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The birth rate is directly proportional to:

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Important Questions on Organisms and Populations

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Which of the following is correct for r-selected species?
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Which ONE of the following options is TRUE with respect to Emigration?
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Asymptote is a logistic growth curve is obtained when
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Which is the second most populous state of India as per Census 2011?
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A few rabbits are introduced in an un-inhabited land with plenty of food. If these rabbits breed in the absence of any disease, natural calamity and predation, which one of the following graphs best represents their population growth?
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When does the growth rate of a population following the logistic model equal zero? The logistic model is given as dN/dt=rN1-N/K:
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The following equation describes the exponential growth of a population
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Which of the following tribal groups are found in Manipur?
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Which of the following is not an attribute of a population?
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The impact of immigration on population density is:
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As per Census 2011, as on March 1, 2011, the rural population of India was :
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In the following equation of Verhulst - Pearl logistic growth, the letter 'r' denotes ___ .

dNdt=rNK-NK

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Many population colonising a new habitat show a logistic population growth pattern over time, as shown in the figure below.

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In such a population, the POPULATION growth rate:
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The shape of the pyramids reflects the growth status of the population. Identify the type of age pyramid represented below for human population.

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According to the logistic population growth model, the growth rate is independent of
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Read the following data carefully

Parameter Values
Initial population of lions 400
Number of new births in one year 100
Number of deaths in one year 40

Imagine the lion population grows logistically where the carrying capacity is 800. Then the per capita birth rate(b), per capita death rate(d), intrinsic rate of natural increase(r), increase or decrease in population during the unit time period dNdt are respectively

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State the formula to calculate natality.
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Which Indian state has the best sex ratio of 1,084 according to data of the census 2011?
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In the recent (February, 2016) survey after the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014, the Indian city which is ranked as the cleanest city amongst 73 cities covered under the survey is: