{"id":2360,"date":"2025-04-30T23:11:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2025-04-30T23:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:41:26","slug":"q-which-one-of-the-following-shows-a-unique-relationship-with-an-insect-that-has-coevolved-with-it-and-that-is-the-only-insect-that-can-pollinate-this-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-one-of-the-following-shows-a-unique-relationship-with-an-insect-that-has-coevolved-with-it-and-that-is-the-only-insect-that-can-pollinate-this-tree","title":{"rendered":"Q. Which one of the following shows a unique relationship with an insect that has coevolved with it and that is the only insect that can pollinate this tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Fig<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mahua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandalwood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silk cotton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(a) Fig<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fig\"><strong>Fig<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a\u00a0<strong>species of small shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region<\/strong>, together with\u00a0<strong>western and southern Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It has been\u00a0<strong>cultivated since ancient times\u00a0<\/strong>and is now widely grown throughout the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A fig plant is a small deciduous tree or large shrub growing up to 7\u201310 m (23\u201333 ft) tall, with smooth white bark.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They have a<strong>\u00a0unique coevolutionary relationship<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>fig wasps<\/strong>. This relationship is a classic example of\u00a0<strong>mutualism\u00a0<\/strong>where both the plant and the insect benefit:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fig Trees:<\/strong>\u00a0They rely on specific species of\u00a0<strong>fig wasps<\/strong>\u00a0for pollination. Each species of fig tree is typically pollinated by its own unique species of wasp.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fig Wasps<\/strong>: These wasps<strong>\u00a0lay their eggs inside the fig flowers<\/strong>. The larvae develop within the fig, and in return, the\u00a0<strong>wasps pollinate the flowers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This highly specialized relationship means that<strong>\u00a0fig trees can not reproduce without their respective fig wasps, making it a unique example of coevolution and mutual dependency.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Figs can be eaten\u00a0<strong>fresh or dried, or processed into jam, rolls, biscuits and other types of desserts<\/strong>. Since ripe fruit does not transport and keep well, most commercial production is in\u00a0<strong>dried and processed forms<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Raw figs contain roughly 80% water and 20% carbohydrates, with negligible protein, fat and micronutrient content. They are a moderate source of dietary fiber.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/life-cycle-fig-wasp-1024x684.webp\" alt=\"life cycle fig wasp\" class=\"wp-image-51764\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Environment 2024 3\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>fig wasp<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(a) Fig Fig<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[36],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-environment","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":36,"label":"Environment"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":36,"name":"Environment","slug":"environment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":193,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}