EVOLUTION - Jamb Biology Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• JAMB 2019

In natural selection, Darwin proposed that evolution occurred because of the following conditions except

A. That nature selects those that will survive to reproduce their kind
B. There is a fierce competition among the offspring
C. That the weaker offspring are eliminated
D. Food and other needs are abundant

Question 32:

• JAMB 2019

Which of the following pairs of scientists discovered the Rhesis factor in human blood?

A. Hooke and Lavine
B. Darwin and Landsteiner
C. Landsteiner and Lavine
D. Hooke and Darwin

Question 33:

• JAMB 2019

In the theory of use and disuse Lamarck proposed that evolution occurred because of the following except

A. There is natural selection of offspring
B. There is great changes in the environment
C. Organism develop specialised characters
D. The characters are inheritable

Question 34:

• JAMB 2021

The mutation theory of organic evolution was propounded by?

A. Gregor Mendel
B. Hugo de Vries
C. Jean Lamarck
D. Charles Darwin