1. Father of Ecology in India-
A: Ramdeo Mishra
2. Ramdeo Mishra started-
A: Postgraduate course in Ecology
3. Ecology is also called-
A: Environmental Biology
4. The plants which open the stomata during night are-
A: CAM Plants
5. The trees which loose leaves every year are seen in-
A: Deciduous forests
6. A distinct ecological, community of plants and animals living together in a particular climate is called-
A: Biome
7. The term Ecosystem was coined by-
A: A.G.Tansley
8. Flora and Fauna are found scanty in-
A: Desert
9. Ecology was started in which century?
A: 19th
10. Ecological studies began with the works of scientists-
A: Haeckel
11. Deserts, Rain forests and Tundra are-
A: Biomes
12. A desert is a-
A: Biome
13. The functional unit of ecology-
A: Ecosystem
14. Annual variations in the intensity and duration of temperature are caused by-
A: Rotation of earth around Sun and the tilt of its axis
15. Population means-
A: A group of similar individuals belonging to the same species found in an area
16. Community includes different-
A: Genera, species, same area
17. Adaptation helps the organism-
A: To survive and reproduce
18. The largest ecosystem is-
A: Biosphere
19. Structural and functional Earth is-
A: Gigantic ecosystem
20. Eugen Warming-
A: Botonist, ecologist
21. Eugen Warming-
A: Danish
22. Match the following-
I II III IV
A: D C B A
23. Find wrong match among the following-
1) Utricularia - Submerged root less
2) Typha - Limnophila
3) Pistia - Nymphaea
4) Lemna - Not rooted
A: 3 (Pistia - Nymphaea)
24. Assertion (A): Roots to hydrophytes are of secondary importance.
Reason (R): They have surplus of water in their habitat.
A: A & R are correct. R explains A.
25. Assertion (A): In submerged hydrophytes gas exchange takes place directly through the thin walls by diffusion.
Reason (R): Stomata are totally absent in them.
A: A & R are correct. R explains A.
26. Assertion (A): All hydrophytes contain aerenchyma.
Reason (R): Mechanical tissues and xylem are poor developed.
A: A & R are correct. R do not explains A.
27. We find extensively these plants on the surface of land-
1) Hydrophytes 2) Xerophytes 3) Mesophytes 4) 1 & 2
A: 3 (Mesophytes)
28. Adaptations in mesophytes-
1) Not necessary 2) Necessary
3) Necessary unless the habitat is specialised 4) 1 & 3
A: 4 ( Not necessary & Necessary unless the habitat is specialised)
29. Assertion (A): All ephemerals are annuals.
Reason (R): All annuals are annuals.
A: A is correct. R is false.
30. Ephemerals are found generally in-
A: Arid
31. Tribulus is-
A: ephemeral
32. Pore space in the habitat of mesophytes consists-
A: 50% air, 50% water
