The Competitive Exclusion Principle
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Q. Competitive Exclusion Principle states that
- two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely
- two closely related species competing for different resources cannot co-exist indefinitely
- the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually
- both competitors will survive
Q.
Gause’s competitive exclusion principle states that:
- More abundant species will exclude the less abundant species through competition.
Competition for the same resources excludes species having different food preferences
No two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely for the same limiting resources.
- Larger organisms exclude smaller organisms through competition
Q. Interspecific competition is always competition between two different species. In this kind of interaction, one species always loses out to the other competing species.
- True
- False
Q. Which of the following statements regarding the competitive exclusion principle is incorrect?
- Competitively superior species will eventually eliminate the competitively inferior one
- Two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot coexist indefinitely
- It was proposed by Georgy Gause
- It holds good even when the resources are not limiting
Q.
Statement 1: The phenomenon in competition is called “Competitive Exclusion Principle”.
Statement 2: The superior competitor eliminates the inferior one
Both statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.
Both statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is not the explanation of statement 1.
Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect.
Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
