Q. No.| 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. |
Which of the following is correct for r-selected species?
1. Large number of progeny with small size
2. Large number of progeny with large size
3. Small number of progeny with small size
4. Small number of progeny with large size
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 |
| 1. | Cardiac glycosides | 2. | strychnine |
| 3. | toxic ricin | 4. | distasteful quinine |
Carnivorous animals - lions and leopards, occupy the same niche but lions predate mostly larger animals and leopards take smaller ones. This mechanism of competition is referred to as:
1. Character displacement
2. Altruism
3. Resource partitioning
4. Competitive exclusion
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) |
1. Development of adhesive organs
2. Loss of digestive organs
3. Loss of reproductive capacity
4. Loss of unnecessary sense organs
| 1. | Amensalism | 2. | Competition |
| 3. | Commensalism | 4. | Mutualism |
In the exponential growth equation Nt =N0ert, e represents :
1. The base of natural logarithms
2. The base of geometric logarithms
3. The base of number logarithms
4. The base of exponential logarithms
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