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Document Described : Mohan Lal Sukhadia University-Model Question Paper
M.SC (PREVIOUS) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SEMESTER-I
SESSION 2011-12
PAPER-I

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Section-A

1. Who coined the term Ecology?
a) G.Tailor
b) E.Haeckel
c) Darwin
d) Tansley

2. Ecology is the part of:-
a) Biology
b) Geography
c) Politics
d) Psychology

3. The relationship between organism and environment is called:-
a) Habitat
b) Ecology
c) Niche
d) Environment

4. Desert ecology is the part of:-
a) Conservation ecology
b) Radiation ecology
c) Gene ecology
d) Habitat ecology

5. Man engineered ecosystem are:-
a) Natural ecosystem
b) Artificial ecosystem
c) Aquatic ecosystem
d) Marine ecosystem

6. Bacteria and plants are called as:-
a) Heterotrophes
b) Primary consumers
c) Tertiary consumers
d) Autotrophes

7. Saprophytic nutrition is found in:-
a) Decomposers
b) Carnivores
c) Herbivores
d) Omnivores

8. The major structure and functional unit of ecology is:-
a) Ecosystem
b) Organism
c) Community
d) Population

9. The flow of energy in an ecosystem is:-
a) Multidirectional
b) It circulates
c) Unidirectional
d) None of the above

10. An important feature of an ecosystem is that it is capable of self maintainance and self regulation:-
a) Flow of energy
b) Tolerance
c) Feedback mechanism
d) Homeostasis

11. The study of freshwater habitat is called as:-
a) Limnology
b) Aquatic ecology
c) Habitat ecology
d) Pond ecology

12. The deep lakes that have low supply nutrients but high supply of oxygen are called:-
a) Eutrophic lakes
b) Dystrophic lakes
c) Oligotrophic lakes
d) Mesotrophic lakes

13. The law of limiting factor was given by:-
a) Shelford
b) Liebig
c) Blackman
d) Bancroft

14. The father of Indian ecology is:-
a) G.Puri
b) Tose
c) R.Mishra
d) K.P Singh

15. The chemical components of the ecosystem move in defined cycles called:-
a) Population energetics
b) Ecosystems
c) Biomes
d) Biogeochemical cycling