:
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

Subtopic:  Population Attributes |
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A constant internal environment, in spite of an ever-changing external environment, cannot be maintained by:
 
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
Subtopic:  Abiotic Factors: Temperature (OLD NCERT) |
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Cryptic colouration is:
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.
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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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
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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Desert lizards manage to keep their body temperature fairly constant by:
 
1. increased sweating
2. evaporative cooling from tongue
3. behavioural means
4. producing a dilute urine
Subtopic:  Adaptations (OLD NCERT) |
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Consider the two given statements:
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.
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct
3. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct
Subtopic:  Age Pyramid |
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Which of the following is an example of mutualism?
1. Cuckoo laying eggs in nest of a crow
2. Cattle Egret and grazing cattle
3. Sea Anemone and Clownfish
4. Female wasp and fig species
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism | Population Interactions: Amensalism | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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Match List I with List II 
List I
(Interaction)
List II 
(Species A and B)
A. Mutualism I. +(A), O(B)
B. Commensalism II. –(A), O(B)
C. Amensalism III. +(A), –(B)
D. Parasitism  IV +(A), +(B)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition | Population Interactions: Predation | Population Interactions: Parasitism | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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Given below are two statements:
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.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
4. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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Match List I with List II
List I (Interacting species) List II (Name of Interaction)
A. A Leopard and a Lion in a Forest/grassland I. Competition
B. A Cuckoo laying an egg in a Crow's nest II. Brood parasitism
C. Fungi and root of a higher plant mycorrhizae I. Mutualism
D. A cattle egret and a Cattle in a field IV. Commensalism
  
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Options: A B C D
1. II III I IV
2. I II III IV
3. I II IV III
4. III IV I II
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition | Population Interactions: Predation | Population Interactions: Parasitism | Population Interactions: Amensalism | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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