MPSC PYQ

Energy flow

Energy flow is an concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2022, 2023). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations.

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2
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2 · 2022–2023
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Ecological PyramidsEcosystem Structure

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परिसंस्था ही निसर्गाचा स्वयं नियामक व स्वयं शाश्वत संरचनात्मक व कार्यात्मक संच आहे. जेथे जैविक व अजैविक घटक एकमेकांमध्ये गुंतलेले असतात ज्यामध्ये खालील क्रिया घडतात : (a) उत्पादकता (b) कुजणे (c) पोषण चक्र (d) उर्जा प्रवाह वरीलपैकी कोणते विधान/विधाने बरोबर आहेत ? Ecosystem is a self-regulatory and self-sustained structural and functional unit of nature where biotic and abiotic components are linked together with the following processes : (a) Productivity (b) Decomposition (c) Nutrient cycling (d) Energy flow Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a)उत्पादकता / Productivity

(b)कुजणे / Decomposition

(c)पोषण चक्र / Nutrient cycling

(d)उर्जा प्रवाह / Energy flow

1)फक्त (a) / Only (a)
2)फक्त (a) आणि (b) / Only (a) and (b)
3)(a), (b), (c) आणि (d) / (a), (b), (c) and (d)✓ Correct
4)(a), (b) आणि (d) / (a), (b) and (d)

An ecosystem functions as a self-regulatory and self-sustained unit through four primary functional processes: productivity, decomposition, energy flow, and nutrient cycling.

19. खालीलपैकी कोणता परिस्थितीकी मनोऱ्याचा प्रकार नाही ? Which of the following is not the type of Ecological pyramid ?

a)संख्येचा मनोरा / Pyramid of number
b)जैविक वस्तुमानाचा मनोरा / Pyramid of biomass
c)अन्नजाळी मनोरा / Pyramid of food web✓ Correct
d)उर्जेचा मनोरा / Pyramid of energy

Ecological pyramids are graphical representations of trophic levels in an ecosystem. The three main types are pyramids of number, biomass, and energy. Food web is a network of food chains, not a pyramid type.