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Ecology, Biodiversity & Evolution-I (BT101)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Objective Questions

  1. Parapatric speciation occurs in small, local populations, called ________.

    1. Flock
    2. Colony
    3. Demes
    4. None of the given
  2. Population size ________ above carrying capacity.

    1. Amplifies
    2. Decreases
    3. Increases
    4. Remain same
  3. According to the ________ concept, Evolutionary changes are occuring gradually over millions of years.

    1. Phyletic gradualism
    2. Phyletic lineage
    3. Ontogeny
    4. None of the given
  4. Legs have been modified for perching in ________.

    1. Ducks
    2. Penguins
    3. Storks
    4. Sparrows
  5. Who proposed the law of use and disuse?

    1. Lamarck
    2. Darwin
    3. Weismann
    4. William Smith
  6. Orientation towards a factor called ________.

    1. Taxis
    2. Torpism
    3. Tactics
    4. None of the given
  7. The rate that new organic matter is made by means of individual growth and reproduction in all the herbivores is ________.

    1. Net Primary productivity (PP)
    2. Gross primary productivity (GPP)
    3. Secondary productivity
    4. None of the given
  8. In ________ at either limit, one or more essential functions cease.

    1. Limiting factor
    2. Range of optimum
    3. Tolerance range
    4. Taxis
  9. Thermoacidophiles live in the environment with ________ pH.

    1. 0 to 4
    2. 0 to 5
    3. 1 to 3
    4. 1 to 2
  10. Each successional stage is called a ________ stage.

    1. young
    2. seral
    3. climax
    4. xerosere
  11. Each ________ trophic level has its own secondary productivity.

    1. Autotrophs
    2. Heterotrophs
    3. Producers
    4. All of the given
  12. Food chain only follows a direct, ________ pathway of one animal at a time.

    1. Divergent
    2. Lateral
    3. Linear
    4. Curvilinear
  13. Weismann made the important distinction between ________ cells and ________ cells.

    1. Eukaryotic, prokaryotic
    2. Gem, somatic
    3. unicellular, multicellular
    4. amoeboid, non amoeboid
  14. In interspecific interactions counter-illumination eliminates ________.

    1. light
    2. shadow
    3. dark
    4. weight
  15. Second atmosphere formed carbonates that were deposited as ________.

    1. sediments
    2. layers
    3. lava
    4. magma
  16. Which of the following order is correct?

    1. Ecosystem, Individual, population, community
    2. Individual, population, community, ecosystem
    3. Population, community, individual, ecosystem
    4. Community, population, individual, Ecosystem
  17. Land fill is the example of ________.

    1. Sewage pollution
    2. No point source pollution
    3. Point source pollution
    4. Sound pollution
  18. Loss of ________ percent energy occurs from one level to next.

    1. 99%
    2. 98%
    3. 90%
    4. 19%
  19. ________ pyramids are usually, but not always, upright.

    1. Pyramid of inverted biomass
    2. Pyramid of energy flow
    3. Pyramid of numbers
    4. Pyramid of biomass
  20. It occurs in large animals.

    1. Hibernation
    2. Aestivation
    3. Winter sleep
    4. Torpor
  21. Evolution of 14 species of finches from the original seed eater finches from mainland is the example of ________ speciation.

    1. Parapatric
    2. Sympatric
    3. Allopatric
    4. None of the given
  22. Cascade effect leads to increase in ________ species.

    1. Predator
    2. Invasive
    3. Exotic
    4. Prey
  23. In aposematism advertisement of signals includes ________.

    1. Color
    2. Odour
    3. Sound
    4. All of the given
  24. ________ speciation occurs within a single population.

    1. Sympatric
    2. Allopatric
    3. Parapatric
    4. None of the given
  25. According to ________ model of evolution "species do not change significantly over millions of years".

    1. Punctuated equilibrium
    2. Phyletic Gradualism
    3. Natural selection
    4. None of the given
  26. ________ brings all the toxic chemicals in air back into surface runoff.

    1. Transpiration
    2. Evaporation
    3. Precipitation
    4. Respiration
  27. Removal of apex predator in environment called ________.

    1. Bottle neck effect
    2. Cascade effect
    3. Founder effect
    4. None of the given
  28. They release digestive enzymes by their hyphae

    1. Fungi
    2. Algae
    3. Bacteria
    4. Ferns
  29. There are ________ types of herbivory depending upon different feeding habits.

    1. Four
    2. Six
    3. Eight
    4. Ten
  30. The ________ is key element in survival of life.

    1. Atmosphere
    2. Mesosphere
    3. Lithosphere
    4. Troposphere
  31. ________ was Father of geology and stratigraphy.

    1. James Hutton
    2. William Smith
    3. Nicolas Steno
    4. None of the given
  32. According to first law of thermodynamics ________ is neither created nor destroyed in the biosphere.

    1. Energy
    2. Ecosystem
    3. Habitat
    4. Force
  33. Which microparasites reproduce inside host ________.

    1. fungi
    2. bacteria
    3. trematodes
    4. algae
  34. Volcanic eruptions release ________ into the atmosphere.

    1. sulfur
    2. smoke
    3. liquid
    4. magnesium
  35. One of the major disruptions is loss of habitat in ________.

    1. land
    2. sea
    3. extinction
    4. All of the given
  36. Approximately ________ tons of sodium chloride is extracted from the Great Salt Lake.

    1. 1.5 million
    2. 2.5 million
    3. 3.5 million
    4. 4.5 million
  37. Cell wall of bacteria consists of ________.

    1. Chitin
    2. Lipoprotein
    3. Peptidoglycan
    4. Lipopolysaccharieds
  38. In Nitrogen cycle Immobilization is the opposite of ________.

    1. filteration
    2. mobilization
    3. mineralization
    4. None of the given
  39. K-selected species are typically ________ competitors in such crowded habitats.

    1. Weak
    2. Strong
    3. Rare
    4. Extinct
  40. The ________ is a energy intensive process.

    1. Oxygen Fixation
    2. Nitrogen Fixation
    3. Hydrogen Fixation
    4. None of the given
  41. Which of the following is not the characteristic of Eutrophic lake?

    1. High level nutrients
    2. High algal growth
    3. Good light penetration
    4. Low dissolved oxygen
  42. It has two phases.

    1. Exponential growth
    2. Logistic growth
    3. Decline growth
    4. All of the given
  43. Members of the domain archaea, don't have ________ in their cell wall.

    1. Chitin
    2. Starch
    3. Cellulose
    4. Peptidoglycan
  44. Third Atmosphere is the constant rearrangement of ________.

    1. continental plates
    2. layers
    3. gases
    4. None of the given
  45. In pyramid of ________ one trophic level has greater biomass than the one below it.

    1. Inverted biomass
    2. Numbers
    3. Energy flow
    4. Biomass
  46. Which of the following has low algal growth?

    1. Eutrophic lake
    2. Oligotrophic lake
    3. Fresh Water Lake
    4. None of the given
  47. ________ occurs in small, local populations, called demes which are not completely isolated from each other.

    1. Parapatric
    2. Sympatric
    3. Allopatric
    4. None of the given
  48. Natural environment where a species/organism lives is called ________.

    1. Atmosphere
    2. Ecosystem
    3. Biosphere
    4. Habitat
  49. Proteolysis releases nitrogen and ________.

    1. Chlorine
    2. Phosphorus
    3. Potassium
    4. Oxygen
  50. Which of the following proteins are useful for looking at relationships among more closely related animals?

    1. Highly conserved
    2. Moderately conserved
    3. Less conserved
    4. None of the given
  51. It occurs when uptake from the water is greater than excretion.

    1. Biomagnification
    2. Eutrophication
    3. Bioaccumulation
    4. Bioconcentration
  52. Which of the following are also called blue green algae?

    1. Spirochaetes
    2. Cyanobacteria
    3. Streptomyces
    4. Actinobacteria
  53. ________ consists of distinct biological communities.

    1. Population
    2. Biodiversity
    3. Biome
    4. Ecosystem
  54. In ________ isolation, courtship behaviour patterns of two animals are inappropriate for each other.

    1. Behavioral
    2. Temporal
    3. Mechanical
    4. Ecological
  55. Variability in Net Primary Productivity of Wetlands and tropical rain forests is ________.

    1. 900 g/m2/year
    2. 1200 - 1300 g/m2/year
    3. 90 g/m2/year
    4. 2000 g/m2/year
  56. The theory of ________ states that evolution occurs primarily through short bursts of intense speciation, followed by lengthy periods of stasis.

    1. Punctuated equilibrium
    2. Phylectic Gradualism
    3. Natural selection
    4. None of the given
  57. In crypsis animals habitually press their bodies to the ________.

    1. water
    2. ground
    3. plant
    4. burrow
  58. In aquatic ecosystem, ________ reacts with the water to form bicarbonate ions.

    1. O2
    2. CO2
    3. H2
    4. Na
  59. New genetic material is generated during ________ evolution.

    1. Molecular evolution
    2. Environmental
    3. Behavioral
    4. None of the given
  60. In ________ growth a stationary or stable phase is achieved.

    1. Logistic
    2. Exponential
    3. Decline
    4. Lag phase
  61. According to Endosymbiotic Theory, ________ evolved from endocytosis of aerobic bacteria.

    1. Ribosomes
    2. Nucleus
    3. Mitochondria
    4. Centrioles
  62. Wings have been modified for soaring in ________.

    1. Eagles
    2. Ducks
    3. Sparrows
    4. Swans
  63. This speciation occurs within a single population.

    1. Sympatric
    2. Parapatric
    3. Allopatric
    4. None of the given
  64. Bacteria use ________ in conjugation for exchange of genetic material.

    1. Pilli
    2. Capsule
    3. Cell wall
    4. Plasma membrane
  65. Which of the following is NOT the external factor of Ecosystem?

    1. Topography
    2. Population size
    3. Disease
    4. Gene pool
  66. ________ competition occurs between two species to use the same resources.

    1. Parasitism
    2. Predation
    3. Interspecific
    4. Intraspecific
  67. ________ transfer heat from one place to another by mass motion of a fluid such as water, air or molten rock.

    1. Winter current
    2. Convection current
    3. Conventional current
    4. None of the given
  68. ________ enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability.

    1. Torpor
    2. Hibernation
    3. Aestivation
    4. Winter sleep
  69. In ________ wings have been modified for hovering.

    1. Eagle
    2. Vulture
    3. Humming birds
    4. Swans
  70. Photosynthesizing bacteria that are related to the chloroplasts of eukaryotic plants and algae are called ________.

    1. Blue green algae
    2. Red green algae
    3. Black brown algae
    4. Purple algae
  71. Mercury bioaccumulates in the ________ of top predators of the open ocean.

    1. Lungs
    2. Muscles
    3. Brain
    4. Kidneys
  72. In homeostasis ________ is a critical factor.

    1. Temperature
    2. Food
    3. Water
    4. Atmosphere
  73. Cynaobacteria is the example of ________.

    1. Photoautotrophs
    2. Heterotrophs
    3. Chemoautotrophs
    4. None of the given
  74. Conditions in the reproductive ________ of a female may not support the sperm of male.

    1. Tract
    2. Canal
    3. Cell
    4. Form
  75. Which of the following bacteria have tuft of flagella at one end?

    1. Monotrichous
    2. Amphitrichous
    3. Lophotrichous
    4. Peritrichous
  76. Who is the father of taxonomy and systematics?

    1. Robert Whitaker
    2. Weismann
    3. Carl Linnaeus
    4. Charles Darwin
  77. In ________ legs have been modified for swimming.

    1. Penguin
    2. Sparrow
    3. Eagle
    4. Vulture
  78. ________ are strongly affected by light pollution.

    1. Birds
    2. Mammals
    3. Reptiles
    4. Amphibians
  79. Files and ________ have outlandish proboscises.

    1. ant
    2. moths
    3. beetles
    4. locust
  80. Which of the following bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen in anaerobic conditions?

    1. Cyanobacteria
    2. Spirochetes
    3. Actinobacteria
    4. None of the given
  81. It represent tiny portion of the complexity of real ecosystems.

    1. Biome
    2. Food chain
    3. Food web
    4. Trophic levels
  82. Animals undergo ________ in extended period of drying.

    1. Hibernation
    2. Aestivation
    3. Torpor
    4. Winter sleep
  83. Thermosphere Known as ________

    1. mesosphere
    2. ionosphere
    3. troposphere
    4. Exosphere
  84. Kingdom Protista consists of ________.

    1. Prokaryotes
    2. Unicellular eukaryotes
    3. Multicellular eukaryotes
    4. None of the given
  85. ________ is an early freshwater reptile, found as fossils from the Early Permian Period.

    1. Cynognathus
    2. Lystrosaurus
    3. Mesosaurus
    4. Glossopteris
  86. Existence of shared ancestry between a pair of structures, or genes, in different taxa occur in ________.

    1. Convergent evolution
    2. Divergent evolution
    3. Parallel evolution
    4. None of the given
  87. Short protein appendages smaller than flagella is called ________.

    1. Antenna
    2. Cilia
    3. Pilli
    4. Projection
  88. Stratosphere is ________ major layer of Earth's atmosphere.

    1. second
    2. third
    3. fourth
    4. fifth
  89. ________ is the amount of chemical energy as biomass that primary producers create in a given length of time.

    1. Net Primary productivity (PP)
    2. Secondary productivity
    3. Gross primary productivity (GPP)
    4. None of the given
  90. Which of the following diseases is caused by sewage water?

    1. Pneumonia
    2. Influenza
    3. Arthritis
    4. Polio
  91. Layers of atmosphere increases with ________ in some regions.

    1. length
    2. altitude
    3. width
    4. diameter
  92. Which of the following limiting factor cannot regulate population at constant level?

    1. Density dependent
    2. Density independent
    3. Population dependent
    4. Parasitism
  93. Atmosphere is ________ nitrogen by volume.

    1. 48%
    2. 588%
    3. 68%
    4. 78%
  94. If reproductive isolation is due to reproducing at different times, it is ________.

    1. Ecological isolation
    2. Mechanical isolation
    3. Behavioral isolation
    4. Temporal isolation
  95. A specific functional role and place of an organism called its ________.

    1. Biome
    2. Niche
    3. Biomass
    4. None of the given
  96. There is limited number of feeding or trophic levels in ________.

    1. Atmosphere
    2. Ecosystem
    3. Food web
    4. Food chain
  97. Animals use ________ to make organic molecules.

    1. light energy
    2. Chemical bond energy
    3. Mechanical energy
    4. All of the given
  98. The salt concentration in oceans is roughly ________.

    1. 1.4 %
    2. 2.4 %
    3. 4 %
    4. 14 %
  99. In which of the following organism logistic growth occurs.

    1. Lemmings
    2. Algae
    3. Yeast
    4. None of the given
  100. Gregor Mendel proposed the laws of genetics in ________.

    1. 1855
    2. 1865
    3. 1875
    4. 1885
  101. Which of the following bacteria have a single flagellum at both ends?

    1. Monotrichous
    2. Amphitrichous
    3. Lophotrichous
    4. Peritrichous
  102. They can breakdown carbohydrate anaerobically also.

    1. Plants
    2. Fungi
    3. Animals
    4. Bacteria
  103. They obtain energy by means of inorganic oxidation reactions

    1. Heterotrophs
    2. Photoautotrophs
    3. Chemoautotrophs
    4. All of the given
  104. Likely sea level rise during the 21st century is ________.

    1. 15 mm per year
    2. 5 mm per year
    3. 50 mm per year
    4. 0.5 mm per year
  105. The atmosphere provides protective shield against radiation and ________.

    1. light
    2. rays
    3. cosmic rays
    4. dust
  106. Different colors of Mullerian Mimicry depend on ________ and visibility.

    1. soil
    2. water
    3. location
    4. crops
  107. In Mesosphere lower boundary is ________ to 65 kilometres.

    1. 30
    2. 40
    3. 50
    4. 60
  108. Transparency in interspecific interactions showed by ________.

    1. sponges
    2. flukes
    3. jellyfish
    4. insects
  109. Number of Pilli in a bacterial cell is ________.

    1. 1-5
    2. 5-10
    3. 1-10
    4. 10-15
  110. In transpiration plants absorb ________ from the soil.

    1. gases
    2. water
    3. oxygen
    4. carbon dioxide
  111. Adult human body contains ________ of water by weight.

    1. 30%
    2. 40%
    3. 50%
    4. 60%
  112. Thermoacidophiles live in superheated water with temperature ________.

    1. 150 F
    2. 250 F
    3. 750 F
    4. 850 F