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 false.
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is false.
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
Answer
(2) Statement I is correct but Statement II is false.
Solution
Statement I is correct: 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.
Statement II is false: in general, herbivores and plants appear to be more adversely affected by competition than carnivores.
Answer: (2)