Evolution
1) Theory of catastrophism was presented by:
a) Lyell
b) Malthus
c) Cuvier
d) Darwin
2) Bacteria involved in evolution of flagella were:
a) Cocci
b) Spirochete
c) Bacilli
d) Spirogyra
3) The base of Lamarckism is:
a) Selection
b) Effect of metabolism
c) Effect of environment
d) Isolation
4) All of the following are related to evolution except:
a) Change over time
b) Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
c) Muscle hypertrophy
d) Origin of new species
5) In Darwin’s hypothetical evolutionary tree, tips of living twigs represent:
a) Ancestral history
b) Current biodiversity
c) Common skills
d) Fossils
6) All of the followings are points of theory of natural selection except:
a) Descent with modification
b) Survival of the fittest
c) Struggle for existence
d) Inheritance of acquired characters
7) Darwin suggested that populations of individual species become better adapted to their local
environment through:
a) Random distribution
b) Asexual reproduction
c) Natural selection
d) Hibernation
8) Darwin’s experiment on finches is based upon:
a) Biogeography
b) Fossil record
c) Comparative embryology
d) Molecular biology
9) The presence of gill slits in the embryos of vertebrates support the theory of:
a) Metamosphosis
b) Organic evolution
c) Recapitulation
d) Biogenesis
10) Among the scientists who believed in divine creation was:
a) Charles Darwin
b) Carolus Linnaeus
c) Alfred Wallace
d) J.B. de Lamarck
11) Who developed a theory of natural selection essentially identical to Darwin’s?
a) Hardy-Weinberg
b) Malthus
c) Alfred Wallace
d) Lyell
12) Archaeobacteria can tolerate maximum temperature upto:
a) 110 OC
b) 130 OC
c) 120 OC
d) 140 OC
13) Earliest life forms appeared in:
a) Hot methane solution
b) Hot atmosphere
c) Oceans
d) Glaciers
14) According to Lamarck, extension of neck in giraffe was the result of:
a) Mutation
b) Natural selection
c) Environmental change
d) Genetic drift
15) Modifications, an organism acquires during its life time, can be passed along to its offspring is
called as:
a) Origin of species
b) Inheritance of acquired characters
c) Law of natural selection
d) Principles of population
16) Natural selection can be operate on:
a) Variations
b) Non-heritable variations
c) Heritable variations
d) All of these
17) According to Darwin survival in the struggle for existence is not random but depends on the
_______ constitution of the surviving individuals.
a) Hereditary
b) Internal environment
c) External environment
d) Acquired characters
18) For evolution, the important requirement is:
a) Heritable variations
b) Non- Heritable variations
c) Use and disuse of organs
d) Acquired characters
19) An important turning point for evolutionary theory was birth of:
a) Cell biology
b) Modern genetics
c) Population ecology
d) Population genetics
20) Theory of modern synthesis is a comprehensive theory of evolution which has been developed
by reconciliation of:
a) Lamarckism & Darwinsim
b) Hardy & Weinberg work
c) Lamarckism & Mendelism
d) Mendelism & Darwinism
21) Choronologically reptiles evolved after:
a) Amphibians
b) Birds
c) Fishes
d) Mammals
22) Which one is evidence of convergent evolution?
a) Homology
b) Analogy
c) Vestigial organs
d) Fossils
23) Wings of birds and insects are example of:
a) Divergent evolution
b) Line evolution
c) Convergent evolution
d) Web evolution
24) Which is not an example of homologous structure?
a) Human arm & forelimb of goat
b) Tail bone of human & monkey
c) Leg of a dog and flipper of whale
d) Fins of fish and flipper of whale
25) The structures which are reduced during the course of evolution and have no apparent
functions are called:
a) Regenerated organs
b) Saltatory organs
c) Vestigial organs
d) Useless organs
26) Wings of birds and insects are examples of _____ organs and show ______ evolution.
a) Homologous, divergent
b) Homologous, convergent
c) Analogous, divergent
d) Analogous, convergent
27) Gill pouches in vertebrates are example of:
a) Homologous structure
b) Analogous structure
c) Vestigial structure
d) Primordial structure
28) Which of the following protein is common in all aerobic species?
a) Cytochrome b
b) Cytochrome c
c) Cytochrome a
d) Cytochrome a3