Which of the following organisms are subject to natural selection?
| a. | prokaryotes that reproduce asexually |
| b. | single-celled eukaryotes that reproduce sexually |
| c. | organisms living in a changing environment |
| d. | organisms living in a stable environment |
1. a and b only
2. b and c only
3. c and d only
4. a, b, c and d
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| 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 |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
| 2. | (i) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) |
| 3. | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| 4. | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
| Assertion(A): | Evolution is not a directed process in the sense of determination. |
| Reason(R): | It is stochastic process based on chance events in nature and chance mutation in the organisms. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. |