NEET MCQ on Predators Quiz Questions

1. In this interaction, the interacting species stay close together

A Predation, Parasitism, Commensalism B Competition and Mutualism C Amensalism, Commensalism D Amensalism, Predation and Parasitism

2. Predation can be considered as

A predator’s way of controlling prey’s energy level B nature’s way of controlling predators food chain C nature’s way of transferring energy to higher trophic levels D prey’s way to control the population

3. This cannot be performed by predators

A allowing herbivores to be filled with energy fixed by autotrophs B make the ecosystem stable C controls the species of prey D conduit for the transfer of energy

4. Prey is small, predator is massive, typically filter feeders – whales and zooplankton and lichen, graph is found to be linear

A Functional response B Type 3 functional response C Type 1 functional response D Type 2 functional response

5. This can be a predator in a broad ecological context

A crow B tiger C lion D seed eating sparrow

6. Predators which consume almost everything are

A generalist predators B predation C predators D specialist predators

7. The reason why exotic species starts dispersing fast and turns invasive is

A because of successful establishment of the food web B because of the lack of natural predator C because of lack of competition from other exotic plants D it gets better nutrition there

8. In an ecosystem, if you discard predators in a hypothetical scenario causing few species to become extinct, it indicates

A commensalism B parasitism C interspecific competition D intraspecific competition

9. The starfish Pisaster amongst the rocky intertidal communities of the American Pacific coast is a significant

A Competitor B Parasite C Predator D Prey

10. Predators suppression of prey declines with the increasing impact of prey on the next lower trophic level such as the impact of herbivores on plants – this is

A Predation cycles B Parasitism C Trophic cascades D Top down