A) Charles Darwin
B) Wallace
C) J.B. Lamarck
D) Mendel
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
Darwin and Wallace jointly propounded the theory of natural selection. Who published a Joint paper titled Origin of species in 1858. As a result of struggle for existence only those organisms could survive which have favourable variations to adapt environmental conditions f. e., results in Survival of the fittest (coined by Spencer). Lamarck proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired characters. The modification .which are acquired during the life time of an individual would be inherited by its offspring and accumulate in course of time. Mendel is known as father of genetics. He gave two laws of inheritance i.e., law of segregation and law of independent assortment.
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