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Evolution

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Which of the following statements is/are false about Ladakh?

  1. It is a desert area.
  2. Very little agriculture is possible there.
  3. For drinking water, people depend on the melting snow.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 3

  4. Only 2 and 3

  5. None of these


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Ladakh is a desert in the mountains in the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir. Very little agriculture is possible here because this region does not receive any rain and is covered in snow for a large part of the year. There are very few trees that can grow in the region. For drinking water, people depend on the melting snow during the summer months.

Which of the following stages of human evolution is believed to have its origin in Indonesia?

  1. H. antecessor

  2. H. habilis

  3. H. rhodesiensis

  4. H. rudolfensis

  5. H. floresiensis


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

It originated in Indonesia.

Which of the following stages of human evolution is believed to possess the highest cranial capacity?

  1. H. antecessor

  2. H. floresiensis

  3. H. rhodesiensis

  4. H. rudolfensis

  5. H. sapiens idaltu


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It had a cranial capacity of 1450 cm3.

Which of the following statements is correct about mitochondrial eve?

  1. First formed integrated nucleic acid

  2. First anatomically advanced human female

  3. First independently existing circular DNA

  4. First plasmid like structure in prokaryotes

  5. First self replicating mitochondria


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mitochondrial Eve refers to the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of all currently living anatomically modern humans, who is estimated to have lived approximately 100,000–200,000 years ago.

Which of the following periods of Earth's evolution is marked with the appearance of dinosaurs and small mammal?

  1. Jurassic

  2. Triassic

  3. Permian

  4. Cambrian

  5. Ordovician


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

First redwood trees appeared. The first dinosaurs and small mammals appeared.

Why is the first anatomically modern human female called a mitochondria eve?

  1. Because mitochondrial DNA is inherited without replication.

  2. Because mitochondria is the first formed cell organelle.

  3. Because mitochondria is the energy producing organelle.

  4. Because mitochondria DNA has uracil in place of guanine.

  5. Because mitochondria DNA forms non-coding genes.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Because all mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) generally (but see paternal mtDNA transmission) is passed from mother to offspring without recombination, all mtDNA in every living person is directly descended from hers by definition, differing only by the mutations that over generations have occurred in the germ cell mtDNA, since the conception of the original mitochondrial eve.

Mitochondrial Eve is the woman from whom all living humans are descended matrilineally, and __________________ is the man from whom all living humans are descended patrilineally.

  1. Mitochondrial Adam

  2. Nucleic Adam

  3. X-chromosomal Adam

  4. Y-chromosomal Adam

  5. Somaclonal Adam


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In human genetics, Y-chromosomal Adam (Y-MRCA) is a hypothetical name given to the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) from whom all currently living people are descended patrilineally.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about Mississippian period?

  1. It was the Carboniferous period.
  2. It is also called as fossil age.
  3. Angiosperms arose in this period.
  4. First bird appeared in this period.
  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 2 and 3

  4. Only 3 and 4

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This statement is correct.

Which of the following is the most ancient eras of Earth's History?

  1. Cenozoic

  2. Mesozoic

  3. Paleozoic

  4. Precambrian

  5. Pre Cenozoic


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is the most ancient era recorded in the history of earth.

Which of the following is the latest epoch on the geological time scale of Earth?

  1. Holocene

  2. Pliocene

  3. Miocene

  4. Eocene

  5. Paleocene


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Date:  .01 million years ago until present. In this epoch rise of man took place.

The Toba super eruption was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred sometime between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago at the site of present day Lake Toba.

What is the present day location of Lake Toba?

  1. Sumatra

  2. Myanmar

  3. Kenya

  4. Sri Lanka

  5. Manitoba


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lake toba's present day location is Sumatra, Indonesia.

Extinction of Homo neanderthalensis took place 29,000 years ago. Which of the following statements is correct about them?

  1. Their DNA differed about 90% from modern man.
  2. Skull or neanderthal was discovered from Sri Lanka.
  3. Average cranial capacity of Neanderthals is greater than modern human beings.
  1. Only 1

  2. 1 and 2

  3. Only 3

  4. Only 1 and 3

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

With an average cranial capacity of 1600 cc, Neanderthal's cranial capacity is known to be notably larger than the 1400 cc average for all races of modern humans.

Which of the following Haplogroups was evolved in the human race at the earliest?

  1. Haplogroup C

  2. Haplogroup B

  3. Haplogroup U

  4. Haplogroup X

  5. Haplogroup H


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It evolved 60,000 years ago.

Complete the taxonomic line of Gorilla at A and B.

Homonidea - ______ - ______ - Gorillini - Gorilla

  1. Hylobatidae, Hylobates

  2. Hominini, Hylobates

  3. Hylobatidae, Hominini

  4. Ponginae, Hominini

  5. Hominidae, Homininae


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The correct line is Homonidea - Hominidae -Homininae - Gorillini- Gorilla.

'Gravettian' culture in human prehistory is related to _______.

  1. tool making

  2. weaving

  3. hunting

  4. agriculture

  5. scripting


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Gravettian toolmaking culture was a specific archaeological industry of the European Upper Palaeolithic era prevalent before the last glacial epoch.

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