UPSC Ecology And Environment Ecology and Environment Question Bank Ecology And Environment

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    Consider the following statements:
    1. Interactions between the two organisms in which one organism kills sand feed on the second organisms, is, called Parasitism.
    2. Mutualism is the way two organisms of different species biologically interact in a relationship in which each individual derives a fitness benefit.
    Which of the statements given above is/are true?

    A) 1 only              

    B) 2 only

    C) 1 and 2 both                 

    D) None

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    In Parasitism, the parasite does not kill the host rather it derives its nutrition from the host in which the latter is not affected. The interaction in which an organism kills the other for food is called Predation.


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