AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2005

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    Direction for: In each of the following questions a statement of Assertion is given followed by a corresponding statement of Reason just below it. Of the statements mark the correct answer as

    Assertion: Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tail expressing gene has disappeared in them. Reason: Lamarcks theory of evolution is popularly called theory of continuity of germ plasm.

    A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

    B) If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

    C) If Assertion is true statement but Reason is false.

    D)  If both Assertion and Reason are false statements.

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    If humans share ancestry with other primates such as prosimian, monkeys etc., then remnants of that common ancestry should be present in our genes. The theroy of continuity of germplasm was proposed by Weismann.


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