Question No:1

________ is revered as the Father of Ecology in India.

[A] Varghese Kurein
[B] Amartya Sen
[C] Ramdeo Misra
[D] Hargobind Khurana



Question No:2

Ecology is a subject which studies the interactions among organisms and ______.

[A] Amongst the organism and its chemical environment
[B] Between the organism and its physical environment
[C] Amongst the organism and its habitat
[D] Between the organism and its biosphere



Question No:3

Basically, ecology is concerned with how many levels of biological organisations?

[A] 3
[B] 4
[C] 5
[D] d) 7



Question No:4

The levels of biological organisation in ecology are

[A] Cell, Organism, Community, Biosphere
[B] Organisms, Family, Communities, Biomes
[C] Species, Populations, Communities, Biomes
[D] Organisms, Populations, Communities, Biomes



Question No:5

Ecology at the level of an individual organism is ______.

[A] Systemic ecology
[B] Somatic ecology
[C] Physiological ecology
[D] Physical ecology



Question No:6

Which important life process is considered at organism level of ecology?

[A] Respiration
[B] Immunity
[C] Reproduction
[D] Homeostasis



Question No:7

How does seasonal variations take place on earth?

[A] Rotation on its own axis
[B] Rotation around sun
[C] Rotation of moon around earth
[D] Both (a) and (b)



Question No:8

The factors responsible for causing annual variation in the intensity and duration of temperature are ______.

[A] Rotation of earth in solar system
[B] Rotation of earth around sun
[C] Tilt in axis of earth
[D] Both (b) and (c)



Question No:9

Precipitation due to annual variation in seasons includes

[A] Rain
[B] Snow
[C] Dew
[D] Both (a) and (b)



Question No:10

Precipitation is an important factor for the formation of major biomes such as

[A] Rain forest
[B] Tundra
[C] Desert
[D] All of the above



Question No:11

A: Regional and local variations occur with each habitat B: It causes formation of a wide variety of biomes

[A] A is true and B is also true
[B] A is false but B is true
[C] A is true but B is false
[D] A is false and B is also false



Question No:12

Rain-soaked forest occurs in which state of India?

[A] Assam
[B] Meghalaya
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Nagaland



Question No:13

Just as sand: desert; ______ : Polar regions

[A] Lichen
[B] Sand
[C] Permafrost
[D] Silt



Question No:14

Which part of human body is a unique habitat for hundreds of species of microbes?

[A] Mouth
[B] Urinary bladder
[C] Intestine
[D] Spleen



Question No:15

The key elements which lead to much variation in the physical and chemical conditions of different habitat are enlisted below:
Temperature, Wind, Water, Light, Soil, Humidity, UV rays.

[A] 5
[B] 6
[C] 4
[D] 3