Consider the two statements:
I: Fitness, according to Darwin, refers ultimately and only to reproductive fitness. 
II: Those who are a better fit in an environment, leave more progeny than others.
 
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II explains Statement I.
2. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect.
3. Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct.
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II does not explain Statement I.
Subtopic:  Darwin's Theory |
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Name the naturalist who worked in the Malay Archipelago and had also come to conclusions similar to Darwin around the same time:
1.Georges Cuvier2.Lyell
3.Hugo de Vries4.Alfred Russell Wallace
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The given figure shows the adaptive radiation of marsupials of Australia. What is correct regarding adaptive radiation? 
 
I: It is the process of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a point and literally radiating to other areas of geography (habitats).
II: When more than one adaptive radiation appeared to have occurred in an isolated geographical area (representing different habitats), one can call this divergent evolution.
 
1. Only I 2. Only II
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
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The differential success in the reproduction, of an organism, in a given environment, is :

1.Adaptation2.Natural Selection
3.Adaptive radiation4.Saltatory evolution

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