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Assertion: Darwin's finches show a variety of beaks suited for eating large seeds, flying insects and cactus seeds.

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Assertion: Darwin's finches show a variety of beaks suited for eating large seeds, flying insects and cactus seeds.

Reason: Ancestral seed-eating stock of Darwin's finches radiated out from South American mainland to different geographical areas of the Galapagos Islands, where they found competitor-free new habitats.

(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.

(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.

(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

(e) If the Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

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(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.

Explanation:

Darwin finches found on Galapagos islands differ primarily in body size, feather colour, bill shape as adaptation to type of food available. It is a type of divergent evolution.

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