SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 43

SSC CGL - 06 Dec 2022 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q43

In a food chain, secondary producers are ______.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. Herbivores.

  • Food chain, in ecology, is the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism. 
  • Autotrophs or primary producers are organisms that acquire their energy from sunlight and materials from nonliving sources. 
  • Herbivores are regarded as secondary producers since they generate their own biomass utilising the main producers' energy.