NEET-UG Biology · Class 12
Named examples of population interactions — NEET & JEE Questions
Named examples of population interactions is a topic in Organisms and Populations, a Class 12 Biology chapter of the NEET-UG syllabus. TestBudy holds 12 published NEET-UG questions on Named examples of population interactions, each with the marking scheme of the real paper. The ideas it examines include The fig and its wasp pollinator, Brood parasitism: cuckoo and crow.
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Key formulas and concepts
The ideas Named examples of population interactions is examined on, as they are tagged in the syllabus tree.
- The fig and its wasp pollinator
- Brood parasitism: cuckoo and crow
Named examples of population interactions MCQs with solutions
10 of the 12 published questions on this topic, exactly as they appear in a test. Answers and worked solutions come with your result rather than on this page.
The interaction in which both species benefit is called
- A. mutualism
- B. predation
- C. competition
- D. amensalism
The relationship between a fig tree and its pollinating wasp is best described as what?
- A. Predation
- B. Mutualism
- C. Amensalism
- D. Competition
The association between a cattle egret and grazing cattle, where the bird gains access to disturbed insects while cattle are largely unaffected, is an example of
- A. commensalism
- B. mutualism
- C. predation
- D. competition
The fig tree and its pollinating wasp are a classic example of
- A. mutualism
- B. parasitism
- C. amensalism
- D. competition
An orchid grows as an epiphyte on a mango tree without taking nutrients from the tree. Which interaction is illustrated?
- A. Predation
- B. Parasitism
- C. Commensalism (+/0)
- D. Competition (-/-)
Plants offer rewards to animals in the form of pollen and nectar and the animals facilitate the pollination process. This is an example of :
- A. Amensalism
- B. Competition
- C. Commensalism
- D. Mutualism
A tiger kills and eats a deer. This interaction is
- A. predation
- B. mutualism
- C. commensalism
- D. amensalism
Two Paramecium species use the same limiting food resource and one declines when they are grown together. This illustrates
- A. competition
- B. mutualism
- C. commensalism
- D. protocooperation only
A cuckoo lays its eggs in the nest of another bird, which then incubates and raises the cuckoo chick. Which interaction is this?
- A. Brood parasitism (+/-)
- B. Obligate mutualism (+/+)
- C. Commensalism
- D. Amensalism
A cuckoo lays its eggs in another bird's nest, causing the host to raise the cuckoo chick. This interaction is best classified as
- A. parasitism
- B. mutualism
- C. commensalism
- D. predation
Common mistakes in Named examples of population interactions
Recorded against questions in this topic that are not shown above, so none of these points at an answer you can see on this page.
- Assumes any plant growing on another plant is parasitic.
- Confuses +/+ and +/0 interaction outcomes.
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