MCQ
Mutations are responsible for
  • A
    Increasing the population rate
  • Variations in organisms
  • C
    Constancy in organisms
  • D
    For beneficial changes in organisms

Answer

Correct option: B.
Variations in organisms
b
(b)Mutation produce variations. Some of these variations are useful in struggle for existence and formation of new species.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Similar questions

Assertion: A special neural centre in the medula oblongata can moderate the cardiac function through autonomic nervous system (ANS).
Reason: Neural signals through the sympathetic nerves can decrease the rate of heart beat, speed of conduction of action potential and thereby the cardiac output.

$T$-cells are lymphocytes which produce the cellular immunity. These are developed from

If a cross between two individuals produces offsprings with $50\; \%$ dominant character $(A)$ and $50\; \%$ recessive character $(a),$ then the genotypes of parents are
A reduction in their number will lead to excessive loss of blood from the body.
Genes $A, B$ and $C$ are linked. Genes $A$ and $B$ are more close than $A$ and $C.$ Find out the correct option for the given statements

$I.$ $A$ might be before $B$ and $C$

$II.$ $B$ might be between $A$ and $C$

$III.$ $C$ might be between $A$ and $B$

$IV.$ More crosses has occurred between $A$ and $C$ than $A$ and $B$

In man, there is an enlargement of hand and feet and the nose and lower jaw are lengthened. These are the symptoms of the disease
The mouth parts of cockroach are
Assertion: Smoking causes oxygen deficiency in the body.
Reason: Smoking increases carbon monoxide (CO) content in blood and reduces the concentration of haem bound oxygen.
The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is
Chose the correct option

$(1)$ On and average a healthy human breaths ...$X$....times/minutes

$(2)$ Every $100\, ml$ of oxygenated blood can deliver around ....$Y$.... of $O_2$ of the tissues under normal physiological conditions.

$X-Y$