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Master Organisms and Populations for NEET UG with ecological adaptations, population growth models, biotic interactions MCQs, and NCERT-based chapter notes.

This Organisms and Populations MCQ practice set is designed for students preparing for school exams and competitive exams. It contains 100 multiple choice questions divided into 2 test sets of up to 50 questions each. Every question has four options, and after answering you can see the correct option, a detailed explanation and how other users answered.

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Sample Organisms and Populations Questions

  1. In a laboratory population of 100 fruit flies (Drosophila), 4 new births and 2 deaths were recorded during a specific week. What is the calculated per capita birth rate (b) and per capita death rate (d) per fly per week?
    • A. b=0.04, d=0.02
    • B. b=0.02, d=0.04
    • C. b=4.0, d=2.0
    • D. b=0.4, d=0.2
  2. If a pond has 20 lotus plants last year and through reproduction 8 new plants are added, taking the current population to 28, calculate the birth rate of lotus population.
    • A. 0.4 offspring per lotus per year
    • B. 0.28 offspring per lotus per year
    • C. 8.0 offspring per lotus per year
    • D. 1.4 offspring per lotus per year
  3. In a population, if the intrinsic rate of natural increase (r) is $0.15\text{ per capita per year}$ and the carrying capacity (K) is 500, what is the maximum population growth rate (dN/dt) under logistic growth?
    • A. $75\text{ individuals/year}$ (when N=250)
    • B. $37.5\text{ individuals/year}$ (when N=250)
    • C. $150\text{ individuals/year}$ (when N=500)
    • D. $18.75\text{ individuals/year}$ (when N=250)
  4. Which of the following equations correctly represents the Exponential Growth Model in integral form?
    • A. Nt=N0ert
    • B. $\frac{dN}{dt} = rN\left(\frac{K-N}{K}\right)$
    • C. Nt=N0+(B+I)-(D+E)
    • D. $\frac{dN}{dt} = rN$
  5. In the Verhulst-Pearl Logistic Growth equation $\frac{dN}{dt} = rN\left(\frac{K-N}{K}\right)$, what does the term $\left(\frac{K-N}{K}\right)$ signify?
    • A. Intrinsic biotic potential
    • B. Environmental resistance factor / Unutilized carrying capacity fraction
    • C. Population mortality rate
    • D. Exponential growth constant
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