NEET Zoology Evolution Theories Match the Following Question
Match Column-I with Column-II.
Column-I Column-II (a) Adaptive Radiation (i) Common ancestry indicated by similar structures (b) Divergent Evolution (ii) Survival of species due to background matching (c) Industrial Melanism (iii) Evolution of different forms from a common ancestor (d) Homologous Structures (iv) Evolution of traits in response to environmental changes
Choose the correct matching:
a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv
a-i, b-iii, c-iv, d-ii
a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
Adaptive radiation refers to the evolution of different forms from a common ancestor (as seen in Darwin's finches), which is represented by pairing a-iii. The other pairs are correctly matched based on the definitions provided in the NCERT context.
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