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Evolution - 1

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Which of the following is a set of homologous organs?

  1. Hind limbs of birds and reptiles

  2. Wings of bat and bird

  3. Pectoral fins of fish and wings of bird

  4. Wings of bat and locust


Correct Option: A

All the living organisms on the earth constitute the

  1. biome

  2. biosphere

  3. community

  4. population


Correct Option: B

A link between the living and non-living is provided by

  1. bacteria

  2. coacervates

  3. viruses

  4. amoeba


Correct Option: C

The ultimate source of organic variation is

  1. natural selection

  2. sexual reproduction

  3. hormonal action

  4. mutation


Correct Option: D

Which organs are represented by hands of man, wings of bat and flippers of seal?

  1. Vestigial organs

  2. Analogous organs

  3. Evolutionary organs

  4. Homologous organs


Correct Option: D

Who gave the theory of spontaneous generation?

  1. Redi

  2. Pasteur

  3. Spallanzani

  4. Van Helmonth


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is a vestigial organ of python?

  1. Nose

  2. Scales

  3. Teeth

  4. Hind limbs


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the study of the fossils?

  1. Organic evolution

  2. Palaeogeography

  3. Paleontology

  4. Herpetology


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not a vestigial organ in man?

  1. Vermiform appendix

  2. Plica semilunaris

  3. Ear muscles

  4. Epiglottis


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The process by which organisms with different evolutionary histories evolve similar phenotypic adaptations in response to a common environmental challenge, is called convergent evolution.

Why can life not originate from inorganic compounds at present?

  1. Because of high amount of oxygen in atmosphere.

  2. Because of low amount of hydrogen in atmosphere.

  3. Because of absence of raw material.

  4. Because of low atmospheric temperature.


Correct Option: A

Which of the following examples best explain the atavism?

  1. Nictitating membrane

  2. Wisdom teeth

  3. Vermiform appendix

  4. Long, thick and dense hair


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Atavism is the tendency to revert to ancestral type. In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations before. Atavisms have been observed in humans as well. Babies have been born with a vestigial tail called "coccygeal process", "coccygeal projection" or "caudal appendage".

During which of the following periods were dinosaurs abundant?

  1. Archeozoic

  2. Coenozoic

  3. Mesozoic

  4. Palaeozoic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The dinosaurs and the mammals appeared during the Triassic period, roughly 225 million years ago. The dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. The Mesozoic Era lasted about 180 million years, and is divided into three periods, the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous.

Homo sapiens fossilis is the scientific name for

  1. Java man

  2. Cro-magnon man

  3. Neanderthal man

  4. Peking man


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Homo sapiens fossilis is the scientific name for Cro-magnon man.

Dinosaur is

  1. a bird

  2. a mammal

  3. an amphibian

  4. a reptile


Correct Option: D

In which of the following periods do we find first evidence of land plants?

  1. In Archeozoic era

  2. In Mesozoic era

  3. In Paleozoic era

  4. In Coenozoic era


Correct Option: C

From which of the following organisms have 'protherians' been evolved during the course of evolution?

  1. Birds

  2. Reptiles

  3. Eutherians

  4. Amphibians


Correct Option: B

Which of the following examples best explain the atavism?

  1. Nictitating membrane

  2. Wisdom teeth

  3. Vermiform appendix

  4. Long, thick and dense hair


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the study of the fossils?

  1. Organic evolution

  2. Palaeogeography

  3. Paleontology

  4. Herpetology


Correct Option: C

Which of the following characteristics distinguishes monkeys, apes and man from the other mammals? I. Hands eminently adapted for grasping II. An excellent vision and keen sense of hearing III. A poor sense of smell IV. Highly developed brain

  1. I, II and III

  2. I and II

  3. II, III and IV

  4. I, III and IV


Correct Option: C

Which of the following would be easily fossilized?

  1. Heart

  2. Tooth

  3. Skin

  4. Liver


Correct Option: B
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