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Test On ECOLOGY NEET-2022

Full Marks: 120 Time: 1hr 0min


• Instructions: Each question carries 4 marks. For each correct response, the candidate
will get 4 marks. For each incorrect response, 1 mark will be deducted from the total
scores.
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1. In an upright pyramid of Biomass, the Herbivores generally occupy which of the


following position:
A. First position
B. Second position
C. Third position
D. Forth position
2. Consumers are:
A. Heterotrophs
B. Autotrophs
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
3. The rate of formation of new organic matter by consumers is called as:
A. Secondary Productivity
B. Net Primary Productivity
C. Gross Primary productivity
D. Biomass Productivity
4. Which of the following act as pioneers in primary succession in water:
A. Rooted submerged plants
B. Free floating plants
C. Rooted floating angiosperms
D. Small Phytoplanktons
5. The process of breakdown of detritus into small particles is called:
A. Leaching
B. Catabolism
C. Fission
D. Fragmentation
6. Which one of the following is not a functional unit of an Ecosystem?
A. Energy flow
B. Mineralisation
C. Productivity
D. Decomposition
7. Death of organism is the.... of...... Food Chain.
A. End, Detritus
B. Beginning, Detritus
C. Beginning, Grazing
D. None of the above
8. Humus undergoes decomposition at
A. Slow rate
B. High rate
C. Optimum rate
D. It does not undergo decomposition
9. Water soluble inorganic nutrients go down into soil horizon and get precipitated as
unavailable salts by the process of:
A. Fragmentation
B. Mineralisation
C. Leaching
D. Humification
10.The species that invade a bare area are called:
A. Existing species
B. Pioneer species
C. Climax species
D. New species
11.Number of Seral communities are....... in primary succession in comparison to
secondary succession
A. More
B. Less
C. Equal
D. Not defined
12.How many types of Nutrient Cycles are there:
A. 4
B. 2
C. 1
D. 6
13.A community that is in near equilibrium with the environment is called as:
A. Pioneer Community
B. Seral Community
C. Climax Community
D. Ecological Community
14.The pyramid of Biomass in Sea is generally
A. Inverted
B. Upright
C. Elliptical
D. None of the above
15.Secondary producers are:
A. Herbivores
B. Producers
C. Carnivores
D. None of the above
16.The products of ecosystem processes are named as:
A. Ecological Services
B. Ecosystem Services
C. Biodiversity Services
D. Natural Services
17.For sedimentary nutrient cycle, the Reservoir is located in:
A. Atmosphere
B. Ocean
C. Earth’s crust
D. Forest
18.Which of the following element is the major constituent of biological membranes,
nucleic acids and cellular energy transfer systems?
A. Calcium
B. Magnesium
C. Carbon
D. Phosphorous
19.What is the position/place of saprophytes in ecological pyramids?
A. Primary consumers
B. Producers
C. Tertiary consumers
D. Not given any place
20.The rate of decomposition is dependent on:
A. Amount of oxygen present
B. Chemical composition of detritus
C. Climatic factors
D. All of the above
21.Primary production is expressed in terms of:
A. Weight or mass
B. Energy or weight
C. Mass or catabolism rate
D. Respiration rate or energy
22.Mark the most productive ecosystem
A. Temperate forest
B. Grassland
C. Tropical rainforest
D. Desert
23.Biotic Community is ...... in nature.
A. Dynamic
B. Static
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
24.Another name of Nutrient Cycling:
A. Biological Cycles
B. Biogeological Cycles
C. Biogeochemical Cycles
D. Biochemical Cycles
25.The Upright Pyramid of number is absent in
A. Pond
B. Forest
C. Lake
D. All of the above
26.Rate of capture of solar energy is called as:
A. GPP
B. NPP
C. Respirational loss
D. Biomass productivity
27.Which Ecosystem has the maximum biomass
A. Forest Ecosystem
B. Lake Ecosystem
C. Pond Ecosystem
D. Grassland Ecosystem
28.The set of population is called
A. Biome
B. Community
C. Biosphere
D. Atmosphere
29.The Succession which takes place in dry areas is called as:
A. Desert succession
B. Hydrarch succession
C. Xerarch succession
D. Pioneer succession
30.What is the source of phosphorus for herbivores and other animals?
A. Rocks
B. Oceans
C. Plants
D. Desert

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