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Read the following statements carefully and select the correct ones.
() Alfred wallace, a naturalist who worked in Malay Archipelago had also come to similar conclusions as Darwin around the same time.
(ii) August Weismann by carefull experimentation demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life.
(iii) The organs which have the same fundamental structure but are different in functions are called homologous organs.
(iv) Rate of appearance of new form is inversely proportional to life spain of organism.

A

If both Assertion & Reason are True & the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.

B

If both Assertion & Reason are True but Reason is a not a correct explanation of the Assertion.

C

If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.

D

If both Assertion & Reason are false.

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