Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following workers are related as ecologist, palaeobotanist and embryologist respectively?

  • B. Salmi, R. Mishra, P. Maheshwari

  • R Mishra, B. Sahni, P. Maheshwari

  • B. Sahni, P. Maheshwari, R Mishra

  • P. Maheshwari, R Mishra, B. Sahni


B.

R Mishra, B. Sahni, P. Maheshwari

Prof. Ramdeo Misra is known as the "Father of Ecology" in India. He obtained his Ph. D in Ecology in 1937 under Prof. W. H. Pearsall.

Prof. Birbal Sahni is called "Father of Indian Palaebotany".

Prof. P. Maheshwari is called "Father of Indian Embryology". 


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Increase in toxic concentration from one trophic level to another trophic level is called

  • ecological toxification

  • bio- magnification

  • bioconcentration

  • cytological effect


In terrestrial ecosystem such as forest, maximum energy is found in which trophic level

  • T1

  • T2

  • T3

  • T4


The part of earth in which life exist is known as

  • Lithosphere

  • Biosphere

  • Atmosphere

  • Hydrosphere


The water logging capacity of garden soil will be determined by measuring the weight of

  • soil by adding water and humus

  • water saturated soil then heating the soil till it is dry and then measuring the weight of soil

  • soil by adding water, biomass and humus

  • soil from different locations with biomass.


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Enzyme and carbohydrates dominate in the digestive tract of

  • carnivores

  • omnivores

  • parasites

  • herbivores


When a natural predator (living being) is applied on the other pathogen organism to control them, this process is called

  • biological control

  • genetic engineering

  • artificial control

  • confusion technique


The 10% energy transfer law of food chain was given by

  • Stanley

  • Weismann

  • Lindemann

  • Tansley


Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the codes given below.

Column I Column II
A. Commensalism  (i) One inhibited, other unaffected
B. Parasitism  (ii) One benefitted, other unaffected
C. Mutualism (iii) Both are benefitted
D. Amensalism  (iv) One benefitted, other harmed

  • A - (iv), B - (ii), C- (iii), D - (i)

  • A - (iii), B - (iv), C - (ii), D - (i)

  • A - (ii), B - (iv), C - (iii), D - (i)

  • A - (ii), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (iii)


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Which of the following is used as bioinsecticide?

  • Bacillus polymyxa

  • Cylindrospermum licheniforme

  • Phytophthora palmivora

  • Chrysanthemum cinerarifolium


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