Evolution
1. Earth was formed after ________ million years after the creation
of universe.
2 Hydrogen and helium condensed due to low temperature of
universe and formed galaxies. (T/F)
3. _________, _________, and _________ released from molten
magma and covered the surface of Earth.
4. Ass- Oxygen from H2O combined with ammonia to form carbon
dioxide.
Reason- Due to this, ozone layer was formed.
5. Panspermia is still the favourite idea of many astrologers. (T/F)
6. Statement 1- Louis Pasteur dismissed the theory of spontaneous
regeneration.
Statement 2- He stated that in pre sterilized flask, life originated
from killed yeast.
7. Three amino acids produced by S.L. Miller in his experiments were
_________, ________ and _________________.
8. We have a clear idea about how first self-replicating metabolic
capsule of life arose. (T/F)
9. Statement 1- According to theory of special creation, all the
species on Earth have remained same ever since its formation.
Statement 2- Charles Darwin stated that existing life forms share
similarities with each other and extinct life forms.
10. The geological history correlates with biological history of Earth.
(T/F)
11. A study of _______ in different sedimentary layers indicates the
geological period in which the existed. These represent ___________
evidences.
12. Comparative _________ and _________ show similarities in
present day organisms and those that existed millions of years ago.
13. Vertebrate hearts and brains show _____________.
14. Eye of Loligo and Ornithorhyncus show ____________.
15. Similarities in protein and genes performing a given function
among diverse organism clues to common ancestry. (T/F)
16. Statement 1- In 1840s, it was observed the white coloured moths
were more than dark coloured ones.
Statements 2- But in 1910, there were more dark coloured moths.
17. In the course of evolution, several variants of a species were
completely wiped out. (T/F)
18. Evolution is an indirect process in the sense of determinism. (T/F)
19. Ass- Darwin went to Galapagos islands and observed amazing
diversity.
Reason- Small brown birds later called as Darwin Finches got his
attention.
20. Original variety of Darwin Finches were of fruit eating variety.
(T/F)
21. When more than one adaptive radiation appeared to have
occurred in an area, it is called __________________.
22. Evolution in a true sense would have started when:
(A) Cellular forms of life originated
(B) They had different metabolic capabilities.
(C) Both of these
(D) None of these
23. Rate of appearance of new life forms is linked to _________.
24. Fitness is based on characters which are ___________.
25. Ass- Adaptive ability is inherited.
Reason- It has a genetic basis.
26. After Darwin, a French naturalist Lamarck said that evolution of
life forms occurs by use and disuse of organs. (T/F)
27. Ass- Factually, population size grows limitedly and gradually.
Reason- There is competition of resources between organisms.
28. __________ worked on Oenothera lamarckiana in ________
century.
29. Evolution for Darwin was ________ and _________ but for Vries
was _________ and __________.
30. Hardy-Weinberg Principle states that frequencies in population
are unstable and variable from generation to generation. (T/F)
31. Five factors known to affect Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium are :-
32. When migration of a section of population to another place
occurs, gene frequencies change only in new population. (T/F)
33. There would be __________, if gene migration occurs multiple
times.
If same change occurs by chance, it is called __________.
34. Statement 1- Natural selection is a process in which variations
enable better survival of species.
Statement 2- Variation account for decreased reproductive
success.
35. Which plants developed from seed ferns-
(A) Gymnosprems
(B) Angiosperms
(C) Algae
(D) Bryophytes
[Link] 1- By the time of 500 bya invertebrates were formed.
Statement 2- Land weeds and few plants existed around 320 mya.
37. Ancestors of mammals did not include-
(A) Therapsids
(B) Synapsids
(C)Pelycosaurs
(D) Sauropsids
38. Ass- Reptiles are more successfully evolved than amphibians.
Reason- Amphibians lay thick shelled eggs.
39. _________ fell to coal deposits gradually.
40. The first mammals were like _______.
41. There were South African mammals like horse, rabbit which were
overridden due to continental drift. (T/F)
42. __________ and _________ were ancestors of humans were
hairy and walked like gorillas.
43. Two mya _____________ live in East African Grasslands.
44. Fossils of Homo Erectus were discovered in ______ in year _____.
45. Ass- Skull of baby chimpanzee resembles human skull more.
Reason- Skull of adult chimpanzee is less identical to human skull.
Answer key
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1. 15500
2. False
3. Water vapour, methane, carbon dioxide, ammonia.
4. C, It was due to aerobic respiration by cyanobacteria.
5. False, astronomers
6. Statement 2 is wrong.
7. Alanine, Glycine and Aspartic acid (Not in NCERT but frequently
asked)
8. False
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9. Both are correct.
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10. True
11. Fossils, Paleontological
12. Morphology and Anatomy
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13. Homology
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14. Convergent evolution
15. True
16. Both are wrong
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17. False
18. True
19. C, reason is wrong
20. False
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21. Convergent evolution.
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22. (C)
23. Life cycle or life span
24. Inherited
25. A
26. False
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27.A
28. Hugo De Vries, 20th
29. Small and directional, Huge and directionless
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30. False
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31. Ncert
32. False
33. Gene flow, genetic drift
34. Statement 2 is wrong
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35. (B)
36. Both are wrong
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37. Sauropsids
38. C, reason is wrong
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39. Giant ferns
40. Shrews
41. False
42. Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus
43. Autralopethicus
44. Java, 1891
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45. B