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EVOLUTION

1. Miller-Urey's experiment mixture had the following except: [4]

a) Water vapours b) Hydrogen

c) CO2 d) Methane

2. The primate which existed 15 million years ago among these was: [4]

a) Ramapithecus b) Australopithecines

c) Homo habilis d) Homo erectus

3. Human ancestors, who left cave paintings were: [4]

a) Java ape man b) Peking man

c) Neanderthal man d) Cro-Magnon man

4. Cranial-cavity of modern man is:
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a) 1200-1600 cc3 b) 900-1000 cc3

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c) 600-900 cc3 d) 450-650 cc3

5. Which one of the following is the most primitive ancestor of man? [4]
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a) Ramapithecus punjabicus b) Homo habilis

c) Homo neanderthalensis d) Australopithecus

6. Humans belong to the order: [4]

a) Mammalia b) Hominidae

c) Primata d) Pongidae
7. Fossil found in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh is : [4]

a) 260 million years old b) 20 million years old

c) 100 million years old d) 50 million years old

8. Which type of selection explains industrial melanism observed in the moth, Biston bitularia? [4]

a) Artificial b) Disruptive

c) Stabilising d) Directional
9. Which of the following is the example of adaptive radiation? [4]

a) Only Darwin finches b) Only Australian marsupials

c) Light and dark-winged moths d) Darwin finches and Australian marsupials

10. The theory of evolution supported by the experiment conducted by Louis Pasteur is: [4]

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 a) Spontaneous generation theory b) Life comes only from pre-existing life

c) Abiogenesis of life d) Big bang theory

11. Which one of the following groups are not analogous organs? [4]

a) Tuberous roots of sweet potato and stem b) Wings of birds and wings of butterflies.
tuber of potato.

c) Flippers of penguin and flippers of dolphin. d) Eye of octopus and eye of mammals.
12. Connecting link between Annelida and Mollusca is: [4]

a) Neopilina b) Archaeopteryx

c) Peripatus d) Proterospongia
13. Theory of random genetic drift was proposed by: [4]

a) Meyer b) Hardy-Weinberg

c) Swell Wright d) R.A. Fischer

14. The first cellular form of life evolved [4]

a) on land b) in air

c) in water environment d) in deep soil

15. Dinosaurs were present during:
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a) Cenozoic era b) Proterozoic era

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c) Mesozoic era d) Palaeozoic era

16. The prehistoric man which lived on earth during late Pleistocene period was: [4]

a) Australopithecus b) Neanderthal man

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c) Cro-magnon man d) Atlantic man

17. Ontogeny repeats phylogeny-is commonly called as: [4]

a) Biogenetic law b) Law of Bridges

c) Law of embryology d) Law of acquired characters

18. Reproductive isolation between segments of a single population is called: [4]

a) Disruptive divergence b) Population divergence

c) Sympatry d) Allopatry
19. A connecting link which provides evidence for organic evolution is: [4]

a) Duck billed platypus between reptiles & b) Lung fishes between fishes and reptiles
mammals

c) Sphenodon between reptile and bird d) Archaeopteryx between reptile and bird
20. The process by which new alleles of a gene is produced is termed: [4]

a) Genetic engineering b) Mutation

c) Both Mutation and Gene manipulation d) Gene manipulation

21. The first probable fossil man was: [4]

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 a) Neanderthal man b) Australopithecus

c) Gigantopithecus d) Dryopithecus
22. In nature, the process by which different organisms evolve similar traits is called: [4]

a) Divergent evolution b) Genetic drift

c) Artificial selection d) Convergent evolution

23. Which scientist stated that it is the mutation which causes evolution and not the minor variations? [4]

a) Darwin b) de Vries

c) Oparin d) Lamarck
24. The origin of life according to the early Greek philosophers was transfer of unit of life from outer space to the [4]
different planets in the form of:

a) seeds b) gemmules

c) gametes d) spores
25. The most apparent change during the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens is traced in: [4]

a) Walking upright b) Shortening of the jaws

c) Loss of body hair d) Remarkable increase in brain size

26. Which one among the following is an example for homology?
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a) Thorn and tendril of Bougainvillea and b) Wings of butterfly and birds.

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Cucurbita.

c) Eyes of octopus and mammals. d) Tuber of sweet potato and potato.

27. The idea that life originates from pre-existing life is referred as: [4]
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a) Extraterrestrial theory b) Abiogenesis theory

c) Biogenesis theory d) Special creation theory

28. Which of the following is not vestigial organ in human beings? [4]

a) Ear pinna, patella, olecranon process. b) Coccygeal tail vertebrae and scalp muscles.

c) Vermiform appendix and nictitating d) Rudimentary ear muscles and third molars.
membrane.
29. Who was famous Indian Palaeontologist? [4]

a) G.J. Mendel b) Sutton

c) Prof-Birbal Sahni d) T.H. Morgan

30. First amphibian evolved from: [4]

a) Tortoise b) Both Turtle and Tortoise

c) Turtle d) Lobe finned fishes

31. How many million years ago, the jaw-less fishes probably evolved? [4]

a) 500 b) 250

c) 320 d) 350

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32. Wings of birds and fore limbs of horse are: [4]

a) Homologous organs b) Vestigial organs

c) Both Analogous organs and Vestigial organs d) Analogous organs

33. Hot dilute soup was stated by: [4]

a) Reptiles b) Haldane

c) Urey d) Oparin
34. Which one of the following is not a concept of Lamarck? [4]

a) If an organ is used continuously it will b) Environmental pressure causes variations.

increase in size.

c) Rate of survival of organism is different due d) Inheritance of acquired characters.

to variations.
35. Which of the following are difficult to explain in terms of natural selection? [4]

a) A bird issues a warning cry that puts it at b) Male peacocks evolve tail feathers that
greater risk of being noticed by a predator would appear to make them more rather
than less vulnerable to predators

c) Male deer evolve antlers that are not used to d) Some traits appear to have no adaptive
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defend themselves against predators value
36. Which theory explains the origin of the universe: [4]
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a) Big bang theory b) Darwin theory

c) Lamarck theory d) Molecular theory

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37. Disturbance in genetic equilibrium or Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in a population is due to: [4]

a) Sexual reproduction b) Evolution

c) Asexual reproduction d) Sterility

38. The single-step large mutation is called: [4]

a) Regeneration b) Saltation

c) Organization d) Evolution
39. A population is in genetic equilibrium/Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a gene with 2 alleles (dominant allele is [4]
A and recessive allele a). If the frequency of allele A is 0.6, then the frequency of genotype Aa is:

a) 0.42 b) 0.21

c) 0.48 d) 0.32
40. Evolution is: [4]

a) History of race b) History and development of a race along

with variations

c) The progressive development of race d) Development of race

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