NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: EVOLUTION

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Present concept of evolution is the result of the work by number of scientists:  I. T Dobzhansky,  II. RA Fisher,  III. JBS Haldane,  IV. Charles Darwin, V. Sewall Wright,  VI. Ernst Mayer, VII. Hugo de Vries, VIII. GL Stebbins, IX. Lamarck.  The scientists who contributed to the present concept of evolution are

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Correct option: C

I, II, III, V, VI, VIII, IX

Option A (I, II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII) is incorrect. Option C (I, II, III, V, VI, VIII, IX) is also incorrect. Option D (II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX) is incorrect. The correct option is A (I, II, III, IV, V, VII, VIII) because it lists the scientists who significantly contributed to the modern synthesis of evolutionary theory, excluding Lamarck who proposed an earlier, ultimately discredited theory.

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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.