Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Organisms and Populations

Question:

Interactions could be beneficial, detrimental or neutral (neither harm nor benefit) to one of the species or both. Assigning a ‘+’ sign for beneficial interaction, ‘-’ sign for detrimental and 0 for neutral interaction. Match the column I with column II:

Column I (Name of interaction) Column II (species A,    Species B)
a) Amensalism      (i)               -                   -
b) Mutualism      (ii)              +                  0
c) Competition      (iii)             +                  +
d) Commensalism      (iv)             -                   0
Options:

 

a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i.

a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii.

a-ii, b-iii,c-i, d-iv.

a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv.

Correct Answer:

a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii.

Column I (Name of interaction) Column II (species A,    Species B)
a) Amensalism    (iv)             -                   0
b) Mutualism    (iii)             +                  +
c) Competition    (i)               -                   -
d) Commensalism    (ii)              +                  0

 Interactions could be beneficial, detrimental or neutral (neither harm nor benefit) to one of the species or both. Assigning a ‘+’ sign for beneficial interaction, ‘-’ sign for detrimental and 0 for neutral interaction, let us look at all the possible outcomes of interspecific interactions.

Species A            Species B                Name of Interaction 

    +                         +                          Mutualism 

     –                         –                          Competition

    +                         –                           Predation

    +                         –                           Parasitism

    +                         0                           Commensalism

    –                          0                           Amensalism