Which trophic level follows the primary carnivores in the grazing foo…

The correct answer is Option (3) → Secondary carnivores

In a grazing food chain, energy passes from producers to herbivores (primary consumers), then to primary carnivores (secondary consumers), then to secondary carnivores. Each level feeds on the one before it.

Option (1) Primary producers — Incorrect. Primary producers are the first level, at the start of the chain.

Option (2) Herbivores — Incorrect. Herbivores are the second level. They come before the primary carnivores, which feed on them.

Option (3) Secondary carnivores — Correct. Animals that depend on the primary carnivores for food are called secondary carnivores, so they form the next level.

Option (4) Decomposers — Incorrect. Decomposers break down dead organic matter. They begin the detritus food chain, not a level of the grazing food chain.

NCERT Extract:
Energy Flow – “… Obviously the primary consumers will be herbivores. Some common herbivores are insects, birds and mammals in terrestrial ecosystem and molluscs in aquatic ecosystem. The consumers that feed on these herbivores are carnivores, or more correctly primary carnivores (though secondary consumers). Those animals that depend on the primary carnivores for food are labelled secondary carnivores.”