All the following are examples of analogous organs except:

1. Thorn and tendrils of Bougainvillea and Cucurbita
2. Sweet potato and Potato
3. Flippers of Penguins and Dolphins
4. Eye of the Octopus and of Mammals

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Industrial melanism is an example of:

 
1. Natural selection 2. Mutation
3. Racial difference 4. Predation
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Stabilizing selection acts to _________ in a species' population.
1. elaborate new traits
2. alter traits
3. push for directional change
4. maintain a certain phenotype

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Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below.

Column I

Column II

I. Homologous organs 

II. Analogous organs

III. Vestigeal organs

1. Eye of an octopus and the eye of a mammal

2. Thorn of Bougainvillea and tendril of Cucurbita

3. Body hair and wisdom teeth in humans

 

Codes:

I II III
1. 1 2 3
2. 3 1 2
3. 2 1 3
4. 1 3 2

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For natural selection to bring about evolution, the trait selected by the nature must be:

1.  Dominant 2.  Recessive
3.  Mutant 4.  Inherited
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Assertion: Natural selection is differential reproduction 
Reason: The unit of natural selection is individual 

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
3. Assertion is true but reason is false
4. Both assertion and reason are false
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Pouched mammals of Australia survived because:
1. they all are top predators in a food chain
2. they are all herbivores and hence get to feed on large amounts of available primary production
3. of lack of competition from any other mammals
4. the Australian environment is not conducive for the survival of true placental mammals
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Leaves are variously modified from photosynthetic structures to form the insect-trapping pitchers of pitcher plants, the insect-trapping jaws of Venus flytrap, and the spines of cactuses. Such leaves would be an example of:
1. Homology 2. Analogy
3. Phenotypic plasticity 4. Vestigeality
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Match each item in COLUMN I with one in Column II and select the best match from the codes given:
COLUMN I COLUMN II
(a) Adaptive radiation (i) Fast emergence of resistance in bacteria against antibiotics
(b) Convergent evolution (ii) Bones of forelimbs in Man and Whale
(c) Divergent evolution (iii) Wings of Butterfly and Bird
(d) Evolution by anthropogenic action (iv) Dispersion and diversification of Australian marsupials

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
2. (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
3. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
4. (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
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