NEET
Botany

Energy Flow

Low Priority
Consistency: 30%
Weightage: 6 / 20 Yrs

High-Yield Trend

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2025
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2016
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2012
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2011
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2009
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2008

Questions
7 MCQs

01
PYQ 2008
easy
botany ID: neet-200
Consider the following statements concerning food chains.
(A) removal of 80% of tigers from an area resulted in greatly increased growth of vegetation
(B) removal of most of the carnivores resulted in an increased population of deer
(C) the length of food chains is generally limited to 3-4 trophic levels due to energy
(D) the length of food chains may vary from 2 to 8 trophic levels

Which two of the above statements are correct?

1. B and C

2. C and D

3. A and D

4. A and B

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02
PYQ 2009
medium
botany ID: neet-200

Which one of the following types of organisms occupy more than one trophic level in a pond ecosystem?

1. Phytoplankton

2. Fish

3. Zooplankton

4. Frog

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03
PYQ 2011
easy
botany ID: neet-201
Mass of living matter at a tropic level in an area at any time is called:
1. Detritus 2. Humus
3. Standing state 4. Standing crop
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04
PYQ 2011
easy
botany ID: neet-201
Of the total incident solar radiation, proportion of PAR is:
1. about 60%
2. about 50%
3. more than 80%
4. about 70%
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05
PYQ 2012
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Identify the possible link A in the following food chain.
Green plantInsectFrogAEagle

1. Rabbit

2. Wolf

3. Cobra

4. Parrot

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06
PYQ 2016
easy
botany ID: neet-201

The primary producers of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem are:
1. green algae
2. chemosynthetic bacteria
3. blue-green algae
4. coral reefs

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07
PYQ 2025
easy
botany ID: neet-202
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: In an ecosystem, there is unidirectional flow of energy of sun from producers to consumers.
Statement II: Ecosystems are exempted from 2nd law of thermodynamics.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1. Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is incorrect but statement II is correct
3. Both statement I and statement II are correct
4. Both statement I and statement II are incorrect
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