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According to Darwin, adaptive ability is :-

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  1. Acquired

  2. Mutation

  3. Inherited

  4. Branching descent

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Some individuals are better adapted to survive in new environment as the adaptive ability is transmitted to next generation as it has a genetic basis and is selected by nature. Branching descent and natural selection are the two basic points in Darwinian Theory of evolution.
So the correct answer is 'Branching descent'.

Darwin was influenced by Malthus who in 1798, wrote that human population increases.............
Whereas their resources increases..............

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  1. at 0 percent rate, at 0 percent rate

  2. exponentially, arithmetically

  3. exponentially, geometrically

  4. arithmetically, geometrically

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • The human population increases exponentially when the resources are unlimited according to Darwin.
  • Unlimited resources are the ones that increases arithmetically.
So, the correct answer is 'Exponentially, Arithmetically'

Which of the following is not related to the Darwin's theory of Evolution

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  1. All living organisms of a group are not identical.

  2. Variations may be passed from parent to off-spring

  3. Evolution is a slow and continuous process.

  4. Population do not grow in geometrical progression

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In 1859, Charles Darwin in his book 'Origin of species' stated the 'theory of evolution'. in this theory he has stated that no two individuals are the same but they have variations which help them in survival. This is called a natural selection. According to his theory, evolution is a slow and continuous process as it creates variation among individuals, these variations may or may not be passed among the offsprings. He had not explained the population growth and the phylogeny of an individual.

So, the correct option is 'Population do not grow in geometrical progression'. 

In Galapagos islands, Drawin observed variation in structure in

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  1. Elephants

  2. Giraffies

  3. Rats

  4. Finch birds

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Darwin developed a theory of biological evolution in which by observing a different type of finches in the Galapagos islands. He observed 15 species of passerine birds and they varied island to island. This observation helped him to give a theory on natural selection and that lead to evolution to Finch species. 

So the correct answer is ' Finch birds ' 

In Galapagos islands, Darwin observed variations in structures in

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  1. Elephants

  2. Giraffies

  3. Rats

  4. Finch birds

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
In the Galapagos Islands, Darwin observed that there were many varieties of small black birds, later called finches were present. All those varieties evolved on the island itself ranging from being seed-eating nature to become insectivorous, fruit eaters etc 
So, the correct option is 'Finch birds'

Mass extinctions which occurred in different eras can be explained on the bases

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  1. Darwin's theory

  2. Lamarck's theory

  3. Both A and B

  4. None

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Correct Option: A

Who did an experiment to prove that "The organic compounds were the basis of life"?

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  1. Darwin

  2. Stanley Miller and Harold C. Urey

  3. Melvin

  4. Fox

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Correct Option: A

Darwin was most influenced by research work of 

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  1. Wallace

  2. Spencer

  3. Malthus

  4. Weismann

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Charles Darwin was influenced by Thomas Robert Malthus, a late-eighteenth century economist. Malthus wrote "Essay on the Principle of Population" (1798), which Darwin read and was inspired by. The central theme of Malthus' work was that population growth would always overpower food supply growth, creating perpetual states of hunger, disease and struggle. The natural, ever-present struggle for survival caught the attention of Darwin and he extended Malthus' principle to the evolutionary scheme. 

On the voyage of the Beagle, Darwin (1809 - 1882) found that flora and fauna of temperate South America are most similar to that of 

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  1. Tropical South America

  2. Australia

  3. Asia

  4. Europe

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Charles Darwin went on a trip aboard HMS beagle as a naturalist. The purpose of this voyage was to map the uncharted areas of south Americal coastline. Darwin observed unique species of plants and animals in South America like finches and iguana. He noticed that the temperate South American animals closely resembled the tropical South Americal animals as compared to temperate European animals. Some of the characteristics of fossils observed by him in South America were similar with the contemporary South American characters of organisms.

The colleague of Darwin on his ship Beagle was

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  1. Dr. Hensley

  2. Packard

  3. Gado

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B