Identify the correct statements:
I. Ramdeo Misra is revered as the Father of Ecology in India.
II. Ecology studies the interactions among organisms and between the organism and its physical [abiotic] environment.
III. The study of Ecology begins at cellular biological organisation level.
IV. Ecology at the organism level is essentially physiological ecology.
 
1. Only I and II 2. All except III
3. Only II, III and III 4. I, II, III and IV
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In ecological terms, a population should be defined as a group of:
1. Communities in an ecosystem
2. Species in a community
3. Individuals in a family
4. Individuals in a species
Subtopic:  Introduction to Ecology |
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For the purpose of ecological studies:
I: the level of biological organization, where the study is begun, is the organism.
II: a group of individuals resulting from asexual reproduction is also considered a population.
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Introduction to Ecology | Population Attributes |
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To evolve the desired traits, natural selection operates at the level of:
1. Organism
2. Population
3. Species
4. Biological community
Subtopic:  Population Attributes |
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Consider the given two statements:
Statement I: An individual may have births and deaths, but a population has birth rates and death rates.
Statement II: An individual is either a male or a female but a population has a sex ratio.
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct
2. Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect
3. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect
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In a pond, there were 20 lotus plants last year. If through reproduction 4 new lotus plants are added, the number of offspring per lotus per year would be:

1. 0.2 2. 0.4
3. 2.0 4. 4.0
Subtopic:  Population Attributes |
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If in a pond, there were 20 lotus plants last year and 8 plants died in a year, taking the current population to 12, the death rate of lotus plants in this pond will be:
1. 8 offspring per lotus per year
2. 12 offspring per lotus per year
3. 0.8 offspring per lotus per year
4. 0.4 offspring per lotus per year
Subtopic:  Population Attributes |
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Which of the following will not be an attribute of a population but will be an attribute of an individual?
1. Birth rate
2. Death
3. Death rate
4. Sex ratio
Subtopic:  Population Attributes |
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An attribute present only in a population and not in an individual will be:
1. Birth 2. Death
3. Sex 4. Sex ratio
Subtopic:  Population Dynamic |
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A population with a population pyramid that has an extremely broad base will most likely be:

1. a rapidly expanding population
2. a stable population
3. a population where the birth rate equaled the death rate
4. a population where there were more old than young individuals

Subtopic:  Population Dynamic |
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