Statement I: | Fig fruit is a non-vegetarian fruit as it has enclosed fig wasps in it. |
Statement II: | Fig wasp and fig tree exhibit mutual relationship as fig wasp completes its life cycle in fig fruit and fig fruit gets pollinated by fig wasp. |
1. | Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect |
2. | Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct |
3. | Both Statement I and Statement II are correct |
4. | Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
List-I | List-II | ||
A. | Predator | I. | Ophrys |
B. | Mutualism | II. | Pisaster |
C. | Parasitism | III. | Female wasp and fig |
D. | Sexual deceit | IV. | Plasmodium |
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) |
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 |
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 | III. | Mutualism |
D. | A cattle egret and a Cattle in a field | IV. | Commensalism |
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 |
1. | Amensalism | 2. | Competition |
3. | Commensalism | 4. | Mutualism |