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Penicillium does not allow the growth of Staphylococcus bacterium. This type of biotic interaction is called

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Important Questions on Organisms and Populations

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Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that the two species cannot co-exist indefinitely and the competitively superior species will eventually eliminate the other species Which of the following statements are correct regarding validity of the Gause's principle.
A) If resources are limited
B) If two species occupy different niches
C) If resource partitioning takes place between two species
D) If two species occupy identical niche
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Match Column - I with Column - II
  Column-I     Column-II
a  Saprophyte  i Symbiotic association of fungi with plant roots
b Parasite ii  Decomposition of dead organic materials
c  Lichens iii Living on living plants
d  Mycorrhiza iv  Symbiotic association of algae and fungi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
1) The human liver fluke, a nematode parasite, depends on two intermediate hosts (a snail and a fish) to complete its life cycle.
2) The malarial parasite needs a vector (mosquito) to spread to other host organisms.
3) In case of brood parasitism, the eggs of parasitic birds (e.g., cuckoo) are not detected and removed from the nest because the parasite's eggs resemble the host's eggs in morphology and colour.
4) A population of frogs protected from all predators would decrease indefinitely.
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Assertion (A): The Monarch butterfly feeds on poisonous weeds during its caterpillar stage.

Reason (R): It helps butterfly to become distasteful to the predator.

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In which of the following interaction both partners are adversely affected?
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The interaction between "Cuckoo and Crow" is an example for
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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Relate Column I with Column II with regard to predatory behaviour

  Column-I   Column-I
1. Calotropis p. Invertebrates
2. Pisaster q. Distasteful
3. Monarch butterfly r. Cryptically coloured
4. Frogs s. Cardioglycoside
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The following graph depicts changes in two populations (A and B) of herbivores in a grassy field. A possible reason for these changes is that.


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If ' + ' sign is assigned to beneficial interaction, ' ' sign to detrimental and ' 0 ' sign to neutral interaction, then the population interaction represented by '+' '-' refers to
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From the given options, identify the correct combination of population interactions that correspond to the symbols given here.
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Given the graphs below, the interaction between species 1 and 2 can be classified as

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Match column-I with column-II and select the correct option.

Column-I Column-II
a) Commensalism i) Lichen
b) Mutualism ii) Plasmodium
c) Parasitism iii) Hawk
d) Predation iv) Orchid
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Inspite of interspecific competition in nature, which mechanism the competing species might have evolved for their survival?
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The principle of competitive exclusion was stated by
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Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that:
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Which one of the following population interactions is widely used in medical science for the production of antibiotics?