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Question

Match Column I with Column II

Column I Column II
A. Charles Darwin 1. Mutation theory
B. Lamarck 2. Germ plasm theory
C. Hugo De Vries 3. Philosophie Zoologique
D. Ernst Haeckel 4. The Origin of species
E. August Weismann 5. Biogenetic law
6. Essay on population

Options

A.A→4; B→3; C→1; D→5; E→2
B.A→4; B→3; C→5; D→1; E→6
C.A→4; B→6; C→5; D→3; E→1
D.A→2; B→3; C→1; D→5; E→2

Solution

Sol.(a) [Key Concept: Evolutionary Thinkers — Contributions Matching] Charles Darwin (A) → 'The Origin of Species' (4); Lamarck (B) → 'Philosophie Zoologique' (3) — his major work proposing use and disuse theory; Hugo De Vries (C) → Mutation theory (1) — based on his work with Oenothera; Ernst Haeckel (D) → Biogenetic law (5) — 'ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny'; August Weismann (E) → Germ plasm theory (2). Correct: A→4, B→3, C→1, D→5, E→2.

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