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Ecology and Environment - 2

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Which kind of interaction is shown by sea anemone and hermit crab?

  1. Symbiosis

  2. Amensalism

  3. Commensalism

  4. Parasitism


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In this interaction, one is benefited and the other remains unaffected. 

Which of the following is associated with the description of life-forms in plant communities?

  1. Tansley

  2. Shelford

  3. Slobodkin

  4. Raunkiaer


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Raunkiaer gave the description of life-forms in plant communities.

Which of the following are not true regarding hydrophytes?

A. Stomata are sunken. B. Stem is slender and flexible. C. Emergent forms show heterophylly. D. Root system is either absent or poorly developed. E. They have thick cuticle, well-developed epidermis and hypodermis.

  1. A and B

  2. B and C

  3. C and D

  4. A and E


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A and E are not the features of hydrophytes. 

Different types of population fluctuation are

A. flat type B. cyclic type C. gradual type D. seasonal type E. annual type

  1. A, B and C

  2. B, C and D

  3. A, B, D and E

  4. A, C, D and E


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fluctuations in natural population are affected by: birth and death rates, resources like food, water and space, natural calamities such as earthquake and volcanic eruptions, abiotic factors like temperature and rainfall, other organisms sharing habitat.

What is the ecological behaviour in which the animals inhabit the trees called?

  1. Arboreal

  2. Terrestrial

  3. Cosmopolitan

  4. Crepuscular


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is the ecological behaviour in which the animals inhabit the trees.

Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Kaziranga National Park is famous for

  1. one-horned rhinoceros

  2. snow leopard

  3. king cobra

  4. Indian roller


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kaziranga National Park is famous for one-horned rhinoceros.

Which of these pollutants are responsible for photochemical smog formed in congested metropolitan cities?

  1. Ozone peroxyacetyl nitrate and NOx

  2. Smoke, peroxyacetyl nitrate and SO2

  3. Hydrocarbons, SO2 and CO2

  4. Hydrocarbons, ozone and SOx


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Photochemical smog was reported in Los Angeles. This oxidising type of pollution is characterised by the presence of large concentration of ozone, oxides of nitrogen and various hydrocarbons.

Nitric oxide (NO) is formed by reaction between oxygen and nitrogen.

NO reacts with air forming NO2.

NO2 absorbs light and nitric oxide and nascent oxygen [O] are formed.

Nascent oxygen combines with molecular oxygen to form ozone.

Ozone reacts with unburnt hydrocarbons to give aldehydes and ketone.

Nitrogen oxides, oxygen and ketone give rise to PAN.

Methaemoglobin formation results in blue baby syndrome. This is due to

  1. excess of lead in drinking water

  2. excess of arsenic in drinking water

  3. deficiency of iron

  4. excess of nitrates in drinking water


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Excess of nitrates in drinking water causes methaemoglobin formation which results in blue baby syndrome or  methemoglobinemia.

Which of the following energy productions is expected to have the highest value (gm/m2/yr) in a grassland ecosystem?

  1. Secondary production (SP)

  2. Tertiary production (TP)

  3. Gross production (GP)

  4. Net production (NP)


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The rate of total capture of energy or the rate of total production of organic material is gross primary productivity.

Which of the following statements are true about planktons?

A. They are drifting organisms. B. They have no locomotory organs. C. They may be found on the surface or in deep waters. D. They are mostly pelagic plants and animals. E. They also include some small fishes.

  1. A, B and D

  2. Only B and E

  3. C, D and E

  4. A, B and E


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

These are features of planktons. 

Which of the following is a pair of endangered species?

  1. Garden lizard and Mexican poppy

  2. Rhesus monkey and sal tree

  3. Indian peacock and carrot grass

  4. Hornbill and Indian aconite


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hornbill and Indian aconite is a pair of endangered species.

What is the correct sequence of ecological complexities?

  1. Biosphere, community, ecosystem, niche

  2. Community, niche, biosphere, ecosystem

  3. Niche, community, ecosystem, biosphere

  4. Ecosystem, biosphere, niche, community


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct order.

Genetic diversity is helpful in

  1. adaptation

  2. speciation

  3. mutations

  4. Both (1) and (2)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Genetic diversity is helpful in both adaptation and speciation.

What is the advantage of velamen to the epiphytic plants?

  1. Photosynthesis

  2. Water absorption

  3. Respiration

  4. Water storage


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Epiphytic plants hang in air, so they cannot absorb water from soil.

Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

The vegetation found between the tree line and the snow line is called as

  1. savannah

  2. meadow

  3. alpine meadow

  4. deciduous forest


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Alpine meadows are seen where sediments from the weathering of rocks have produced soils, which are developed enough to support plants like grasses and sedges.

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