Q.1
Most of the fossils occur in rock .. ... [ Odisha 2007]
  • a) Sedimentary
  • b) Metamorphic
  • c) Igneous
  • d) None of the above
Q.2
Study of plant fossils is ... ... [ RPMT 2002 ]
  • a) Paedology
  • b) Palynology
  • c) Palaeoinsectology
  • d) Palaeobotany
Q.3
In early earth, water and carbon dioxide were produced by the combination of O2 with ... ... [ Kerala 2010 ]
  • a) Ammonia and methane
  • b) Organic matter
  • c) hydrogen sulphide
  • d) Sulphates and nitrates
Q.4
Which one correctly describes homologous structures ... .. [ CBSE 2003 ]
  • a) Organs with anatomical similarities but performing different functions
  • b) Organs with anatomical dissimilarities but performing same function
  • c) Organs that have no function now but had an important function in ancestors
  • d) Organs appearing only in embryonic stage and disappearing later in the adult
Q.5
Experiment to prove that synthesis of organic compounds formed the basis of origin of life was performed by .... .. [ CPMT 2003 ]
  • a) Oparin
  • b) Haldane
  • c) Miller
  • d) Fox
Q.6
Evolution is ... ... [ CPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Development of DNA from nucleotides
  • b) Development of organism through time
  • c) Development of cell from chemicals
  • d) Cloning
Q.7
The first seed plants appeared in ... .. [ MPPMT 2010]
  • a) Cretaceous era
  • b) Carboniferous era
  • c) Devonian era
  • d) Silurian era
Q.8
Darwin wrote Origin of Species in ... .. [ BHU 2012 ]
  • a) 1530
  • b) 1795
  • c) 1859
  • d) 1895
Q.9
Fossilization is ... ... [ CPMT 1991 ]
  • a) Organism destroyed by scavengers
  • b) Organism eaten by predators
  • c) Animal buried and preserved by natural process
  • d) Organism destroyed by calamities
Q.10
Which is not a vestigial organ ... ... [ Kerala 2003 ]
  • a) Flipper of Seal
  • b) Coccyx of man
  • c) Pelvic of Python
  • d) Wings of Kiwi
Q.11
One of the greatest advocates of the theory of special creation was ... ... [ Pb PMT 2000 ]
  • a) C. Darwin
  • b) Aristotle
  • c) Father Saurez
  • d) Huxley
Q.12
Frequency of an allele may change in isolated population due to ... .. [ CBSE 2001]
  • a) Genetic drift
  • b) Mutation
  • c) Natural selection
  • d) Gene flow
Q.13
Dinosaurs disappeared during ... .. [ BHU 1993 ]
  • a) Jurassic
  • b) Triassic
  • c) Cretaceous
  • d) Permian
Q.14
Random genetic drift in a population probably results from .. ... [ CBSE 2003 ]
  • a) Highly genetically variable individuals
  • b) Interbreeding within small population
  • c) Constant low mutation rate
  • d) Large population size
Q.15
Experimental proof that some simple molecules like H2, NH3, CH4 and H2O gave rise to amino acids during origin of lifewas provided by ... ... [ CPMT 2007 ]
  • a) Lamarck
  • b) Darwin
  • c) Stanley Miller
  • d) Harold Urey
Q.16
Homologous organs are ... ... [ AMU 2000 ]
  • a) human eyes and Squid eyes
  • b) Gills of Fish and lungs of Man
  • c) Hands of man and wings of Bat
  • d) Leaf of Moss and frond of Fern
Q.17
Flippers of Seal are modified ... ... [ AFMC 2004]
  • a) Hind limbs
  • b) Fore limbs
  • c) Fins
  • d) Gills
Q.18
What is true for Lamarck? ... .. [ DPMT 2001]
  • a) American botanist who later become zoologist
  • b) English naturalist who proposed theory of evolution
  • c) Polish scientist who gave law inheritance
  • d) French scientist who gave "Inheritance of Acquired characters"
Q.19
Which is likely to hasten organic evolution? ... .. [ KCET 2005 ]
  • a) Favourable environment
  • b) Abundant genotype variation
  • c) Over - production
  • d) Reproductive isolation
Q.20
Oparin - haldane's view on the origin of life was first experimentally proved by ... .. [ JKCMEE 2010]
  • a) Malthus
  • b) Plato
  • c) Louis Pasteur
  • d) Stanley Miller
Q.21
Fore limbs of humans and wings of birds are ... .. [ AFMC 2011]
  • a) Analogous organs
  • b) Homologous organs
  • c) Parallel organs
  • d) Vestigial organs
Q.22
Which of the following has been basic to origin of life
  • a) Carbohydrates
  • b) Proteins
  • c) Nucleic acids
  • d) Nucleoproteins
Q.23
Resemblance between widely different groups due to a common adaptation is ... .. [ MPPMT 2002 ]
  • a) Parallel evolution
  • b) Divergent evolution
  • c) Convergent evolution
  • d) Retrogressive evolution
Q.24
" continuity of germplasm" theory was given by ... .. [ AMU 2000]
  • a) De Vries
  • b) Weismann
  • c) Darwin
  • d) Lamarck
Q.25
Simple one-celled cyanobacteria-like organism developed on earth ... ... [ kerala 2000 ]
  • a) 5600 million years
  • b) 5000 million years
  • c) 4600 million years
  • d) 3600 million years
Q.26
Most advanced theory of origin of life is that of ... ... [ CET Chd. 2000 ]
  • a) Catastrophic
  • b) Haldane and Oparin
  • c) Cosmozoic
  • d) Spontaneous
Q.27
Monkeys and some lower groups have certain blood group which are ... .. [ AMU 2000 ]
  • a) Identical to those of man
  • b) Identical to those of anthropoid apes
  • c) Somewhat similar to white persons
  • d) Not identical to those of man
Q.28
Who proved chemical origin of life or origin of biochemicals noncatalytically from simple substance ... ... [ DPMT 2008 ]
  • a) Parin
  • b) Darwin
  • c) Haldane
  • d) Miller
Q.29
Different species occurring in different geographical areas are known as ... .. [ DPMT 2002]
  • a) Allopatric
  • b) Sympatric
  • c) Sibling species
  • d) Deme
Q.30
Homologous organs are ... ... [ CBSE 1999 ]
  • a) Wings of Pigeon and Butterfly
  • b) Wings of Piegon and housefly
  • c) Wings of Piegon and arms of Humans
  • d) Wings of Bat, Housefly and Butterfly
Q.31
"Origin of Species' was written by ... ... [ CBSE 1991 ]
  • a) Oparin
  • b) Weismann
  • c) Lamarck
  • d) Darwin
Q.32
Mammal like reptiles evolved during ... ... [ AMU 2012 ]
  • a) Jurassic
  • b) Triassic
  • c) Permian
  • d) Tertiary
Q.33
When two gametes come together to form sporophyte, the sporophyte dies due to .. .. [ DPMT 2005]
  • a) Genetic incompatibility
  • b) Hybrid sterility
  • c) Sporophytic inviability
  • d) Sporophytic breakdown
Q.34
Homologous organs are ... ... [ CBSE 2000 ]
  • a) Tails of bird, monkey and scorpion
  • b) Stings of honey be, scorpion and fangs of snake
  • c) Wings of butterfly, flying fish and bird
  • d) Paddle of whale, front legs of horse and arms of humans/legs of duck, hind limbs of pig, hind limbs of kangaroo
Q.35
Assertion: Coacervates are believed to be precursors of life Reason: Coacervates were self duplicating aggregates of proteins surrounded by lipid molecules. [ AIIMS 2008 ]
  • a) If both the assertion and reason are true and reason explains the assertion.
  • b) If both the assertion and reason are true but reason does not explain the assertion.
  • c) If assertion is true but reason is false
  • d) If assertion is false but reason is true.
Q.36
Gaseous mixture used by Miller for synthesis of amino acids through heat and electric discharge included .... ... [ AMU 2012 ]
  • a) Methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water vapour
  • b) Methane, ammonia, nitrogen and water vapour
  • c) Nitrogen, methane, oxygen and water
  • d) Ammonia, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water vapour
Q.37
Mammals occur on land, air and water. It is ... ... [ CPMT 1997 ]
  • a) Convergent evolution
  • b) Microevolution
  • c) Adaptation
  • d) Adaptive radiation
Q.38
Presence of different types of beaks in finches of Galapagos islands adapted to different feeding habits provides evidence for ... .. [ CBSE 1998 ]
  • a) Intraspecific variations
  • b) Natural selection
  • c) Intraspecific competition
  • d) Interspecific competition
Q.39
Law of embryonic development was proposed by ... ... [ CPMT 2003 ]
  • a) Darwin
  • b) Von Baer
  • c) Haeckel
  • d) Mendel
Q.40
Concept of genetic drift was introduced by .. .. [ JKCMEE 2007]
  • a) Sewal Wright
  • b) Hardy Weinberg
  • c) Julian Huxley
  • d) G.G. Simpson
Q.41
Forthcoming generation will be less adaptive than the present generation due to ... .. [ CBSE 2001]
  • a) Genetic drift
  • b) Adaptation
  • c) Mutation
  • d) Natural selection
Q.42
Which was the biggest land dinosaur .. .. [ HPPMT 2010]
  • a) Protoceratops
  • b) Amptosaurus
  • c) Tyrannosaurus rex
  • d) Ichthyosaurus
Q.43
Which is correct about species? [ Wardha 2005]
  • a) Members of species occupy the same habitat
  • b) Members of a species are morphologically similar
  • c) Members of a species can interbreed amongst themselves
  • d) Members of a species cannot interbreed with members of other species
Q.44
Fossil X is older than fossil Y because .... ... [ CPMT 1993]
  • a) Fossil X was found in deeper sedimentation
  • b) Fossil Y was found in deeper sedimentation
  • c) Fossil Y has homologous and analogous organs of X
  • d) Fossil Y has some vestigial organs functional un X
Q.45
Which one is considered the first biological catalyst when life originated on earth
  • a) RNA
  • b) DNA
  • c) Protein
  • d) Lipid
Q.46
Frequency of a gene in a population will increase if the gene is ... ... [ AMU 2002 ]
  • a) Lethal
  • b) Dominant
  • c) Recessive
  • d) Favourably selected
Q.47
During development mammalian heart is initially two chambered, then three chambered and finally four chambered. It is explained by ... ... [ AIIMS 2007 ]
  • a) Biogenetic law
  • b) Hardy - Weinberg law
  • c) Mendelism
  • d) Lamarckism
Q.48
Two species occupying same or overlapping area are ... .. [ Odisha 2005 ]
  • a) Allopatric
  • b) Sympatric
  • c) Parapatric
  • d) Peripatric
Q.49
Vestigial organs provide evidenc of organic evolution in the category ... .. [ JKCMEE 2007]
  • a) Anatomical
  • b) Embryological
  • c) Morphological
  • d) Palaceontological
Q.50
Which ones are the most essential for origin of life ... .. [ AIIMS 2001 ]
  • a) Enzymes
  • b) Proteins
  • c) Carbohydrates
  • d) Nucleic acid
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