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Which of the following structures is homologous to the wing of a bird?

  • Wing of a moth

  • Hind limb of a rabbit

  • Flipper of whale

  • Flipper of whale


C.

Flipper of whale

Wings of bird and flipper of whale are modified forelimbs of the two organisms so have same origin wings help in flying and flippers help in swimming but thus perform the different functions

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Following are the two statements regarding the origin of life
I. The earliest organisms that appeared on the earth were non-green and presumably anaerobes.
II. The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen.

Of the above statement which one of the following options is correct?

  • II is correct but I is false

  • Both I and II are correct

  • Both I and II are false

  • Both I and II are false


The process by which organisms with different evolutionary history evolve similar to a common environmental challenge is called 

  • natural selection

  • convergent evolution

  • non-random evolution

  • non-random evolution


According to Darwin, the organic evolution is due to

  • intraspecific competition

  • interspecific competition

  • competition within closely related species

  • competition within closely related species


The tendency of population to remain in genetic equilibrium may be disturbed by

  • random mating

  • lack of migration

  • lack of mutations

  • lack of mutations


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