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  • Question
  • Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by


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  • A. August Weismann
  • B. Hugo de Vries
  • C. Herbert Spencer
  • D. Carl Linnaeus

  • Correct Answer
  • Herbert Spencer 

    Explanation

    August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.


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    • 1. The rate of respiration per minute in a new born baby

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    • A. 18 times
    • B. 32 times
    • C. 26 times
    • D. 16 times
    • Discuss
    • 2. Cortisol is secreted by

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    • A. Thyroid gland
    • B. Pituitary gland
    • C. Adrenal gland
    • D. Parathyroid gland
    • Discuss
    • 3. Vitamin present in guava fruits

    • Options
    • A. Vitamin - A
    • B. Vitamin - B
    • C. Vitamin - C
    • D. Vitamin - D
    • Discuss
    • 4. The vitamin required for coagulation of blood

    • Options
    • A. B6
    • B. c
    • C. k
    • D. b
    • Discuss
    • 5. Oxygenated blood flows through which vessel?

    • Options
    • A. Pulmonary Veins
    • B. Pulmonary Arteries
    • C. Both A & B
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Cretinism is due to the disorder of the glands

    • Options
    • A. Thymus
    • B. Parathyroid
    • C. Thyroid
    • D. Adrenal
    • Discuss
    • 7. Mycolog is the branch of botany in which we study about

    • Options
    • A. Algae
    • B. Fungi
    • C. Bacteria
    • D. Virus
    • Discuss
    • 8. Five Kingdom Classification was preposed by _________

    • Options
    • A. Linnacus
    • B. George Bentham
    • C. Ariostotle
    • D. whittaker
    • Discuss
    • 9. Flowers in which polllination takes place by insect their pollen grains are ________

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    • A. Smooth and dry
    • B. Rough and sticky
    • C. Rough and dry
    • D. Large in Size
    • Discuss
    • 10. Branch of science which deal with the study of causative agent of disease is __________

    • Options
    • A. Ecology
    • B. Etiology
    • C. Eugenics
    • D. Euthenics
    • Discuss


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