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Ethology - class-XII

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The main function of prolactin hormone is to

  1. Influence the activity of thyroid gland

  2. Control development of Graffian follicles

  3. Initiate and maintain secretion of milk by mammary gland

  4. Cause ejection of milk


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Prolactin, also called as luteotropic hormone (LTH) or luteotropin, is a protein hormone produced by the pituitary gland of mammals, that acts with other hormones to initiate secretion of milk by the mammary glands. 

Which of the following hormones stimulates the production of milk?

  1. LH

  2. Prolactin

  3. Oxytocin

  4. Progesterone


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Prolactin is the hormone that stimulates milk production. During pregnancy, prolactin stimulates growth of the breast, but high estrogen and progesterone secretion prevent milk production. After delivery, estrogen and progesterone levels drop, and prolactin stimulates the secretion of milk by alveolar cells in the breast.

Some hormones check the milk from being secreted by the mammary glands till the birth of young ones even though the glands are all prepared to do so. They are

  1. Progesteron and prolactin

  2. Prolactin and FSH

  3. Oestrogen and prolactin

  4. Oestrogen and progesteron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Progesterone and prolactin check the milk from being secreted by the mammary glands till the birth of young ones even though the glands are all prepared to do so. Progesterone is a hormone released by the corpus luteum in the ovary. Changing progesterone levels can contribute to abnormal menstrual periods and menopausal symptoms. Prolactin is a hormone named originally after its function to promote milk production (lactation) in mammals in response to the suckling of young after birth. It has since been shown to have more than 300 functions in the body. These can be divided into a number of areas: reproductive, metabolic, regulation of fluids (osmoregulation), regulation of the immune system (immunoregulation) and behavioural functions.
At birth, prolactin levels remain high, while the delivery of the placenta results in a sudden drop in progesterone, oestrogen, and HPL levels.

Lemmings reduce their number by committing suicide every

  1. Eight years

  2. Alternate years

  3. Four years

  4. Two years


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Lemmings reduce their number by committing suicide every 4 years. It has been regarded as a collective suicide, conscious or involuntary, caused by overpopulation. In reality, being solitary rodents by nature, when the population booms, the stronger lemmings drive the weaker and younger ones off long before the food is depleted.

Therefore, the correct answer is option (C).

The unit of natural selection is

  1. An individual

  2. A species

  3. A genus

  4. A population


Correct Option: A

The idea of natural selection as the fundamental process of evolutionary changes was reached by:

  1. Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1900

  2. Charles Darwin in 1866

  3. Alfred Russel Wallace in 1901

  4. Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859


Correct Option: D

Identify the true statement:

  1. Mutations are adaptive and occur according to the changes in the environment.

  2. Genetic drift is the random fluctuations in the allele frequencies in large population.

  3. Natural selection is the difference in reproduction that causes difference in the contribution of alleles of next generation.

  4. Mutations are directional and occurs in the individuals of a population.


Correct Option: C

Which is known as "The living laboratory of evolution"?

  1. Galapagos islands

  2. Western Ghats

  3. Mediterranean sea

  4. Atlantic forest


Correct Option: A

Natural selection means _________________.

  1. Nature selects desirable characters

  2. Nature rejects undesirable characters

  3. Nature reacts with an organism

  4. a, b


Correct Option: A

The modern synthetic theory of evolutions\assumes a positive role of which of the following in evolution?
a. Natural selection
b. Acquired characters
c. Artificial selection
d. Mutations.

  1. $1$ and $2$

  2. $1$ and $3$

  3. $2, 3$ and $4$

  4. $1$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are true or false .
Guttation takes place through specialised pores called lenticels.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Guttation is a process of oozing out of the xylem sap on the margin of the leaves through specialized openings called hydathodes. Guttation is also known as bleeding of the leaf.

So, the given statement is false.

State whether the following statements are true or false .
Transpiration decreases as air temperature increases.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As the temperature increases, it makes the surrounding air dry that causes the rate of transpiration to increase. The increase in temperature results in a higher vapour pressure gradient. With the decrease in temperature, transpiration also decreases.

So, the given statement is false.

State whether the following statements are true or false .
When grapes are placed in honey they shrink due to endosmosis.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Both the grapes as well as honey are highly concentrated solutions. So, when grapes are placed in honey, no net movement takes place. Honey forms an isotonic solution with respect to grapes.

So, the given statement is false.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Populations of peppered moths (Biston betularia) of England changed from 1% dark and 99% grey individuals to 99% dark and 1% light 
individuals between 1848 and 1898. The selective agent causing the change was

  1. humans

  2. birds

  3. lichens on tree bark

  4. smoke


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Due to Industrial melanism, refers to the evolution of dark body colours in animal species that live in habitats blackened by industrial soot. The phenomenon has been documented in numerous species that hide from predators by blending in with their backgrounds. The main predator is bird.

So the correct option is B, birds.

Which of the following are difficult to explain in terms of natural selection?

  1. Male peacocks evolve tail feathers that would appear to make them more rather than less vulnerable to predators.

  2. Male deer evolve antlers that are not used to defend themselves against predators.

  3. A bird issues a warning cry that puts it at greater risk of being noticed by a predator.

  4. Some traits appear to have no adaptive value.


Correct Option: D

Initial causes of ecological succession, responsible for destruction of existed

  1. Animal species

  2. Ecosystem

  3. Populations

  4. Plant species


Correct Option: C

Which of the following codon does not justify degeneracy rule?

  1. UGG

  2. CUG

  3. GGG

  4. GAG.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Degeneracy is the rule in of genetic code which states that one amino acid can be produced by one or more codon. The example is UUU and UUG both code for same amino acid i.e phenylalanine.Tryptophan is only produced by UGG.
So the correct option is 'UGG'.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Natural selection may occur when there are

  1. heritable traits

  2. differences in the adaptiveness of forms of traits to prevailing environmental conditions

  3. differences in survival and reproduction among individuals that differ in one or more traits

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Natural selection is the process where organism with favorable traits are more likely to reproduce. In doing so, they pass on these traits to the next generation. Over time this process allows organism to adapt to their environment.

Hence, the correct answer is 'all of the above'

On seeing a snake, the prey becomes motionless because

  1. It is hypnotized.

  2. It is anaesthetized.

  3. Instinct to avoid being noticed.

  4. Both A and B.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

For the purpose of avoiding being noticed and to save itself successfully from the snake, the prey becomes motionless. It ambushes itself well with the surroundings. The ambush may be set by hiding in a burrow, by camouflage, by aggressive mimicry, or by the use of a trap.

So, the correct option is 'Instinct to avoid being noticed'.

Fish do not need to learn how to swim is an example of ________ behavior.

  1. Instinct

  2. Imprinting

  3. Imitation

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Instinct behaviors are innate abilities. They occur and are present from birth onward and are not learned behaviors. It is performed by all members of their species. They are typically a fixed action pattern (FAP) that occurs as a result of a specific stimulus. For example, spinning a web by a spider, nest building and other maternal activities, migration patterns of animals, social behavior in pack animals, swimming by fish, etc.
  • Hence, fish do not need to learn how to swim is an example of instinct behavior.

In turtles, the ducts of chloride secreting glands open near the?

  1. Nostrils

  2. Larynx

  3. Eyes

  4. Mouth


Correct Option: C

A frog has its brain crushed, but when pinched on the leg, the leg draws away. It is an example  of 

  1. neurotransmitter induced response

  2. simple reflex

  3. condition reflex

  4. automated motor response.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The action does not involve the brain and is an example of a simple reflex. When the leg of the frog is pinched, the stimulus is received by receptors on the skin that set up a sensory impulse. This impulse is carried to the spinal cord through the dorsal sensory root of a spinal nerve. The spinal cord then transforms the sensory impulse into a motor impulse. This impulse is then transmitted to the leg muscles. The muscles on receiving the impulse contract and the leg is withdrawn to avoid the stimulus. So, the correct option is 'simple reflex'.

State true or false. Correct false statement.
Group influence individual behaviour.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is incorrect w.r.t scientific names of the given animal?

  1. Brain coral - meandrine

  2. portuguese man of war - physalia

  3. Venus flower basket - Euplectella

  4. bath sponge - spongilla


Correct Option: A

The anadromous migretory animals are 

  1. salmon, Hilsa

  2. seagull, Penguins

  3. cartilasinons

  4. Anguilla


Correct Option: A

Which animal is having less number of Chromosomes?

  1. Onion

  2. Monkey

  3. Ascaris

  4. Rat


Correct Option: A

Which of the following survives a temperature of $104^o$C to $106^o$C?

  1. Marine Archaebacteria

  2. Hot water spring thermophiles

  3. Seeds of angiosperms

  4. Eubacteria


Correct Option: A

Match the animals given in column A with their location in column B.

Column A Column B
I. Dodo (i) Africa
II. Quagga (ii) Russia
III. Thylacine (iii) Mauritius
IV. Stellar's sea cow (iv) Australia

Choose the correct match from the following.

  1. I(i), II(iii), III(ii), IV(iv)

  2. I(iv), II(iii), III(i), IV(ii)

  3. I(iii), II(i), III(ii), IV(iv)

  4. I(iii), II(i), III(iv), IV(ii)


Correct Option: A

Which of the following dinosaurs had huge fearsome dagger like teeth and was about $20$ feet in height? 

  1. Ichthyosaurs

  2. Tyrannosaurus

  3. Pelycosaurs

  4. Therapsids


Correct Option: A

Find the mismatch 

  1. Ephyra - larva of Aurelia

  2. planula - Larve of obelia

  3. Gorgonia - sea fan

  4. sycon - Direct development


Correct Option: A

Which of the following are the most distantly related to one another?

  1. Sunfish and dolphins.

  2. Tree frogs and snakes.

  3. Vampire bats and birds.

  4. Bears and whales.


Correct Option: A

The bats can fly in the dark because

  1. They have a better vision in the dark

  2. The light startles them

  3. They produce ultrasonics

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

Bears are usually hunted and killed for their

  1. Teeth

  2. Skin

  3. Gall bladder

  4. Nails


Correct Option: B

Identify the wrong statement from the following:

  1. More than one adaptive radiation taking place in an isolated area having different habitats is called convergent evolution.

  2. First reptiles from Sauropsida were turtles.

  3. Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates are examples of homologous organs.

  4. Lycopods, ferns and conifers originated from ancestor named Psilophyton.


Correct Option: D

Continued secretion of milk is regulated by

  1. Prolactin

  2. Oestrogen

  3. Progesterone

  4. Aldosterone


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Prolactin (PRL) is a hormone that stimulates milk production. Prolactin also plays an essential role in metabolism, regulation of the immune system, and pancreatic development.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

To yield more milk, cow is injected with

  1. Sorbitol

  2. Prolactin

  3. Gonadotrophs

  4. Stilbestrol


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Prolactin (also called as luteotrophic) hormone is associated with lactation (secretion of milk from the mammary gland). It is a hormone released by the pituitary gland that stimulates breast development and milk production in women. Therefore, to yield more milk cow is injected with prolactin hormone. 

Sorbitol is a sweetener found in some fruits (like apple, pear etc.). 
Gonadotroph is a type of basophil in the adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary gland) whose granules secrete FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone). 
Stilbesterol is synthetic estrogen used in hormone therapy, as a post-coital contraceptive, and as a growth-promoting agent for livestock. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Breast milk at room temperature can be stored for

  1. 4 hrs

  2. 8 hrs

  3. 12 hrs

  4. 24 hrs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Colostrum is a milky fluid that comes from the breasts of humans, cows, and other mammals the first few days after giving birth, before true milk appears. It contains proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and proteins (antibodies) that fight disease-causing agents such as bacteria and viruses. Antibody levels in colostrums can be 100 times higher than levels in regular cow’s milk.

 Secretin is a peptide hormone that regulates water homeostasis throughout the body, and influences the environment of the duodenum. 
Rennin is also called as chymosin, protein-digesting enzyme that curdles milk by transforming caseinogen into insoluble casein. 
Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine is a monoamine neurotransmitter. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

A lizard-like member of Reptilia is sitting on a tree with its tail coiled around a twig. This animal could be 

  1. Hemidactylus showing sexual dimorphism

  2. Varanus showing mimicry

  3. Garden lizard (Calotes) showing camouflage

  4. Chameleon showing protective colouration


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chameleons camouflage themselves in a variety of different ways but most famously by changing the colour and pattern of their skin. Most chameleons can change colour and they do this by expanding or contracting cells in their skin that contain different pigments. They can blend into their surroundings by altering the colour of their skin to match the background. Chamaeleon (girgit) shows protective colouration with its surrounding e.g., twig. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following explains correctly that salmon return to their specific home stream to spawn?

  1. Pheromones

  2. A Reflex

  3. Imprinting

  4. Classical conditioning

  5. Circadian rhythms


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Imprinting is defined as a learning process in which an offspring establishes species specific behaviour patterns along with recognition and attraction towards individuals of own species and even certain specific individuals (like parents). This process is classified as phase sensitive learning independent of external behaviour or other characteristics. In case of salmons, it has been theorized by Wisby and Hasler that they imprint on the unique odour of the natal water and as adults follow the same odour cues to their birth homes for spawning. Hence the correct answer is 'Imprinting'.   

Which is not true of breast milk?

  1. Poor maternal diet is not the main cause of inadequacy of breast milk.

  2. Breast milk takes more time to come in if prelactal feeds are given to the baby.

  3. Expressed breast milk cannot be stored at room temperature for more than 2 hrs.

  4. For a low body weight baby, ideal milk is the mother's milk. 


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Colostrum (also called as first milk) is the thin yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at the time of parturition and which precedes the production of true milk. It provides a nursing infant with essential nutrients and infection-fighting antibodies (called as immunoglobulin) to protect the newborn against disease. IgA is the major immunoglobulin in colostrum. It protects from inhaled and ingested pathogens.

Which of the following does not show mating behaviour?

  1. Aggressive behavior

  2. Releaser pheromones

  3. Search image

  4. Territoriality

  5. Visual communication


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  1. During mating, a male generally shows agressive behaviour as a form of superiority over other fellow males.
    2. Pheromones are used as a form of communication between two mating species.
    3. A male generally marks it's territory inorder to avoid anymore competition for mating.
    4. Visual communication is primarly used to locate and identify the mating partner.
    So, the correct option is 'Search image'.

Mimicry always involves a model and a mimic as well as a dupe or signal receiver (the organism the mimic is trying to fool). An example of Batesian mimicry is

  1. A walking stick (a herbivore) sitting on a branch of a tree

  2. A rat snake (nonpoisonous) that looks like a poisonous species

  3. An oppossum playing possum

  4. A spider that looks like an ant

  5. A flounder that blends in with the bottom to avoid being eaten


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Batesian mimicry refers to the resemblance of a harmless or palatable species with that of a dangerous or unpalatable one to make predators avoid them. It is opposite to Mullerian mimicry wherein  dangerous, unpalatable, or poisonous species resemble one another to make predator recognize them easily. Rat snake is the nonpoisonous snake that vibrates their tails to trick predator as if they are the poisonous rattlesnake, exhibiting Batesian mimicry. None of the given options exhibit the defensive patterns of Batesian mimicry. Thus, the correct answer is option B.

All of the following show a means of communication except

  1. Auditory

  2. Chemical

  3. Instinctual

  4. Tactile

  5. Visual


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

So the correct answer is 'instinctual'.

Fish are given food at the same time as a tap on their glass bowl and soon learn to approach when a tap sounds even in the absence of food.

  1. Reasoning/insight

  2. Imprinting

  3. Classical conditioning

  4. Habituation

  5. Instinct


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fish are given food at the same time as a tap on their glass bowl and soon learn to approach when a tap sounds even in the absence of food - it is an example of Classical conditioning.

Classical conditioning is a type of learning behaviour in which a potential stimulus is responsible for eliciting a response and is repeated many times. 

Which of the following behaviour takes place in an animals life at a certain critical time?

  1. Dominance

  2. Reflex

  3. Instinct

  4. Imprinting

  5. Habituation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A form of learning that occurs during a brief genetically determined critical period shortly after birth is called as imprinting. Habituation occurs throughout the life where individual learn to ignore the irrelevant stimuli. Reflex is a response to external or internal stimuli experienced throughout the life. Instinct and dominance are innate behaviours. The correct answer is D.

When the sperms of Funaria and Pteris are put together
near the archegonia of Pteris, only the sperms of Pteris
readily enter the archegonia and reach the egg. The reason
being that

  1. Sperms of Funaria are killed when mixed with sperms

    of Pteris

  2. Archegonia of Pteris secrete a substance with repels

    sperms of Funaria

  3. Archegonia of Pteris secrete a chemical substance which

    attracts sperms of Pteris thermostatically

  4. Sperms of Funaria are less motile


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Because archegonia of pteris secrete a chemical malic acid which attracts only sperms of Pter!s thermostatically.

Which of the following explains the return of salmon to their own birth place to breed?

  1. Habituation

  2. A stimulus

  3. Operant conditioning

  4. Reasoned behavior

  5. Imprinting


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

A form of learning that occurs during a brief genetically determined critical period shortly after birth is called as imprinting. Salmon learned, shortly after birth, about their birth place as they found themselves there just after birth. This makes them recognize the place and go there for breeding. Conditioned is also a learned response in which stimulus becomes associated with a consequence. Habituation is the most complicated form of learned behavior and includes applying something already learned to a new situation without a period of trial and error. The reasoning is making the concept of cause and effect in particular context. Thus, the correct answer is option E.

Organisms within a community have developed defenses against predators. Identify the type of defense described in the following 4 questions using the answers provided. Answer choices may be used once, more than once or not at all.
Skunks spray a toxic substance when they are threatened. This is an example of 

  1. Aposematic coloration

  2. Batesian mimicry

  3. Cryptic coloration

  4. Chemical defense

  5. Herbivory


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
A. Aposematic colouration is a type of defense mechanism, also known as warning coloration in which the color or pattern of a predator is perceived by an organism that the predator is harmful for him.
B. Batesian mimicry is a type of defense mechanism in which on organism protects itself from a predator by mimicking a organism that is otherwise safe from the predator.
C. Cryptic coloration is a type of defense mechanism in which an organism camouflage by blending its color with the background color of its environment to protect itself from the predator.
D. Chemical defense is a type of defense mechanism in which toxic chemicals are produced by the organism to protect itself from the predator.
E. Herbivory is the eating of plants by animals (herbivores).
Hence the statement given in the question that Skunks spray a toxic substance when they are threatened, is an example of Chemical defense.
So, the correct answer is 'Chemical defense'.

Sinking of zooplankton during the day and rising to the
surface at night is an example of

  1. Circinal rhythm

  2. Circadian rhythm

  3. Tidal rhythm

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Circadian rhythm or diurnal rhythm is any 24 hour  periodicity in the behaviour or physiology of animals or  plants .Examples are sleep /activity cycle in many  animals and the growth movements of plants. Circadian  rhythms are generally controlled by biological clocks.

Which of the following sets is of flightless birds

  1. Penguin, Pecock, Fowl, Rhea, Kiwi, Moa, Ostrich

  2. Emu, Penguin, Rhea, Kiwi, Moa, Cassowary

  3. Albatros, Humming bird, Falcon, Hawk, Emu

  4. Ostrich, Emu, Kiwi, Falcon, Albatros


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

All flightless  birds belong to the super -order Ratitae e.g. Emu, Panguin, Rhea, win, Moa, Cassowary .

Sea cows are aquatic mammals included under

  1. Lagomorpha

  2. Pinnipedia

  3. Cetacea

  4. Sirenia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sea cows (Rhytina) belong to order Sirenia of mammals. Presence of blubber and few hairs are characters of order sirenia. 

Which of them is in tracheae group

  1. Crab-Centipede-Cockroach

  2. King crab-Scorpion-Housefly

  3. Spider-Peripatus-Mosquito

  4. Bedbug-Sandfly-Silkworm


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bed bug ,sand fly silk worn are placed in tracheate  group of Arthropoda because they have trachae for  respiration Embryonic development of echinoderms shows a number of similarities with those of chordates .

The immunoglobulin abundant in colostrum is

  1. Ig G

  2. Ig M

  3. Ig A

  4. All of the above

  5. Ig E


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The yellow-coloured milk secreted by cattle soon after the birth of a calf is called as colustrum. Colostrum contains antibodies to protect the newborn against disease. Colostrum is known to contain immune cells (as lymphocytes) and many antibodies such as IgA, IgG and IgM. However, the most abundant immunoglobulin in colostrum is IgA.

The yellow-coloured milk secreted by cattle soon after the birth of a calf is called as 

  1. Chyme

  2. Chyle

  3. Cholesterol

  4. Colostrum


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The yellow-coloured milk secreted by cattle soon after the birth of a calf is called as colostrum. It is rich in antibodies that confer passive immunity to the newborn

So, the correct answer is 'Colostrum'

Cows and buffaloes remain in heat for :

  1. 24-36 hours

  2. 24-26 days

  3. 7-10 days

  4. 15-20 days


Correct Option: A

Waking up to a bulbul's song in the morning is related to 

  1. narrow utilitarian

  2. broadly utilitarian

  3. ethical

  4. both (b) and (c).


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The broadly utilitarian argument says that biodiversity plays a major role in many ecosystem services that nature provides. The fast dwindling Amazon forest is estimated to produce, through photosynthesis, 20 percent of the total oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere. Pollination (without which plants cannot give us fruits or seeds) is another service, ecosystems provide through pollinators layer – bees, bumblebees, birds and bats. There are other intangible benefits – that we derive from nature–the aesthetic pleasures of walking through thick woods, watching spring flowers in full bloom or waking up to a bulbul’s song in the morning.
So the correct option is 'broadly utilitarian'.

In mastitis there is excessive growth/ inflammation of :

  1. Udder

  2. Liver

  3. Spleen

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: A

Animals exposed to bright light have

  1. Darker pigmentation

  2. Lighter pigmentation

  3. Tint of yellow and red colours

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: B

Altruistic behaviours between closely related animals are selected for because they

  1. Reduce fighting between species

  2. Ensure survival of the altruistic individual

  3. Force individuals to cooperate with one another and so increase population growth

  4. Increase the frequency of the altruistic individuals genes in the next generation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An organism is said to behave altruistically when its behaviour benefits other organisms, at a cost to itself. The costs and benefits are measured in terms of reproductive fitness, or expected number of offspring. So by behaving altruistically, an organism reduces the number of offspring it is likely to produce itself, but boosts the number that other organisms are likely to produce. 

So the correct option is 'ensure survival of the altruistic individual'.

Birds use for navigation and direction

  1. Memory of earth features

  2. Sun, moon and stars

  3. Earths magnetic field

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D

Which is not true of Scirpophaga incertulus?

  1. Adult stage does not damage crop

  2. It is polyphagous pest

  3. It feeds on inner stem tissues

  4. It is active in evening.


Correct Option: B

By and large animals belonging to different species don't mate together, but occasionally animals of different species can mate in captivity. Which two animals are known to mate together in captivity?

  1. Chimpanzee and gorillas

  2. Camels and giraffes

  3. Cats and dogs

  4. Lions and tigers


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A liger is a result of breeding a male lion to a tigress. A tigon is a result of breeding a male tiger to a lioness. Since lions and tigers do not exist in the same areas, this is not something that happens in the wild.

So, the correct option is 'Lions and tigers'.

_______ are modified to form tendrlis in cucumber. 

  1. Terminal buds

  2. Axillary buds

  3. Thorns

  4. More than one option correct


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Tendrils is a modification in cucumber that helps the plant to climb higher and higher. These are skinny, wire-like structures along the plants stem. It also helps in grasping in cucumber. These tendrils are the modification of axillary buds located at the axial part of the leaf.

So, the correct option is 'Axillary buds'.

Select the incorrect match.

Taxon Category
$(1)$ Insect Class
$(2)$ Tiger Species
$(3)$ Crucifers Family
$(4)$ Orchid Order
  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

  4. D


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The orchid family (Orchidaceae) is subdivided into 5 subfamilies, 22 tribes and 70 subtribes and 850 genera are informal as alliances.

So, the correct option is 'D'.

The highest sound frequency which a human being can detect is 20,000 vibrations/second. What is the highest frequency which a bat can detect?

  1. 75,000

  2. 50,000

  3. 10,000

  4. 150,000


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Most bats use frequencies in the range 20-80 kHz, only a few bats use frequencies less than 20 kHz.

So, the correct option is '75,000'.

Which of the following will have the maximum concentration of harmful chemicals in its body ? Eagle, Grass, Snake, Frog, Grasshopper

  1. grass

  2. eagle

  3. snake

  4. rrong


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here the food chain be :
Grass Grasshopper Frog Snake Eagle The organism which occurs at the highest trophic level in the food chain will have the maximum concentration of harrnful chemicals in its body. since, eagle occurs atthe highest trophic level, therefore, it will have the maximum concentration of harrnful chemicals in its body.

Which among the following is a simple act of learning that involving loss of sensitivity to unimportant stimuli?

  1. Reasoning/insight

  2. Imprinting

  3. Classical conditioning

  4. Habituation

  5. Instinct


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Instinct is a kind of behaviour which does not involve any prior learning and is inherent and automatic. Thus, the loss of sensitivity to unimportant stimuli is a natural act which is instinctive in nature. For example, dancing of honeybees in the direction of food, animal fighting and courtship behaviour are are instinct behaviour. 

Identify the correct chronological sequence of periods of Mesozoic era:

  1. $Carboniferous \, \rightarrow \, Permian\, \rightarrow \, Triassic\, \rightarrow \, Jurassic\, \rightarrow \, Cretaceous.$

  2. $Cretaceous \, \rightarrow \, Permian\, \rightarrow \, Jurassic\, \rightarrow \, Triassic\, \rightarrow \, Cretaceous.$

  3. $Biogeography.$

  4. $Carboniferous \, \rightarrow \, Jurassic\, \rightarrow \, Permian\, \rightarrow \, Triassic\, \rightarrow \, Cretaceous.$


Correct Option: C

Read the following passage and answer the following question.
A group of 10 newly hatched chicks was separated into two smaller groups containing five chicks each. One group (Group A) was left with the mother hen, the other group (Group B) was taken shortly after hatching and kept with a mother goose. The chicks in Group A displayed normal behavior and followed the mother hen around. The chicks in Group B followed the mother goose around and exhibited goose like behavior, such as swimming. After one week, Group B was reunited with the mother hen, but ignored her, and instead continued to follow the mother goose around the barnyard.

The behaviour exhibited by the chicks in Group B is

  1. Imprinting

  2. Instinct

  3. Insight

  4. Habituation

  5. Conditioning


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A form of learning that occurs during a brief genetically determined critical period shortly after birth is called as imprinting. Instinct is an inborn behaviour characteristic to a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli. Conditioning is also a learned response in which stimulus becomes associated with a consequence. Habituation is the most complicated form of learned behavior and includes applying something already learned to a new situation without a period of trial and error. Reasoning is making concept about cause and effect in particular context. Because the chicks learnt to follow mother goose and mother hen just after birth; it is imprinting. 

Thus, the correct answer is option (A).

Which of the following occurs only at a certain, critical time in an animal's life?

  1. Dominance

  2. Reflex

  3. Instinct

  4. Imprinting

  5. Habituation


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Imprinting is a form of learning that occurs during a brief genetically determined critical period shortly after birth. Habituation is the most complicated form of learned behavior and includes applying something already learned to a new situation without a period of trial and error. The reasoning is making the concept of cause and effect in particular context. Reflex and dominance occur during a late phase of life. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following is a simple form of learned behaviour?

  1. Dominance

  2. Reflex

  3. Instinct

  4. Imprinting

  5. Habituation

  6. Both D and E


Correct Option: F
Explanation:

Both habituation and imprinting are simple learned behaviours. Both are non associative learning process which means not associated with any reward or punishment. In habituation, the animal becomes habituated to the specific type of stimulus after repeated exposure. In imprinting, the learned behaviour occurs at a particular stage of maturation process in life. It mostly occurs in early stage of life of animals. Like the animal first recognizes the mother. This behaviour helps the animal in their survival in young age. 

The behaviour of organisms belonging to the same species is shown by

  1. Periodical cicadas that emerge the same year

  2. Fish that become fertile during different seasons

  3. Ungulates that mate frequently and yield sterile offspring

  4. Rodents that mate frequently and yield no viable offspring

  5. Tropical birds that court their mates with differing dances or songs.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Behaviour of organisms which belong to the same species can be seen in periodical cicadas that emerge the same year. The nymphs of periodical cicadas develop underground for 13 to 17years and live on juices from plant roots. After this period, they emerge from the soil and molt into winged adults. There are seven species of periodical cicadas four with 13-year life cycles and three with 17-year cycles. Each species of the periodical cicada has a distinctive song.

Identify the animal behavior.
Geese recognize a ringing bell as mother if exposed to it during a critical period shortly after hatching.

  1. Reasoning/insight

  2. Imprinting

  3. Classical conditioning

  4. Habituation

  5. Instinct


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
If Geese reconginzes a ringing bell as mother if exposed to it during a critical period shortly after hatching, it could be called as 'imprinting'. Imprinting is a type of behaviour in which an organism behaves in the same way to which it is exposed immediately after birth. The first object viewed or heard by an organism is recognized and gets imprinted in the mind.

Read the following passage and answer the following question.
A group of 10 newly hatched chicks was separated into two smaller groups containing five chicks each. One group (Group A) was left with the mother hen, the other group (Group B) was taken shortly after hatching and kept with a mother goose. The chicks in Group A displayed normal behavior and followed the mother hen around. The chicks in Group B followed the mother goose around and exhibited goose like behavior, such as swimming. After one week, Group B was reunited with the mother hen, but ignored her, and instead continued to follow the mother goose around the barnyard.
If exposed to a mother pig during the period shortly after hatching, the chicks in Group B would exhibit

  1. Pig like behaviour

  2. Goose like behaviour

  3. Chick like behaviour

  4. Unique behaviour

  5. Unknown behaviour


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A form of learning that occurs during a brief genetically determined critical period shortly after birth is called as imprinting. Because the chicks learnt to follow mother goose and mother hen just after birth; it is imprinting. If they were exposed to mother pig shortly after hatching, they would exhibit pig like behavoiur.

Thus, the correct answer is option (A).

In batesian mimicry, one species resembles another, poisonous species. 
I. Poisonous species is more common than mimic
II. Poisonous species is present in same area as mimic
III. Poisonous species competes for resources with mimic
IV. Poisonous species is distinctly or brightly colored

The effectiveness of batesian mimicry can be increased by

  1. I and II

  2. I, II and III

  3. I, II and IV

  4. II, III and IV

  5. I, II, III and IV


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Batesian mimicry refers to the resemblance of a harmless or palatable species with that of a dangerous or unpalatable one to make predators avoid them. A more common and distinct poisonous species present in the same area as mimic become familiar to predators of mimic and thereby increase the effectiveness of mimicry. Competition between mimic and poisonous species would harm either of them while mimicry is an adaptation for the protection of mimic. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

A behavioral strategy of adaptation called echolocation is found in 

  1. bats

  2. butterfly

  3. praying mantiis

  4. arctic tern


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bats are nocturnal flying mammals which do not employ eyesight for location of their path. food place of rest etc. They produce high frequency sound which produces echoes after striking various objects on the principle of sonar. Echoes are then analysed by bats to know their path.  

The bird which can imitate human speech is

  1. Pisttacula

  2. Hierococcyx

  3. Upapa

  4. Molpaster


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Members of the parrot genus Pisttacula or afroasion ring necked parakeets can imitate human speech.
So, the correct answer is 'Pisttacula'.

An instinct is

  1. Caring for offspring

  2. Habituation

  3. Operant conditioning

  4. Associative behavior

  5. Observational learning


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Instinct is the natural force that causes a person or animal to behave in a particular way without thinking or learning about it.
  • In almost every species of animals, caring for offsprings until they are mature enough is seen. 
Hence, the correct option is 'Caring for offspring'.

Which of the following is the most simplest form of learned behaviour?

  1. Dominance

  2. Reflex

  3. Instinct

  4. Imprinting

  5. Habituation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Instinct is an innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in animals in response to certain stimuli. An instinct is something that doesn't need to learn and it happens naturally, without even thinking about it and so is the simplest form of learned behaviour. 

Colostrum, the first milk secretion of mammary gland of cow, is rich in immunoglobin

  1. IgE

  2. IgM

  3. IgA

  4. IgG


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Colostrum is produced in the initial secretions of the mammary gland following the birth of offspring. Colostrum is most commonly distinguished from whole milk because it contains high concentrations of immunoglobulins (Ig), otherwise known as antibodies. Antibodies are proteins which function to identify and destroy disease-causing pathogens in livestock. The primary immunoglobulin in cow colostrum and milk is IgG, whereas the primary immunoglobulin in human milk is IgA. Colostrum is also a vital source of growth factors and nutritional elements such as protein, fat, milk sugar, vitamins and minerals.

Raj was swimming in a pond. When he walked back to his car, he noticed that several newly hatched ducklings were following his moves. Which among the following explains it correctly?

  1. Tropism

  2. Conditioning

  3. Sympathetic nervous system

  4. Associative learning

  5. Imprinting


Correct Option: E
Explanation:
  • Tropism is referred to as the response to a stimulus.
  • Conditioning is a behavior where the response comes from frequent predictable consequences.
  • The sympathetic nervous system regulates the unconscious actions.
  • Associative learning is when a new response becomes associated with a particular stimulus.
  • Imprinting is a way of learning at a certain phase of life in which the organism follows the surrounding environment.  It is generally seen at the early hours of a newborn. It helps in the vocational development of organisms.
So, the correct option is 'Imprinting'.
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