Given below are two population pyramids, both of India, one for year 2000 and another for year 2020:

1. Pyramid A is of 2020 as it has a broader base
2. Pyramid B is of 2000 as it has more females in the younger age groups
3. Pyramid B is of 2020 as it has more females in the younger age groups
4. Pyramid A is of 2000 as it has a broader base

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Consider the two given statements:
I: The life cycles of endoparasites are more complex than that of the ectoparasites.
II: The morphological and anatomical features of endoparasites are greatly simplified.
 
1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I
3. I is correct but II is incorrect
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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Assertion (A): The female anopheles mosquito is not considered a parasite 
Reason (R): The bite of the female anopheles mosquito injects infective stage of malarial parasite into human blood
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3. (A) is True but (R) is False
4. Both (A) and (R) are False
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Parasitism |
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In the logistic growth of a population, the acceleration phase is followed by a/an:
1. Lag phase 2. Deceleration phase
3. Asymptote 4. Sudden crash phase
Subtopic:  Population: Logistic Growth Model |
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In ‘competitive release’:
1. differences among similar species whose distributions overlap geographically are accentuated in regions where the species co-occur, but are minimized or lost where the species' distributions do not overlap.
2. two species which compete for the same limited resource cannot coexist at constant population values.
3. there is an expansion of the range of a species when a competitor for its niche is removed.
4. there is a division of limited resources by species to help avoid competition in an ecological niche.
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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There are 250 snails in a pond and within a year their number increases to 2500 by reproduction. What should be their birth rate (in per snail per year)?
1. 10
2. 9
3. 25
4. 15
Subtopic:  Population Characters: Natality & Mortality |
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Select the correct equation for population density at time t+1,
1. \({N_{t+1} =N_t} + [(B + I) - (D +E)]\)
2. \({N_{t+1} =N_t} \times [(B + E) - (D + I)]\)
3. \({N_{t+1} =N_t} + [(B + I) + (D + E)]\)
4. \({N_{t+1} =N_t} \times [(B + D) - (E + I)]\)
Subtopic:  Population Characters: Natality & Mortality |
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Identify the correctly matched pair:
Scientist Contribution
I: Connell Competitive release
II: Gauss Competitive exclusion principle
III: MacArthur Resource partitioning
IV: Tillman Rivet popper hypothesis
 
1. Only I, II and III
2. Only I, III and IV
3. Only II, III and IV
4. I, II, III and IV
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Which of the following is least likely to affect the size of a population?
1. Competition 2. Brood parasitism
3. Commensalism 4. Predation
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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To evolve the desired traits, natural selection operates at the level of:
1. Organism 2. Population
3. Species 4. Biological community
Subtopic:  Population Attributes |
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