A species whose distribution is restricted to a small geographical area because of the presence of a competitively superior species is found to expand its distributional range dramatically when the competing species is experimentally removed. This is called:

1. Competitive Exclusion

2. Competitive Release

3. Competitive Supremacy

4. Competitive Inclusion

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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Which of the following is not an ectoparasite?

1. Lice on humans

2. Copepods on marine fishes

3. Mistletoe on other plants

4. Female Anopheles on humans

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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To get pollinated by a bee, the Mediterranean Orchid, Ophrys, employs:

1. Sexual deceit

2. Pseudo-copulation

3. Reward in the form of Nectar

4. Place for laying eggs

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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While heat gain or heat loss is the function of ______, heat production is the function of ________ of the body of an animal.

1. Volume; Surface area

2. Surface area; Volume

3. Volume; Volume

4. Surface area; Surface area

Subtopic:  Response of Organisms to Abiotic Factors (OLD NCERT) |
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In the logistic growth equation given below, the carrying capacity is represented by:

        dN/dT = rN(K-N)/K

1. N

2. r

3. K

4. K-N/K

Subtopic:  Population: Logistic Growth Model |
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The plant Cuscuta is a:

1. Partial root parasite
2. Partial stem parasite
3. Total root parasite
4. Total stem parasite

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Which one of the following are important biotic factors that can affect the structure and organization of biological communities?

1. Temperature and rainfall

2. Nutrient availability and soil pH

3. Predation and competition

4. Light intensity and seasonality

Subtopic:  Response of Organisms to Abiotic Factors (OLD NCERT) |
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In a tide pool, 15 species of invertebrates were reduced to 8 after one species was removed. The removed species may be a:

1. Parasite                   

2. Mutualist

3. Top predator           

4. Herbivore

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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Which of the following is the breeding place for Flamingoes in India?
1. Lake Chilka
2. Sambar lake
3. Runn of Kuchch
4. Silent valley

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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If global warming continues, in general, how what would be the expected effect on the distributional range of some species ?
1. It will be an equatorial shift
2. It will be a pole ward shift
3. It will have no impact
4. It will affect only plants

 

Subtopic:  Response of Organisms to Abiotic Factors (OLD NCERT) |
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