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                | 181. | Which ecosystem has the highest primary productivity? |  
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				| A. | Pond ecosystem | B. | Lake ecosystem |  
				 				 | C. | Grassland ecosystem | D. | Forest ecosystem |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 182. | In food chain, herbivores are: |  
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				| A. | Producer | B. | Primary consumer |  
				 				 | C. | Secondary consumers | D. | Decomposers |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 183. | In an upright pyramid of biomass, the herbivores occupy the position: |  
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                            Answer: Option B Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 184. | The flora and fauna in lakes and ponds represents: |  
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				| A. | Lentic biota | B. | Latic biota |  
				 				 | C. | Abiotic | D. | None of these |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 185. | Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) is usually referred to damages caused by: |  
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				| A. | Pollution | B. | High temperature |  
				 				 | C. | Low temperature | D. | Radiation |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 186. | If phytoplanktons are destroyed from sea, then: |  
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				| A. | Algae will get more grow luxuriantly | B. | Primary consumers will grow |  
				 				 | C. | Food chain will be effected | D. | No effect will be seen |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 187. | When the number of organisms at successive levels are plotted, they assume the space of a pyramid. This is called the pyramid of: |  
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				| A. | Energy | B. | Number |  
				 				 | C. | Biomass | D. | Both (a) and (c) |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 188. | Ten per cent law of energy transfer, in a food chain was enunciated by: |  
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				| A. | Elton | B. | Heackel |  
				 				 | C. | Lindeman | D. | Schimper |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 189. | Which part of the pond ecosystem does not affect by the temperature: |  
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				| A. | Epilimnion | B. | Metalimnion |  
				 				 | C. | Hypolimnion | D. | All of the above |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 190. | The rate of storage of food energy at consumer level is called: |  
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				| A. | Secondary productivity | B. | Primary productivity |  
				 				 | C. | Gross productivity | D. | Net productivity |  
                        
                        
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