Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Organisms and Populations

Question:

Which of the following is an example of Commensalism?

Options:

Orchid growing on a mango tree

Lichen association between fungi and algae

Fig tree and wasp.

Barnacles and Chathamalus on the rocky sea coasts

Correct Answer:

Orchid growing on a mango tree

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) - Orchid growing on a mango tree

Commensalism: This is the interaction in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited. An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango branch, and barnacles growing on the back of a whale benefit while neither the mango tree nor the whale derives any apparent benefit. Another example of commensalism is the interaction between sea anemone that has stinging tentacles and the clown fish that lives among them. The fish gets protection from predators which stay away from the stinging tentacles. The anemone does not appear to derive any benefit by hosting the clown fish.