NEET 2002 · Class 12

Organisms and Populations

What is true for individuals of same species?

  1. (A)Live in same niche
  2. (B)Live in same habitat
  3. (C)Interbreeding
  4. (D)Live in different habitat

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

In nature, we rarely find isolated, single individuals of any species; majority of them live in groups in a well defined geographical area, share or compete for similar resources, potentially interbreed and thus constitute a population.

Chapter
Organisms and Populations
Section
11.1 Populations
Page
3
Words matched
36 of 36

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=0.9932, combined=0.9959). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that individuals of the same species 'potentially interbreed', which directly and conclusively supports option C as the correct answer.

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