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NEET 2025, Biology Q88: Organisms and Environment

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Q.

Epiphytes that are growing on a mango branch is an example of which of the following?

  1. A

    Amensalism

  2. B

    Commensalism

  3. C

    Mutualism

  4. D

    Predation

Solution

Commensalism is an interaction in which one species benefits while the other is neither harmed nor benefited. An orchid (epiphyte) growing on a mango branch uses the tree only for support — the orchid benefits, the mango is unaffected.

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