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51.

Choose the wrong pair

  •  Cenchrus-Savanna

  • Abies – Coniferous forest

  • Quercus – Broadleaf forest

  • Tectona – Temperate forest


52.

Match the following Columns

Column I (Pollination Technique) Column II (Pollinator)
A. Cheiropterophily 1. Ant
B. Anemophily 2. Bat
C. Myrmecophily 3. Snail
D. Malaciphily 4. Wind

 

  • A – 3; B – 2; C – 1; D – 4

  • A – 2; B – 4; C – 1; D – 3

  •  A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 1

  • A – 1; B – 3; C – 2; D – 4


53.

The permanent decrease in population number occurs due to

  • migration

  • natality

  • emigration

  • mortality


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54.

Study of Ecology of population is called

  • Autecology

  • Synecology

  • Ecotype

  • Demecology


D.

Demecology

Demecology is a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.

Autecology deals with the biological relationship between an individual organism or an individual species and its environment.

Synecology deals with the distribution, abundance and interaction of living organisms at the level of communities, populations and ecosystems.

Ecotype is a distinct form or race of a plant or animal species occupying a particular habitat.


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55.

The process where a population inhibits the growth of other population without affecting itself is known as

  • amensalism

  • mutualism

  • parasitism

  • commensalism


56.

Which of the following is not a factor that would limit the growth of a population

  • Food shortage

  • Immigration

  • Disease

  • Famine


57.

A small rise in the body temperature of humans is corrected by

(i) sweating
(ii) dilating the skin arteries
(iii) constricting the skin arteries
(iv) increased tension of muscles in the skin

  • (i) only

  • (ii) only

  • (i) and (ii)

  • (iii) and (iv)


58.

Which of the following associations shows mutualism

  • Fig and wasp

  • Barnacles on whale

  • Roundworms in human intestine

  • Orchids on mango tree


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59.

Which is correctly labelled with respect to the given diagram

  • B: Logistic curve

  • C: Carrying capacity

  • C: Exponential curve

  • A: Carrying capacity


60.

Assertion: Some marine animals find it difficult to live in fresh water and vice versa.

Reason: Some animals can tolerate a narrow salinity range, while others can tolerate a wide salinity range.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false


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