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CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2025

If 4 individuals in a laboratory population of 40 fruitflies died during a specified time interval, say a week, the death rate in the population during that period is -

  1. A 1 individual per fruitfly per week
  2. B 0.1 individual per fruitfly per week
  3. C 10 individuals per fruitfly per week
  4. D 0.4 individual per fruitfly per week
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(B) 0.1 individual per fruitfly per week

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Death rate \( = \frac{4}{40} = 0.1 \) individual per fruitfly per week