The cranial capacity of Homo erectus was around:
1. 450 cc 2. 700 cc
3. 900 cc 4. 1000 cc

Subtopic:  Evolution of Homo Sapiens |
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Identify the incorrect fact regarding the Neanderthal man:
1. Cranial capacity of around 1400 cc
2. Lived in East and Central Africa
3. Used hides to protect their bodies
4. Buried their dead
Subtopic:  Evolution of Homo Sapiens | Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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Identify the incorrect statement:
1. Neanderthals lived between 1,50,000 and 1,00,000 years back.
2. Modern Homo sapiens arose between 75000 and 10000 years ago.
3. Pre-historic cave art developed around 18000 years ago.
4. Agriculture came around 10000 years ago
Subtopic:  Evolution of Homo Sapiens |
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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): When we look at stars on a clear night sky we are, in a way, looking back in time. 
Reason (R): When we see objects in our immediate surroundings we see them instantly and hence in the present time. 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false but (R) is true.
Subtopic:  Origin of Life |
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In the solar system of the milky-way galaxy, the earth was supposed to have been formed about:
1. 20 billion years back 2. 10 billion years back
3. 4.5 billion years back 4. 3.0 billion years back
Subtopic:  Origin of Life |
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Given the following statements about activities in the early earth:
I: Water vapour, methane, carbon dioxide, and ammonia released from molten mass covered the surface. 
II: The UV rays from the sun broke up water into Hydrogen and Oxygen and the lighter H2 escaped.
III: Oxygen combined with ammonia and methane to form water, CO2, and other gases.
IV: As it cooled, the water vapour fell as rain, filling all the depressions and forming oceans.
Select the correct statements:
1. Only I, II and III are correct
2. Only III and IV are correct
3. Only II, III and IV are correct
4. All are correct
Subtopic:  Origin of Life |
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The figure shows an experiment that demonstrated that life comes only from pre-existing life. This experiment was conducted by:

1.Spallanzani2.Francesco Redi
3.Louis Pasteur4.van Helmont
Subtopic:  Origin of Life |
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Oparin of Russia and Haldane of England proposed that:
I: The first form of life could have come from pre-existing non-living organic molecules (e.g. RNA, protein, etc.)
II: The formation of life was preceded by chemical evolution, i.e., the formation of diverse organic molecules from inorganic constituents.
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Origin of Life |
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The connotations about the theory of special creation include:
I: All living organisms (species or types) that we see today were created as such. 
II: Diversity was always the same since creation and will be the same in the future also. 
III: Earth is about 4 billion years old. 
1. Only I and II are correct
2. Only I and III are correct
3. Only II and III are correct
4. I, II and III are correct
Subtopic:  Theory of Evolution & Lamarckism |
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Which of the following was not a conclusion drawn by Charles Darwin based on observations made during a sea voyage in a sailing ship called H.M.S. Beagle around the world?
1. Existing living forms share similarities to varying degrees not only among themselves but also with life forms that existed millions of years ago. 
2. There had been extinctions of different life forms in the years gone by just as new forms of life arose at different periods of the history of the earth. 
3. There has been a sudden and dramatic evolution of life forms. 
4. Those characteristics which enable some to survive better in natural conditions (climate, food, physical factors, etc.) would outbreed others that are less endowed to survive under such natural conditions.
Subtopic:  Darwin's Theory |
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