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Given below are two statements:
Statement $I$: Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for different resources cannot exist indefinitely.
Statement $II$: According to Gause's principle, during competition, the inferior will be eliminated. This may be true if resources are limiting.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Both Statement $I$ and Statement $II$ are false.
Statement $I$ is true but Statement $II$ is false.
Statement $I$ is false but Statement $II$ is true.
Both Statement $I$ and Statement $II$ are true.
Solution
Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually. This may be true if resources are limiting.
Similar Questions
Match List $I$ with List $II$.
| List $I$ (Interacting species) | List $II$ (Name of interaction) |
| $A$. A Leopard and a Lion in a forest/grassland | $I$. Competition |
| $B$. A Cuckoo laying egg in a Crow's nest | $II$. Brood parasitism |
| $C$. Fungi and root of a higher plant in Mycorrhizae | $III$. Mutualism |
| $D$. A cattle egret and a Cattle in a field | $IV$. Commensalism |
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