NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Zoology MCQs (Practice_Test 99 of 112)
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- In the animal kingdom, several degrees of interspecific interactions can be recognised. Which one of the following is true for protocooperation interactions?
- Both partners gain but neither can survive without the other
- One of the species is harmed by the relationship
- Presence of one species appears to have no effect on a second species
- Both partners gain, though each is also able to survive separately
- Deserts constitute the most extreme of all the terrestrial environments. Communities living here demand which of the following special adaptations?
- Morphological
- Ethological
- Physiological
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 3
- 1,2 and 3
- Old world cuckoos and the brown headed cowbird of North America do not build nests of their own; rather, they deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds. This type of relationship is designated as
- mutualism
- communsalism
- social parasitism
- symbiosis
- Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
- Match Item 1: Hoolock gibbon
- Match Item 2: Arunachal Pradesh
- Match Item 1: Golden langur
- Match Item 2: Northwest Assam
- Match Item 1: Lion-tailed macqeue
- Match Item 2: Sikkim
- Match Item 1: Slender Loris
- Match Item 2: Southern India
- Circadian rhythm is the ability to time and repeat functions as
- about 2-hour intervals linked to daylight
- one year intervals linked to changes in the seasons
- 24-hour intervals even without environmental cues such as daylight
- one month intervals without environmental cues such as daylight
- Match List I (pesticide) with List II (chemical nature) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Zoology MCQs (Practice_Test 99 of 112) List-I List-II - Aldrin.
- Fenvalerate
- Parathion
- Aldicarb
- Synthetic pyrethroid
- Carbamate
- Chlorinated hydrocarbon
- Organophosphate
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- Which one of the following insects is a coffee pest?
- Xylosandrus compactum
- Helopeltis atonii
- Nephantis serinopa
- Rhynchophorus ferrugienus
- Match list I (Insect) with list II (Diseases/damage caused to) and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Zoology MCQs (Practice_Test 99 of 112) List-I List-II - Galleria
- Lepisma
- Sitophilus
- Xenopsylla
- Rice
- Honeycombs
- Bubonic plague
- Old books
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- One of the major difficulties in the application of the biological control of insects pests is
- the practical difficulty of introducing the predator to specific areas
- that the method is less effective as compared with the use of insecticides
- that the predator does not always survive when introduced in the new environment
- that the predator may develop a preference for other diets and may itself become a pest
- Which of the following are the blood sucking flies which may inject the Trypanosoma evansi into horses and cattle causing surra in India?
- Tabanus
- Stomoxys
- Glossina
- Tachina
- Select the correct answer using the codes. Given below:
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 3
- 2 and 4
- Assertion (A) : Euglena is mixotrophic.
- Reason (R) : Euglena has chlorophyll in its chloroplasts.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Inspite of hemaphroditism cross-fertilization is the rule in Pheretima.
- Reason (R) : Pheretima is protandrous.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Buffaloes remain in water for long periods.
- Reason (R) : They do not have sweat glands.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Pancreas is both exocrine and endocrine gland.
- Reason (R) : Acini of pancreas have ducts for release of secretions while the islets-of
- Langerhans of the pancreas are ductless.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Axolotl larvae of Ambystoma exhibit the phenomenon of neoteny.
- Reason (R) : In the hilly tracts of North-America iodine is deficient.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true