BVP Medical BVP Medical Solved Paper-2012

  • question_answer
    Biomagnification refers to

    A)  rapid growth due to excessive intake of nutrients

    B)  increase in population size

    C)  decrease in population size

    D)  increase    in    concentration    of non-degradable pollutants as they pass through food chain

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     When the concentration of non-degradable pollutants   continuously   increases   in successive trophic level in a food chain, this phenomenon is known as biological magnification or bio magnification, e.g., DDT.


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