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Select the correct group/set of Australian Marsupials exhibiting adaptive radiation. 

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Important Questions on Evolution

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The phenomenon of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a point and spreading to other habitats is called:
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What do you understand by adaptive radiation? Explain it with suitable examples.
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What do you mean by adaptive radiation ?
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Variety of beaks of finches that Darwin found in Galapagos islands was due to
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A population of finch birds with medium sized beaks colonizes an island with plants producing medium and large sized seeds. After a disease wipes out all the plants with medium sized seeds, what is most likely to happen to the finches?
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Choose and write the correct option:

Darwin's theory is based on:

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What are adaptive radiations? Explain with examples. 
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In Africa, two distinct types of Rhinoceros are found. One is grazing which lives in open land and second is a browsing type which lives in wooded areas. It is which type of adaptive radiation?
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Darwin's finches are a good example of:
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Which of the following is not an example of anthropogenic action?
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The classical example of adaptive radiation in development of new species is:
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The Tasmanian wolf is an Australian marsupial and appears like placental wolf. This is because
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The best example of adaptive radiation is/are
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Darwin’s finches illustrate which of the following phenomenon:

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The placental mammals in Australia evolved into several varieties each of which appears to be “similar” to a corresponding marsupial because of
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Adaptive radiation of a species in an isolated geographical area is possible when

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A group of about 15 species of passerine birds studied by Darwin found on Galapagos islands represent

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What is the food habit of the original variety of Darwin's finches from which many other varieties are developed?
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The finches of Galapagos islands provide an evidence in favour of
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An evolutionary pattern characterized by a rapid increase in the number and kinds of closely related species is called