Multiple Choice Questions

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Assertion : Bats and whales are classified as mammals.

Reason : Bats and whales have four-chambered heart.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements


B.

If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

Bats and whales are classified as mammals as they possess the essential mammalian characteristics like presence of milk gland or mammae, presence of pinnae, viviparous nature, hair on body, presence of diaphragm etc.

Though bats and whales have four chambered heart, it cannot be considered as the main characteristic of being mammals because it is also present in some reptiles (e.g. crocodile) and all birds.


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Assertion : Old age is not an illness. It is a continuation of life with decreasing capacity for adaptation.

Reason : Cessation of mitosis is a normal genetically programmed event.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements


Prototherians are the connecting links between:

  • amphibians and aves

  • reptiles and mammals

  • fishes and amphibians

  • reptiles and amphibinas


A force which acts against the achievement of highest possible level to population growth is known as

  • population pressure

  • saturation level

  • carrying capacity

  • environmental resistance


Assertion : All birds, except the ones like koel (cuckoo) build nests for retiring and taking rest during night time (day time for nocutrnal).

Reason : Koel lays its eggs in the nests of tailor bird.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements


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Assertion : Holoblastic cleavage with almost equal-sized blastomeres is a characteristic of placental animals.

Reason : Eggs of most mammals, including humans, are of centrolecithal type.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements


The pioneers in the field of 'organic evolution' are:

  • Karl Landsteiner, Hugo de Vries, Malthus

  • Darwin, Hugo de Vries, Lamarck, Huxley

  • Lamarck, Karl Landsteiner, Malthus, Hugo de Vries

  • Darwin, Lamarck, Karl Landsteiner, Hugo de Vries


Assertion : Organochlorine pesticides are organic compounds that have been chlorinated.

Reason : Fenitrothion is one of the organochlorine pesticides. 

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements


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.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


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Assertion: Natural selection is the outcome of differences 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.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


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