Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Environmental Issues

Question:

Match the Column I with Column II .

Column I Column II .
a. Large fish 1. 25 ppm
b. Fish-eating birds 2. 0.04 ppm
c. Zooplankton 3. 2 ppm
d. Small fish 4. 0.5 ppm

 

Options:

a- 3 , b- 1 , c- 4 , d-2

a- 2 , b- 1 , c- 3 , d- 4

a- 3 , b- 4 , c- 2 , d-1 

a- 3 , b- 1 , c- 2 , d-4

Correct Answer:

a- 3 , b- 1 , c- 2 , d-4

Explanation:

A few toxic substances, often present in industrial waste waters, can undergo biological magnification (Biomagnification) in the aquatic food chain. Biomagnification refers to increase in concentration of the toxicant at successive trophic levels. This happens because a toxic substance accumulated by an organism cannot be metabolised or excreted, and is thus passed on to the next higher trophic level.