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Behavioural Ecology - Ecology and Evolution Previous Year Questions

Practice Behavioural Ecology - Ecology and Evolution previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

10Papers
10Years
89Questions
1Topics

Behavioural Ecology question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Behavioural Ecology. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 49 55.1%
Medium 40 44.9%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 70 78.7%
MSQ 14 15.7%
Fill in the blanks 3 3.4%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 2 2.2%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Ecology and Evolution
89 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Behavioural Ecology
89 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Foraging and Reproduction
37 Qs
Classical Ethology and Sensory Ecology
36 Qs
Social Behaviour
16 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025
6 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024
9 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2023
7 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2022
9 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
10 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020
9 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2019
10 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018
12 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2016
8 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014
9 Qs

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Included previous year papers

Newest papers appear first. Sort by year, question coverage or name.

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202520256View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202420249View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202320237View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202220229View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021202110View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202020209View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2019201910View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018201812View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201620168View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201420149View paper

Sample previous year questions

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2014 · Ecology and Evolution · Behavioural Ecology · Foraging and Reproduction
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014

Two sympatric species of fruit flies congregate on the fruit of two closely related species of trees for mating. The cue most likely to be used by these fly species to locate their mates from a long distance would be

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2018 · Ecology and Evolution · Behavioural Ecology · Social Behaviour
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018

In group living species, the term “dilution effect” refers to

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2019 · Ecology and Evolution · Behavioural Ecology · Social Behaviour
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2019
Which of the following is NOT an example of cooperative behaviour?
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2020 · Ecology and Evolution · Behavioural Ecology · Foraging and Reproduction
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020

Which of the following sensory mechanisms do most frugivorous bats primarily use while foraging?

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2021 · Ecology and Evolution · Behavioural Ecology · Social Behaviour
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
Listed below are hypotheses for the evolution of monogamy. Which one of these is NOT based on the concept of individual selection?
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2024 · Ecology and Evolution · Behavioural Ecology · Classical Ethology and Sensory Ecology
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024

Individual lizards were repeatedly presented with a predator model. Over successive trials, they showed a reduction in the duration of their alarm response. Which one of the following is this an example of?

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