Study the four statements (a–d) given below and select the two correct ones out of them:
a: | A lion eating a deer and a sparrow feeding on grain are ecologically similar in being consumers |
b: | Predator starfish Pisaster helps in maintaining species diversity of some invertebrates |
c: | Predators ultimately lead to the extinction of prey species |
d: | Production of chemicals such as nicotine and strychnine by plants is metabolic disorder |
The two correct statements are:
1. a and d
2. a and b
3. b and c
4. c and d
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. |
1. | Cardiac glycosides | 2. | strychnine |
3. | toxic ricin | 4. | distasteful quinine |
List-I | List-II | ||
A. | Predator | I. | Ophrys |
B. | Mutualism | II. | Pisaster |
C. | Parasitism | III. | Female wasp and fig |
D. | Sexual deceit | IV. | Plasmodium |
Which one of the following is most appropriately defined:
1. | Amensalism is a relationship in which one species is benefited whereas the other is unaffected |
2. | Predator is an organism that catches and kills other organism for food. |
3. | Parasite is an organism which always lives inside the body of another organism and may kill it. |
4. | Host is an organism which provides food to another organism. |
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 (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 |
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) |