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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: ORGANISMS AND POPULATION
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A female fig wasp enters the syconium of a fig, pollinates the flowers and lays eggs in the ovaries of some of the flowers. The young larvae grow up, eat (and kill) some, but not all of the seeds and complete their life cycle.
The fig is completely dependent on fig wasps to pollinate its flowers and the fig wasp requires figs to complete its life cycle
The interaction between figs and fig wasps has aspects of
I. mutualism
II. host-parasite interaction
III. competition
IV. ammensalism
V. protocooperation
Select the correct option
The fig is completely dependent on fig wasps to pollinate its flowers and the fig wasp requires figs to complete its life cycle
The interaction between figs and fig wasps has aspects of
I. mutualism
II. host-parasite interaction
III. competition
IV. ammensalism
V. protocooperation
Select the correct option
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Correct option: A
I and II
Option A (I and II) is correct because the fig and fig wasp interaction involves both mutualism (pollination) and host-parasite interaction (larvae eating seeds).
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