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 |
Statement I: | Gause's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle' states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely and competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually. |
Statement II: | In general, carnivores are more adversely affected by competition than herbivores. |
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 |
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 |
List I | List II | ||
A. | Logistic growth | I. | Unlimited resource availability condition |
B. | Exponential growth | II. | Limited resource availability condition |
C. | Expanding age pyramid | III. | The percent individuals of pre-reproductive age is largest followed by reproductive and post reproductive age groups |
D. | Stable age pyramid | IV. | The percent individuals of pre-reproductives and reproductive age group are same |
Options: | A | B | C | D |
1. | II | IV | III | I |
2. | II | I | III | IV |
3. | II | III | I | IV |
4. | II | IV | I | III |
1. | Amensalism | 2. | Competition |
3. | Commensalism | 4. | Mutualism |
1. | Cardiac glycosides | 2. | strychnine |
3. | toxic ricin | 4. | distasteful quinine |
1. | 10 | 2. | 9 |
3. | 25 | 4. | 15 |
1. | It is necessitated by nature to maintain the ecological balance . |
2. | It helps in maintaining species diversity in a community. |
3. | It might lead to the extinction of a species. |
4. | Both the interacting species are negatively impacted. |
While explaining interspecific interaction of population, (+) sign is assigned for beneficial interaction, (-) sign is assigned for detrimental interaction and (0) for neutral interaction. Which of the following interactions can be assigned (+) for one species and (-) for another species involved in the interaction?
1. Competition
2. Predation
3. Amensalism
4. Commensalism