JEENEET KOTA CLASSES

1. Plant succession occurring in a sandy area is

a) psammosere
b) hydrosere
c) halosere
d) lithosere
2. A community that starts the process of succession in a habitat is called
a) pioneer community
b) seral community
c) climax community
d) ecotonal community
3. If there was no CO2 in the earths atmosphere the temperature of earths surface would
be
a) same as present
b) less than present
c) higher than present
d) depends upon amount of O2
4. In ecosystem the insectivorous plants are placed in
a) herbivorous
b) primary producers c) predators
d) none correct
5. Bacteria have been classified in
a) trophic level -1
b) trophic level -2
c) trophic level -3and 4 d) all correct
6. Primary productivity is measured in terms of
a) kg per m2 per yr
b) g per m2 per yr
c) tonnes per hectare per yr
d) all correct
7. Osmotrophs belong to
a) primary consumers
b) secondary consumers
c) top carnivores
d) decomposers
8. Limnology is related to
a) study of fresh waters
b) grasslands c) oceanography
d) epiphytic plants
9. Both the zebra and African lion live in the tropical grasslands but occupy different
a) biospheres
b) environments
c) ecological niches d) habitats
10. Which one of the following components of ecosystem comes from outside?
a) oxygen
b) energy
c) lnsects
d) producers
11. In a terrestrial ecosystem (e.g., forest) maximum energy is in which trophic level?
a) T1
c) T3
d) T4
b) T2
12. In the phosphorus cycle, weathering makes phosphate available first to
a) producers
b) decomposers
c) consumes
d) none of these
13. Treeless terrestrial biome of cold climate is
a) taiga
b) savannah
c) tundra
d) plankton
14. In grass deer tiger food chain grass biomass is one tonne. The tiger biomass shall be
a) 100 kgs
b) 10 kgs
c) 200 kgs
d) 1 kgs
15. Amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to next is
a) 1.5%
b) 10%
c) 15%
d) 20%
16. A detrivore is
a) animal feeding on decaying organic matter
c) animal feeding on plant matter
b) animal feeding on another animal
d) a plant feeding on an animal
17. Putrefying organisms are
a) producer organisms
b) reducer organisms
c) consumer organisms
d) parasitic organisms
18. Approximately how much of the solar energy that falls on the leaves of a plant is
converted to chemical energy by photosynthesis?
a) less than 1%
b) 2-10%
c) 30%
d) 50%
19. The units to express primary production is
a) kcalm-2yr-1
b) gm-2
c) gm-2yr-1
d) kcalm-1

20. All favour the process of decomposition except

a) sugar rich detritus
b) absence of oxygen
c) warm temperature
d) no exception as all given factors favours it
21. In a terrestrial ecosystem the large fraction of energy flows through
a) detritus food chain b) grazing food chain c) herbivores
d) carnivores
22. Chose how many out of the given list are omnivores Rabbit; Sparrow; Hydra; Crow;
Man; Fox; Cockroach; Bobcat
a) three
b) six
c) five
d) four
23. All are true for climax community except
a) rapidly keeps on changing to reach equilibrium b) final community
c) end of succession
d) stable
24. Lichen is pioneer in succession of
a) hydrosere
b) lithosere
c) psammosere
d) xerosere
25. Which one of the following type of organisms occupy more than one trophic level in a
pond ecosystem?
a) zooplankton
b) frog
c) phytoplankton
d) fish
26. The plants convert light into chemical energy with a photosynthetic efficiency of
a) 3-6%
b) 6-20%
c) 20-35%
d) 35-41%
27. What is the percentage of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) in the incident
solar radiation?
a) 100%
b) 50%
c) 1 5%
d) 2 10%
28. Which one of the following animals may occupy more than one trophic levels in the
same ecosystem at the same time?
a) Sparrow
b) lion
c) goat
d) frog
29.
Top consumer (A)
(A) 10 kcal/m2/yr
Primary consumer (B)
Primary producer (C)
Solar radiation (D)

(B) 100 kcal/m2/yr

(C) 1,000 kcal/m2/yr
(D) 1,00,000 kcal/m2/yr

In the above energy pyramid for an ecosystem the rate of secondary production is
a) uncertain
30.

b) 100 kcal/m2/yr
Top consumer (A)
Primary consumer (B)
Primary producer (C)
Solar radiation (D)

c) 10 kcal/m2/yr

d) 110 kcal/m2/yr

(A) 10 kcal/m2/yr
(B) 100 kcal/m2/yr
(C) 1,000 kcal/m2/yr
(D) 1,00,000 kcal/m2/yr

Refer to the above diagram of energy pyramid the ecological efficiency at primary
consumer level, in comparison to that at secondary consumer level is
a) same

b) more

c) less

d) can not be ascertained from the data