Which of the following is a partial root parasite?

1. Sandalwood

2. Mistletoe

3. Orobanche

4. Ganoderma

Assertion: Parasitoidism is a strategy that is actually closer to predation.
Reason: A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host and at the host's expense, and which sooner or later kills it.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false

Cuscuta is an example of
1. predation.
2. endoparasitism.
3. ectoparasitism.
4. brood parasitism.

Not all parasitism involves feeding on the body of the host. The exception is:
1. ectoparasitism
2. endoparasitism
3. parasitoids
4. brood parasitism

If ‘+’ sign is assigned to beneficial interaction, ‘─’ sign to detrimental and ‘0’ sign to neutral interaction, then the
Population interaction represented by ‘+’ ‘─’ refers to
1. amensalism.
2. commensalism.
3. parasitism.
4. mutualism.

Which of the following is a correct pair: 

1. Cuscuta – parasite

2. Dischidia – insectivorous

3. Opuntia – predator

4. Capsella – hydrophyte