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Q. No.Which one of the following is a matching pair of certain organism(s) and the kind of
association?
1. Shark and sucker fish - predation
2. Algae and fungi in lichens - mutualism
3. Orchids growing on trees - parasitism
4. Cuscuta (dodder) growing in other flowering plants - epiphytism
Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the codes given below.
| Column I | Column II |
| A. Commensalism | (i) One inhibited other unaffected |
| B. Parasitism | (ii) One benefited other unaffected |
| C. Mutualism | (iii) Both are benefitted |
| D. Amensalism | (iv) One benefitted other harmed |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) | (i) |
| 2. | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| 3. | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) |
| 4. | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
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) |
Match the following and choose the correct combination from the options given below:
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|
Column I (Interaction) |
|
Column II (Examples) |
|
I. |
Mutualism |
i) |
Trichoderma and Penicillium |
|
II. |
Commensalism |
ii) |
Balanophora, Orobanche |
|
III. |
Parasitism |
iii) |
Orchids and Ferns |
|
IV. |
Predation |
iv) |
Lichen and Mycorrhiza |
|
V. |
Amensalism |
v) |
Nepenthes and Diaonaea |
|
|
I |
II |
III |
IV |
V |
|
1. |
i |
ii |
iii |
iv |
v |
|
2. |
ii |
iii |
iv |
v |
i |
|
3. |
iii |
iv |
v |
i |
ii |
|
4. |
iv |
iii |
ii |
v |
i |
Match the following and choose the correct combination from the options given below.
|
Column I |
Column II |
||
|
A. |
Mutalism |
1. |
Lion and deer |
|
B. |
Commensalism |
2. |
Round worm and man |
|
C. |
Parasitism |
3. |
Birds compete with squirrels for nuts |
|
D. |
Competition |
4. |
Sea anemone on hermit crab |
|
E. |
Predation |
5. |
Barnacles attached to Whales. |
Dispersal
1. A- 4, B-5, C-2, D –3, E-1
2. A- 3, B-1, C-4, D – 2, E-5
3. A- 2, B-3, C-1, D – 5, E-4
4. A- 5, B-4, C-2, D – 3, E-1
| Assertion(A): | Egrets always forage close to cattle. |
| Reason(R): | They depend on cattle's movement by which soil insects get stirred up & flushed out and egrets get their food (soil insects) easily. |
Choices for Assertions and reasons:
| 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. |
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