NEET ENGLISH MEDIUM

1. What is a group of individuals belonging to the same 9. What is characterized as a rivalry between members of
species within an ecosystem called? two different species for the use of the same resources in
a) Species the same territory?
b) Population A. Apparent competition,
c) Biomes B. Interspecific competition,
d) Manipulation C. Interference competition,
2. For what is the interaction among organisms is D. Intraspecific competition.
necessary? 10. Mutualism is what form of interaction?
a) Attraction A. Positive Intraspecific,
b) Survival B. Negative Interspecific,
c) Infection C. Positive Interspecific
d) Death D. Negative intraspecific
3. Which one of the following is an example of the man- 11. A mycorrhiza exhibits what kind of interaction?
made terrestrial ecosystem? A. Predation
a) Botanical gardens B. Parasitism
b) Grasslands C. Mutualism
c) Rivers D. Commensalism
d) Forests 12. How does the body make up for the limited oxygen
4. Which type of forest is found near the equator? availability in altitude sickness?
a) Coniferous forests A. Increasing hemoglobin’s affinity for binding
b) Grasslands molecules
c) Tropical forests B. Slowing breathing rate
d) Deciduous forests C. Increasing the production of red blood cells
5. What is the place where a particular organism lives D. Decreasing the hemoglobin’s binding affinity
called? 13. What is the name of the characteristic of the creature
a) Factors that allows it to live and reproduce in its habitat?
b) Niche A. Homeostasis
c) Habitat B. Adaptation
d) Environment C. Hibernation
6. Which type of components are proteins, lipids, and D. Migration
carbohydrates? 14. The pattern of growth where the population increases
a) Biotic rapidly and then stabilises near the carrying capacity is
b) Artificial known as:
c) Abiotic a) Exponential growth
d) Temperate b) Logistic growth
7. The statement, “Two closely related species competing c) Geometric growth
for the same resources cannot coexist indefinitely and the d) Boom-and-bust cycle
competitively inferior will eventually be eliminated,” 15. Which one is commensalism?
was made by whom? Species A
A. The Gause competitive exclusion principle Species B
B. The theory of mutation i. + 0
C. The theory of special creation ii. + +
D. The Organic Evolutionary Theory iii. O +
8. What is the name of the interaction between species iv. - +
when one’s fitness dominates the other’s existence and a) ii and iv
fitness? b) only i
A. Competition c) i and iii
B. Mutualism d) only iii
C. Parasitism 16. Which of the following would necessarily decrease
D. Commensalism the density of a population in a given habitat?
. (a) Immigration > emigration
(b) Natality and immigration
(c) Natality > mortality
(d) Mortality and emigration
17. Just as a person moving from Delhi to Shimla to 25. The salinity in sea water in parts per thousand (ppt)
escape the heat for the duration of hot summer, thousands ranges between
of migratory birds from Siberia and other extremely cold a) 5-15%
northern regions move to: b) 30-35%
(a) Western Ghat c) 50-75%
(b) Meghalaya d) more than 100%
(c) Corbett National Park 26. Organisms that are restricted to a narrow range of
(d) Keoladeo National Park salinity, are called
18. An interesting modification of flower shape for insect a) ectohaline
pollination occurs in some orchids in which a male insect b) osmoconformer
mistakes the pattern on the orchid flower for the female c) euryhaline
species and tries to copulate with it, thereby pollinating d) stenohaline
the flower. This phenomenon is called: 27. Water holding capacity of soil is dependent upon
(a) mimicry a) soil composition
(b) pseudocopulation b) grain size
(c) pseudopollination c) aggregation
(d) Pseudoparthenocarpy d) all of these
19. The maximum number of individuals of a species that 28. Organism in which the body's internal environment is
an ecosystem can support without being degraded is kept stable is known as
known as: a) Regulators
a) Carrying capacity b) adaptation
b) Population density c) geometry
c) Biotic potential d) acclimatization
d) Logistic growth 29. Ecological niche is
20. Which of the following is an example of a density- a) the physical position and functional role of a species
dependent factor that regulates population growth? within the community
a) Temperature b) formed of all plants and animals living at the bottom
b) Precipitation of a lake
c) Predation c) an ecologically adapted zone
d) Earthquake d) the surface area of the ocean
21. Which of the following shows logistic growth? 30. According to Allen's Rule, the mammals from colder
(a) dN/dt= rN (K-N)/K climates have
(b) dN/dt= rN a) longer ears and longer limbs
(c) Nt= N0ert b) shorter ears and shorter limbs
(d) rN K-N/K c) longer ears and shorter limbs
22. In which of the following types of interactions both d) shorter ears and longer limbs
the interacting organisms are harmed? 31. Which of the following climatic conditions regulate
(a) Parasitism the functioning of a pond?
(b) Protocooperation a) Fishes
(c) Mutualism b) Temperature
(d) Competition c) Plants
23. A majority of organisms which are restricted to d) Planktons
narrow range of temperature are called as 32. Which of the following is the consumer of a pond
a) stenothermal ecosystem?
b) endothermal a) Fungi
c) ectothermal b) Sunlight
d) eurythermal c) Water
24. A few organisms can tolerate and thrive a wide range d) Zooplankton
of temperature. Such animals are called 33. The breakdown of detritus into smaller particles by
a) stenothermal earthworms is a process called
b) eurythermal a) Catabolism
c) thermophilic b) Mineralization
d) ectothermal c) Fragmentation
d) Humification
34. Predation and parasitism are which type of 43. In ecological succession, the intermediate
interactions? developmental phase is known as
A. (+, +) (a) ecesis
B. (+, 0) (b) climax
C. (–,–) (c) nudation
(d) sere
D. (+,–)
44. This is true about secondary succession
35. Interaction between individuals of two different (a) follows primary succession
species is called (b) takes place on a deforested site
A. Interference interaction (c) is similar to primary succession except that it has a
B. Apparent interaction relatively slower pace
C. Intraspecific interaction (d) begins on a bare rock
D. Interspecific interaction 45. On the sand, ecological succession is
36. If the stronger partner is benefitted and the weak (a) halosere
partner is damaged, it is known as (b) xerosere
A. Predation (c) hydrosere
B. Allelopathy (d) psammosere
C. Symbiosis 46. In ecological succession, the final stable community
is known as
D. Commensalism
(a) climax community
37. Predation is
(b) ultimate community
A. An unnatural way of transferring energy to a higher (c) final community
trophic level (d) seral community
B. A natural way of obtaining energy from lower trophic 47. What is the process of break down complex organic
level matter into inorganic substances called?
C. A natural way of obtaining nutrition a) Organization
D. All of the above b) Decomposition
38. Gause’s law is true only when c) Production
A. Resources are limited d) Consumption
B. Resources are unlimited 48. What are the complex organic remains such as dead
C. Predation is absent animal remains, dead plant remains, and fecal matter
D. Prey are unlimited called?
a) Humus
39. By which letter is the population density designated?
b) Mucus
a) A
c) Excreta
b) G d) Detritus
c) F 49. What is the process of the formation of a dark-
d) N colored amorphous substance called?
40. Which of the following would necessarily decrease a) Leaching
the density of a population in a given habitat? b) Catabolism
(a) Immigration > emigration c) Fragmentation
(b) Natality and immigration d) Humification
(c) Natality > mortality 50. Father of indian ecology
(d) Mortality and emigration A. Ramshree Mishra
41. Every organism has a natural residence, which is: B. Ramdeo Mishra
A. Biome C. Ramsingh Mishra
D. None
B. Niche
C. Habit
D. Habitat
42. Biotic components of an ecosystem include?
A. Producers, consumers, and decomposers
B. Producers and
consumers
C. Producers only
D. Consumers only