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Fundamental Concepts - Ecology - Ecology and Evolution Previous Year Questions

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

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10Years
33Questions
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Fundamental Concepts question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Fundamental Concepts. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 26 78.8%
Medium 7 21.2%

Question type distribution

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

MCQ 28 84.8%
MSQ 5 15.2%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Ecology and Evolution
33 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Ecology
33 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Fundamental Concepts
33 Qs

Paper coverage

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

Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025
2 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024
3 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2023
6 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2022
3 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
3 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020
4 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2019
2 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018
2 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2016
4 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014
4 Qs

Included previous year papers

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

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202520252View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202420243View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202320236View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202220223View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202120213View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202020204View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201920192View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201820182View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201620164View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201420144View paper

All Fundamental Concepts previous year questions

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2014 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014
C3, C4 and CAM are the main photosynthetic pathways in plants. The relative abundance of C3 plants ______________ with increasing latitude.
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2014 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014
Christian Bergmann, a 19th century biologist, observed that related taxa showed increasing body size with increasing latitude. One explanation for this pattern, also called ‘Bergmann’s Rule’, is
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2014 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014
Temperate organisms have wider tolerance ranges for temperature than do tropical organisms. If temperatures increase across the globe by 2°C, which of the following is possible?
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2014 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014
The length of Henle’s loop in the kidneys of rodents is longest in
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2018 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018

The value of the resting membrane potential of a typical neuron is closest to the equilibrium potential of which of the following ions?

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2018 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018
Which of the following is an adaptation for osmoregulation in freshwater teleost fish?
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2019 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2019

Gut passage time is defined as the time taken from ingestion to excretion of a food item. Which among the following animals has the longest gut passage time?

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2019 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2019
Bergmann's rule describes the increase in body size observed in related organisms as we go from the equator to the poles. Which of the following is a possible explanation for this pattern?
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2020 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020

Which of the following is NOT capable of photosynthesis?

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2020 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020

The abundances of three species (P, Q, and R) were measured along a resource gradient. The resultant pattern is summarized in the figure. Which of the following statements can be inferred from niche theory?

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2020 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020

What is the study of fish known as?

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2020 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020
Which of the following has an endemic species represented in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for all taxonomic groups in that column?

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2021 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
Metabolism includes the processes of catabolism and anabolism. Select the anabolic process(es).
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2021 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
In an island chain, species richness (S) increases with island area (A) according to the equation, \( S = 4.3 A^{0.55} \).
Which one of the following graphs best represents this equation?
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2021 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
Consider 1000 terrestrial species that have geographical ranges of different shapes and sizes. If the Earth were entirely covered by land (no oceans), and the ranges of these species were overlaid on the surface of the Earth at random, which one of the following patterns is expected?
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2024 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024

Terrestrial plants conduct gas exchange through stomata. Having only few stomata on the leaf surface is a common adaptation to which one of the following conditions?

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2024 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024

Some air-breathing marine vertebrates such as whales, seals and marine turtles possess adaptations for long, deep dives. Which one or more of the following is/are examples of such adaptations?

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2024 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024

You are a plant ecologist studying a plant in the genus Veronica. You notice that, at open rocky sites, Veronica grows as a creeper spreading low to the ground, whereas in grasslands, the stem stands upright. You collect seeds from multiple populations in each habitat type and grow them under uniform conditions in a greenhouse. You find that all the plants grown in the greenhouse have stems that stand upright. Which one or more of the following explanations best support(s) your observations?

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2025 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025
In this figure, the rectangle (P) depicts the range of temperature and rainfall in which a plant species can survive and propagate. The circle (Q) demarcates the range of temperature and rainfall in which this plant species is actually found.
Which one of the following statements about P and Q is accurate for this plant species?

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2025 · Ecology and Evolution · Ecology · Fundamental Concepts
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025

Decreasing surface area to volume ratio helps reduce heat loss in colder climates. In which one or more of the following observations does this play a role?

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