Darwin's Theory NEET 2025 Level Evolution Zoology NEET Practice Questions, MCQs, Past Year Questions (PYQs), NCERT Questions, Question Bank, Class 11 and Class 12 Questions, and PDF solved with answers

The basic tenets of evolution by natural selection as defined by Darwin do not include:

1.	More individuals are produced each generation than can survive.
2.	Phenotypic variation exists among individuals and the variation is heritable.
3.	Those individuals with heritable traits better suited to the environment will survive.
4.	The evolutionarily significant variations in the population arise due to mutations.

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Which of the following is not true about Darwin’s theory of natural selection?

1.	The survival and reproduction of organisms depend on inherited traits that suit their environment.
2.	Populations exhibit variation in traits, and individuals with advantageous traits reproduce more.
3.	Fitness, in Darwin’s sense, refers to the reproductive success of organisms in a given environment.
4.	Natural selection leads to the creation of new traits that are better adapted to changing environments.

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