Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following rule states that Avian and mammalian forms are generally of higher size in colder region as compared to warmer region'?

  • Bergmann's rule

  • Allen rule

  • Gloger rule

  • Hardy-Weinberg rule


A.

Bergmann's rule

It is called Bergmann's rule, which means that both avian and mammalian forms have adaption to have larger size in colder area than hotter area. According to Hardy-Weinberg principle, in a particular time interval the ratio of all alleles remains same in a population.


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The resting state of reptiles in winter is

  • hibernation

  • aestivation

  • diapause

  • moulting


Given below is the survivorship curve of different population.

Which type of the curve has the highest chances of senescence affecting mortality?

  • Type I

  • Type I and II

  • Type III

  • Type I, II and III


Euryhaline species denotes an animal

  • without osmoregulation

  • which lives in saline water

  • which has a wide range of saline tolerance

  • which has a wide range of temperature tolerance


Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) infects its intermediate host and primary host at the following larval stages respectively

  • redia and miracidium

  • cercaria and redia

  • cercaria and metacercaria

  • miracidium and metacercaria


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Population means

  • all the animals of a place

  • all the animals and plants found in an area

  • human beings in an area

  • animal/plants of a species living in a specific area


On high mountains, difficulty in breathing is due to :

  • decrease in partial pressure of O2

  • decrease in amount of O2

  • increase in CO2 conc

  • all of the above


Interbreeding population of animals is called :

  • sub-species

  • species

  • community

  • genus


Assertion : Lateral line system is found in fishes and aquatic larval amphibians.

Reason : Lateral line system has receptors which are the clusters of sensory cells derived from ectoderm.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both the assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both the assertion and reason are false.


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Mutualism is found in

  • hermit crab and sea anemone

  • ox pecker and rhinoceros

  • zoochlorellae and Hydra

  • E.coli and man


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