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61.

What are labelled phases A, B and C in given sigmoidal growth curve.

  •          A           B           C
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  •          A           B           C
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62.

Monarch butterfly escapes from predators by

  • foul smell

  • bitter taste

  • colour combination

  • rough skin


63.

Assertion : All pathogens are parasites but all parasites are not pathogens.

Reason : Majority of the parasites confer benefits to the host.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false


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64.

Eugenics is the branch concerned with

  • improving the quality of human race by symptomatic treatment of genetic diseases.

  • improving the quality of human populations by the application of genetic principles

  • improving the quality of human race by providing best suitable environment.

  • none of the above


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improving the quality of human populations by the application of genetic principles

Eugenics is the study of methods of improving the quality of human populations by the application of genetic principles. Positive eugenics would seek to do this by selective breeding programmes. Negative eugenics aims to eliminate harmful genes (e.g., those causing haemophilia and colour blindness) by counselling any prospective parents who are likely to be carriers.


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65.

Which of the following statements is incorrect

  • Lichen, an association of fungus and algae is an example of mutualism.

  • Those epiphytes which use other plants for support only and not for water or food supply and are examples of commensalism.

  • Sea-anemone on hermit-crab is an example of protocooperation.

  • Mutualism, protoocoperation, commensalism cannot be included under symbiosis.


66.

Assertion: Koel does not build nest for egg laying.

Reason: Koel lays its eggs in the nest of tailor bird.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is falsen

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


67.

Which part of the world has a high density of organism?

  • Deciduous forests

  • Grasslands

  • Tropical rain forests

  • Savannahs


68.

Assertion : The age-sex structure of human population in countries like France and Germany gives a steep pyramid.

Reason : In countries like Sudan and India the population is increasing at a rapid rate.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false


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69.

Mr.X is eating curd/yoghurt. For this food intake in a food chain he should be considered as occupying

  • first trophic leve

  • second trophic level

  • third trophic level

  • fourth trophic level


70.

Which one of the following is a matching pair of certain organism(s) and the kind of association?

  • Shark and sucker fish - commensalism

  • Algae and fungi in lichens - mutualism

  • Orchids growing on trees - parasitism

  • Cuscuta (dodder) growing in other flowering plants - epiphytism.


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