About what percent of all insects is phytophagus?

1.1 %2.25 %
3.65 %4.99 %

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The most common means of morphological defense in plants against herbivory are:

1. Spines 2. Thick cuticle
3. Thorns 4. Slime

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As a mechanism of defense against herbivory, Calotropis:
1. Has a large number of thorns
2. Secretes cardiac glycosides
3. Produces a neurotoxin, strychnine
4. Releases a hallucinogen

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Nicotine, caffeine, quinine and opium produced by plants are actually:

1. Primary metabolites needed in reproduction
2. Secondary metabolites needed for growth
3. Alkaloids that are present in seeds
4. Defenses against grazers and browsers
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Consider the given statements regarding competition amongst organisms:

I: Only related species can compete for the same resource
II: Competition occurs only when the resources are limiting

The correct statement/s is/are:

1. I alone 2. II alone
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
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In some shallow American lakes, unrelated visiting Flamingoes and resident fishes compete for the common food which is:

1. Crustaceans 2. Zooplankton
3. Cichlid fishes 4. Prawns
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A process in which the fitness of one species is significantly lower in the presence of another species, is termed as :

1. Predation 2. Parasitism
3. Competition 4. Amensalism

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Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos islands became extinct within a decade after goats were introduced on the island due to:
1. Habitat fragmentation
2. Better browsing efficiency of goats
3. Predator of goat attacking tortoise
4. Virus of goats parasitizing tortoise

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The ‘Competitive Exclusion Principle’ was given by:

1. Gause 2. Connell
3. Tillman 4. Paul Ehrlich
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A species whose distribution is restricted to a small geographical area because of the presence of a competitively superior species, is found to expand its distributional range dramatically when the competing species is experimentally removed. This is called:

1.Competitive Exclusion2.Competitive Release
3.Competitive Supremacy4.Competitive Inclusion

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