Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Fossils are remains of dead organisms.
Reason : It is helpful in the study of evolution.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Learning a skill such as dance and music is an acquired trait.
Reason : Acquired traits develop in the lifetime of an individual and do not pass to the progeny.
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Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Mendel selected the pea plant for his experiments.
Reason : Pea plant is cross-pollinating and has unisexual flowers.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Although living organisms always arise from other living organisms, life should certainly have had a beginning.
Reason : The study of the conditions and the mechanisms involved in the creation of most primitive living structures on earth is actually the problem of origin of life.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : We have lost all the direct evidence of the origin of life.
Reason : The persons responsible for protecting evidence were not skilled.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : DNA finger p rin tin g is a method in which polymerase chain reaction followed by DNA probe is used.
Reason: A DNA fingerprint is inherited and therefore, resembles that of parents.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : The sex of a child is determined by the mother.
Reason : Humans have two types of sex chromosomes: XX and XY.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Ear muscles of the external ear in m a n are poorly developed.
Reason: These muscles are useful which move the external ear freely to detect sound efficiently.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Chromosomes are known as hereditary vehicles.
Reason : The chromosomes are capable of self reproduction and maintaining morphological and physiological properties through successive generations.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Mutation is sudden change in the genetic material.
Reason : Variation is useful for the survival of species over time.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tail expressing gene has disappeared in them.
Reason : Lamarck’s theory of evolution is popularly called the theory of continuity of germplasm.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : The sex of the children will be determined by chromosome received from the father.
Reason : A human male has one X and one Y -chromosome.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : Dominant allele is an allele whose phenotype expresses even in the presence of another allele of that gene.
Reason : It is represented by a capital letter, e.g. T.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion : A geneticist crossed two pea plants and got 50% tall and 50% dwarf in the progeny.
Reason : One plant was heterozygous and the other was dwarf.
Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
Assertion: Traits like eye colour or height are inherited traits.
Reason : Inherited traits are not transferred from parents to young ones.