NEET Biology The Living World / जीव जगत Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion                :       Natural selection is the outcome of difference in survival and reproduction among individuals that show variation in one or more traits.            Reason        :       Adaptive forms of a given trait tend to become more common; less adaptive ones become less common or disappear            [AIIMS 2004]

    A)             If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B)             If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C)             If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D)             If both the assertion and reason are false

    E)            If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    The Darwin Wallace theory of Natural Selection can be generalised as the change in species by the survival of an organismal type exhibiting a natural variation that gives it an adaptive advantage in an environment. Thus leading to a new environmental equilibrium. The idea of the survival of the fittest explain the above evolution by natural selection. According to survival of fittest, some of the variations exhibited by living things make it easier for them to survive and reproduce thus more adaptive forms increase. Those which are not fit (or less adaptive) become eliminated.


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