Question

'Natural Selection Theory' of Darwin is objected to, because it

• A. Stresses upon slow and small variations
• B. Stresses upon interspecific competition
• C. Explains that natural calamities take a heavy annular toll of lives
• D. Explains adaptation of certain inherited characters

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Stresses upon slow and small variations

Natural Selection can be of the forces in evolution but cannot be the only force. The relative importance of selection and chance events is debatable but Darwin's natural selection theory disregards mutation and other chance events like genetic drift, which are important evolutionary forces operating in nature. Evolution cannot always be slow and small and mutations or other chance events may help in sudden evolution in a single or few generations.