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Evolution (Class - XII)

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Which of the following is a living fossil?

  1. Euglena

  2. Limulus

  3. Sycon

  4. Balanoglossus

  5. Herdmania


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  Limulus is a living fossil.A living fossil is a living species (or clade) of organism that appears to be similar to a species otherwise known only from fossils. Normally the similarity is only a superficial physical resemblance between two different species, one extinct, the other extant.

‘Homo erectus’ is the zoological name of

  1. Cro-Magnon man

  2. Peking man

  3. Nut cracker man

  4. Neanderthal man

  5. None of the above.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 ‘Homo erectus’ is the zoological name of Peking man.

Theory of spontaneous creation was supported by

  1. Van Helmont

  2. Redi

  3. Spallanzani

  4. Pasteur


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Theory of spontaneous generation was supported by Van Helmont. He insisted that knowledge of the natural world could be obtained only by experimentation.

The augmenting frequency of yellow-brown hair among Australian aborigines as one moves inland from the southwest coast of Australia is an example of

  1. random variation

  2. progressive gradation

  3. discontinuous distribution

  4. natural selection


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The gradual, more or less continuous change in hair colour from one group of aborigines to another is not random or haphazard. There probably is a progressive gradation because there are different evolutionary pressures from one region to another.

The isolated pockets of red-haired people in the British Isles is an example of discontinuous distribution. This distribution pattern is most likely the consequence of

  1. voyaging of red-haired people

  2. natural selection favouring red hair

  3. random mating

  4. random variation


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This distribution pattern is most likely the result of migration of groups of red-haired people into areas where other hair colours pre-dominated. However, it could also result from discriminatory marriage partner selection.

Which among the following statements is TRUE regarding human blood?

  1. This system is unique to our species.

  2. It is a common practise around the world for people to use blood types as criteria for selecting their spouse.

  3. Each individual can be categorised on the basis of a number of different blood typing systems.

  4. There are only two major blood group systems; the ABO and Rh systems.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) identifies about 30 major blood group systems, including the ABO and Rh systems.

The process of origination of life on Earth was experimentally shown by

  1. Urey and Miller

  2. Oparin and Haldane

  3. Watson and Crick

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The process of origination of life on Earth was experimentally shown by Urey and Miller.

Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Which of the following are correctly matched?

  1. Darwin-Inheritance of acquired characters

  2. De Vries-Theory of abiogenesis

  3. Abbe Spallanzani-Recapitulation theory

  4. Weismann-Germplasm theory


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Weismann proposed germplasm theory.

If a couple of medium height has three tall-statured children, then what could be the possible explanation for it?

  1. Dominant genes

  2. Cumulative genes

  3. Codominant genes

  4. Sex-linked genes

  5. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This trait is quantitative in nature. 

Forelimbs of frog, lizard, bird and man have some evolutionary relationship. These are

  1. vestigial organs

  2. missing links

  3. analogous organs

  4. homologous organs


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  Forelimbs of frog, lizard, bird and man have some evolutionary relationship. These are homologous organs.

A random change in the frequency of alleles in any population over several generations due to errors in the gametes is called

  1. gene flow

  2. genetic drift

  3. genetic error

  4. genetic crash


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 A random change in the frequency of alleles in any population over several generations due to errors in the gametes is called genetic drift.

The wings of an insect and a bird are an example of

  1. analogous organs

  2. vestigial organs

  3. homologous organs

  4. analytic organs


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The wings of an insect and a bird are an example of analogous organs.

Surgically removing tails of mice over several generations do not yield mice without tails. This proves that

  1. cutting tail does not cause genetic change. So it is not inherited.

  2. acquired characters during one’s own life are not inherited

  3. Neither (1) nor (2) is correct.

  4. Both (1) and (2) are correct.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The correct answer is option no.4.

Directions: The following question has four choices, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

What happens to the tyrosinase gene during melanin synthesis in skin of an albino?

  1. An epistatic effect over other genes, so that melanin is not formed

  2. A complementary role, so that melanin formation is affected

  3. Supplementary role, so that melanin is formed and hidden

  4. Modifying role, so that melanin formation is stopped


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Epitasis is the inhibition of the expression of one gene by another non-allelic gene

Which of the following is a vestigial organ in humans?

  1. Vermiform appendix

  2. Cervical vertebra

  3. Atlas

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Vermiform appendix is a vestigial organ in humans.It is a blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically. The cecum is a pouchlike structure of the colon, located at the junction of the small and the large intestines.

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