NEET Biology question
Match the population interactions in Column-I with their examples in Column-II and choose the correct combination.
| Column-I | Column-II | |---|---| | (A) Mutualism | (1) Ticks on dogs | | (B) Competition | (2) Weeds competing with crop plants for nutrients | | (C) Parasitism | (3) Lichens (fungus and alga) | | (D) Commensalism | (4) Lion and deer | | (E) Predation | (5) Barnacle growing on the back of a whale |
Solution
Mutualism is exemplified by lichens, where the fungus and alga both benefit (A-3); competition is seen between weeds and crop plants vying for the same nutrients (B-2); parasitism is exemplified by ticks living on and feeding off dogs (C-1); commensalism is
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