A male insect mistakes an orchid flower to be female due to its shape and performs the act of copulation and induces pollination. This is an example of:
1. Mimicry
2. Pseudocopulation
3. Pseudopollination
4. None
Biotic and abiotic components form:
1. Community
2. Society
3. Population
4. Species
The plant having the largest flower is:
1. Total stem parasite
2. Epiphyte
3. Total root parasite
4. Partial stem parasite
What will happen if the number of organisms increased at a place:
1. Inter-species competition
2. Intra-species competition
3. Both
4. None
In a population, unrestricted reproductive capacity is called:
1. Biotic potential
2. Fertility
3. Carrying capacity
4. Birth rate
Choose the correct sequence of stages of the growth curve for Bacteria:
1. Leg, Log, stationary, Decline phase
2. Leg, Log, Stationary phase
3. Stationary, Leg, Log, Decline phase
4. Decline, Leg, Log phase
The semilog of per minute growing bacteria is plotted against time. What will the shape of the graph be:
1. Sigmoid
2. Hyperbolic
3. Ascending straight line
4. Descending straight line
Which type of association is found between entomophilous flower and pollinating agent:
1. Mutualism
2. Commensalism
3. Cooperation
4. Co-evolution
Two different species cannot live for a long duration in the same niche or habitat. This is:
1. Allen's law
2. Gloger's rule
3. Competitive exclusion principle
4. Weismann's theory
Which of the following is a correct pair:
1. Cuscuta – parasite
2. Dischidia – insectivorous
3. Opuntia – predator
4. Capsella – hydrophyte