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Q. No.What evolutionary process is shown in the given figure?
1. Adaptive radiation
2. Industrial melanism
3. Saltation
4. Genetic equilibrium
1. Adaptive radiation
2. Industrial melanism
3. Saltation
4. Genetic equilibrium
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The variety of beaks of finches that Darwin found on Galapagos Islands as shown in the given figure represent one of the best examples of:
1. Atavism
2. Balancing selection
3. Adaptive radiation
4. Genetic bottleneck
| A. |  |
B. |  |
| C. |  |
D. |  |
2. Balancing selection
3. Adaptive radiation
4. Genetic bottleneck
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Adaptive radiation leads to which of the following?
| 1. | Increased competition among species |
| 2. | Decreased speciation rates |
| 3. | Limited morphological diversity among species |
| 4. | Rapid divergence of traits among populations inhabiting a given geographical area. |
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What was significant about Darwin's finches?
| 1. | They proved that finches could fly. |
| 2. | They showed that different species could interbreed. |
| 3. | They demonstrated that species could evolve from a common ancestor. |
| 4. | They were all the same species. |
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Match List-I with List-II with respect to convergent evolution:
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| A. | Lemur | I. | Flying phalanger |
| B. | Bobcat | II. | Numbat |
| C. | Anteater | III. | Spotted cuscus |
| D. | Flying squirrels | IV. | Tasmanian tiger cat |
| 1. | A-III,B-IV,C-II,D-I | 2. | A-III,B-II,C-IV,D-I |
| 3. | A-IV,B-III,C-II,D-I | 4. | A-IV,B-II,C-III,D-I |
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The primary condition necessary for adaptive radiation is:
1. Geographical isolation
2. Natural selection
3. Genetic drift
4. Gene flow
1. Geographical isolation
2. Natural selection
3. Genetic drift
4. Gene flow
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The idea of common descent was first suggested to Darwin by his observations on
1. geographic distributions of species.
2. human pedigrees.
3. comparative embryology.
4. blood groups of birds.
1. geographic distributions of species.
2. human pedigrees.
3. comparative embryology.
4. blood groups of birds.
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