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1. Which one of the following sets (b) 2 and 3 only

of elements was primarily responsible (c) 1 and 3 only
for the origin of life on the Earth? (d) 1, 2 and 3
(a) Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sodium
(b) Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen 6. Consider the following
(c) Oxygen, Calcium, Phosphorus organisms:
(d) Carbon, Hydrogen, Potassium 1. Agaricus
2. Nostoc
2. Which of the following adds/ 3. Spirogyra
add nitrogen to the soil? Which of the above is/are used as
1. Excretion of urea by animals biofertilizer.
2. Burning of coal by man (a) 1 and 2
3. Death of vegetation (b) 2 only
Select the correct answer using the (c) 2 and 3
codes given below. (d) 3 only
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only 7. Following the addition of
(c) 1 and 3 only artificial or non-artificial substances
(d) 1, 2 and 3 such as nitrates and phosphates
through fertilizers or sewage to a fresh
3. Which one of the following water body, there is:
organisms can act as biofertilizer for 1. Great increase of phytoplankton
rice crop? 2. Enhanced growth of aquatic
(a) Blue green algae vegetation i.e. phytoplankton and algal
(b) Rhizobium bloom
(c) Mycorrhital fungi 3. Natural eutrophication
(d) Azobacter 4. Human-caused eutrophication
(a) 1, 2, 3
4. Which one of the following is a (b) 1, 2, 4
useful functional association between (c) 2, 3, 4
fungi and the roots of higher plants? (d) 1, 2, 3, 4
(a) Biofertilizer
(b) Coralloid root 8. The rapidly growing mass of
(c) Lichen phytoplankton covering the surface
(d) Mycorrhiza water of a lake or pond is known as
(a) Water pollution
5. Mycorrhizal biotechnology has (b) Water Hyacinth
been used in rehabilitating degraded (c) Eutrophication
sites because mycorrhiza enables the (d) Water bloom
plants to
9. Assertion (A) : Eutrophication is
1. resist drought and increase
a process in which lakes receive
absorptive area nutrients & sediments & become
2. tolerate extremes of pH enriched
3. resist disease infestation Reason (R) : Eutrophication is more
Select the correct answer using the significant in Sambhar lake than that of
codes given below. Dal lake.
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(a) both A & R are true & R is the animals. Which of the following are
correct explanation of A. such algae?
(b) both A & R are true but R is not (a) Alexandrium, Dinophysis and
the correct explanation of A Nocriuca
(c) A is true but R is false. (b) Dinophysis, Gymnodinium and
(d) A is false but R is true. Trichodesmium
(c) Noctiluca, Trichodesmium and
10. Enhanced growth of aquatic
Aphanizomenon
vegetation in respect of phytoplankton
(d) Trichodesmium,
and algal blooms through
Aphanizomenon and Dinophysis
eutrophication
1. disrupts natural functioning of 13. There is a concern over the
ecosystem leading to lack of O2 increase in harmful algal blooms in the
needed for survival of fish and other seawaters of India. What could be the
aquatic animals causative factors for this
2. causes decreased biodiversity phenomenon?
3. causes health problems due to 1. Discharge of nutrients from the
interference with drinking water estuaries.
treatment 2. Run-off from the land during the
4. disturbs levels of nitrates and monsoon.
phosphates 3. Upwelling in the seas.
(a) 1 only (a) 1 only
(b) 2, 3 (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1, 2, 3 (c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3
11. Consider the following 14. Assertion (A) : A natural
statements: process in which lakes receives
1. Eutropication disrupts natural nutrients & sediments & enriched is
functioning of the ecosystem bringing known as eutrophication
about negative environmental effects. Reason (R) : Lakes of Scandinavia are
2. Enhanced growth of the more adversely affected by
phytoplankton and algal blooms leads eutrophication than that of Great lakes
to lack of oxygen in the water body of North America
resulting in severe reduction in fish (a) both A & R are true & R is the
and other animal populations. correct explanation of A.
Which of the above statements are (b) both A & R are true but R is not
correct? the correct explanation of A
(a) 1, 2 (c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 only 15. Which one of the following is an
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
insectivorous plant?
(a) Passion flower plant
12. The algal blooms are not
(b) Pitcher plant
always harmful as many of the algae
(c) Night queen
are non-toxic and provide useful
(d) Flame of the forest
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16. Which one of the following parts 19. Insects feeding on the plants of
of the pitcher plant becomes modified the milkweed family' that produce
into a pitcher? poisonous glycosides to protect
(a) Stem themselves from herbivores are
(b) Leaf brightly coloured. What could be the
(c) Stipule reasons?
(d) Petiole 1. The glycosides have toxic effect
if broken done. These insects,
therefore, store these glycosides In
17. Some species of plants are
their fat bodies that gives them bright
insectivorous. Why?
colours
(a) Their growth in shady and dark 2. By showing their bright colours,
places does not allow them to these insect panic their predators of
undertake sufficient photosynthesis being poisonous.
and thus they depend on insects for Which of the above reason/s is/are
nutrition. correct?
(b) They are adapted to grow in (a) Only 1
nitrogen deficient soils and thus (b) Only 2
depend on insects for sufficient (c) Both 1 and 2
nitrogenous nutrition. (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) They cannot synthesize certain
vitamins themselves and depend on
the insects digested by them.
(d) They have remained in that
particular stage of evolution as living
fossils, a link between autotrophs and
heterotrophs.

18. Consider the following

statements:
1. Insects feeding on plants that
are lacking specific chemical defenses
are cryptically coloured
2. China is the highest
hydroelectricity power producer in the
world.
3. The Piped Natural Gas (PNG)
that we receive in our homes is
produced during processing of the
crude oil
4. No two species can occupy the
same niche indefinitely.
Which of the above statements is/are
correct?
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 4

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