NEET 1995 · Class 12

Ecosystem

In a biotic community, the primary consumers are

  1. (A)detritivores
  2. (B)herbivores
  3. (C)carnivores
  4. (D)omnivores

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

If they feed on the producers, the plants, they are called primary consumers, and if the animals eat other animals which in turn eat the plants (or their produce) they are called secondary consumers.

Chapter
Ecosystem
Section
12.4 ENERGY FLOW
Page
4
Words matched
41 of 41

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'If they feed on the producers, the plants, they are called primary consumers' and later clarifies 'Obviously the primary consumers will be herbivores', which directly and conclusively answers the MCQ.

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