41.

Which one of the following is not a major characteristic feature of

biodiversity hot spots?
1) Large number of species

2) Abundance of endemic species

*3) Less number of species

4) Threatened by destruction
42.What is common to Lantana, Eichhornia and African catfish?
1) All are endangered species of India
2) All are key stone species
3) All are mammals found in India
*4) All are neither threatened nor indigenous of India
43. Solid bauplan is exhibited by
1) Animals with diploblastic organization *2) Those organisms with end sac gut
3) First animals with tube inside tube nature
4) Animals with cellular
grade of organization
44. Assertion (A) : Cladistic classification is an evolutionary classification based on
how a common ancestry was
shared
Reason ( R) : It summarises the genetic distance between all species in the
phylogenetic tree
*1)BothAandRarecorrect.RisthecorrectexplanationofA.
2)BothAandRarecorrect.RisnotthecorrectexplanationofA.
3)Aistrue,butRisfalse 4)Aisfalse,butRistrue

45.Species is a dynamic unit means

1) A species is genetically similar to the other related species
2) A species is a unit that can not give rise new species
3) A species is not reproductively isolated from other such groups
*4) A species gives rise new species in due course due to the evolutionary forces
46.Study the following statements
I) Protostomes are characterized by radial and determinate cleavages
II) Deuterostomes are characterized by indeterminate and spiral cleavages
III) Mouth is formed secondarily in deuterostomes
In the above statements
1) I and II are correct

2) II and III are correct

3) All are correct

47.Match the following

*4) Only III is correct

List I (Branch)

List II (Scientists)

I) Species

A) A.P. de Candolle

II) Evolution

B) Dobzhansky

III) Ecology

C) Haeckel

IV) Mendelian population

D) Herbert Spencer

V) Taxonomy

E) John Ray

1)
*2)
3)

I
E
E
E

II
C
D
D

III
B
C
B

IV
D
B
C

V
A
A
A

4)
E
C
48.Read the following

List I

List II

List III

I) Family

Felidae

Genera like Panthera and Felis

II) Order

Carnivora

Families like Felidae, Ursidae etc.

III) Class

Mammalia

Orders like Carnivora, Primates etc.

IV) Genus

Panthera

Species like leo, tigris etc.

In the above
1) I and II are true *2) I,II,III and IV are true 3) I, II and III are true 4) Only II is wrong
49. A: Species is an ecological unit.
R: No two different individuals of a species share the same ecological niche.
1)BothAandRarecorrect.RisthecorrectexplanationofA.
2)BothAandRarecorrect.RisnotthecorrectexplanationofA.
*3)Aistrue,butRisfalse
4)Aisfalse,butRistrue

50.Which of the following has the highest biodiversity?

1) Grassland in China

*2) Amazon rain forest in South America

3) Desert of North America

4) A rain forest in India
51.Which of the following is not a cause for loss of biodiversity
1) Destruction of habitat

2) Invassion of alien species

*3) Keeping animals in zoological parks 3) Over exploitation of natural resources

52.The extinction of passenger pigeon was due to
1) Increased number of predatory birds

*2) Over exploitation by humans

3) Non availability of the food

4) Loss of shelter
53.As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of
common characteristics will
1) descend
*2) ascend
3) Remain same
54. The term systematics primely refers to

4) either ascend or descend

1) Identification and classification of plants and animals

2) Nomenclature and identification of plants and animals
*3) Diversity of kinds of organisms and their relationship
55.

4) Different kinds of habitats and their classification

All the living organisms are related to one another because
1) They have common gene pool
*2) They share common genetic material but to varying degrees

56.

3) All have common karyotype

4) They share same ecological niche
The correct one about the Ex-situ and In-situ conservations from the
following is
1) Former is ideal conservation strategy and later is back up solution for the
former
2) Both are meant for protecting the threaned species in their natural habitat
*3) Former is a back up solution to the later and later is an ideal conservation
strategy

57.

4) Former is onsite conservation stategy and later is off site conservation strategy
Study the following statements and choose the correct combination
I) The simple count of number of species in an area shows the alpha diversity
II) Beta diversity is obtained by comparing the unique species in an
ecosystem with another adjacent ecosystem

58.

III) Species richness ascends towards lower latitudes

1) all except I
2) all except III
3) all except I and III
Match the following
List I

*4) I,II and III

List II

I) Panthera leo persicaA) The lion tailed macaque

II) Ailurus ochraceous

B) Pygmy hog

III) Macaca silenus

C) Siberian crane

IV) Sus salvanius

D) Red panda

V) Grus leucogeranus

E) Asiatic lion

The correct set is

I
II
1)
D
C
2)
D
B
*3)
E
D
4)
E
D
59. A: At tropics species

III
IV
E
B
E
C
A
B
C
A
richness is

V
A
A
C
B
more

R: At lower latitudes, solar radiation and resources are more

*1)BothAandRarecorrect.RisthecorrectexplanationofA.
2)BothAandRarecorrect.RisnotthecorrectexplanationofA.
3)Aistrue,butRisfalse
4)Aisfalse,butRistrue

60. If organisms A, B, and C belong to the same class but to different orders and if
organisms D, E, and F belong to the same order but to different families, which
of the following pairs of organisms would be expected to show the greatest
degree of structural homology?
1) A and B

2) A and C

3) B and D

*4) D and F

61. Sub species is ,probably, a new species in the making , all the following can
support this statement except
1) It is a geographically isolated population of a species
2) Intraspecific interbreeding occurs
3) Shows small variations from the parent population
*4) Reproductively isolated from other subspecies of the same species
62.In an unit area, species richness is relatively more when the Z value(hypothetically)
is in between
1) 0.2 to 0.6

2) 0.6 to 1

3) 0 0.2

*4) 1 1.5

63. Which of the following are phylogenetically more distantly related

*1) Fish and Frog
2) Rat and Bat
3) Bears and Hyenas
4) Dog and Fox
64. With respect to species Area relationships, Z value progressively increases
1) From equator to North pole

2) From equator to south pole

3) From Tropics to Temperate Areas

*4) From Temperate to tropics
65. Choose the incorrect one among the following
1) Amazon rain forests are called the lungs of earth
*2) Dynamic environment promotes Niche specializations
3) Removal of a critical species may affect the entire ecosystem in accordance with
the Rivet poppers hypothesis
4) Biosphere reserve is ear marked for in situ conservation
66. Latest biosphere reserve is
1) Sacred grooves

2) Nilgiri reservoir

*3) Seshachalam hills

4) madhumalai reservoir
67. Following are the scientific names of lion as per the binomial nomenclature.
Felis leo Linnaeus, 1758 Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758)
The above indicates
1) Change of rules of binomial nomenclature
2) Transfer of genus from one species to another
3) Change of the original author
*4) Transfer of species from one genus to another
68. Read the following
I) Spiral and determinate cleavage pattern
II) Radial and indeterminate cleavage pattern
III) Mosaic embryos
IV) Regulate embryos
Which of the above are related to Cetacea?
1) I and III
*2) II and IV
3) I and IV
4) II and III
69. The state of Gujarat has river, desert, forest and lake ecosystems, thus
exhibiting a diversity of life. Which measure do you use to denote total diversity
in this case?
1) Alpha diversity
2) Beta diversity
*3) Gamma diversity
4) Either alpha or Beta diversity
70. Solar energy, resources like organic matter etc., in tropics contribute to
higher food production, leading to greater biodiversity.The most likely
evidence from the following is
1) Siberia in Russia 600 N
2) Alaska in Canada 640N
3) Medagaskar- 200 S
*4) Amazon 3.10N
71. Choose the incorrect matching
1) Digitalin Fox glove plant
2) Extinction of passenger pigeons over exploitation
3) Vinblastin Anticancer drug
*4) Cryopreservation In situ conservation
72. Arrange the following obligate categories in
increasing order of their
similarity

73.

74.

75.

76.

77.

78.

a) Panthera
b) Carnivora
c) Mammalia
d) Felidae
e) Chordata
f) Enteroscoelomata
1) ecbdf
*2) adbce 3) aecd b 4) ecbda
The study of continuous genetic adaptations of organisms to the
environment is called
1) Ecology
2) Genetics
3) Ethology
*4) Evolution
Specific endangered faunal species are well protected in
1) Sacred grooves
2) Biosphere reserves
*3) Santuaries
4) Biodiversity hotspots
The method of representing phylogeny by trees or branching diagrams was
introduced by
1) Carolus Linnaeus
*2) Ernst Haeckel
3) Alexander Humboldt
4) Edward wilson
Ecologically unique and biodiversity rich regions are legally protected in
1) National parks only
2) National parks and Biosphere reserves only
3) Sanctuaries only *4) National parks, Sanctuaries and Biosphere reserves
A Mendelian population is a group of
*1) sexually reproducing individuals within which mating takes place
2) individuals which were originated from different ancestors
3) sexually reproducing individuals within which randmating takes place between
other such groups
4) genetically indistinct individuals but they are similar morphologically
Match the following :
List-I
List-II
A) Sarguja
1) Madhya Pradesh
B) Jaintia hills
2) Gujarat
C) Chanda
3) Chhattisgarh
D) Aravalli Hills
4) Meghalaya

A
B
C
D
A
1)
4
1
3
2
*2)
3
3)
1
4
2
3
4)
4
79.Radial symmetry is seen in
1) Flat worms
2) Round worms *3) Comb jellies
80.The simplest members of kingdom Animalia are
*1) Sponges
2) Protozoans
3) Flat worms

B
4
3

C
1
1

D
2
2

4) Earth worms
4) Insects