Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
- 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.
Answer
(4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
Solution
Statement I is false: Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely.
Statement II is true: the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually; this may be true if resources are limiting.
Answer: (4)