Population Test

Population

This is online test 02 for CBSE class 12 Biology Organisms and Populations (Population).. There are 10 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
Age groups among human population includes all except:
  • A
    Reproductive
  • B
    Pre-reproductive
  • C
    Post-reproductive
  • D
    Embryonic phase group
    Correct
2
“In Competition, the superior competitor eliminates the inferior one”, this statement is called:
  • A
    Allen’s rule
  • B
    Gause’s principle
    Correct
  • C
    All the these
  • D
    Darwinian fitness
3
Diapause is shown by:
  • A
    Ground squirrels and polar bears
  • B
    snails and silkworm
  • C
    Helix and salamanders
  • D
    Monarch butterfly and silk worm
    Correct
4
An example of predation is :
  • A
    Penicilliumwhose toxins kill bacteria
  • B
    Cuckoo laying eggs in crow’s nest
  • C
    Biological control of pest population
    Correct
  • D
    none of the these
5
The term Darwinian fitness among populations living together signifies :
  • A
    Reproductive fitness
    Correct
  • B
    Population density
  • C
    Growth fitness
  • D
    Carrying capacity
6
Mediterranean orchid Ophrysensures pollination by :
  • A
    Sexual deceit and co-evolution
  • B
    Brood parasitism
  • C
    Co-evolution, sexual deceit and pseudo-copulation
    Correct
  • D
    Pseudocopulation only
7
Which should be considered more realistic growth model :
  • A
    Verhulst-Pearl logistic growth
    Correct
  • B
    Geometric growth
  • C
    none of these
  • D
    Exponential growth
8
Phytophagous insects will be categorized as :
  • A
    Competitors
  • B
    Parasites
  • C
    Vectors
  • D
    Predators
    Correct
9
Species facing competition might evolve mechanism that promotes co-existence rather than exclusion and that mechanism can be
  • A
    Competitive release
  • B
    Resource partitioning
    Correct
  • C
    Interspecific competition
  • D
    Intraspecific competition
10
Migration is an adaptation that should be categorised under :
  • A
    Anatomical attribute
  • B
    Physiological attribute
  • C
    Behavioural attribute
    Correct
  • D
    Morphological attribute