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21 What is an edge effect?
A Community complexity
B Community classification
C Increased diversity at the boundary of ecotone
D Community stability

Answer: Increased diversity at the boundary of ecotone
22 In a population, unrestricted reproductive capacity is called as
A Carrying Capacity
B Biotic Potential
C Birth Rate
D Fertility Rate

Answer: Birth Rate
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23 The concept that 'population tends to increase geometrically while food supply increases arithmetically’ was put forward by
A Adam Smith
B Charles Darwin
C Thomas Malthus
D Stuart Mill

Answer: Thomas Malthus

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24 Two opposite forces operate in the growth and development of every population. One of them is related to the ability to reproduce at a given rate. The force opposite to it is called
A Fecundity
B Mortality
C Environmental Resistances
D Biotic Control

Answer: Mortality
25 The carrying capacity of a population is determined by its
A Population Growth Rate
B Natality
C Mortality
D Limiting Resources

Answer: Limiting Resources
26 Which one of the following is a result of overpopulation?
A Adequate storage of natural resources
B Pressure on land and other renewable resources
C Increasing the amount of forest
D Decrease the shortage of water

Answer: Pressure on land and other renewable resources
27 Why it is impossible to provide employment to all the unemployed in India?
A Due to lack of economy
B Due to over population growth
C Due to the absence of natural resources
D Due to lack of interest among youths

Answer: Due to over population growth
28 What is the need to control the population growth in India?
A To improve the standard of living among existing people
B To utilize all the natural resources among the existing people
C To participate in war among neighboring nations
D To increase the mortality rate in India

Answer: To improve the standard of living among existing people
29 Which one of the following is the step to control population growth in India?
A Killing all newborn babies
B Not providing medical assistance to people
C Lowering infant mortality rate
D Early marriage to girls

Answer: Lowering infant mortality rate
30 Which one of the following can be a solution to overpopulation?
A Neglecting family planning
B Knowledge of sex education
C Providing more facilities to the family consisting if more kids
D Improper medical facilities

Answer: Knowledge of sex education
31 Which of the following term defines the ability of the individual in the population to produce new individuals?
A Dispersion
B Mortality
C Natality
D Population dispersal

Answer: Natality
32 Name those organisms who can breed only once in their lifetime?
A Dispersed
B Clumped
C Iteroparous
D Semelparous

Answer: Semelparous
33 Which of the following structure can be seen in the diminishing population?
A Upright
B Inverted
C Bell shaped
D Urn-shaped

Answer: Urn-shaped
34 A group of people coexist within space and time and interact with each other is known as ____________
A Keystone species
B Community
C Guild
D Population

Answer: Community
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