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Assertion : No two species can occupy the same ecological niche in a habitat.
Reason : A habitat can contain only one ecological niche.

A

If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

B

If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

C

If the assertion is true but the reason is false

D

If both the assertion and reason are false

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C
The competitive exclusion principle also called gauss principal states that when two species compete for exactly the same resource one is likely to be more successful. As a result, one species out compete for the other species. Thus no two species can occupy the same ecological niche.
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