Gause’s principle of competitive exclusion states that

  • [NEET 2016]
  • A

    no two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely for the same limiting resources

  • B

    larger organisms exclude smaller ones through competition

  • C

    more abundant species will exclude the less abundant species through competition

  • D

    competition for the same resources exclude species having different food preferences.

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Find odd one out, according to parasitism.

$A$ : The interaction between sea anemone and clown fish is commensalism.
$R$ : The fish gets protection from predators but anemone does not appear to derive any benefit.

Match List $I$ with List $II$ :

List $I$ (Interaction) List $II$ (Species $A$ and $B$)
$A$. Mutualism $I$. $+(A), 0(B)$
$B$. Commensalism $II$. $-(A), 0(B)$
$C$. Amensalism $III$. $+(A),-(B)$
$D$. Parasitism $IV$. $+(A),+(B)$

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  • [NEET 2023]

To avoid the competive exclusion principle two similar species live in same area, they may evolve to become more different in order to

Monarch butterflies are highly distasteful to predator due to