NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: EVOLUTION

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Read the following statements and find out incorrect statements:

A) Alfred Wallace worked in Malay Archipelago

B) Anteater and numbat show convergent evolution

C) Branching descent and natural selection are key concepts of lamarck's theory of evolution

D) Marsupial mole and Marsupial mouse consider as examples of placental mammals

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Correct option: A

C and D

Option A (C and D) is correct because branching descent and natural selection are key concepts of Darwin's theory, not Lamarck's, and marsupial moles and mice are not considered placental mammals.

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The main point of Darwin’s theory is Which one of the following is not a vestigial structure in Homo sapiens? The brain capacities of Homo habilis were Assertion (A): In mammals the forelimbs perform different functions.

Reason (R): The forelimbs in different mammals consist of different sets of bones. Identify the phenomenon in which the members of a species do not interbreed with the members of other species or same species Assertion: Organic compounds first evolved in earth required for origin of life were protein and nucleic acid.
Reason: All life forms were in water environment only.