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CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2025

If in a pond there were 20 lotus plants last year and through reproduction 8 new plants are added, taking the current population to 28, the birth rate is:

  1. A 1.4 offspring per lotus per year
  2. B 0.8 offspring per lotus per year
  3. C 2.5 offspring per lotus per year
  4. D 0.4 offspring per lotus per year
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(D) 0.4 offspring per lotus per year

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Birth rate \( = \frac{\text{New plants}}{\text{Initial population}} \) \( = \frac{8}{20} \) \( = 0.4 \) offspring per lotus per year
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