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Q. No.Given below are two statements:
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
| Statement I: | Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for different resources cannot exist indefinitely. |
| Statement II: | According to Gause's principle, during competition, the inferior will be eliminated. This may be true if resources are limiting. |
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
| 1. | Both Statement I and Statement II are False. |
| 2. | Statement I is True but Statement II is False. |
| 3. | Statement I is False but Statement II is True. |
| 4. | Both Statement I and Statement II are True. |
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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Given below are two statements :
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are True
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are False
3. Statement I is True but Statement II is False
4. Statement I is False but Statement II is True
| Statement I: | When the fitness of one species is significantly lower in the presence of another species, the process is defined as competition. |
| Statement II: | When fungi remain in association with living plants or animals, they are called saprophytes. |
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are True
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are False
3. Statement I is True but Statement II is False
4. Statement I is False but Statement II is True
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Competition | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2024
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Which of the following is not an example of mutualism?
1. Lichens
2. Mycorrhizae
3. An orchid on a branch of mango plant
4. The wasp pollinating fig inflorescence
1. Lichens
2. Mycorrhizae
3. An orchid on a branch of mango plant
4. The wasp pollinating fig inflorescence
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2024
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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as
Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
| Assertion (A): | The interaction, in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefitted, is known as commensalism. |
| Reason (R): | Egrets always forage close to where the cattles are grazing, otherwise it is difficult for the egrets to find the insect and catch. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2024
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Match List I with List II
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
| List I (Interaction) |
List II (Species A and B) |
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| A. | Mutualism | I. | +(A), O(B) |
| B. | Commensalism | II. | –(A), O(B) |
| C. | Amensalism | III. | +(A), –(B) |
| D. | Parasitism | IV | +(A), +(B) |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
| Options: | A | B | C | D |
| 1. | III | I | IV | II |
| 2. | IV | II | I | II |
| 3. | IV | I | II | III |
| 4. | IV | III | I | II |
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Competition | Population Interactions: Predation | Population Interactions: Parasitism | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2023
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Match List I with List II
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| List I (Interacting species) | List II (Name of Interaction) | ||
| A. | A Leopard and a Lion in a Forest/grassland | I. | Competition |
| B. | A Cuckoo laying an egg in a Crow's nest | II. | Brood parasitism |
| C. | Fungi and root of a higher plant mycorrhizae | I. | Mutualism |
| D. | A cattle egret and a Cattle in a field | IV. | Commensalism |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| Options: | A | B | C | D |
| 1. | II | III | I | IV |
| 2. | I | II | III | IV |
| 3. | I | II | IV | III |
| 4. | III | IV | I | II |
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Competition | Population Interactions: Predation | Population Interactions: Parasitism | Population Interactions: Amensalism | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2023
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Plants offer rewards to animals in the form of pollen and nectar and the animals facilitate the pollination process. This is an example of:
1. Amensalism
2. Competition
3. Commensalism
4. Mutualism
1. Amensalism
2. Competition
3. Commensalism
4. Mutualism
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2023
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Match the items in Column-I with those in Column-II:
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| (a) | Herbivores-Plants | (i) | Commensalism |
| (b) | Mycorrhiza-Plants | (ii) | Mutualism |
| (c) | Sheep-Cattle | (iii) | Predation |
| (d) | Orchid-Tree | (iv) | Competition |
Select the correct option from the following:
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
| 2. | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) | (i) |
| 3. | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
| 4. | (i) | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) |
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Competition | Population Interactions: Predation | Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2020
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Between which of the following, the relationship is not an example of commensalism?
1. Orchid and the tree on which it grows
2. Cattle Egret and grazing cattle
3. Sea Anemone and Clownfish
4. Female wasp and fig species
Subtopic: Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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NEET - 2019
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