Q.1
Theory of pangenesis was given by ... ... [ BHU 2008]
  • a) Darwin
  • b) Lamarck
  • c) Hugo de Vries
  • d) Oparin
Q.2
Genetic drift is change of ... ... [ CBSE 1993 ]
  • a) Gene frequency in same generation
  • b) Appearance of recessive genes
  • c) Gene frequency from one generation to next
  • d) None of the above
Q.3
Organisms present at different places without any traces in between show ... ... [ CPMT 1997 ]
  • a) Speciation
  • b) Discontinuous distribution
  • c) Punctured equilibrium
  • d) Migration
Q.4
Parallelism is ... ... [ CBSE 1990 ]
  • a) Adaptive divergence
  • b) Adaptive divergence of widely separated species
  • c) Adaptive convergence of widely different species
  • d) Adaptive convergence of closely related groups
Q.5
Naturalist who sailed round the world in ship Beagle was ... .. [ AMU 2000 ]
  • a) Chaels Lyell
  • b) Charles Darwin
  • c) Alfred Wallace
  • d) Lamarck
Q.6
Who said that organism develop from preexisting organisms ... .. [ CPMT 1994 ]
  • a) Aristotle
  • b) Louis Pasteur
  • c) Oparin
  • d) Morgan
Q.7
Phylogeny is ... ... [ MPPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Development stages of an individual
  • b) Castes of files
  • c) Development of an organ
  • d) Developmental history of race
Q.8
Organs related through common descent but now functionally different are ... .. [ CPMT 2004, JKCMEE 2005 ]
  • a) Analogous
  • b) Homologous
  • c) Divergent organs
  • d) Parallel organs
Q.9
Recombination of genes occurs at ... .. [ JKCMEE 2002 ]
  • a) Prophase of mitosis
  • b) Prophase I of meiosis
  • c) Metaphase II of meiosis
  • d) Prophase II of meiosis
Q.10
Hardy - Weinber principle explains ... .. [ DPMT 2005]
  • a) Genetic drift
  • b) Genetic equilibrium
  • c) Genetic incompatibility
  • d) Genetic load
Q.11
Coacervates are ... ... [ BHU 1997 ]
  • a) Lipoproteins
  • b) Mixture of ammonia, carbohydrates and water.
  • c) Colloidal suspensions
  • d) Fatty acids and nitrogenous compounds
Q.12
Primitive atmosphere of earth contained water vapours, hydrogen, ammonia and ... .. [ HPPMT 2010 ]
  • a) CO2
  • b) O2
  • c) N2
  • d) Methane
Q.13
Which of the following is not correctly paired ... ... [ Odisha 2002 ]
  • a) Mesozoic → Age of mammals
  • b) Study of fossils → Paleontology
  • c) Mutation theory → Hugo de Vries
  • d) Origin of Species → Charles Darwin
Q.14
Biogenetic law was proposed by ... .. [ CPMT 1994
  • a) Von Baer and Haeckel
  • b) Von baer and Aristotle
  • c) Haeckel and Mendel
  • d) Mendel and Griffith
Q.15
Experimental proof that organic compounds formed the basis of evolution was given by ... ... [ DPMT 2002 [
  • a) Oparin
  • b) Pasteur
  • c) Miller and Urey
  • d) Spallanzani
Q.16
Experiment to prove chemical basis of origin of life carries out by Urey and Miller used NH3 and ... .. [ Bihar PMT 2002]
  • a) H2 and H2
  • b) H2, CH4, H2O
  • c) CH4 and H2O
  • d) CH4 and O2
Q.17
Occurrence of higher number of endemic species in South America and Australia is due to ... ... [ AFMC 2007 ]
  • a) Retrogressive evolution
  • b) Continental separation
  • c) These species have become extinct form other regions
  • d) Absence of terrestrial links between these places
Q.18
Which one is not a vestigial structure in humans ... .. [ CPMT 1991 ]
  • a) Epiglottis
  • b) Vermiform appendix
  • c) Wisdom teeth
  • d) Body hair
Q.19
Relatedness of two species is tested through .. ... [ Odisha 2009]
  • a) RNA and proteins
  • b) DNA and proteins
  • c) Antibodies and transposons
  • d) None of the above
Q.20
Presence of tail and coarse hair in human baby is ... ... [ AIIMS 2004 ]
  • a) Radiation
  • b) Atavism
  • c) Mutation
  • d) Crossing over
Q.21
The ship in which Darwin travelled was .. .. [ MPPMT 1993 ]
  • a) Gangotri
  • b) Beagle
  • c) Atlantic
  • d) Seagull
Q.22
Examples of homologous structures is /are ... .. [ AMU 2011]
  • a) Optic lobes of brain
  • b) Heart of vertebrates
  • c) Cerebrum of brain
  • d) All the above
Q.23
Which one does not help in understanding evolution ... .. [ JKCMEE 2003]
  • a) Genetic variation
  • b) Natural selection
  • c) Embryogenesis
  • d) Isolation
Q.24
Biogenetic law/ recapitulation theory was proposed by ... .. [ BHU 2012 ]
  • a) Wallace
  • b) Lamarck
  • c) Haeckel
  • d) Mendel
Q.25
Plants and animals of Galapogos islands resemble plants and animals of main land in ... ... [ Odisha 2007]
  • a) North Africa
  • b) South Africa
  • c) North America
  • d) South America
Q.26
Major defect of Darwinism was .. .. [ CPMT 1994 ]
  • a) Nondescription of survival of fittnest
  • b) Nondescription of inheritance of fittest
  • c) Nondescription of overproduction of young ones
  • d) Nondescription of reason for variation
Q.27
Living organism with oldest fossil history is ... .. [ AMU 2000 ]
  • a) Dinosaur
  • b) Archaeopteryx
  • c) Horse
  • d) Man
Q.28
Duck-billed Platypus is connecting link between ... .. [ AFMC 2009 ]
  • a) Echinodermata and chordata
  • b) Arthropoda and mollusca
  • c) Reptilia and mammalia
  • d) Reptilia and aves
Q.29
Approximate age of earth ( in million years) is ... ... [ HPPMT 2001 ]
  • a) 3600
  • b) 4600
  • c) 7200
  • d) 6000
Q.30
Theory of evolution by Charles Darwin is called ... .. [ JKCMEE 2002 ]
  • a) Theory of inheritance of acquired characters
  • b) Mutation theory
  • c) Theory of natural selection
  • d) Origin of species
Q.31
A vestigial organ in man is ... ... [ MPPMT 1998 ]
  • a) mammary gland
  • b) pelvic girdle
  • c) vermiform appendix
  • d) sebaceous glands
Q.32
Haeckel's recapitulation theory/ biogenetic law states .... ... [ BHU 1991 ]
  • a) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny
  • b) High rate of reproduction
  • c) Alternation of generations
  • d) Inheritance of acquired characters
Q.33
Theory of abiogenesis or spontaneous generation was finally disapproved by ... ... [ kerala 2003 ]
  • a) Louis Pasteur
  • b) A.I.Oparin
  • c) A.R.Wallace
  • d) Sidney Fox
Q.34
Which was absent in the atmosphere at the time of origin of life ...... [ AIIMS 1997 ]
  • a) NH3
  • b) H2
  • c) O2
  • d) CH4
Q.35
A bird with teeth is ... ... [ BHU 1991 ]
  • a) Kiwi
  • b) Ostrich / king Vulture
  • c) Dodo
  • d) Archaeopteryx
Q.36
A group of interbreeding individuals reproductively isolated from others is ... .. [ DPMT 2005]
  • a) Biological species
  • b) Morphospecies
  • c) Linneon
  • d) Evolutionary species
Q.37
Dark coloured Peppered Moth is able to survive in industrial areas as compared to light coloured form because of .. .. [ CBSE 2009]
  • a) High fecundity
  • b) Mimicry
  • c) Natural selection in smoky environment
  • d) Lethal mutation
Q.38
Life originated in ... ... [ CPMT 1992 ]
  • a) Air
  • b) Soil
  • c) Mountains
  • d) Water
Q.39
Presence of gill slits in the embryo of all vertebrates supports the theory of ... ... [ JIPMER 2000 ]
  • a) Organic evolution
  • b) Biogenesis
  • c) Metamorphosis
  • d) Recaptulation
Q.40
An evolutionary pattern characterised by a rapid increase in number of kinds of closely related species is called ... .. [ AMU 2010]
  • a) Divergent evolution
  • b) Convergent evolution
  • c) Adaptive radiation
  • d) Parallel evolution
Q.41
According to theory of abiogenesis, life originates from .... ... [ DPMT 2009 ]
  • a) Non-living
  • b) Spontaneously
  • c) Chemicals
  • d) Other planets
Q.42
Two geographical regions separated by high mountains are ... ... [ CBSE 1994 ]
  • a) Oriental and Australian
  • b) Palaearctic and Oriental
  • c) Nearctic and Palaearctic
  • d) Neotropical and Ethiopian
Q.43
In evolution of horse, two most important anatomical and morphological changes brought about are ... .. [ CET Chd 2010]
  • a) Limbs and tail
  • b) Limbs and teeth
  • c) Teeth and tail
  • d) Limbs and height
Q.44
Atmosphere of earth just before the origin of life consisted of ... ... [ AMU 2003 ]
  • a) Water vapours, CH4, NH3 and Oxygen
  • b) CO2, NH3 and CH4
  • c) H2, NH3 and CH4 and water vapour
  • d) CH4, O3, O2 and water vapour
Q.45
That first life on earth originated from non-living materials has been explained by ... ...
  • a) theory of biogenesis
  • b) theory of abiogenesis
  • c) theory of special creation
  • d) theory of extra-terrestrial origin
Q.46
Tendrils are examples of ?
  • a) Coevolution
  • b) Convergent evolution
  • c) Divergent evolution
  • d) Something else
Q.47
Forelimbs of cat, lizard used in walking; forelimbs of whale used in swimming and forelimbs of bats used in flying are an example of : [AIPMT 2014]
  • a) Homologous organs
  • b) Convergent evolution
  • c) Analogous organs
  • d) Adaptive radiation
Q.48
Which one of the following are analogous structures? …[AIPMT 2014]
  • a) Thorns of Bougainvillea and Tendrils of Cucurbita
  • b) Flippers of Dolphin and Legs of Horse.
  • c) Wings of Bat and Wings of Pigeon.
  • d) Gills of Prawn and Lungs of Man.
Q.49
Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity? …[AIPMT 2015]
  • a) Homo habilis
  • b) Homo erectus
  • c) Homo sapiens
  • d) Homo neanderthalensis
Q.50
Which of the following characteristics is mainly responsible for diversification of insects on land? …[AIPMT 2015]
  • a) Eyes
  • b) Segmentation
  • c) Bilateral symmetry
  • d) Exoskeleton
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