Question

13. Assertion: The recent studies show that Gause's competitive exclusion principle cannot hold good
always.
Reason: The different species living in a habitat may show ‘resource partitioning'.
(a) Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

(a) is the correct answer for this question.