This document appears to be a practice exam for a plant ecology and phytogeography course. It contains 45 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key concepts in those subjects, including autecology, synecology, plant communities, succession, limiting factors, trophic levels, and biogeography topics like centers of origin, endemic distributions, and programs like MAB and IBP. The exam covers a wide breadth of foundational topics in plant ecology and historical biogeography.
This document appears to be a practice exam for a plant ecology and phytogeography course. It contains 45 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key concepts in those subjects, including autecology, synecology, plant communities, succession, limiting factors, trophic levels, and biogeography topics like centers of origin, endemic distributions, and programs like MAB and IBP. The exam covers a wide breadth of foundational topics in plant ecology and historical biogeography.
This document appears to be a practice exam for a plant ecology and phytogeography course. It contains 45 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key concepts in those subjects, including autecology, synecology, plant communities, succession, limiting factors, trophic levels, and biogeography topics like centers of origin, endemic distributions, and programs like MAB and IBP. The exam covers a wide breadth of foundational topics in plant ecology and historical biogeography.
This document appears to be a practice exam for a plant ecology and phytogeography course. It contains 45 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key concepts in those subjects, including autecology, synecology, plant communities, succession, limiting factors, trophic levels, and biogeography topics like centers of origin, endemic distributions, and programs like MAB and IBP. The exam covers a wide breadth of foundational topics in plant ecology and historical biogeography.
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M. Sc. (Previous) Examinations, 2011-12 (Faculty of Science) SEMESTER-I BOTANY PAPER IV Plant Ecology and Phytogeography SECTION-A
Time: one and half hour (90 Minutes) Maximum Marks: 45
1.
Autecology refers to the study of the ecology of (A) (C) Community A species (B) (D) Animal population An individual
2.
Father of Indian ecology is (A) (C) Prof. S.B. Saxena Prof. V. Puri (B) (D) Prof. R. Mishra Prof. B. Sahni
3.
Species content of plants growing in an area is referred to as (A) (C) Population Vegetation (B) (D) Flora Community
4.
Synecology is the study of (A) (C) Individuals Animal Population (B) (D) Water Community in relation to environment
5.
Ecology takes into account (A) (C) Environmental factors Effect of plant an environment (B) (D) Plant adaptations All the above
6.
When a population is allowed to grow in a limited environment, it shows(A) (C) Exponential growth Unlimited growth (B) (D) Logistic growth None of these
7.
A population having more individuals of post reproductive stage, it shows that (A) (C) Birth rate is more Reduced birth rate (B) (D) Death rate is more None of these
8.
Asympote representing the limiting size of the population is found in (A) (C) Sigmoid growth curve Population crash (B) (D) Exponential growth curve None of these
9.
In a population an expression of the production of new individuals is expressed by (A) (C) Natality Fecundity (B) (D) Mortality Life table
10.
The study of plant community structure is called as (A) (C) Ecology Phytosociology (B) (D) Autecology Ecosystem
11.
Transitional zone between two vegetational types of regions is termed as (A) (C) Ecotone Ecoline (B) (D) Ecosystem Ecotypes
12.
Intermediate community between pioneer and climax communities is (A) (C) Biotic community Temporary community (B) (D) Seral community Ecosere
13.
Light loving plant are known as (A) (C) Heliophytes Lithophytes (B) (D) Xerophytes None of these
14.
Which of the following habitat would be ideally suited to sciophytes? (A) (C) Ponds and lakes Moist and shady place (B) (D) Dry and sunny place Desert
15.
The niche of a species is meant for (A) (B) (C) (D) The specific place where an organism lives The specific function of a species and its competitive power The habitat and specific functions of a species None of these
16.
The relationship between two species in which one is inhibited or harmed by the presence of the other is (A) (C) Commensalism Amensalism (B) (D) Mutualism Symbiosis
17.
Last stabilized community in plant succession is called (A) (C) Seral community Ecosere (B) (D) Ecotone Climax community
18.
Microclimate is (A) (B) (C) (D) Specific climate condition to which an organism is exposed in its habitat Climate during the particular season Climate during the given short period None of these
19.
Who coined the term ecosystem? (A) (C) A.G. Tansley Ernest Haeckel (B) (D) Alfred Wallace Charles Darwin
20.
Which living beings are tertiary consumer? (A) (C) Plants Carnivores (B) (D) Micro-organism Herbivores
21.
What is primary producer? (A) (C) Green plants and algae Herbivores (B) (D) Bacteria and fungi Carnivores
22.
When organism die, one of the following elements is released in several forms by bacteria (A) (C) Potassium Iron (B) (D) Sulphur Sodium
23.
Guano deposits, the excrement of sea birds and bats, are the major source of one of the following elements (A) (C) Phosphorous Zink (B) (D) Sulphur Nitrogen
24.
Biotic community along with its interacting physical environment comprises (A) (C) Ecology Phytogeography (B) (D) Ecosystem Phytosociology
25.
Food levels of an ecosystem are known as (A) (C) Producer levels Herbivore levels (B) (D) Consumer levals Trophic levels
26.
The pyramids which are always upright (A) (C) Pyramid of energy Both (B) (D) Pyramid of number None
27.
10% law of energy transfer in food chain was given by (A) (C) Tansley Weisman (B) (D) Lindeman Stanley
28.
Aquatic animals which can tolerate only a narrow range of salinity are said to be (A) (C) Euryhaline Poikilothermy (B) (D) Stenohaline Euryhydric
29.
The direct dominating factor of plant vegetation is (A) (C) Light Temperature (B) (D) Water Carbon dioxide
30.
Law of limiting factors in photosynthesis was given by (A) (C) Arnon Blackman (B) (D) R. Heep Calvin
31.
The concept of limiting factors was proposed by (A) (C) J.V. Leibig Julian Huxley (B) (D) Charles Darwin Claude Bernald
32.
In ecological succession from pioneer to climax community, the biomass shall (A) (C) Decrease No relation (B) (D) Increase continuously Increase and then decrease
33.
A community which brings succession in a habitat is called (A) (C) Pioneer community Seral community (B) (D) Biotic community Ecosere
34.
Primary succession is development of communities on (A) Cleared area (B) Newly exposed with no record of earlier vegetation (C) Freshly harvested crop field (D) Pond filled after a dry season
35.
Plants growing on sandy soils are (A) (C) Psycrophytes Oxylophytes (B) (D) Lithophytes Psammophytes
36.
A community which brings succession in a habitat is called (A) (C) Pioneer community Seral community (B) (D) Biotic community Ecosera
37.
IUCN headquarters are located in (A) (C) Switzerland India (B) (D) Japan America
38.
A taxon distributed continuously throughout the world is called(A) (C) Cosmopolitan Circumboreal (B) (D) Circumpolar Pantropical
39.
The theory of continental drift was proposed by (A) (C) Wegner Engler (B) (D) Du Toit A.P. de candolle
40.
The concept of endemic distribution of plants was given by (A) (C) A.P. de Candolle Vavilon (B) (D) Cain Willis
41.
Age and area theory was propounded by (A) (C) Willis Mason (B) (D) Good Lawrence
42.
Centre of origin of Curcuma longa is (A) (C) Indo - Malaya Middle East (B) (D) India China
43.
19% of the land surface is occupied by (A) (C) Grasslands Deserts (B) (D) Forests Tundra
44.
MAB was launched in the year(A) (C) 1970 1974 (B) (D) 1995 1962
45.
IBP is (A) (B) (C) (D) International Biological Programme Indian Biological Programme International Botanical Programme None of above
