Q.

Plants offer rewards to animals in the form of pollen and nectar and the animals facilitate the pollination process. This is an example of:          [2023]

1 amensalism  
2 competition  
3 commensalism  
4 mutualism  

Ans.

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The relationship between plants and animals is the most spectacular and evolutionarily fascinating example of mutualism. Plants need the help of animals for pollinating their flowers and dispersing their seeds. Animals get rewards in the form of pollen and nectar for pollinators and juicy and nutritious fruits for seed dispersers.