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Following diagrammatic representation refers the natural selection on different traits. Choose the right option in which all the three graphs A, B and C are identified correctly

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Important Questions on Evolution

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The diversity within the wild bird species in the given figure can best be explained by which process

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A molecule that can act as a genetic material must fulfill the traits given below, except :
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Assertion : Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil.

Reason : Organism which have persisted and remain unchanged for the past several million years while their relative disappeared.

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Assertion : From evolutionary point of view, human gestation period is believed to be shortening.

Reason : One major evolutionary trend in humans has been the larger head undergoing relatively faster growth rate in the foetal stage.

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Assertion : The theory of survival of the fittest is widely misunderstood.

Reason : Evolution does not always increase the chances of a species survival and species do not survive when such chances happen rapidly.

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Assertion : All primates have a common ancestry.

Reason : The most primate was shrew like animals.

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Assertion : Most evolutionary trees place information about the pattern of relationship among organisms on the vertical axis and information about time on the horizontal axis.

Reason : An evolutionary tree depicts the pattern of relationships among parents and their offsprings.

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Assertion : Darwin's finches show a variety of beaks suited for eating large seeds, flying insects and cactus seeds.

Reason : Ancestral seed-eating stock of Darwin's finches radiated out from South American mainland to different geographical areas of the Galápagos Islands, where they found competitor-free new habitats.

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