Q.1
Similarities between organisms of different genotypes is due to ... .... [ CBSE 2001 ]
  • a) Convergent evolution
  • b) Divergent evolution
  • c) Microevolution
  • d) Macroevolution
Q.2
Major radiation of mammals birds and pollinating insects took place in the epoch .. .. [ kerala 2006 ]
  • a) Oligocene
  • b) Palaeocene
  • c) Pliocene
  • d) Eocene
Q.3
Darwin's finches occur in ... .. [ Odisha 2007 ]
  • a) Australia
  • b) Galapagos islands
  • c) Siberia
  • d) India
Q.4
In human beings vestigial organs are ... ... [ PMT 1994 ]
  • a) Wisdom tooth, coccyx,nail, eye lid and vermiform appendix
  • b) Wisdom tooth, coccyx, vermiform appendix, pancreas and elbow joint
  • c) Wisdom tooth, coccyx, vermiform appendix, nictitating membrane and auricular muscles
  • d) Coccyx, wisdom tooth , nail, auricular muscles
Q.5
Miller's experiment provided evidence for theory of ... ... [ Odisha 2002 ]
  • a) Special creation
  • b) Biogenesis
  • c) Abiogenesis
  • d) Organic evolution
Q.6
Natural Selection theory of Darwin states that ... .. [ BHU 1994 ]
  • a) Environment does not play any role in evolution
  • b) Heritable variations arise through changes in gene complex of species
  • c) Natural selection acts on favourable variations which appears among individuals of a species
  • d) Characters acquired during the life of an individual are inherited by its offspring
Q.7
Existence of marsupials in Australia and New Zealand proves ... .. [ CPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Continental drift
  • b) Geological period
  • c) New evolution
  • d) Both A and B
Q.8
Geographic and reproductive isolation bring about ... .. [ kerala 2004]
  • a) Extinction
  • b) Over-production
  • c) Speciation
  • d) Competition
Q.9
According to Neo Darwinism, evolution is due to ... ... [ manipal 2005 ]
  • a) Gene flow
  • b) Change in gene structure
  • c) Change in size of gene pool
  • d) Change in gene frequency
Q.10
Lederberg's replica experiment explains .... .. [ Pb PMT 2000 ]
  • a) Lamarck's theory
  • b) Mutation theory
  • c) Darwin's theory
  • d) None of the above
Q.11
Select the correct statement ... .. [ JKCMEE 2003 ]
  • a) Organs with different origin and structure but with similar functions are analogous organs
  • b) Organs with different origin and structure but with dissimilar function are analogous organs
  • c) Organs with similar origin and basic structure but different function are analogous organs
  • d) None of the above
Q.12
Which is correct order of increasing geological time scale for a hypothetical vertebrate evolution .... .. [ AMU 2011]
  • a) cenozoic, mesozoic, palaeozoic, precambrian
  • b) Cenozoic, palaeozoic, mesozoic, precambrian
  • c) Precambrian, palaeozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic
  • d) Precambrian, palaeozoic, mesozoic , cenozoic
Q.13
Evolutionary convergence is development of ... ... [ CBSE 1993 ]
  • a) Common set of characters is groups of different ancestry
  • b) Dissimilar characters in closely related groups
  • c) Common set of characters in closely related group
  • d) Radom mating
Q.14
Which is incorrect ... ... [ CPMT 2010 ]
  • a) J.B.S. haldane → law of continuity of germplasm
  • b) Louis Pasteur → Germ theory of diseases and immunology
  • c) De Vries → Mutation theory
  • d) Lemaitre → Big Bang theory
Q.15
Oparin's theory is based on ... ... [ CPMT 1992 ]
  • a) Artificial synthesis
  • b) Spontaneous generation
  • c) God's creation
  • d) Panspermia
Q.16
A connecting link between two phyla is ... ... [ RPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Archaeopteryx → Aves and mammalia
  • b) Amphioxus → Echinodermata and Chordata
  • c) Peripatus → Annelida and Arthropoda
  • d) Ornithorhyncus → Aves and Reptilia
Q.17
Which of the following pairs of structures is homologous? ... ... [ MPPMT 2004 ]
  • a) Wings of Grasshopper and forelimbs of Flying Squirrel
  • b) Tentacles of Hydra and arms of Starfish
  • c) Forelimbs of Bat and forelegs of Horse
  • 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]
  • a) Minimal medium and streptomycin
  • b) Complete medium and streptomycin
  • c) Only minimal medium
  • d) Only complete medium
Q.19
Reason for diversity in living being is due to ... ... [ CBSE 2001 ]
  • a) Short term evolutionary changes
  • b) Long term evolutionary changes
  • c) Mutations
  • d) Gradual change
Q.20
Hybrid breakdown is failure of ,,, ,, [ AFMC 1997]
  • a) Hybrid zygote to develop into offspring
  • b) Hybrid adult to produce fertile offspring
  • c) Fusion failure of ova and sperms of the species
  • d) All the above
Q.21
Which is incorrect
  • a) Wings of insects and bat are homologous
  • b) Wings of insect and bats are analogous
  • c) Wings of bat and birds are homologous
  • d) Wings of insects and birds are analogous
Q.22
Life cannot originate from inorganic materials now because of ... .. [ CBSE 1998]
  • a) Low atmospheric temperature
  • b) High degree of pollution
  • c) High atmospheric oxygen
  • d) Absence of raw materials
Q.23
Origin of life occurred in ... ... [ MPPMT 2009]
  • a) Precambrian
  • b) Cenozoic
  • c) Palaeozoic
  • d) Mesozoic
Q.24
Convergent evolution is illustrated by ... ... [ CBSE 2003 ]
  • a) Rat and dog
  • b) Bacterium and Protozoan
  • c) Star fish and Cuttlefish
  • d) Dogfish and Whale
Q.25
Earth originated in the past period of about ... ... [ HPPMT 2005]
  • a) 4.5 billion years
  • b) 8.0 billion years
  • c) 3.0 billion years
  • 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 ]
  • a) Alanine
  • b) Glycine
  • c) Aspartic acid
  • d) Glutamic acid
Q.27
Which of the following sets represents vestigial organs. ... ... [ CPMT 1991 ]
  • a) Vermiform appendix, body hair and patella
  • b) Wisdom teeth, body hair and atlas vertebra
  • c) Ear muscles, cochelea and coccyx
  • d) Vermiform appendix, ear muscles and cocyx
Q.28
Peripatus is connecting link between ... .. [ CBSE 2009]
  • a) Porifera and coelenterata
  • b) Ctenophora and platyhelminthes
  • c) Mollusca and echinodermata
  • d) Annelida and arthropoda
Q.29
Modern theory of organic evolution stress on ... ... [ MPPMT 1998 ]
  • a) Mutations
  • b) Isolation
  • c) Population
  • d) All the above
Q.30
Descendent of fossil Protylopus is .. ... [ MHTCET 2007]
  • a) Giraffe
  • b) Camel
  • c) Elephant
  • d) Cow
Q.31
Besides radio dating which method can be used to find out whether a fossi is of older era ... .. [ Wardha 2011]
  • a) Lava deposits
  • b) Igneous rocks
  • c) Metamorphic rocks
  • d) Sedimentary strata
Q.32
Presence of two chambered heart and gills in tadpole is example of ... ... [ Har PMT 2001 ]
  • a) Neo-Darwinism
  • b) Gauss's law
  • c) Chargaff's law
  • d) Biogenetic law
Q.33
Which will be true in sedimentary rocks ... ... [ CPMT 1996 ]
  • a) Upper strata older and lower younger
  • b) Upper strata younger and lower older
  • c) There is no stratification
  • d) None of the above
Q.34
Select the pair which does not match ... .. [ Kerala 2005]
  • a) Coacervates → Aggregates of organic compounds separated by an organic membrane
  • b) Species are not immutable → Lamarck
  • c) Allopatric → Separated by species
  • d) Darwin's finches → Unique to Galapagos
Q.35
Which book was written by Charles Darwin? ... .. [ CET Chd. 2206 ]
  • a) Origin of Species
  • b) Species Plantarum
  • c) Genera Plantarum
  • d) De naturien Familien
Q.36
Pioneers in the field of organic evolution were ... .. [ KCET 2001 ]
  • a) Darwin, Lamarck, landsteiner and De Vries
  • b) Darwin, De Vries, Lamarck, Huxley
  • c) Lamarck, Landsteiner, Malthus, De Vries
  • d) Darwin, Lamarck, Karl landsteiner, DeVries
Q.37
Abiogenesis is ... ... [ CPMT 2002 ]
  • a) Origin of life from non-living organisms
  • b) Origin of microbes from living organisms
  • c) Spontaneous generation
  • d) Origin of microbes and viruses
Q.38
Life has existed on earth for the last ... ... [ HPPMT 2007 ]
  • a) 2.3 billion years
  • b) 3.9 billion years
  • c) 4.3 billion years
  • d) 5.0 billion years
Q.39
" Theory of Origin of Species by Natural Selection" was proposed by ... .. [ JKCMEE 2003]
  • a) Weismann
  • b) Darwin
  • c) Darwin and Wallace
  • d) De Vries
Q.40
Which is correct ? ... ... [ Wardha 2005 ]
  • a) Natural selection discriminates variations
  • b) Natural selection is essential for evoluion
  • c) Members of a species can interbreed amongst themselves
  • 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 ]
  • a) Population
  • b) Mathematics
  • c) Geography
  • d) Genetics
Q.42
According to Lamarckism long necked Giraffes evolved because ... .. [ KCET 2002 ]
  • a) Nature selected only long necked animals
  • b) Of stretching of necks by short one over may generations
  • c) Humans preferred long necked animals
  • d) Mutation
Q.43
In their experiment to prove origin of life Miller and Ury took gases ... .. [ AFMC 2011 ]
  • a) Methane , Ethane, Hydrogen, Ammonia
  • b) Methane, Ethane, Ammonia, Water vapour
  • c) Methane, Ammonia, Hydrogen, Water vapor
  • 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 ]
  • a) 1, 2, 3. 4
  • b) 2, 3, 1, 4
  • c) 3, 4, 1, 2
  • 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 ]
  • a) O2 and Methane
  • b) O2 and H2O
  • c) CH4 and H2O
  • d) Salt and H2O
Q.46
Theory 'Ontogeny recapitulates Phylogeny' was proposed by .... .. [ AMU 2000 ]
  • a) Mendel
  • b) Haeckel
  • c) Erasmus Darwin
  • d) Weismann
Q.47
The term species was coined by ... .. [ KCET 2004]
  • a) Linnaeus
  • b) John Ray
  • c) Aristotle
  • d) Engler
Q.48
Variations giving rise to new species are serialized by the process of ... .. [ AMU 2002 ]
  • a) law of dynamics
  • b) natural selection
  • c) fusion speciation
  • d) organic evolution
Q.49
The theory that environment can bring about changes in individuals was proposed by .... [ AMU 2000 ]
  • a) Mendel
  • b) Darwin
  • c) Lamarck
  • d) Lyell
Q.50
Which was not proposed by Darwin? ... .. [ AFMC 2001 ]
  • a) Struggle for existence
  • b) Natural selection
  • c) Genetic drift
  • d) Survival of the fittest
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