According to the passage, natural selection cannot anticipate future environments on the earth as 1. species not fully prepared to face the environmental changes that await them will face extinction 2. all the existing species would get extinct as their genomes will not withstand biological mishaps 3. inability of the genome to withstand environmental changes would result in extinction 4. extinction of species is a common feature Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Passage

Natural selection cannot anticipate future environments on the earth. Therefore, the set of existing organisms can never be fully prepared for environmental catastrophes that await life. An outcome of this is the extinction of those species which cannot overcome environmental adversity. This failure to survive, in modern terms, can be attributed to the genomes which are unable to withstand geological vagaries or biological mishaps infections, diseases and so on). In biological evolution on the earth, extinction of species has been a major feature. The earth may presently have up to ten million species, yet more than 90% of species that have ever lived on the earth are now extinct. Once again, the creationist doctrines fail to satisfactorily address why a divine creator will firstly bother to create millions of species and then allow them to perish. The Darwinian explanation for extinct life is once again simple, elegant and at once convincing organisms go extinct as a function of environmental or biological assaults for which their inheritance deems them ill-equipped. Therefore, the so-called Darwinian theory of evolution is not a theory at all. Evolution happens-this is a fact. The mechanism of evolution (Darwin proposed natural selection) is amply supported by scientific data. Indeed, to date no single zoological, botanical, geological, paleontological, genetic or physical evidence has refuted either of the central two main Darwinian ideas. If religion is not taken into consideration, Darwinian laws are acceptable just like the laws proposed by Copernicus, Galileo, Newton and Einstein-sets of natural laws that explain natural phenomena in the universe.

Question

CSATMediumPrelims 2022Comprehension

According to the passage, natural selection cannot anticipate future environments on the earth as

species not fully prepared to face the environmental changes that await them will face extinction
all the existing species would get extinct as their genomes will not withstand biological mishaps
inability of the genome to withstand environmental changes would result in extinction
extinction of species is a common feature

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: This aligns with the passage, which states that organisms can never be fully prepared for environmental catastrophes, leading to extinction.

Statement 2 is incorrect: This is too absolute; the passage does not claim that all existing species will become extinct, only that some species will face extinction if they are unable to cope with adversity. Thus, this statement is not fully supported.

Statement 3 is correct: This statement accurately reflects the passage, which mentions that extinction can be attributed to genomes that are unable to withstand environmental adversities.

Statement 4 is correct: This is also supported by the passage, which states that extinction has been a major feature of biological evolution on Earth.