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(21)
What is an edge effect?
[A]
Community complexity
[B]
Community classification
[C]
Increased diversity at the boundary of ecotone
[D]
Community stability
Answer: Increased diversity at the boundary of ecotone
(22)
In a population, unrestricted reproductive capacity is called as
[A]
Carrying Capacity
[B]
Biotic Potential
[C]
Birth Rate
[D]
Fertility Rate
(23)
The concept that 'population tends to increase geometrically while food supply increases arithmetically’ was put forward by
[A]
Adam Smith
[B]
Charles Darwin
[C]
Thomas Malthus
[D]
Stuart Mill
(24)
Two opposite forces operate in the growth and development of every population. One of them is related to the ability to reproduce at a given rate. The force opposite to it is called
[A]
Fecundity
[B]
Mortality
[C]
Environmental Resistances
[D]
Biotic Control
(25)
The carrying capacity of a population is determined by its
[A]
Population Growth Rate
[B]
Natality
[C]
Mortality
[D]
Limiting Resources
Answer: Limiting Resources
(26)
Which one of the following is a result of overpopulation?
[A]
Adequate storage of natural resources
[B]
Pressure on land and other renewable resources
[C]
Increasing the amount of forest
[D]
Decrease the shortage of water
Answer: Pressure on land and other renewable resources
(27)
Why it is impossible to provide employment to all the unemployed in India?
[A]
Due to lack of economy
[B]
Due to over population growth
[C]
Due to the absence of natural resources
[D]
Due to lack of interest among youths
Answer: Due to over population growth
(28)
What is the need to control the population growth in India?
[A]
To improve the standard of living among existing people
[B]
To utilize all the natural resources among the existing people
[C]
To participate in war among neighboring nations
[D]
To increase the mortality rate in India
Answer: To improve the standard of living among existing people
(29)
Which one of the following is the step to control population growth in India?
[A]
Killing all newborn babies
[B]
Not providing medical assistance to people
[C]
Lowering infant mortality rate
[D]
Early marriage to girls
Answer: Lowering infant mortality rate
(30)
Which one of the following can be a solution to overpopulation?
[A]
Neglecting family planning
[B]
Knowledge of sex education
[C]
Providing more facilities to the family consisting if more kids
[D]
Improper medical facilities
Answer: Knowledge of sex education
31
Which of the following term defines the ability of the individual in the population to produce new individuals?
[A]
Dispersion
[B]
Mortality
[C]
Natality
[D]
Population dispersal
32
Name those organisms who can breed only once in their lifetime?
[A]
Dispersed
[B]
Clumped
[C]
Iteroparous
[D]
Semelparous
33
Which of the following structure can be seen in the diminishing population?
[A]
Upright
[B]
Inverted
[C]
Bell shaped
[D]
Urn-shaped
34
A group of people coexist within space and time and interact with each other is known as ____________
[A]
Keystone species
[B]
Community
[C]
Guild
[D]
Population
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