1.
Which of the following is a secondary treatment for the prevention of water pollution which involves allowing of water through a thick layer of stones or grave?

3.
Which of the following substances are never found inside living cells, yet they are a major and characteristic component of all ecosystems?

4.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I List-II
a. Phytoedaphon 1. Plants growing on other plants
b. Endophytes 2. Annuals, including algae, fungi, liverworts, mosses, many ferns and seed plants
c. Epiphytes 3. Microscopic soil flora
d. Therophytes 4. Plants living wholly or partly within other plants, as algae in lichens, or parasites

7.
The complete or partial inhibition or death of one organism by another through the production of some substances or environmental conditions as a result of metabolic pathways is known as

9.
Which of the following presents three assemblages of ecological types e.g., mesophytic, hydrophytic and semi-xerophytic?