Practice Test

Q1) Homologous organs are: Show Answer

Q2) Analogous organs are those which are: Show Answer

Q3) One of the following is not a vestigial organ: Show Answer

Q4) Biogenetic law was given by: Show Answer

Q5) Vestigial organs are those: Show Answer

Q6) The wings of a bird and the forelegs of horse are: Show Answer

Q7) The pelvis and the leg bones of snake are: Show Answer

Q8) The best test of the relatedness of the species is in the similarity of their: Show Answer

Q9) Most fossils are found in: Show Answer

Q10) For origin of life most important condition is: Show Answer

Q11) The richest source of fossils is: Show Answer

Q12) The fossil animals which show characters of two different groups of animals are called as: Show Answer

Q13) The Haeckel's theory of recapitulation (Biogenetic Law) means that: Show Answer

Q14) Who established the precipitation method of blood tests for finding out the inter-relationshhip among different animals: Show Answer

Q15) The connecting link between chordates and non-chordates is: Show Answer

Q16) Which of the following is a living fossil? Show Answer

Q17) Appearance of teeth in the embryos of birds is an example of: Show Answer

Q18) Dinosaurs are extinct: Show Answer

Q19) Some of the important evidences of organic evolution are: Show Answer

Q20) Which of the following is not a vestigial organ in man? Show Answer

Q21) Which of the following are the examples of analogous structures? Show Answer

Q22) Which one of the following are homologous? Show Answer

Q23) Evolutionary changes occurring in distantly related organisms are classified as: Show Answer

Q24) Which of the following are homologous? Show Answer

Q25) Which of the following is an extinct animal? Show Answer

Q26) A fossil is a: Show Answer

Q27) Which of the following is vestigial organ in man? Show Answer

Q28) Successful adaptation simply means: Show Answer

Q29) The law of superposition is associated with: Show Answer

Q30) Birds of Galapagos island were named as Darwin's finches by: Show Answer

Q31) Which one of the following groups are not analogous organs? Show Answer

Q32) Haeckel's recapitulation theory was based on: Show Answer

Q33) Which is supposed to be largest known fossils of reptile? Show Answer

Q34) Analogous organs have a: Show Answer

Q35) Birds evolved from: Show Answer

Q36) First mammals occurred in which era period? Show Answer

Q37) Appearance of ancestral characters in the new borns, such as tail, multiple mammae etc. are known as: Show Answer

Q38) Correct sequence is: Show Answer

Q39) A bird with teeth is: Show Answer

Q40) The term used for similarity in organ structure seen in great diversity is: Show Answer

Q41) Homologous organs are those that show similarity in: Show Answer

Q42) Which of the following is a connecting link? Show Answer

Q43) Which set includes all vestigial structures of man? Show Answer

Q44) Mesozoic era is the era of: Show Answer

Q45) Most evident source of evolution is: Show Answer

Q46) A scene of Jurassic period: Dinosaurs roaming in carboniferous forests, eating plants, killing each other and being eaten by lions and tigers. What is the catch? Show Answer

Q47) Origin of different finches on Galapagos islands is an example of: Show Answer

Q48) Which of the following are connecting links? Show Answer

Q49) Physiological evidence in favour of evolution is demonstrated by: Show Answer

Q50) Being all mammals, whale, dolphin, bat, monkey and horse have some important common characters but they also show conspicuous difference. This is due to the phenomenon of: Show Answer

Q51) Amphibia first appeared in: Show Answer

Q52) Dinosaurs were abundant in: Show Answer

Q53) Which of the following statements is wrong? Show Answer

Q54) Some insects, such as cockroach have biting and chewing mouth parts, housefly has sponging type of mouth parts, whereas a mosquito has piercing and sucking mouth parts. These various types of mouth parts are example of: Show Answer

Q55) According to the geologic time-table, man belongs to: Show Answer

Q56) For how many years have the dinosaurs been extinct? Show Answer

Q57) When did the first forest appear? Show Answer

Q58) Which one of the following fossils represent a connecting link between evolution of mammal from reptiles? Show Answer

Q59) What are the fossil contents of alimentary canals known as? Show Answer

Q60) The origin of first mammals occurred: Show Answer

Q61) The term orthogenesis means: Show Answer

Q62) Oldest fossils of land animals consist of: Show Answer

Q63) Age of mammals and birds is known as: Show Answer

Q64) Fossil of Archaeopteryx were found from: Show Answer

Q65) Birds are glorified reptile have been proved by the discovery of fossil which resembles bird and reptiles both: Show Answer

Q66) What is the appearance of ancestral characters in an individual called? Show Answer

Q67) Flightless bird of Australia is: Show Answer

Q68) An incompletely three chambered heart occurs in: Show Answer

Q69) Who proposed for the first time that developing animal embryo passes through stages resembling adults of its ancestors: Show Answer

Q70) Replacement of original hard parts or even the soft tissues of the organisms by minerals is known as: Show Answer

Q71) Cycas and Ginkgo are connecting links between: Show Answer

Q72) Which one of the following animal has been extinct recently? Show Answer

Q73) Analogous organs with similar external morphology are called: Show Answer

Q74) Possession of accessory respiratory organ in Anabas is an example of: Show Answer

Q75) How dinosaurs became extinct? There are many hypotheses. One mostly accepted is: Show Answer

Q76) Find the odd man out: Show Answer

Q77) The biggest and heaviest dinosaur was: Show Answer

Q78) The first fossil bird found in the orcks of Jurassic period belong to genera: Show Answer

Q79) In Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany in Lucknow, 3.2 billion year old rocks are kept which have fossils of: Show Answer

Q80) The flowering plants originated in: Show Answer

Q81) The study of the fossil plants is known as: Show Answer

Q82) Point out the correct statement regarding the evolution of horse: Show Answer

Q83) What is the recent example of mass extinction of organisms? Show Answer

Q84) Plants which are naturally fast disappearing from the scene are: Show Answer

Q85) Find the odd man out: Show Answer

Q86) Which of the following rules state that organisms have a tendency towards increase in size during their evolution? Show Answer

Q87) Different groups of plants (and also animals) have similar proteins. What is the type of evidence? Show Answer

Q88) In human beings canine teeth are: Show Answer

Q89) One of the following is taken as evidence of evolution. Which one? Show Answer

Q90) Which one of the following answers molecular homology? Show Answer

Q91) Which one of the following animals exhibits connecting link in evoltuion between amphibia and reptiles? Show Answer

Q92) In general, in the developmental history of mammalian heart. It is observed that it passes through a two-chambered fish like heart, three chambered frog-like heart and finally four chambered stage to which hypothesis can this above called cited statement be approximated: Show Answer

Q93) Modern theory of organic evolution is based on: Show Answer

Q94) Nature has provided the organisms the ability to produce at high rate. What is its opposing force? Show Answer

Q95) The material for organic evolution is: Show Answer

Q96) Phylogeny tells about: Show Answer

Q97) The wings of an insect and a bat exhibit: Show Answer

Q98) Which of the following includes all homologous organs? Show Answer

Q99) From a group of similar mammals some have adapted for running, flying and swimming etc. This is an example of: Show Answer

Q100) Fossils of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells were first discovered in rocks of: Show Answer

Q101) Animals of cold countries have shorter ears. This is: Show Answer

Q102) Dinosaurs appeared after which era: Show Answer

Q103) Presence of gill slits in the embryos of all vertebrates supports the theory of: Show Answer

Q104) Which era is dubbed as the age of prokaryotic microbes: Show Answer

Q105) Mesozoic is the: Show Answer

Q106) "A scientist cut the tail of mouse for many generations but their young ones have the tail". This condition disproved which of the following theories: Show Answer

Q107) Which is the most evident proof of evolution? Show Answer

Q108) Two geographical regions separated by high mountains are: Show Answer

Q109) Which one provides direct and solid evidence in favour of organic evolution through ages? Show Answer

Q110) Which animals has become extinct recently? Show Answer

Q111) Angiosperms flourished during: Show Answer

Q112) Carboniferous period of coal deposition was: Show Answer

Q113) Dinosaurs disappeared during: Show Answer

Q114) Adaptive similarities in animals of the same habitat constitute: Show Answer

Q115) Homologous organs show: Show Answer

Q116) Which one is not vestigial in humans? Show Answer

Q117) Coal has been mainly formed by: Show Answer

Q118) Darwin's finches provide evidence of evolution from: Show Answer

Q119) Vestigial pelvic girdle and bone remnants of hind limbs are characteristic of: Show Answer

Q120) Monkeys and some lower groups have certain blood groups which are: Show Answer

Q121) Heart is four chambered in: Show Answer

Q122) Living organism with oldest fossil history is: Show Answer

Q123) Homologous organs are: Show Answer

Q124) Occurrence of endemic species in South America and Australia is due to: Show Answer

Q125) Similarities in organisms with different genotype indicates: Show Answer

Q126) Convergent evolution is illustrated by: Show Answer

Q127) In which branch we study about remains of plant life? Show Answer

Q128) Flippers of seal are modified: Show Answer

Q129) Potato and sweet potato have edible parts which are: Show Answer

Q130) Which of the following is not vestigial organ in humans? Show Answer

Q131) Which of these pairs is vestigial? Show Answer

Q132) Which of the following is the relatively most accurate method for dating of fossils? Show Answer

Q133) Evolutionary history of an organism is known as: Show Answer

Q134) Which one of the following is not a living fossil? Show Answer

Q135) An important evidence in favour of organic evolution is the occurrence of: Show Answer

Q136) Which of the following gives the correct evidence from connecting link? Show Answer

Q137) Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era is characterised by: Show Answer

Q138) Which one of the following statement is correct? Show Answer

Q139) The Finches of Galapogas islands provide an evidence in favour of: Show Answer

Q140) Mark the wrong match: Show Answer

Q141) Set which includes only analogous organs is: Show Answer

Q142) Which have not left any evidences of organic evolution? Show Answer

Q143) Example of analogous organs is: Show Answer

Q144) Two organs which are similar in structure and origin, but not necessarily in function are called: Show Answer

Q145) Man evolved in: Show Answer

Q146) A connecting link between reptiles and birds is: Show Answer

Q147) Wings of Mosquito, Bat and Bird show evolution called: Show Answer

Q148) The evolution is studied in per unit of: Show Answer

Q149) Rule of embryonic development was given by: Show Answer

Q150) Dinosaurs gave rise to: Show Answer

Q151) Study of fossils comes under: Show Answer

Q152) In human beings vestigial organs are: Show Answer

Q153) Grazing mammals and grasslands evolved side by side during which period: Show Answer

Q154) Organic evolution means Show Answer

Q155) Diversity of living organisms is due to Show Answer

Q156) Which one of the following scientists is not related with organic evolution? Show Answer

Q157) Darwin's finches provide an excellent evidence in favour of evolution. This evidence comes from the field of Show Answer

Q158) Darwin saw that populations of Galapagos finches Show Answer

Q159) Darwin's finches represent Show Answer

Q160) The classical example of adaptive radiation in development of new species is Show Answer

Q161) Tasmanian wolf is a marsupial while wolf is a placental mammal. This shows Show Answer

Q162) Egg laying mammals and marsupials are found in Australia and nowhere else. This indicates Show Answer

Q163) The organs of different species that are related to each other through common descent though become functionally different are called Show Answer

Q164) The organs which look different but have the same basic structure and origin are known as Show Answer

Q165) Homology does not refer to Show Answer

Q166) Which is incorrect? Show Answer

Q167) Which group includes homologous organs? Show Answer

Q168) Which of the following are homologous organs? Show Answer

Q169) Which one of the following pairs has homologous organs? Show Answer

Q170) Thorn of Bougainvillea and tendril of Cucurbita are examples of Show Answer

Q171) Although all mammals whale, dolphin, bat, monkey and horse have some important common characters, but they also show conspicuous differences. This is due to the phenomenon of Show Answer

Q172) The evidence for the origin of birds from reptiles is the presence in them of Show Answer

Q173) Which of the following are homologous organs? Show Answer

Q174) Hand of man, wing of bat and flipper of seal represent Show Answer

Q175) Analogous structures are Show Answer

Q176) Which of the following are analogous organs? Show Answer

Q177) Which pair of organs are analogous in nature? Show Answer

Q178) Which of the following pairs is correct? Show Answer

Q179) Which of the following are not analogous organs? Show Answer

Q180) Eyes of an Octopus and mammals appear quite similar, but these are different in their basic structure and origin heave they are Show Answer

Q181) Convergent evolution of two species is associated with Show Answer

Q182) Evolutionary convergence in the development of Show Answer

Q183) Convergent evolution is shown by Show Answer

Q184) Examples of vestigial organs in the human body are Show Answer

Q185) Which is a set of evidence of evolution? Show Answer

Q186) Evolutionary history of a group of organisms is called Show Answer

Q187) Which of the following statement is false?
I. The rules of embryonic development were given by Von Baer.
II. Recapitulation theory was proposed by Haeckel.
III. Haeckel's theory of recapitulation states that ontogeny repeats phylogeny.
IV. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is the brief definition of Bio-genetic law. Show Answer

Q188) Presence of gills in the tadpole of frog indicates that Show Answer

Q189) All organisms share the same genetic code. This supports that Show Answer

Q190) The most direct evidence of organic evolution is Show Answer

Q191) Fossil evidence of evolution is called Show Answer

Q192) Fossils are studied for Show Answer

Q193) Fossilization would occur when flora and fauna are buried by Show Answer

Q194) The fossils are preserved in Show Answer

Q195) Fossil X is older than fossil Y because Show Answer

Q196) The type of fossil where hard parts like bones, teeth or trunk of trees are preserved Show Answer

Q197) The material used in determining the age of a fossil is Show Answer

Q198) Correct order is Show Answer

Q199) As evident from fossil records which era had no life? Show Answer

Q200) Mesozoic era is the age of Show Answer

Q201) In which of the following periods dinosaurs were maximum developed? Show Answer

Q202) Dinosaurs became extinct during Show Answer

Q203) Which era could be called "age of mammals and birds"? Show Answer

Q204) The first mammal appeared in Show Answer

Q205) Which of the following is the correct order of evolution? Show Answer

Q206) The pioneers in the field of 'organic evolution' are Show Answer

Q207) The first attempt to solve the problem of mechanism of organic evolution was made by Show Answer

Q208) The book "Philosophic Zoologique" was written by Show Answer

Q209) The theory of use and disuse of organs was given by Show Answer

Q210) "Theory of Continuity of Germplasm" was propounded by Show Answer

Q211) According to Lamarckism, long necked giraffes evolved because Show Answer

Q212) Which of the following evidence does not favour the Lamarckian concept of inheritance of acquired characters? Show Answer

Q213) Natural selection theory was proposed by Darwin along with Show Answer

Q214) Darwin proposed that new species evolve from ancestral forms by the Show Answer

Q215) Which of the following is not a part of Darwin's theory of evolution? Show Answer

Q216) Survival of fittest is possible due to Show Answer

Q217) The idea of "Survival of Fittest" was originally introduced by Show Answer

Q218) The theory of natural selection of Darwin Show Answer

Q219) Which of the following was NOT part of Darwin's explanation of natural selection? Show Answer

Q220) Who wrote the book "The Origin of Species"? Show Answer

Q221) The book "The Origin of Species" was published in Show Answer

Q222) One of the several objections to natural selection theory of Darwin is Show Answer

Q223) In which case is Darwin's theory wrong? Show Answer

Q224) Which one provides correct sequence of events in origin of species according to Darwinism?
1. Natural selection
2. Variations and their inheritance
3. Survival of fittest
4. Struggle for existence Show Answer

Q225) Diversity in the types of beaks of finches adapted to different feeding habits on the Galapagos Islands, as observed by Darwin provides evidence for Show Answer

Q226) Which of the following could not be explained by the 'Darwin's Natural Selection Theory'? Show Answer

Q227) Which one of the following phenomena supports Darwin's concept of natural selection in organic evolution? Show Answer

Q228) Hugo de Vries theory of mutation Show Answer

Q229) Hugo de Vries pioneered the theory of mutations to explain the mechanism of evolution material on which he had experimented was Show Answer

Q230) Hugo de Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution while working on Show Answer

Q231) The most accepted and recent theory of organic evolution is Show Answer

Q232) 'Modern synthetic theory of evolution' is the result of Show Answer

Q233) The modern synthetic theory of evolution is based on Show Answer

Q234) A mutation is most likely to have a selective advantage in evolution if Show Answer

Q235) Some bacteria are able to grow in streptomycin containing medium due to Show Answer

Q236) Using imprints from a plate with complete medium and carrying bacterial colonies, you can select streptomycin resistant mutants and prove that such mutations do not originate as adaptation. These imprints need to be used Show Answer

Q237) Sum of all the genes in a population is called Show Answer

Q238) Genetic drift operates in Show Answer

Q239) In terms of gene frequencies, founder effect result in Show Answer

Q240) The unit of natural selection is Show Answer

Q241) In natural selection Show Answer

Q242) Natural selection is sometimes described as "survival of the fittest". Which of the following most accurately measures an organism's fitness? Show Answer

Q243) In a population of frogs which would be considered the fittest? Show Answer

Q244) Which of the following is correct? Show Answer

Q245) Directional selection Show Answer

Q246) Disruptive selection Show Answer

Q247) Birds with average-sized wings survived in a severe storm more successfully than with longer or shorter wings. It illustrates Show Answer

Q248) In a population where competition between individuals is severe then the distribution is said to be Show Answer

Q249) Directional selection favours Show Answer

Q250) Adaptation of a species is its Show Answer

Q251) Adaptations Show Answer

Q252) The process of ________ and _________ generate variation and _________ produces adaptation to the environment Show Answer

Q253) The phenomenon of "Industrial melanism" demonstrates Show Answer

Q254) The change of lighter coloured variety of peppered moth, Biston betularia, to its darker variety (carbonaria) is due to Show Answer

Q255) Some organisms escape detection from enemies by resembling other organisms Show Answer

Q256) Cause of mimicry is Show Answer

Q257) The origin of species from pre-existing species is Show Answer

Q258) Which of the following must take place for speciation to occur? Show Answer

Q259) A definition of the term "Species" based on reproduction has distinct limitations, which include its being Show Answer

Q260) Species is Show Answer

Q261) Geographic and reproductive isolations are most closely associated with Show Answer

Q262) Which is basis of evolution? Show Answer

Q263) Which is not applicable to the Biological species concept? Show Answer

Q264) The concept of "biological species" was proposed by Show Answer

Q265) Jurassic period of the mesozoic era is characterized by Show Answer

Q266) Presence of recessive trait is 16%. The frequency of dominant allele in population is Show Answer

Q267) The two key concepts of Darwinism Theory of Evolution are Show Answer

Q268) Change in gene structure changes the trait it represents. The theory about formation of new species with the help of such changes is Show Answer

Q269) The study of ancient life, mainly carried out by means of fossils is Show Answer

Q270) England in 1850s, i.e., before industrialization set in, it was observed that there were more white-winged
moths on trees than dark-winged or melanised moths.
However, in the collection carried out from the same area, but after industrialization, i.e., in 1920, there
were more dark-winged moths in the same area, i.e., the proportion was reversed
Predict the possible reason for such change Show Answer

Q271) In a given population, the …A… of occurrence of alleles of a gene is supposed to remain …B… and even
remain the same through generations. Hardy-Weinberg principle stated it using …C… equation
Choose the correct option for A, B and C to complete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q272) Which of the following provides most evident proof of evolution? Show Answer

Q273) Which set includes only analogous organs? Show Answer

Q274) Study of fossils is called Show Answer

Q275) Hugo de Vries’s experimental organism was Show Answer

Q276) A biologist is trying to infer how five closely related species of snakes are related to one another. She
noticed that some of the snakes have forked tongues and others do not. Which of the following would help
her to distinguish their ancestral state? Show Answer

Q277) Origin of life occurred in Show Answer

Q278) Theory of natural selection was given by Show Answer

Q279) What’s the difference between natural selection and sexual selection? Show Answer

Q280) What do homologous organs indicates? Show Answer

Q281) Proteins found in the blood of man and ape are similar. This is an example of Show Answer

Q282) According to the Neo-Darwinian theory, which of the following is responsible for the origin of new
species? Show Answer

Q283) ‘Continuity of germplasm’ theory was given by Show Answer

Q284) Select the wrong pair Show Answer

Q285) Divergent evolution gives rise to Show Answer

Q286) The greatest evolutionary change enabling the land vertebrates to be completely free from the water.
Habitat was the development of Show Answer

Q287) Which of the following is not an examples of adaptive radiation? Show Answer

Q288) Darwin judged the fitness of an individual by Show Answer

Q289) Why the genetic variation is important from an evolutionary standpoint/ Show Answer

Q290) ‘XX’ lived 100000-40000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and Africa. ‘XX’ was short stature, hairy eyebrows,
sctreating forehead and large jaws. Identify ‘XX’ Show Answer

Q291) Who discarded the theory of spontaneous generation forever? Show Answer

Q292) Saltation stands for Show Answer

Q293) Which of the following statement is true regarding the theory of natural selection? Show Answer

Q294) ′ Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny' is narrated in which of the evidences for organic evolution? Show Answer

Q295) In the developmental history of mammalian heart, it is observed that it passes through a two-chambered
fish-like heart, three-chambered frog-like heart and finally four-chambered stage. To which hypothesis can
the above cited statement be approximated? Show Answer

Q296) Which of the following statements is correct? Show Answer

Q297) Vestigial organ in human being is Show Answer

Q298) Darwinian ‘natural selection’ of evolution was inspired by Show Answer

Q299) Which of the following statements are wrong?
I. Thomas Malthus is well known for his book on population
II. The work of Thomas Malthus on population did not influence Darwin
III. There must be a genetic basic for getting selected and to evolve
IV. All the finches on the Galapagos islands are descended from a common ancestor
Choose the correct option Show Answer

Q300) Which of the following animal extinct recently? Show Answer

Q301) Evolutionary biology is Show Answer

Q302) Maximum cranial capacity is of Show Answer

Q303) Which group is evolutionary modern? Show Answer

Q304) The Mesozoic era is also called as the golden age of the Show Answer

Q305) In human beings, vestigial organs are Show Answer

Q306) Which one of the following is the most primitive ancestor of man? Show Answer

Q307) Earliest fossil ape prior to the ape man was Show Answer

Q308) Arrange the following events of modern concept of evolution sequentially
I. Genetic variations in population
II. Natural selection
III. Heredity
IV. Isolation
V. Speciation
The correct option is Show Answer

Q309) Human beings belongs to the family-Hominidae which evolved about 24 million years ago. The relative
family-Pongidae includes Show Answer

Q310) The main point of Darwin’s theory is Show Answer

Q311) Which of the set represents vestigial organs? Show Answer

Q312) Darwin’s finches represents Show Answer

Q313) Which of the following evidences does not favour the Lamarckian concept of inheritance of acquired
characters? Show Answer

Q314) Oparin and Haldane’s theory is also called Show Answer

Q315) A microsphere is a …A… collection of organic macromolecules with double layered outer boundary. The
term microsphere was given by …B…
Complete the given statement by choosing correct options for A and B with reference to NCERT textbook Show Answer

Q316) Which is not true of Archeopteryx ? Show Answer

Q317) The sequence of origin of life could be Show Answer

Q318) Australian marsupials are the example of Show Answer

Q319) Which of the following in birds indicates their reptilian ancestry? Show Answer

Q320) Big-Bang theory attempts to explain the origin of Show Answer

Q321) Life cannot originate from inorganic materials now because of Show Answer

Q322) The first life on the earth was developed through Show Answer

Q323) Origin of life as a result of chemical evolution was properly explained by
I. Fox II. Oparin
III. Wateson IV. Haeckel
V. Mendel VI. Crick
Choose the correct option Show Answer

Q324) Name given to fossil hominid of Shivalik hills in India is Show Answer

Q325) Which of the following statements are correct?
I. Bird originated 150 million years ago
II. Mammals originated 200 million years ago
III. Multicellular organisms 1 billion years ago
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q326) Hardy-Weinberg described the frequency of …A… for an entire …B… .
Choose the correct option for A and B to complete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q327) The modern man differs from the apes in Show Answer

Q328) What did Miller obtained from his experiment? Show Answer

Q329) A study of fossils in different sedimentary layers indicates Show Answer

Q330) Development of similar adaptive functional structural features in an unrelated group of organism is called Show Answer

Q331) Organic evolution is also called Show Answer

Q332) The present concept of evolution is known as Show Answer

Q333) Scientist who also came to the similar conclusions around the same time of Charles Darwin was Show Answer

Q334) Giant dinosaurs and reptiles predominated during the Jurassic period. This period was also marked the
evolution of higher insects and angiosperms, conifers, cycads, etc. Jurassic period belongs to …….. era
Complete the given statement by choosing an appropriate option Show Answer

Q335) Weismann cut off tails of mice generation after generation but tails neither disappeared nor shortened
showing that Show Answer

Q336) The pioneers in the field of organic evolutions are Show Answer

Q337) In the animals, the same structures developed along the different directions due to the adaptations to
different needs. This is called Show Answer

Q338) Which species of human ancestor was named lucy? Show Answer

Q339) The Neanderthal man with a brain size …A… cc lived in near …B… between …C… to …D… years back. The
correct choices for A, B, C and D are Show Answer

Q340) The first non-cellular form of life could have originated Show Answer

Q341) The idea that the life originates from pre-existing life is referred as Show Answer

Q342) ‘Darwin natural selection theory’ could not explain Show Answer

Q343) First autotrophs on the primitive earth was/were Show Answer

Q344) According to the Darwin’s theory of evolution, differences between the species occurs due to Show Answer

Q345) Gradual accumulation of adaptation of changing environment leads to the origin of Show Answer

Q346) Microbial experiments show that …A… advantageous …B… when selected will result in observation of new
phenotypes. Over few generations, this would result in …C… . Natural selection is a process in which …D…
variations enabling better survival are enabled to reproduce and leave greater number of progeny
Choose the correct option for A, B, C and D to complete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q347) The force responsible for fixing in population of neutral characteristics is Show Answer

Q348) Mutation is more common when it is present in Show Answer

Q349) Choose the correct statements
I. Law of embryonic development was given by Von Baer
II. Recapitulation theory was proposed by Haeckel
III. Haeckel theory states that ‘Ontogeny repeats phylogeny’
IV. Haeckel theory and biogenetic law were proposed by the same person
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q350) ‘Every cell of the body contributes gemmules to the germ cells and so shares in the transmission of
inherited characters’, this theory is known as Show Answer

Q351) Natural indicator of industrial pollution is Show Answer

Q352) Lamarckism cannot explain Show Answer

Q353) What is common to whale, seal and shark? Show Answer

Q354) Give the name of the first organism who invaded land Show Answer

Q355) Hardy-Weinberg principle can be expressed as Show Answer

Q356) Speciation is the evolutionary process by which Show Answer

Q357) First human like hominid is known as Show Answer

Q358) ‘Darwin’s finches’ refers to Show Answer

Q359) Age of fossils in the past was generally determined by radio-carbon method and other methods involving radioactive elements found in the rocks. More precise methods, which were used recently and led to the revision of the evolutionary period for different groups of organisms, include Show Answer

Q360) Which of the following is not vestigial in man? Show Answer

Q361) Survival of the fittest is possible due to Show Answer

Q362) Which of the following branch of biology helps in to know the existence of coal? Show Answer

Q363) Which of the following factor is most likely to decrease the genetic diversity in a population? Show Answer

Q364) The first cellular form of life could have originated Show Answer

Q365) Origin of life as a result of chemical evolution has been properly explained by or the most logical
biochemical theory of origin of life has been given by Show Answer

Q366) The structural similarities between the flippers of whales and the arms of human are used to show that Show Answer

Q367) Fossil X is older than fossil Y if Show Answer

Q368) I. Oparin’s theory of origin of life is based on …A…
II. Chemical theory of origin of life was given by …B…
Choose the correct option for A and B to complete the statements I and II Show Answer

Q369) The concept of natural selection in evolution was proposed by Show Answer

Q370) Which of the following is not a correct pair? Show Answer

Q371) S L Miller’s closed flask contained Show Answer

Q372) The primate, which existed 15 million years ago, among these was Show Answer

Q373) Which type of growth living organism undergoes? Show Answer

Q374) What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man (Homo sapiens) from his ancestors? Show Answer

Q375) In which of the following era first mammal like reptile originated? Show Answer

Q376) In the theory of evolution, Lamarck explained
I. internal vital force
II. effect of environment on organisms
III. inheritance of acquired characters
IV. use and disuse of organs
Choose the correct combination Show Answer

Q377) Evolutionary development of a species can be studied by Show Answer

Q378) Phenomenon of industrial melanism demonstrates Show Answer

Q379) Darwin’s book ‘Origin of New Species by Natural Selection’ was published in Show Answer

Q380) What is the difference between genetic drift and changes drift to the natural selection? Show Answer

Q381) Which phenomena confined the pouched mammals of Australia survived because of lack of competition
from any other mammals? Show Answer

Q382) Fossils of Homo erectus was found in Show Answer

Q383) Which of the following is a unit of natural selection? Show Answer

Q384) Industrial melanism is an example of Show Answer

Q385) Stanley Miller proposed origin of life by Show Answer

Q386) Hardy –Weinberg equilibrium is known to be affected by gene flow, genetic drift, mutation, genetic
recombination and Show Answer

Q387) Struggle for existence and survival of the fittest theories were given by Show Answer

Q388) Theory of continuity of germplasm was given by Show Answer

Q389) The process by which different type of finches were evolved in Galapagos islands is Show Answer

Q390) An evolutionary process, giving rise to new species adapting to new habitat and ways of life is called Show Answer

Q391) Natural selection is a process in which …A… variations enables better survival and ability to …B… and
leave …C… number of progeny
Choose the correct options for A, B and C to complete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q392) Biological concept of species was given by Show Answer

Q393) Natural selection
I. tends to increase its characters that enhances survival and reproduction
II. causes adaptation
III. acts on organism phenotype
IV. mechanism of evolution explained by Darwin
Which of the following statements are correct? Show Answer

Q394) Darwinian fitness can be estimated by Show Answer

Q395) Factor affecting the process of speciation are
I. Mutation
II. Recombination
III. Natural selection
IV. Hybridisation
V. Genetic drift
VI. Polyploid
VII. Isolation
Choose the correct combination Show Answer

Q396) An organism which is the connecting link between the animals and plants is Show Answer

Q397) ……… organs shows adaptive radiation.
Complete the given statement with an appropriate option given below Show Answer

Q398) Identify the phenomenon in which a new set of population is formed the set of existing population due to
the excessive change in the allele frequency Show Answer

Q399) Age of gymnosperm is Show Answer

Q400) Which of the following example of variation is not important from an evolutionary standpoint? Show Answer

Q401) Organs which are anatomically different, but performs similar functions are called Show Answer

Q402) The primates nearest to humans in the evolutionary line is Show Answer

Q403) Survival of the fittest is the basic principle of a competition. Its importance in organic evolution was
explained by Show Answer

Q404) Which of the following is an example of an ancestral homology? Show Answer

Q405) de Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution, while working on Show Answer

Q406) Select the correct statement from the given options Show Answer

Q407) Human arm is homologous to Show Answer

Q408) Lamarck’s theory of evolution is also known as Show Answer

Q409) Australopithecus is also called Show Answer

Q410) According to de Vries theory, evolution is Show Answer

Q411) Which is a unit of evolution? Show Answer

Q412) Primates which existed about 15 million years ago were
I. Dryopithecus
II. Homo habilis
III. Ramapithecus
IV. Australopithecus
V. Homo erectus
VI. Neanderthal man
Choose the correct option Show Answer

Q413) What is the relationship between the wing of a bird and the wing of a bat? Show Answer

Q414) Homo erectus lived about Show Answer

Q415) The concept of chemical evolution is based on Show Answer

Q416) The stage next to Homo habilis was Show Answer

Q417) The first cell like structure was appeared in Show Answer

Q418) Synthesis of amino acids to prove that amino acids were formed in primitive ocean was experimentally
proved by Show Answer

Q419) Separate the following into homologous and analogous organs
I. Sweet potato
II. Potato
III. Filippers of penguins and dolphins
IV. Hearts of different vertebrate
V. Forelimbs of whales, bat and cheetah
The correct option is
Show Answer

Q420) I. Random selection
II. Convergent evolution
III. Genetic drift
IV. Divergent evolution
Choose the correct option for Sewell’s effect from above option Show Answer

Q421) Information molecule to get evolved first on the primitive earth was Show Answer

Q422) The first mammals were like …A… . Their fossils are small sized. Mammals were …B… and protected their unborn young inside the mother’s body
Choose the correct option for A and B to complete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q423) Homo erectus had large brain around …A… cc. Homo erectus was probably …B… . Here A and B refers to Show Answer

Q424) In plants like Acacia , the leaves are compound but their seedlings possess simple leaves. This
phenomenon can be explained by Show Answer

Q425) Australopithecus has been given the nick name Lucy by Show Answer

Q426) Which of the following is not an example of evolutionary change? Show Answer

Q427) Darwin travelled in which of the following ship? Show Answer

Q428) Flippers of seal are Show Answer

Q429) The cranial capacity of Peking man was about Show Answer

Q430) Resistant varieties evolved in much lesser time because of Show Answer

Q431) Which of the following features are true for stabilizing type of natural selection? Show Answer

Q432) Homologous organs indicate the Show Answer

Q433) Evolutionary convergence is the development of Show Answer

Q434) Which of the following is a pair of analogous organs? Show Answer

Q435) Which of the given pairs are correct
I. Wings of insects and birds are homologous organ
II. Wings of bats and bird are homologous organ
III. Wings of insect and bats are analogous
IV. Wings of insect and bird are analogous
Choose the correct option Show Answer

Q436) In a random mating population in equilibrium, which of the following brings about a change in gene
frequency in non-directional manner? Show Answer

Q437) There was no life in Show Answer

Q438) There are two opposing views about origin of Modern man. According to one view, Homo erectus in Asia
were the ancestors of modern man. A study of variations of DNA however suggested African origin of
modern man. What kind of observation on DNA variation could suggest this? Show Answer

Q439) A population containing a gene ‘X’ with two alleles ‘Aa’ is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for gene ‘X’. If the
gene frequency of allele ‘A’ is 0.2, allele frequency of ‘a’ is Show Answer

Q440) Which of the following are the correct pair of homologous organs?
I. Hands of man and wings of bat
II. Wings of bat and wings of cockroach
III. Wings of bird and wings of butterfly
IV. Fins of fish and forelimbs of horse
V. Forearm of human and forelimbs of horse
The correct combination is visible in option Show Answer

Q441) Which of the following presumably possesses a cranial capacity larger than modern man? Show Answer

Q442) Hardy-Weinberg principle is the Show Answer

Q443) Which of the following statement is correct? Show Answer

Q444) Genetic drift in also known as Show Answer

Q445) Which of the following is the first vascular plant to be represented by an extinct group? Show Answer

Q446) Choose the wrong statements
I. The essence of Darwinian theory about evolution can be seen in the phenomenon of natural selection
II. The rate of appearance of new forms is not linked to the evolution
III. Adaptive ability is a complete evolution
IV. Mutations are random and directionless
The correct option is Show Answer

Q447) Random genetic drift in a population probably results from Show Answer

Q448) Organs differ in origin but performing similar function Show Answer

Q449) Homo sapiens were arose in Show Answer

Q450) ‘PP’ is a type of selection that favours both small sized and large-sized individual. ‘PP’ eliminates most of
the members with mean expression, so as to produce two peak in the distribution of the tract that many
lead to the development of two different populations. Identify ‘PP’ Show Answer

Q451) Which of the following statements are correct?
I. Directional selection favours one extreme form over the other extreme and over intermediate forms of a
trait
II. Stabilising selection favours the intermediate forms of a trait
III. Disruptive selection favours both the extreme forms of a trait
IV. Fossils are the remnents of hard parts of life forms present in rocks
V. A study of fossils in different sedimentary layers indicates the geological period in which they live
VI. Radio isotopes are often used to determine the age of the fossils
VII. Study of fossils is called Palaeontology
VIII. Most fossils are found in sedimentary rocks
IX. The unit of evolution is population Show Answer

Q452) Which one of the following features occurs in the direction of the evolution for human species? Show Answer

Q453) The theory of random genetic drift was proposed by Show Answer

Q454) How old is our universe? Show Answer

Q455) Which of the following defines Hardy –Weinberg law? Show Answer

Q456) Correct order of evolutionary scale is Show Answer

Q457) The concept of inheritance of acquired character in support of evolution was proposed by Show Answer

Q458) Which one of the following are homologous organs? Show Answer

Q459) Identify the phenomenon in which the members of a species do not interbreed with the members of other
species or same species Show Answer

Q460) I. Use and disuse of organs
II. Inheritance of acquired characters
III. Branching descent
IV. Natural selection
V. Mutation
VI. Reproductive isolation
The two key concepts of Darwinism from the given options are Show Answer

Q461) Related species which are reproductively isolated but mophologically similar are called Show Answer

Q462) Evolution is Show Answer

Q463) The result of Miller’s experiments were discussed in the book ‘The Planets’ written by Show Answer

Q464) Which of the following experiment suggested that simplest living organisms could not have originated
spontaneously from non-living matter? Show Answer

Q465) Phenomenon in which the genetic drift gives rise to a new sample of population is called Show Answer

Q466) Genetic drift operates to Show Answer

Q467) Which one of the following is not a vestigial structure in Homo sapiens? Show Answer

Q468) Which of the following was not explained by the Darwinism? Show Answer

Q469) Development of different functional structures from a common ancestral form is called Show Answer

Q470) Hand of man, wing of bat and flipper of seal represents Show Answer

Q471) Who wrote the famous book Origin of Species? Show Answer

Q472) According to the heterotroph hypothesis, the first life on the earth was able to Show Answer

Q473) Which of the following events is an examples of evolution? Show Answer

Q474) The theory that evolutionary change is slow and continuous this phenomenon is known as Show Answer

Q475) Links between organisms that shows branching pattern of evolutionary relationships are shown by Show Answer

Q476) Which of the following is not Darwin’s conclusion? Show Answer

Q477) Which group of organisms is believed to be evolved first on earth? Show Answer

Q478) Hybridized sterile (2n) plant can be converted into a fertile species by doubling the chromosomes through
induced polyploidy. Such plants are called Show Answer

Q479) Pouched marsupials are found only in Show Answer

Q480) Which of the following statements are correct?
I. Survival of the fittest is based upon the characteristics that are inherited
II. Darwin’s variations are small and directional
III. The fitness is the end result of the ability of adults
IV. Genetic drift is operated in small population
V. Genetic drift operates in large population
VI. Genetic drift upset the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Choose the correct option Show Answer

Q481) If frequency, of ‘A’ allele is 0.4 than, find out the frequency of ‘B’ allele and heterozygous genotype in a
random mating population at equilibria Show Answer

Q482) Darwin differentiate …A… species of finches and grouped them into …B… main types.
Choose the correct option for A and B to complete the given statement Show Answer

Q483) When a species gets separated geographically, it evolves separately. Which of the following condition
would determine whether they are now different species?
I. They failed to interbreed
II. They failed to give fertile offspring
III. They have different coloured body
IV. They appear morphologically slightly different
Choose the correct combination from given options Show Answer

Q484) First cell produced on earth is Show Answer

Q485) Biochemical similarities indicates the Show Answer

Q486) Who proposed the Big-Bang theory? Show Answer

Q487) Fossil man, who made cave paintings, is Show Answer

Q488) What is meant by the term “Darwin fitness” Show Answer

Q489) Primary source of allelic variation is Show Answer

Q490) Orithorhynchus is a connecting link between Show Answer

Q491) Analogous organs appears as the result of Show Answer

Q492) Who proposed that the first form of life could have come from pre-existing non-living organic molecules? Show Answer

Q493) The scientific name of Java man is Show Answer

Q494) Example of convergent evolution is Show Answer

Q495) Which of the following is the most primitive ancestor of man? Show Answer

Q496) A population exhibiting Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium possesses 25% recessive traits. Find out the
frequency of recessive alleles in the gene pool of the same population Show Answer

Q497) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens sapiens (Cro-magnon man), were originated from Show Answer

Q498) Which one amoung the following is an example for homology? Show Answer

Q499) Fossils are useful in Show Answer

Q500) Which of the following statements stands in favour of abiogenesis?
I. Spontaneous generation
II. Origin of viruses and microbes
III. Origin of life from living organism
IV. Origin of life from non-living organism
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q501) The brain capacity of Homo erectus was about Show Answer

Q502) Single step large mutation leading to speciation is also called Show Answer

Q503) According to Oparin, which one of the following was not present in the primitive atmosphere of the earth? Show Answer

Q504) What is the use of Electronic Spin Resonance (ESR) in fossil studies? Show Answer

Q505) Wings of birds and wings of flies perform similar functions so they are examples of Show Answer

Q506) Vestigial organs present in an adult individual are examples of …………. Basis of evidence of evolution. Show Answer

Q507) Evolution that shift the allele frequency in a study consistent direction is called? Show Answer

Q508) Bird with average sized wings survived in the severe strom but the short winged birds died. It shows Show Answer

Q509) Change of frequency of alleles in a population results in evolution. This statement is proposed in Show Answer

Q510) The first enzyme on the primitive earth was/were Show Answer

Q511) Ancestor of man, who first stood erect, was Show Answer

Q512) Theory of special creation arguments that
I. all living organisms were created as such
II. the diversity was always the same since creation
III. earth is 4000 years old
Choose the right option to complete the given statement Show Answer

Q513) ‘Use and disuse’ theory was proposed by Show Answer

Q514) The most recent and direct prehistoric ancestor is Show Answer

Q515) Evolution for Darwin was gradual, while de Vries believed that mutations, caused speciation. The belief of
de Vries supports the concept of Show Answer

Q516) Study of origin and development of humans in all their physical, social and cultural relationship is called Show Answer

Q517) Which of the following statement are correct about Homo erectus
I. Had a large brain around 900cc
II. Appeared about 1.5 million years ago
III. Ate meat/omnivorous
IV. Evolved from Homo habilis
Choose the correct option Show Answer

Q518) Evolution is Show Answer

Q519) Rapid evolution a number of new taxa in a short span of time due to large scale of environmental change is
called Show Answer

Q520) Which of the following statement describes that natural selection is not analogous to artificial selection Show Answer

Q521) Select the incorrect statements
I. Natural selection is essential for evolution
II. Natural selection do not include variations
III. Concept of natural selection was given by Hugo de Vries
IV. Mutation is the sudden inheritable change
V. Synthetic theory is also called Neo-Darwinism theory of evolution
The correct combination is a Show Answer

Q522) Cro –magnon was Show Answer

Q523) Urey –Miller’s experiment mixture had the following except Show Answer

Q524) Life appeared Show Answer

Q525) Evidence that evolution of life forms has indeed taken place on earth has come from Show Answer

Q526) Darwin in his ‘natural selection theory’, did not believed in any role of which one of the following in
organic evolution? Show Answer

Q527) The first living beings were Show Answer

Q528) Offsprings formed by the combination of new characters are called Show Answer

Q529) Evolution is the Show Answer

Q530) The most recent era in geological time scale is Show Answer

Q531) Change of lighter coloured variety of peppered moths (Biston betularia ) to darker variety occurred due
to Show Answer

Q532) Two key concepts of Darwinian theory of evolution are
I. branching descent
II. use and disuse of organs
III. natural selection
IV. somatic variance
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q533) Origin of different types of beaks occur due to Show Answer

Q534) The early man whose skeleton is almost indistinguishable from that of modern man is Show Answer

Q535) Which of the following evolved first on the primitive earth? Show Answer

Q536) Given below some major events in the early history of life
I. First heterotrophic prokaryotes
II. First eukaryotes
III. First autotrophic prokaryotes
IV. First animals
Choose the correct sequence of these evolutionary events Show Answer

Q537) First dinosaurs and first egg-laying mammals were originated in Show Answer

Q538) Mark the correct statements
I. Fitness of individuals means reproductive fitness
II. Homology in vertebrae brain indicates common ancestry
III. Theory of acquired character was given by de Vries
IV. After industrialization, the white moth did not survive due to predators
The correct option is Show Answer

Q539) Although all mammals have some common characters, but they shows conspicuous differences due to Show Answer

Q540) The best description of natural selection is Show Answer

Q541) Which one of the following amino acid was not found to be synthesized in Miller’s experiment? Show Answer

Q542) Evolution occurs when Show Answer

Q543) Myrmecobius Myrmecophaga are closely related and have similar adapatations for the same habitat.This phenomenon is Show Answer

Q544) Galapagos islands are located in Show Answer

Q545) Lamarck’s concept of inheritance of acquired characters was discarded by
I. Mendel’s laws of inheritance
II. Theory of natural selection
III. Mutational theory
IV. Theory of continuity of germplasm
Choose the correct combination of the given options to complete the given statement Show Answer

Q546) The finches of Galapagos islands provide an evidence in favour of Show Answer

Q547) …A… of Russia and …B…. of England proposed that the first form of life could have come from …C… nonliving
organic molecule
Choose the right option for A, B and C to compete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q548) Phrase ‘Survival of the Fittest’ was used by Show Answer

Q549) The cranial capacity of modern man is Show Answer

Q550) Which of the following molecules falls under the category of eobionts?
I. Coacervates II. Microspheres Show Answer

Q551) Which of the following is an evidence for Darwin’s theory of common descent? Show Answer

Q552) Which one of the following describes correctly the homologous structures? Show Answer

Q553) The sequence of events in geographic speciation is most likely to be Show Answer

Q554) What was the Lamarck’s explanation for long necked giraffes? Show Answer

Q555) The highest cranial capacity is/was present in Show Answer

Q556) Identify the correct sequence of stages in evolution of modern man/ Homo sapiens. Show Answer

Q557) Darwin’s finches provide an excellent evidence in favour of organic evolution. These are related to which
of the following evidences? Show Answer

Q558) Mendel described the frequency of …A… for offsprings of a single …B…
Choose the correct options for A and B to complete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q559) Homology refer to
I. Divergent evolution
II. Common descent
III. Convergent evolution
Choose the correct option Show Answer

Q560) Comparative anatomy and morphology shows …A… and …B… among organisms of today and those that
existed years ago. Such similarities can be interpreted to understand whether …C… ancestors were shared
or not
Choose the correct option for A, B and C the complete the given NCERT statement Show Answer

Q561) Homo erectus evolved about 1.7 million years ago. They used fire and tools and also used animal hides as
clothing. The fossil of Homo erectus were named as Show Answer

Q562) Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita are examples of Show Answer

Q563) First mammal occurred in which era/period? Show Answer

Q564) Theory of spontaneous generation or abiogenesis was first disproved by Show Answer

Q565) Modern synthetic theory is based on Show Answer

Q566) Which of the following situation would most likely result in the highest rate of natural selection? Show Answer

Q567) When two species of different genealogy come to resemble each other as a result of adaptation, the
phenomenon is termed as Show Answer

Q568) Which one of the following phenomenon supports Darwin’s concept of natural selection in organic
evolution? Show Answer

Q569) Who first conducted experiment on evolution to prove biochemical origin of life? Show Answer

Q570) Theory of pangenesis was given by Show Answer

Q571) Krebs’ cycle, glycolysis, lipogenesis, enzymes, all of these indicates Show Answer

Q572) Peripatus is a connecting link between Show Answer

Q573) In Hardy-Weinberg law the homozygous dominant alleles, homozygous recessive alleles and heterozygous
alleles are represented by
Show Answer

Q574) Miller synthesized simple amino acids from one of the following mixtures in his experiment Show Answer

Q575) From one population to other, the new mutation spreads by
I. Bottle neck effect II. Budding
III. Immigrants IV. Sexual reproduction
V. Binary fission VI. Asexual reproduction
Choose the correct combination Show Answer

Q576) Factor affecting the Hardy-Weinberg principles are
I. gene flow
II. genetic drift
III. mutation
IV. genetic recombination
V. natural selection
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q577) First theory of evolution was given by Show Answer

Q578) The idea of natural selection as the fundamental process of evolutionary changes was reached Show Answer

Q579) Mutation results in Show Answer

Q580) Plants of the Galapagos islands show resemblance most closely to the plants of Show Answer

Q581) Formation of more complex and specialized organisms from the simple and less elaborated forms is called Show Answer

Q582) Anthropogenic actions that leads to evolution is the use of Show Answer

Q583) Which one is linked to evolution? Show Answer

Q584) Organic compounds first evolved in earth required for origin of life were Show Answer

Q585) Which of the following statements are incorrect?
I. Microbial experiment shows that when the pre-existing advantagoeus mutations are selected they will
result in the observation of new phenotypes. Over few generations, this would results in speciation
II. Neanderthal fossils represents a human relative.
III. In 1938, a fish caught in South Africa happened to be a coelacanth (lobe fins) which was thought to be
extinct. These animals evolved into the first living amphibian on both land and water
IV. Lichens can be used as water pollution indicators
V. Alfred Wallace, a naturalist, who worked in Malay Archepalago (present Indonesia) had also came to the
similar conclusion on natural selection as reached by Darwinism
The correct option is Show Answer

Q586) Which of the following was formed in S Miller’s experiment? Show Answer

Q587) Which of the following is not the concept of Lamarck? Show Answer

Q588) Which of the following features are bconnected with the modern theory of Evolution?
I. Genetic and Chromosomal mutation
II. Genetic recombination and natural selection
III. Reproductive Isolation
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q589) Which era is called the age of angiosperm? Show Answer

Q590) Darwin's finches are a good example of Show Answer

Q591) The animal called ........... evolved into the first amphibians that lived on both land and water. Complete the given statement by choosing an appropriate answer Show Answer

Q592) True statements regarding the genetic drift are
I. It mostly occurs in smaller population
II. Certain alleles can be lost forever because of genetic drift
III. Founder effects and bottle neck effects are caused by genetic drift
IV. Mutations are primarly responsible for genetic drift
The correct combination showing true statement is Show Answer

Q593) Which of the following is an atavistic character?
I. Body hairs
II. Enlarged canines
III. Presence of six fingers
IV. Presence of tail in some babies
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q594) Which of the following phenomenon is difficult to explain in terms of natural selection? Show Answer

Q595) In Hardy-Weinberg principle expression of allele frequency is represented by Show Answer

Q596) Experimental evidence of chemical evolution was given by Show Answer

Q597) Sum total of all the allelic frequency is Show Answer

Q598) Fossil of cro-magnon man was found in Show Answer

Q599) Which one of the following aspect of evolution is shown by Darwin finches? Show Answer

Q600) Fitness according to Darwin refers to Show Answer

Q601) The concept of adaptive radiation was developed by Show Answer

Q602) Eye of Octopus and mammals appears quite similar. They are Show Answer

Q603) Which of the following is the vestigial organ in human beings? Show Answer

Q604) How Australopithecus skull differs from the skull of modern man? Show Answer

Q605) How might an evolutionary biologist explains why a species of birds has evolved a larger beak size? Show Answer

Q606) Which was absent in the atmosphere at the time of origin of life? Show Answer

Q607) Which of the following are the wrong statements
I. Organs which are different in basic structure and origin but performs similar functions are called
analogous organ
II. Organs with different to basic structure and origin but perform similar functions are called homologous
organs
III. Homologous organs lead to convergent evolution
IV. Analogous organ leads to divergent evolution
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q608) Two nucleotide sequences found in two different species are exactly the same. This suggests that these
species Show Answer

Q609) The variation in the natural selection is on, it is due to the random mutations. What does this imply about
the natural selection? Show Answer

Q610) Which of the following statements regarding the evolution of plants and animals is/are correct?
I. Amphibians evolved into reptiles
II. Fish with stout and strong fins could move on land and go back to water. This was about 350 million
years ago
III. Giants ferns fell to form wall deposits slowly
IV. About 65 million years ago dinosaurs died out
V. Archeopteryx is the connection link between birds and reptiles
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q611) Which of the following statements correctly defines the phenomenon of genetic drift?
I. Random change in gene allele frequency
II. Occur by chance
III. It is directional
IV. Causes elimination of certain alleles
V. Causes fixation of alleles
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q612) Hugo de Vries based on his work on …A… brought forth the idea of …B…, large difference arising suddenly
in a population. He believed that it is mutation which causes evolution and not the …C… that Darwin talked
about. Mutations are random and …D…, while Darwinian variations are small and …E…
Choose the correct option for A, B, C, D and E to complete the given statement Show Answer

Q613) Tendrils in plants are an example of Show Answer

Q614) Australopithecus africanus is also known as Show Answer

Q615) The natural selection that acts against change in the form and keeps the population constant through the
time is Show Answer

Q616) Prehistoric cave art developed about …A… years ago. Agriculture came around …B… years back and
human settlements started. Choose an appropriate option for A and B to complete the given NCERT
statement Show Answer

Q617) Amoug the human ancestors, the brain size was more than 1000 cc in Show Answer

Q618) In the origin of life, microspheres are most primitive protobiont, which have a membrane of Show Answer

Q619) Neo- Darwinism is Show Answer

Q620) The abiogenesis occurred about how many billion years ago? Show Answer

Q621) Australopithecus existed in Show Answer

Q622) Which of the following statement is correct about Australopithecus Show Answer

Q623) Which of the following factor would affect the future population? Show Answer

Q624) Which of the following variations are temporary and have nothing to do with the last or next generation? Show Answer

Q625) Evolution convergence is characterized by Show Answer

Q626) Mutation introduces new genes into a species and brings about the changes in Show Answer

Q627) The concept that the species have changed over a long period of time is know as Show Answer

Q628) Fossils are the remains of Show Answer

Q629) Which of the following is not a living fossil? Show Answer

Q630) Homo habilis originated in Show Answer

Q631) In recent years, DNA sequences (nucleotide sequences) of mtDNA and Y-chromosomes were considered
for the study of human evolution, because Show Answer

Q632) Earth originated approximately Show Answer

Q633) Gene flow takes flow by Show Answer

Q634) The diversity in the type of finches and adaptation to different feeding habits on the Galapagos islands, as
observed by Darwin, provides an evidence of Show Answer

Q635) Which of the following is/are the most significant trend in the evolution of humans?
I. Shortning of eye
II. Bionocular vision
III. Tool making
IV. Increased cranial capacity Show Answer

Q636) Choose the homologous organs from the given options
I. Vertebrate hearts
II. Vertebrate brains
III. Thorn and tendrils of Bougainvillea and Cucurbita
IV. Vertebrate limbs
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q637) Evolution is Show Answer

Q638) Hardy –Weinberg principle explains Show Answer

Q639) Which of the following fossil man is named as handy man? Show Answer

Q640) Which of the following is an example of vestigial structure? Show Answer

Q641) Connecting link between ape and man is Show Answer

Q642) The theory of use and disuse of organ was proposed by Show Answer

Q643) The difference between Homo sapiens and the Homo erectus was Show Answer

Q644) Mutational theory of evolution was given by Show Answer

Q645) All the existing life forms share …A… and share …B… ancestors. The geological history of earth closely
correlates with …C… history of earth.
Choose the right option for A, B and C to complete the given statement with reference to NCERT text book Show Answer

Q646) Natural selection can lead to …A… in which more individuals acquire mean character value, …B…. more in
which individuals acquire value other than the mean character value and …C… in which more individuals
acquire peripheral character value at both ends of the distribution curve
Choose the correct options for A, B and C to complete the given statement with reference to NCERT text
book Show Answer

Q647) First life on the earth originated from non-living matters has been explained by Show Answer

Q648) Wings of insects and birds are Show Answer

Q649) Dinosaurs were abundant during Show Answer

Q650) Genetic equilibrium means Show Answer

Q651) According to fossils discovered upto present time origin and evolution of man was started from which
country? Show Answer

Q652) What is the basis of Hugo de Vries theory of mutation? Show Answer

Q653) Variations in a progeny takes place due to Show Answer

Q654) Which of the following sets contain only homologous organs? Show Answer

Q655) Darwin proposed the theory of Show Answer

Q656) A population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for a gene with only two alleles. If the gene frequency of an
allele’A’ is 0.7, genotype frequency of ‘a’ is Show Answer

Q657) Genus Homo erectus includes three fossil (s) namely
I. Java ape man
II. Neanderthal man
III. Cro-magnon man
IV. Peking man
V. Heidelberg man
The correct options is Show Answer

Q658) Inheritance of acquired characters comes under Show Answer

Q659) Which one of the following factor do not allows Hardy-Weinberg principle to operate? Show Answer

Q660) Stings of honey bee and the stings of scorpion are
I. analogous organs
II. heterologous organs
III. homologous organs
IV. vestigial organs
The correct combination is Show Answer

Q661) Theoretically population size grows …A…, if everybody reproduced maximally and the fact that the
population size in reality is …B…, means that there had been competition for resources
Choose the correct option for A and B to complete the given statement with reference to NCERT text book Show Answer

Q662) Darwinism explains all the following except Show Answer

Q663) Which one of the following amino acid was not found to be synthesized in Miller’s experiment?
Statement 1: Coacervates are believed to be the precursors of life.
Statement 2: Coacervates were self-duplicating aggregates of proteins surrounded by lipid molecules. Show Answer

Q664) de Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution, while working on
Statement 1: Natural selection is the outcome of differences in survival and reproduction among
individuals that show variations in one or more traits.
Statement 2: Adaptive forms of a given trait tend to become more common; less adaptive ones become
less common or disappear. Show Answer

Q665) Darwin’s finches provide an excellent evidence in favour of organic evolution. These are related to which
of the following evidences?
Statement 1: Gene flow increases genetic variations.
Statement 2: The random introduction of new alleles into recipient population and their removal from
the donor population affects allele frequency. Show Answer

Q666) Cro –magnon was
Statement 1: Among the primates, chimpanzee is the closest relative of the present day humans.
Statement 2: The banding pattern in the autosome number 3 and 6 of man chimpanzee is remarkably
similar. Show Answer

Q667) Which one of the following amino acid was not found to be synthesized in Miller’s experiment?
Statement 1: The earliest organism that appeared on the earth were non-green and presumably
anaerobes.
Statement 2: The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen. Show Answer

Q668) The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is
Statement 1: Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tail expressing gene has disappeared
in them.
Statement 2: Lamarck’s theory of evolution is popularly called theory of continuity of germplasm Show Answer

Q669) Darwin judged the fitness of an individual by
Statement 1: The theory of survival of the fittest is widely misunderstood.
Statement 2: Evolution does not always increase the chances of a species survival and species do not
survive when such chances happen rapidly. Show Answer

Q670) Which of the following statements is correct?
Statement 1: Comparative biochemistry provides a strong evidence in favour of common ancestry of
living beings.
Statement 2: Genetic code is universal. Show Answer

Q671) de Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution, while working on
Statement 1: Animals adopt different strategies to survive in hostile environment.
Statement 2: Traying mantis is green in colour, which merges with plant foliage. Show Answer