Given below is the representative evolutionary history of vertebrates through geological periods. A, B, C, and D, respectively, are:
1. | Dinosaurs, Thecodonts, Therapsids, and Pelycousurs |
2. | Dinosaurs, Therapsids, Thecodonts, and Pelycosaurs |
3. | Pelycosaurs, Therapsids, Thecodonts, and Dinosaurs |
4. | Theraosids, Dinosaurs, Pelycosaurs, and Thecodonts |
The following two plants exhibit:
1. Analogous organs
2. Vestigial organs
3. Rudimentary organs
4. Homologous organs
In the apparatus of the Urey and Miller experiment, the gases [G] contained in the flask are:
1. | Methane, Carbon dioxide, Ammonia, and Water vapour |
2. | Methane, Hydrogen cyanide, Ammonia, and Water vapour |
3. | Methane, Ammonia, Hydrogen, and Water vapour |
4. | Carbon dioxide, Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Ammonia |
Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:
Column I Column II
I. Sickle cell anemia 1. Sympatric speciation
II. Polyploidy 2. Balancing selection
III. Darwin finches 3. Adaptive radiation
IV. Tail in humans 4. Atavism
Codes:
I II III IV
A. 1 2 3 4
B. 2 1 4 3
C. 2 1 3 4
D. 1 2 4 3
Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:
Column I Column II
(geological period) (major event)
I. Ordovician 1. First vertebrates
II. Carboniferous 2. Origin of reptiles
III. Jurassic 3. Angiosperms appear
IV. Cretaceous 4. Dinosaurs dominant
Codes:
I II III IV
A. 1 2 3 4
B. 2 1 4 3
C. 2 1 3 4
D. 1 2 4 3
Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:
Column I Column II
I. Homologous organs 1. Eye of an octopus and eye of a mammmal
II. Analogous organs 2. Thorn of Bougainvillea and tendril of Cucurbita
III. Vestigeal organs 3. Body hair and wisdom teeth in humans
Codes:
I II III
A. 1 2 3
B. 3 1 2
C. 2 1 3
D. 1 3 2
At the time early life first formed on Earth, the atmosphere could best be described as:
1. oxidizing
2. reducing
3. rich in oxygen
4. low in hydrogen gas
Distantly related organisms with similar traits have experienced:
1. Coevolution
2. Convergent evolution
3. Divergent evolution
4. Parallel evolution
Disruptive selection favors:
1. Both extreme forms of a trait
2. Intermediate forms of a trait
3. One of the extremes of a trait
4. Environmental differences
Which one of the following would cause the Hardy-Weinberg principle to be inaccurate?
1. | The size of the population is very large. |
2. | Individuals mate with one another at random. |
3. | Natural selection is present. |
4. | There is no source of new copies of alleles from outside the population. |