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Q. No.Hugo de Vries believed that:
1.
discontinuous variations due to mutations are important for evolution
2.
continuous variations due to recombination are important for evolution
3.
evolution is a function of time
4.
evolution is a deterministic process
Subtopic: Hugo De Vries Theory of Evolution |
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It is possible that Darwin was influenced by the essay on populations by:
| 1. | Carl Correns | 2. | Charles Lyell |
| 3. | Thomas Malthus | 4. | A. R. Wallace |
Subtopic: Modern Theory of Evolution |
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Consider the given two facts:
What inference(s) can be definitely drawn from the given facts?
A. there had been competition for resources
B. the best adapted survive the competition
| I: | Theoretically, population size will grow exponentially if everybody reproduced maximally |
| II: | Population sizes in reality are limited |
A. there had been competition for resources
B. the best adapted survive the competition
| 1. | Only A | 2. | Only B |
| 3. | Both A and B | 4. | Neither A nor B |
Subtopic: Population Genetics |
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“Giraffes, in an attempt to forage leaves on tall trees, had to adapt by elongation of their necks and they passed on this acquired character of elongated neck to succeeding generations” – this explanation of long necks can best be ascribed to:
| 1. | Charles Darwin | 2. | Lamarck |
| 3. | Hugo de Vries | 4. | Louis Pasteur |
Subtopic: Theory of Evolution & Lamarckism |
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Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion (A): | Natural selection can be regarded as ‘differential reproduction’. |
| Reason (R): | Nature selects for fitness. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Subtopic: Natural Selection |
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Within the Australian continent marsupials have undergone:
| 1. | disruptive selection |
| 2. | adaptive radiation |
| 3. | extinction |
| 4. | rapid speciation due to sudden large scale mutations |
Subtopic: Genetic Basis of Adaptation |
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Evolution by anthropogenic action:
| 1. | is a determinist process. |
| 2. | only leads to evolution of species that are useful to humans. |
| 3. | usually is faster than the natural process. |
| 4. | is not at all related to mutations |
Subtopic: Palentological Evidences of Evolution |
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Consider the given two statements
| Assertion (A): | Dark melanic peppered moth survive better in polluted environments. |
| Reason (R): | In polluted areas, dark melanic moths are able to camouflage themselves. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Subtopic: Palentological Evidences of Evolution |
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Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion(A): | Homology implies divergent evolution. |
| Reason(R): | Homologous organs are organs which do similar jobs in two taxa that were not present in their most recent common ancestor but rather evolved separately. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Subtopic: Palentological Evidences of Evolution |
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Embryological support for evolution, proposed by Ernst Heckel, was disapproved by:
| 1. | Charles Lyell | 2. | Georges Cuvier |
| 3. | Charles Darwin | 4. | von Baer |
Subtopic: Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence: 3 |
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