Natural selection where more individuals acquire specific character value other than the mean character value, leads to :
1. Random change 
2. Stabilising change 
3. Directional change 
4. Disruptive change 
Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
Please attempt this question first.
Launched MCQ Practice Books

Prefer Books for Question Practice? Get NEETprep's Unique MCQ Books with Online Audio/Video/Text Solutions via Telegram Bot

NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & Biology

In a species, the weight of a newborn ranges from 2 to 5 kg. 97% of the newborns with an average weight between 3 to 3.3 kg survive whereas 99% of the infants born with weights from 2 to 2.5 kg or 4.5 kg to 5 kg die. Which type of selection process is taking place?

1. Cyclical selection 2. Directional selection
3. Stabilizing selection 4. Disruptive selection

Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
Please attempt this question first.
Launched MCQ Practice Books

Prefer Books for Question Practice? Get NEETprep's Unique MCQ Books with Online Audio/Video/Text Solutions via Telegram Bot

NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & Biology

Artificial selection to obtain cows yielding higher milk output represents:

1.  Directional, as it pushes the mean of the character in one direction
2.  Disruptive, as it splits the population into two, one yielding higher output and the other lower output
3.  Stabilizing followed by disruptive, as it stabilizes the population to produce higher-yielding cows
4.  Stabilizing selection, as it stabilizes this character in the population
Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
Please attempt this question first.
Launched MCQ Practice Books

Prefer Books for Question Practice? Get NEETprep's Unique MCQ Books with Online Audio/Video/Text Solutions via Telegram Bot

NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & Biology

Industrial melanism is an example of?

1. Neo Darwinism

2. Natural Selection

3. Mutation

4. Neo Lamarckism

Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
Please attempt this question first.
Launched MCQ Practice Books

Prefer Books for Question Practice? Get NEETprep's Unique MCQ Books with Online Audio/Video/Text Solutions via Telegram Bot

NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & Biology

In the case of peppered moth (Biston betularia), the black-coloured form became dominant over the light-coloured form in England during the industrial revolution. This is an example of:

1. natural selection, whereby the darker forms were selected
2. appearance of the darker coloured individuals due to very poor sunlight
3. protective mimicry
4. inheritance of darker colour character acquired due to the darker environment
Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
Please attempt this question first.
Launched MCQ Practice Books

Prefer Books for Question Practice? Get NEETprep's Unique MCQ Books with Online Audio/Video/Text Solutions via Telegram Bot

NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & Biology

Industrial melanism is an example of:
 

1. Drug resistance
2. Darkening of the skin due to smoke from industries
3. Protective resemblance with the surroundings
4. Defensive adaptation of skin against ultraviolet radiations
Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
Please attempt this question first.
Launched MCQ Practice Books

Prefer Books for Question Practice? Get NEETprep's Unique MCQ Books with Online Audio/Video/Text Solutions via Telegram Bot

NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & Biology

Industrial melanism is an example of:

 
1. Natural selection 2. Mutation
3. Racial difference 4. Predation
Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
To view explanation, please take trial in the course below.
NEET 2025 - Target Batch
Please attempt this question first.
Launched MCQ Practice Books

Prefer Books for Question Practice? Get NEETprep's Unique MCQ Books with Online Audio/Video/Text Solutions via Telegram Bot

NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & Biology