Select the correct statement ... .. [ JKCMEE 2003 ]
50%
a) Organs with different origin and structure but with similar functions are analogous organs
17%
b) Organs with different origin and structure but with dissimilar function are analogous organs
33%
c) Organs with similar origin and basic structure but different function are analogous organs
0%
d) None of the above
Q.12.
Which is correct order of increasing geological time scale for a hypothetical vertebrate evolution .... .. [ AMU 2011]
17%
a) cenozoic, mesozoic, palaeozoic, precambrian
33%
b) Cenozoic, palaeozoic, mesozoic, precambrian
50%
c) Precambrian, palaeozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic
0%
d) Precambrian, palaeozoic, mesozoic , cenozoic
Q.13.
Evolutionary convergence is development of ... ... [ CBSE 1993 ]
33%
a) Common set of characters is groups of different ancestry
33%
b) Dissimilar characters in closely related groups
33%
c) Common set of characters in closely related group
0%
d) Radom mating
Q.14.
Which is incorrect ... ... [ CPMT 2010 ]
70%
a) J.B.S. haldane → law of continuity of germplasm
20%
b) Louis Pasteur → Germ theory of diseases and immunology
0%
c) De Vries → Mutation theory
10%
d) Lemaitre → Big Bang theory
Q.15.
Oparin's theory is based on ... ... [ CPMT 1992 ]
36%
a) Artificial synthesis
64%
b) Spontaneous generation
0%
c) God's creation
0%
d) Panspermia
Q.16.
A connecting link between two phyla is ... ... [ RPMT 1998 ]
60%
a) Archaeopteryx → Aves and mammalia
0%
b) Amphioxus → Echinodermata and Chordata
40%
c) Peripatus → Annelida and Arthropoda
0%
d) Ornithorhyncus → Aves and Reptilia
Q.17.
Which of the following pairs of structures is homologous? ... ... [ MPPMT 2004 ]
20%
a) Wings of Grasshopper and forelimbs of Flying Squirrel
0%
b) Tentacles of Hydra and arms of Starfish
60%
c) Forelimbs of Bat and forelegs of Horse
20%
d) Wings of a bird and wings of Moth
Q.18.
In Lederber's replica plating, streptomycin resistant strain can develop by using ... ... [ CBSE 2001]
33%
a) Minimal medium and streptomycin
17%
b) Complete medium and streptomycin
17%
c) Only minimal medium
33%
d) Only complete medium
Q.19.
Reason for diversity in living being is due to ... ... [ CBSE 2001 ]
43%
a) Short term evolutionary changes
0%
b) Long term evolutionary changes
57%
c) Mutations
0%
d) Gradual change
Q.20.
Hybrid breakdown is failure of ,,, ,, [ AFMC 1997]
67%
a) Hybrid zygote to develop into offspring
17%
b) Hybrid adult to produce fertile offspring
0%
c) Fusion failure of ova and sperms of the species
17%
d) All the above
Q.21.
Which is incorrect
33%
a) Wings of insects and bat are homologous
17%
b) Wings of insect and bats are analogous
50%
c) Wings of bat and birds are homologous
0%
d) Wings of insects and birds are analogous
Q.22.
Life cannot originate from inorganic materials now because of ... .. [ CBSE 1998]
12%
a) Low atmospheric temperature
25%
b) High degree of pollution
12%
c) High atmospheric oxygen
50%
d) Absence of raw materials
Q.23.
Origin of life occurred in ... ... [ MPPMT 2009]
57%
a) Precambrian
14%
b) Cenozoic
14%
c) Palaeozoic
14%
d) Mesozoic
Q.24.
Convergent evolution is illustrated by ... ... [ CBSE 2003 ]
29%
a) Rat and dog
14%
b) Bacterium and Protozoan
43%
c) Star fish and Cuttlefish
14%
d) Dogfish and Whale
Q.25.
Earth originated in the past period of about ... ... [ HPPMT 2005]
57%
a) 4.5 billion years
29%
b) 8.0 billion years
14%
c) 3.0 billion years
0%
d) 1.0 billion years
Q.26.
Which of the following amino acis was not found to be synthesised in Miller's experiment? [ AFMC 2008 ]
27%
a) Alanine
45%
b) Glycine
9%
c) Aspartic acid
18%
d) Glutamic acid
Q.27.
Which of the following sets represents vestigial organs. ... ... [ CPMT 1991 ]
29%
a) Vermiform appendix, body hair and patella
14%
b) Wisdom teeth, body hair and atlas vertebra
14%
c) Ear muscles, cochelea and coccyx
43%
d) Vermiform appendix, ear muscles and cocyx
Q.28.
Peripatus is connecting link between ... .. [ CBSE 2009]
14%
a) Porifera and coelenterata
29%
b) Ctenophora and platyhelminthes
29%
c) Mollusca and echinodermata
29%
d) Annelida and arthropoda
Q.29.
Modern theory of organic evolution stress on ... ... [ MPPMT 1998 ]
11%
a) Mutations
0%
b) Isolation
22%
c) Population
67%
d) All the above
Q.30.
Descendent of fossil Protylopus is .. ... [ MHTCET 2007]
67%
a) Giraffe
33%
b) Camel
0%
c) Elephant
0%
d) Cow
Q.31.
Besides radio dating which method can be used to find out whether a fossi is of older era ... .. [ Wardha 2011]
50%
a) Lava deposits
0%
b) Igneous rocks
17%
c) Metamorphic rocks
33%
d) Sedimentary strata
Q.32.
Presence of two chambered heart and gills in tadpole is example of ... ... [ Har PMT 2001 ]
33%
a) Neo-Darwinism
0%
b) Gauss's law
67%
c) Chargaff's law
0%
d) Biogenetic law
Q.33.
Which will be true in sedimentary rocks ... ... [ CPMT 1996 ]
33%
a) Upper strata older and lower younger
17%
b) Upper strata younger and lower older
50%
c) There is no stratification
0%
d) None of the above
Q.34.
Select the pair which does not match ... .. [ Kerala 2005]
20%
a) Coacervates → Aggregates of organic compounds separated by an organic membrane
60%
b) Species are not immutable → Lamarck
20%
c) Allopatric → Separated by species
0%
d) Darwin's finches → Unique to Galapagos
Q.35.
Which book was written by Charles Darwin? ... .. [ CET Chd. 2206 ]
83%
a) Origin of Species
0%
b) Species Plantarum
0%
c) Genera Plantarum
17%
d) De naturien Familien
Q.36.
Pioneers in the field of organic evolution were ... .. [ KCET 2001 ]
17%
a) Darwin, Lamarck, landsteiner and De Vries
33%
b) Darwin, De Vries, Lamarck, Huxley
50%
c) Lamarck, Landsteiner, Malthus, De Vries
0%
d) Darwin, Lamarck, Karl landsteiner, DeVries
Q.37.
Abiogenesis is ... ... [ CPMT 2002 ]
60%
a) Origin of life from non-living organisms
20%
b) Origin of microbes from living organisms
20%
c) Spontaneous generation
0%
d) Origin of microbes and viruses
Q.38.
Life has existed on earth for the last ... ... [ HPPMT 2007 ]
20%
a) 2.3 billion years
60%
b) 3.9 billion years
0%
c) 4.3 billion years
20%
d) 5.0 billion years
Q.39.
" Theory of Origin of Species by Natural Selection" was proposed by ... .. [ JKCMEE 2003]
17%
a) Weismann
50%
b) Darwin
33%
c) Darwin and Wallace
0%
d) De Vries
Q.40.
Which is correct ? ... ... [ Wardha 2005 ]
0%
a) Natural selection discriminates variations
17%
b) Natural selection is essential for evoluion
83%
c) Members of a species can interbreed amongst themselves
0%
d) Members of a species cannot interbreed with members of other species
Q.41.
T.R. Malthus is famous for his book on ... ... [ KCET 1993 ]
60%
a) Population
0%
b) Mathematics
40%
c) Geography
0%
d) Genetics
Q.42.
According to Lamarckism long necked Giraffes evolved because ... .. [ KCET 2002 ]
33%
a) Nature selected only long necked animals
50%
b) Of stretching of necks by short one over may generations
17%
c) Humans preferred long necked animals
0%
d) Mutation
Q.43.
In their experiment to prove origin of life Miller and Ury took gases ... .. [ AFMC 2011 ]
40%
a) Methane , Ethane, Hydrogen, Ammonia
20%
b) Methane, Ethane, Ammonia, Water vapour
40%
c) Methane, Ammonia, Hydrogen, Water vapor
0%
d) Ammonia, Water vapour, Butane, Hydrogen
Q.44.
Which one provides correct sequence of event in origin of new species according to Darwinism? Natural selectionVariation and their inheritanceSurvival of the fittestStruggle for existence ... [BHU 1994 ]
25%
a) 1, 2, 3. 4
25%
b) 2, 3, 1, 4
25%
c) 3, 4, 1, 2
25%
d) 4, 2, 3, 1
Q.45.
For testing Oparin's hypothesis, Stanly Miller and Harold Urey used H2, NH3 and two other chemicals which were ... ... [ BHU 2007 ]
20%
a) O2 and Methane
0%
b) O2 and H2O
60%
c) CH4 and H2O
20%
d) Salt and H2O
Q.46.
Theory 'Ontogeny recapitulates Phylogeny' was proposed by .... .. [ AMU 2000 ]
20%
a) Mendel
40%
b) Haeckel
20%
c) Erasmus Darwin
20%
d) Weismann
Q.47.
The term species was coined by ... .. [ KCET 2004]
60%
a) Linnaeus
40%
b) John Ray
0%
c) Aristotle
0%
d) Engler
Q.48.
Variations giving rise to new species are serialized by the process of ... .. [ AMU 2002 ]
0%
a) law of dynamics
80%
b) natural selection
0%
c) fusion speciation
20%
d) organic evolution
Q.49.
The theory that environment can bring about changes in individuals was proposed by .... [ AMU 2000 ]
20%
a) Mendel
20%
b) Darwin
60%
c) Lamarck
0%
d) Lyell
Q.50.
Which was not proposed by Darwin? ... .. [ AFMC 2001 ]
20%
a) Struggle for existence
40%
b) Natural selection
40%
c) Genetic drift
0%
d) Survival of the fittest
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