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Ecology - Life Sciences Previous Year Questions

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

19Papers
19Years
40Questions
1Topics

Ecology question pattern

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Questions by year

Compare question counts across years.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 33 82.5%
Medium 7 17.5%

Question type distribution

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

MCQ 32 80%
MSQ 4 10%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 4 10%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Life Sciences
40 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Ecology
40 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Ecosystems, Populations and Biogeography
37 Qs
Conservation, Biodiversity and Ecotoxicology
3 Qs

Paper coverage

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

Life Sciences (XL) 2026
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2025
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2024
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2023
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2021
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2020
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2019
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2018
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2017
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2015
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2014
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2013
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2011
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2010
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2009
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2008
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2007
2 Qs

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Included previous year papers

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Paper nameYearPDFAttempt
Life Sciences (XL) 20262026
4 questions in this view
2026
Life Sciences (XL) 20252025
2 questions in this view
2025
Life Sciences (XL) 20242024
2 questions in this view
2024
Life Sciences (XL) 20232023
1 questions in this view
2023
Life Sciences (XL) 20222022
1 questions in this view
2022
Life Sciences (XL) 20212021
1 questions in this view
2021
Life Sciences (XL) 20202020
2 questions in this view
2020
Life Sciences (XL) 20192019
2 questions in this view
2019
Life Sciences (XL) 20182018
2 questions in this view
2018
Life Sciences (XL) 20172017
3 questions in this view
2017
Life Sciences (XL) 20152015
1 questions in this view
2015
Life Sciences (XL) 20142014
4 questions in this view
2014
Life Sciences (XL) 20132013
3 questions in this view
2013
Life Sciences (XL) 20122012
2 questions in this view
2012
Life Sciences (XL) 20112011
1 questions in this view
2011
Life Sciences (XL) 20102010
4 questions in this view
2010
Life Sciences (XL) 20092009
2 questions in this view
2009
Life Sciences (XL) 20082008
1 questions in this view
2008
Life Sciences (XL) 20072007
2 questions in this view
2007

Sample previous year questions

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2007 · Life Sciences · Ecology · Ecosystems, Populations and Biogeography
Life Sciences (XL) 2007
Availability of free energy is maximum in which of the following trophic levels?
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2008 · Life Sciences · Ecology · Ecosystems, Populations and Biogeography
Life Sciences (XL) 2008
Identify the correct statements P The second law of thermodynamics is also known as the law of conservation of energy Q 'Entropy' is a measure of the available energy resulting from transformations R The transfer of energy through the food chain of an ecosystem is termed as 'energy flow' S The second law of thermodynamics deals with the transfer of energy towards more available state
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3
2009 · Life Sciences · Ecology · Ecosystems, Populations and Biogeography
Life Sciences (XL) 2009

Phagotrophs are

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4
2010 · Life Sciences · Ecology · Ecosystems, Populations and Biogeography
Life Sciences (XL) 2010
A population growing exponentially can be described by the differential equation \( dN/dt = rN \), where \( dN/dt \) represents the rate at which the whole population grows, \( N \) is the size of the population, \( r \) is the intrinsic rate of increase, and \( t \) is time. According to this equation, the per capita rate of growth is
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2011 · Life Sciences · Ecology · Ecosystems, Populations and Biogeography
Life Sciences (XL) 2011
Which of the following statements are INCORRECT on ecological point of view?
P. Primary succession involving xerosee is initiated in a wet habitat
Q. Halones commonly found in electronic equipment are one of the active force destroying the protective ozone layer in the stratosphere
R. Sympatric speciation occurs when the new species evolves in geographic isolation from the parent species
S. α-Diversity is the diversity of species within a habitat or community
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2012 · Life Sciences · Ecology · Ecosystems, Populations and Biogeography
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
Which of the following best represents the flow of energy through an ecosystem?
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