Which of the following was not a conclusion drawn by Charles Darwin based on observations made during a sea voyage in a sailing ship called H.M.S. Beagle around the world?
1. Existing living forms share similarities to varying degrees not only among themselves but also with life forms that existed millions of years ago. 
2. There had been extinctions of different life forms in the years gone by just as new forms of life arose at different periods of the history of the earth. 
3. There has been a sudden and dramatic evolution of life forms. 
4. Those characteristics which enable some to survive better in natural conditions (climate, food, physical factors, etc.) would outbreed others that are less endowed to survive under such natural conditions.
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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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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion(A): The fitness, according to Darwin, refers ultimately and only to reproductive fitness.
Reason(R): Those who are better fit in an environment, leave more progeny than others.
 
1. (A) is True but (R) is False
2. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
3. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
4. (A) is False but (R) is True
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Which of the following statements accurately reflects a concept of Darwinism?
1. Variation among individuals of a species is due to use and disuse of organs.
2. Inheritance of acquired characteristics is the basis of evolution.
3. Natural selection is the mechanism by which the fittest individuals survive and reproduce, passing on their traits to the next generation.
4. All species on Earth are unchanging and have remained so since their creation.
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion(A): Darwin’s finches represent one of the best examples of adaptive radiation.
Reason(R): Darwin's finches are derived from a single ancestor that arrived in the Galapagos from mainland South America.
 
1. (A) is True but (R) is False
2. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
3. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
4. (A) is False but (R) is True
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Consider the following statements:

I:  Nature selects for fitness.
II:  Fitness is based on characteristics that are inherited.
III:   Fitness is the end result of the ability to adapt and get selected by nature.

Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only 4. I, II, and III
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): Variations on which natural selection acts, arise as a result of random mutations.
Reason (R): A new variation may, or may not, be adaptive.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).
3. (A) is False and (R) is also False.
4. (A) is True but (R) is False.
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