| List-I | List-II | ||
| A. | Tertiary consumer | I. | Grass |
| B. | Secondary consumer | II. | Lion |
| C. | Primary consumer | III. | Wolf |
| D. | Primary producer | IV. | Goat |
| 1. | Small plants | 2. | Fish |
| 3. | Man | 4. | Zooplankton |
| Assertion (A): | The pyramid of biomass may be "inverted" in a pond ecosystem |
| Reason (R): | In a pond ecosystem, the standing crop of phytoplankton, the major producers, at any given point will be lower than the mass of the heterotrophs, such as fish and insects. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and the (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but the (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |
| Assertion (A): | Pyramid of energy can be inverted in aquatic ecosystems. |
| Reason (R): | Aquatic life defies second law of thermodynamics. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and the (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but the (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are False. |