| List-I | List-II | ||
| A. | Logistic growth | I. | Unlimited resource availability condition |
| B. | Exponential growth | II. | Limited resource availability condition |
| C. | Expanding age pyramid | III. | The percent individuals of pre-reproductive age is largest followed by reproductive and post reproductive age groups |
| D. | Stable age pyramid | IV. | The percent individuals of pre-reproductives and reproductive age group are same |
| Options: | A | B | C | D |
| 1. | II | IV | III | I |
| 2. | II | I | III | IV |
| 3. | II | III | I | IV |
| 4. | II | IV | I | III |
| Column-I [Population Interaction] |
Column-II [Example] |
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| A. | Mutualism | P. | An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango branch |
| B. | Commensalism | Q. | Chthamalus and Balanus |
| C. | Parasitism | R. | Fig trees and wasp species |
| D. | Competition | S. | Cuscuta growing on hedge plants |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | R | P | Q | S |
| 2. | R | P | S | Q |
| 3. | P | R | S | Q |
| 4. | P | R | Q | S |
| 1. | a rapidly expanding population |
| 2. | a stable population |
| 3. | a population where there were more old individuals than young individuals |
| 4. | a population with more males than females |
| Assertion (A): | Predation is more severe for plants. |
| Reason (R): | They cannot run away from their predators. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| Assertion (A): | Population ecology is an important area in Biology. |
| Reason (R): | It links ecology to population genetics and evolution. |
| 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. | (A) is False, but (R) is True. |
| Assertion(A): | Egrets always forage close to cattle. |
| Reason(R): | They depend on cattle's movement by which soil insects get stirred up & flushed out and egrets get their food (soil insects) easily. |
| 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. | (A) is false, but (R) is true. |
| Assertion (A): | Plants are more affected by their predators compared to animals. |
| Reason (R): | Plants cannot run away from their predators while animals can. |
| 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. | (A) is False, but (R) is True. |
| Assertion (A): | Ability to maintain a constant internal environment enhances the overall ‘fitness’ of the species. |
| Reason (R): | A constant internal environment permits all biochemical reactions and physiological functions to proceed with maximal efficiency. |
| 1. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
| 2. | (A) is false but (R) is true. |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A). |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not explain (A). |
| 1. | Commensalism is a relationship in which one species is benefitted and the other is neither benefited nor harmed. |
| 2. | Parasite is an organism which always lives inside the body of other organism and may kill it |
| 3. | Competition is defined as a process in which the fitness of one species is significantly higher in the presence of another species |
| 4. | Mutualism is a relationship in which one species is benefitted whereas the other is unaffected |