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In grass-deer-tiger food chain, grass biomass is one tonne. The tiger biomass shall be

A

100 kg

B

10 kg

C

200 kg

D

1 kg

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The correct Answer is:
B
According to `10%`law of lindemann,if `1` tonne (`1000 kg`) biomass is present in grass, only `10%` of it means `100` kg will go into deer and in tiger the biomass will be only 10kg, i.g. 10% of deer' biomass.
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