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Oxpeckers and rhinos manifest a symbiotic relationship in the wild. The oxpeckers warn the rhinos about approaching poachers, thus possibly saving the lives of the rhinos. Oxpeckers also feed on the parasitic ticks found on rhinos.

In the symbiotic relationship described above, the primary benefits for oxpeckers and rhinos respectively are,

The correct answer is

Oxpeckers get a food source, rhinos may be saved from the poachers.

Oxpeckers obtain food by eating ticks on rhinos. Rhinos benefit from warnings about poachers, which may save their lives. Thus the respective benefits are a food source and possible protection from poachers.

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Important Questions from Verbal Deduction

  1. Read the following paragraph and choose the correct statement.

    Climate change has reduced human security and threatened human wellbeing. An ignored reality of human progress is that human security largely depends upon environmental security. But on the contrary, human progress seems contradictory to environmental security. To keep up both at the required level is a challenge to be addressed by one and all. One of the ways to curb the climate change may be suitable scientific innovations, while the other may be the Gandhian perspective on

    Small scale progress with focus on sustainability.
  2. The American psychologist Howard Gardner expounds that human intelligence can be sub-categorised into multiple kinds, in such a way that individuals differ with respect to their relative competence in each kind. Based on this theory, modern educationists insist on prescribing multi-dimensional curriculum and evaluation parameters that enable the development and assessment of multiple intelligences.

    Which of the following statements follows from the given text?

  3. ________ with someone else’s email account is now a very serious offence.

  4. Alexander turned his attention towards India, since he had conquered Persia. Which one of the statements below is logically valid and can be inferred from the above sentence?

  5. Most experts feel that in spite of possessing all the technical skills required to be a batsman of the highest order, he is unlikely to be so due to lack of requisite temperament. He was guilty of throwing away his wicket several times after working hard to lay a strong foundation. His critics pointed out that until he addressed this problem, success at the highest level will continue to elude him.

    Which of the statements (s) below is/are logically valid and can be inferred from the above passage?

    i) He was already a successful batsman at the highest level

    ii) He has to improve his temperament in order to become a great batsman

    iii) He failed to make many of his good starts count

    iv) Improving his technical skills will guarantee success.
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