Given below are four statements $(A-D)$ each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in two statements.
Statements:
$(A)$ Wings of butterfly and birds look alike and are the results of $ . . . . . . (i) . . . . . . $ evolution.
$(B)$ Miller showed that $CH_4, H_2, NH_3$ and $ . . . . . . (i) . . . . . . $ when exposed to electric discharge in a flask resulted in formation of $ . . . . . . (ii) . . . . . . $.
$(C)$ Vermiform appendix is a $ . . . . . . (i) . . . . . . $ organ and an $ . . . . . . (ii) . . . . . . $ evidence of evolution.
$(D)$ According to Darwin,evolution took place due to $ . . . . . . (i) . . . . . . $ and $ . . . . . . (ii) . . . . . . $ of the fittest.

  • A
    $(D)-(i)$ small variations,$(ii)$ survival,$(A)-(i)$ convergent
  • B
    $(A)-(i)$ convergent,$(B)-(i)$ oxygen,$(ii)$ nucleosides
  • C
    $(B)-(i)$ water vapour,$(ii)$ amino acids,$(C)-(i)$ rudimentary,$(ii)$ anatomical
  • D
    $(C)-(i)$ vestigial,$(ii)$ anatomical,$(D)-(i)$ mutations,$(ii)$ multiplication

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