NEET Biology question

Statement 1: Epiphytes use the trees only for attachment and manufacture their own food by photosynthesis. Statement 2: Commensalism results in negative effects on the growth and survival of one or both of the populations.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is FalseCorrect
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (C)

Solution

Statement 1 is true — epiphytes are photosynthetic and merely use their host tree as physical support/attachment, deriving no nutrition from it, which is a classic commensal relationship; statement 2 is false, since commensalism is by definition an

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