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All of the following are incorrect about evolution, except:
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Options:
  • A Evolution is a directed process in the sense of determinism.
  • B In a mixed population, the one that can better adapt, will not survive.
  • C Evolution due to man made activity is called anthropogenic action.
  • D Evolution is a stochastic process based on chance events in organism and chance mutation in nature.
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The correct answer is: Evolution due to man made activity is called anthropogenic action.
Excess use of herbicides, pesticides, etc., has only resulted in the selection of resistant varieties in a much lesser time scale. This is also true for microbes against which we employ antibiotics or drugs against eukaryotic organisms/cell. Hence, resistant organisms/cells are appearing on a time scale of months or years and not centuries. These are examples of evolution by anthropogenic action. This also tells us that evolution is not a directed process in the sense of determinism. It is a stochastic process based on chance events in nature and chance mutation in the organisms.
In a mixed population, those that can better-adapt, survive and increase in population size. Remember that no variant is completely wiped out.

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