I: | Any population has built in variation in characteristics. |
II: | Those characteristics which enable some to survive better in natural conditions (climate, food, physical factors, etc.) would outbreed others that are less-endowed to survive under such natural conditions. |
III: | The fitness, according to Darwin, refers ultimately and only to reproductive fitness. |
IV: | Those who are better fit in an environment, leave more progeny than others. |
I: | They created similar conditions in a laboratory scale as was proposed for primeval Earth atmosphere by Oparin. |
II: | They created electric discharge in a closed flask containing CH4, O2, NH3 and water vapour at 80°C. |
III: | They observed formation of amino acids. |
1. | All living organisms (species or types) that we see today were created as such. |
2. | The diversity was always the same since creation and will be the same in future also. |
3. | Earth is about 4000 years old. |
4. | Living organisms develop from non-living matter. |
I: | indicates the geological period in which they existed. |
II: | shows that life-forms varied over time. |
III: | shows that certain life-forms are restricted to certain geological time-spans. |
a. | Homology indicates common ancestry. |
b. | Sweet potato and potato are examples for homology. |
c. | Analogous structures are a result of convergent evolution. |
d. | Vertebrate hearts or brains are analogous structures. |
1. | Before industrialisation set in in England, it was observed that there were more white-winged moths on trees than dark-winged or melanised moths. |
2. | After industrialisation, there were more dark-winged moths in the same area. |
3. | In areas where industrialisation did not occur e.g. in rural areas, the count of melanic moths was low. |
4. | One of two variants got completely wiped out according to prevalent conditions and later arose through a recurring mutation. |
Assertion: | Darwin's finches are an often-used textbook example of adaptive radiation. |
Reason: | Darwin's finches are Galapagos endemics famously adapted for a specialized feeding behavior. |
1. | Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason does not correctly explain the Assertion. |
2. | Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion. |
3. | Assertion is false but Reason is true. |
4. | Assertion is true but Reason is false. |