Very small animals are rarely found in polar region mainly because:

1. Smaller animals have a relatively slower heart rate

2. Smaller animals have a more surface area relative to their volume

3. Smaller animals are invariably herbivores

4. Smaller animals rely on diffusion for exchange of gases with the environment

Just as a person moving from Delhi to Shimla to escape the heat for the duration of hot

summer, thousands of migratory birds from Siberia and other extremely cold Northern

regions move to

1. Western Ghat               

2. Meghalaya

3. Corbett National Park     

4. Keoladeo National Park

Consider the following four conditions (I-IV) and select the correct pair of them as adaptation to environment in desert lizards.
The conditions:
I.  Burrowing in soil to escape high temperature
II. Losing heat rapidly from the body during high temperature
III. Bask in sun when temperature is low
IV. Insulating body due to thick fatty dermis

1. (I) and (III)
2. (II) and (IV)
3. (I) and (II)
4. (III) and (IV)

Consider the following four statements (i-iv) about certain desert animals such as

kangaroo rat.

(i) they have dark colour and high rate of reproduction and excrete solid urine.

(ii) they do not drink water, breathe at a slow rate to conserve water and have their

body

covered with thick hairs.

(iii) they feed on dry seeds and do not require drinking water

(iv) they excrete very concentrated urine and do not use water to regulate body

temperature.

Which two of the above statements for such animals are true?

1. iii and iv

2. ii and iii

3. iii and i

4. i and ii

Bacteria, fungi, lower plants survive in adverse conditions by:

(1) diapause                           

(2) suspended growth

(3) migration                         

(4) formation of thick-walled spores

The plants which can withstand with narrow and broad range of temperature tolerance respectively are:

1. monothermal and stenothermal

2. stenothermal and monothermal

3. stenothermal and eurythermal

4. stenothermal and mesothermal

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

Animals with a constant body temperature such as mammals and birds require more food than do animals with a changing body temperature such as reptiles and fish. Why?

(1) Much of the food is utilised to produce heat to keep warm

(2) Warm-blooded animals waste more food than cold-blooded animals

(3) Cold-blooded animals digest their food more efficiently than warm-blooded animals

(4) None of the above

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

I. Organisms living in oceans, lakes, and rivers face water-related problems.
II. Euryhaline can tolerate a wide range of salinities
III. Stenohaline are restricted to a narrow range of salinities
IV. No freshwater animals cannot live for long in seawater but sea animals can live in freshwater for a long time because of osmotic balance
V. The salt concentration (measured as salinity in parts per thousand), is less than 5 in inland water, 30-35 in the sea, and >100 in some hypersaline lagoons.
(1) All are correct                     

(2) All are false

(3) Only IV is wrong                 

(4) Only I, III, V are correct