Most of the fossils occur in rock .. ... [ Odisha 2007]
88%
a) Sedimentary
6%
b) Metamorphic
6%
c) Igneous
0%
d) None of the above
Q.2.
Study of plant fossils is ... ... [ RPMT 2002 ]
11%
a) Paedology
16%
b) Palynology
21%
c) Palaeoinsectology
53%
d) Palaeobotany
Q.3.
In early earth, water and carbon dioxide were produced by the combination of O2 with ... ... [ Kerala 2010 ]
81%
a) Ammonia and methane
12%
b) Organic matter
6%
c) hydrogen sulphide
0%
d) Sulphates and nitrates
Q.4.
Which one correctly describes homologous structures ... .. [ CBSE 2003 ]
100%
a) Organs with anatomical similarities but performing different functions
0%
b) Organs with anatomical dissimilarities but performing same function
0%
c) Organs that have no function now but had an important function in ancestors
0%
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 ]
18%
a) Oparin
6%
b) Haldane
71%
c) Miller
6%
d) Fox
Q.6.
Evolution is ... ... [ CPMT 1998 ]
17%
a) Development of DNA from nucleotides
78%
b) Development of organism through time
0%
c) Development of cell from chemicals
6%
d) Cloning
Q.7.
The first seed plants appeared in ... .. [ MPPMT 2010]
18%
a) Cretaceous era
71%
b) Carboniferous era
0%
c) Devonian era
12%
d) Silurian era
Q.8.
Darwin wrote Origin of Species in ... .. [ BHU 2012 ]
15%
a) 1530
0%
b) 1795
65%
c) 1859
20%
d) 1895
Q.9.
Fossilization is ... ... [ CPMT 1991 ]
33%
a) Organism destroyed by scavengers
33%
b) Organism eaten by predators
33%
c) Animal buried and preserved by natural process
0%
d) Organism destroyed by calamities
Q.10.
Which is not a vestigial organ ... ... [ Kerala 2003 ]
56%
a) Flipper of Seal
0%
b) Coccyx of man
33%
c) Pelvic of Python
11%
d) Wings of Kiwi
Q.11.
One of the greatest advocates of the theory of special creation was ... ... [ Pb PMT 2000 ]
40%
a) C. Darwin
0%
b) Aristotle
60%
c) Father Saurez
0%
d) Huxley
Q.12.
Frequency of an allele may change in isolated population due to ... .. [ CBSE 2001]
36%
a) Genetic drift
9%
b) Mutation
55%
c) Natural selection
0%
d) Gene flow
Q.13.
Dinosaurs disappeared during ... .. [ BHU 1993 ]
11%
a) Jurassic
33%
b) Triassic
56%
c) Cretaceous
0%
d) Permian
Q.14.
Random genetic drift in a population probably results from .. ... [ CBSE 2003 ]
22%
a) Highly genetically variable individuals
78%
b) Interbreeding within small population
0%
c) Constant low mutation rate
0%
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 ]
11%
a) Lamarck
11%
b) Darwin
67%
c) Stanley Miller
11%
d) Harold Urey
Q.16.
Homologous organs are ... ... [ AMU 2000 ]
25%
a) human eyes and Squid eyes
12%
b) Gills of Fish and lungs of Man
62%
c) Hands of man and wings of Bat
0%
d) Leaf of Moss and frond of Fern
Q.17.
Flippers of Seal are modified ... ... [ AFMC 2004]
25%
a) Hind limbs
62%
b) Fore limbs
12%
c) Fins
0%
d) Gills
Q.18.
What is true for Lamarck? ... .. [ DPMT 2001]
12%
a) American botanist who later become zoologist
0%
b) English naturalist who proposed theory of evolution
0%
c) Polish scientist who gave law inheritance
88%
d) French scientist who gave "Inheritance of Acquired characters"
Q.19.
Which is likely to hasten organic evolution? ... .. [ KCET 2005 ]
38%
a) Favourable environment
38%
b) Abundant genotype variation
0%
c) Over - production
25%
d) Reproductive isolation
Q.20.
Oparin - haldane's view on the origin of life was first experimentally proved by ... .. [ JKCMEE 2010]
17%
a) Malthus
0%
b) Plato
33%
c) Louis Pasteur
50%
d) Stanley Miller
Q.21.
Fore limbs of humans and wings of birds are ... .. [ AFMC 2011]
50%
a) Analogous organs
50%
b) Homologous organs
0%
c) Parallel organs
0%
d) Vestigial organs
Q.22.
Which of the following has been basic to origin of life
20%
a) Carbohydrates
20%
b) Proteins
40%
c) Nucleic acids
20%
d) Nucleoproteins
Q.23.
Resemblance between widely different groups due to a common adaptation is ... .. [ MPPMT 2002 ]
20%
a) Parallel evolution
20%
b) Divergent evolution
40%
c) Convergent evolution
20%
d) Retrogressive evolution
Q.24.
" continuity of germplasm" theory was given by ... .. [ AMU 2000]
20%
a) De Vries
40%
b) Weismann
0%
c) Darwin
40%
d) Lamarck
Q.25.
Simple one-celled cyanobacteria-like organism developed on earth ... ... [ kerala 2000 ]
40%
a) 5600 million years
20%
b) 5000 million years
40%
c) 4600 million years
0%
d) 3600 million years
Q.26.
Most advanced theory of origin of life is that of ... ... [ CET Chd. 2000 ]
0%
a) Catastrophic
60%
b) Haldane and Oparin
40%
c) Cosmozoic
0%
d) Spontaneous
Q.27.
Monkeys and some lower groups have certain blood group which are ... .. [ AMU 2000 ]
20%
a) Identical to those of man
80%
b) Identical to those of anthropoid apes
0%
c) Somewhat similar to white persons
0%
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 ]
20%
a) Parin
0%
b) Darwin
60%
c) Haldane
20%
d) Miller
Q.29.
Different species occurring in different geographical areas are known as ... .. [ DPMT 2002]
20%
a) Allopatric
40%
b) Sympatric
40%
c) Sibling species
0%
d) Deme
Q.30.
Homologous organs are ... ... [ CBSE 1999 ]
0%
a) Wings of Pigeon and Butterfly
17%
b) Wings of Piegon and housefly
67%
c) Wings of Piegon and arms of Humans
17%
d) Wings of Bat, Housefly and Butterfly
Q.31.
"Origin of Species' was written by ... ... [ CBSE 1991 ]
17%
a) Oparin
33%
b) Weismann
33%
c) Lamarck
17%
d) Darwin
Q.32.
Mammal like reptiles evolved during ... ... [ AMU 2012 ]
50%
a) Jurassic
17%
b) Triassic
17%
c) Permian
17%
d) Tertiary
Q.33.
When two gametes come together to form sporophyte, the sporophyte dies due to .. .. [ DPMT 2005]
29%
a) Genetic incompatibility
14%
b) Hybrid sterility
57%
c) Sporophytic inviability
0%
d) Sporophytic breakdown
Q.34.
Homologous organs are ... ... [ CBSE 2000 ]
12%
a) Tails of bird, monkey and scorpion
25%
b) Stings of honey be, scorpion and fangs of snake
0%
c) Wings of butterfly, flying fish and bird
62%
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 ]
33%
a) If both the assertion and reason are true and reason explains the assertion.
22%
b) If both the assertion and reason are true but reason does not explain the assertion.
0%
c) If assertion is true but reason is false
44%
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 ]
67%
a) Methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water vapour
17%
b) Methane, ammonia, nitrogen and water vapour
0%
c) Nitrogen, methane, oxygen and water
17%
d) Ammonia, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water vapour
Q.37.
Mammals occur on land, air and water. It is ... ... [ CPMT 1997 ]
50%
a) Convergent evolution
0%
b) Microevolution
50%
c) Adaptation
0%
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 ]
17%
a) Intraspecific variations
33%
b) Natural selection
50%
c) Intraspecific competition
0%
d) Interspecific competition
Q.39.
Law of embryonic development was proposed by ... ... [ CPMT 2003 ]
50%
a) Darwin
17%
b) Von Baer
17%
c) Haeckel
17%
d) Mendel
Q.40.
Concept of genetic drift was introduced by .. .. [ JKCMEE 2007]
17%
a) Sewal Wright
83%
b) Hardy Weinberg
0%
c) Julian Huxley
0%
d) G.G. Simpson
Q.41.
Forthcoming generation will be less adaptive than the present generation due to ... .. [ CBSE 2001]
67%
a) Genetic drift
0%
b) Adaptation
0%
c) Mutation
33%
d) Natural selection
Q.42.
Which was the biggest land dinosaur .. .. [ HPPMT 2010]
40%
a) Protoceratops
0%
b) Amptosaurus
20%
c) Tyrannosaurus rex
40%
d) Ichthyosaurus
Q.43.
Which is correct about species? [ Wardha 2005]
20%
a) Members of species occupy the same habitat
60%
b) Members of a species are morphologically similar
0%
c) Members of a species can interbreed amongst themselves
20%
d) Members of a species cannot interbreed with members of other species
Q.44.
Fossil X is older than fossil Y because .... ... [ CPMT 1993]
80%
a) Fossil X was found in deeper sedimentation
0%
b) Fossil Y was found in deeper sedimentation
20%
c) Fossil Y has homologous and analogous organs of X
0%
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
40%
a) RNA
20%
b) DNA
40%
c) Protein
0%
d) Lipid
Q.46.
Frequency of a gene in a population will increase if the gene is ... ... [ AMU 2002 ]
20%
a) Lethal
20%
b) Dominant
20%
c) Recessive
40%
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 ]
29%
a) Biogenetic law
29%
b) Hardy - Weinberg law
29%
c) Mendelism
14%
d) Lamarckism
Q.48.
Two species occupying same or overlapping area are ... .. [ Odisha 2005 ]
29%
a) Allopatric
29%
b) Sympatric
14%
c) Parapatric
29%
d) Peripatric
Q.49.
Vestigial organs provide evidenc of organic evolution in the category ... .. [ JKCMEE 2007]
14%
a) Anatomical
0%
b) Embryological
57%
c) Morphological
29%
d) Palaceontological
Q.50.
Which ones are the most essential for origin of life ... .. [ AIIMS 2001 ]
12%
a) Enzymes
12%
b) Proteins
25%
c) Carbohydrates
50%
d) Nucleic acid
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