NEETZoologyOrganisms and Populations
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: In general, carnivores appear to be more adversely affected by competition than herbivores and plants Reason: Mendel's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle ' states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
in general, herbivores and plants appear to be more adversely affected by competition than carnivores. Gause's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle' states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually