Q. No.Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
1.
Cretaceous period : dinosaurs became extinct
2.
Carboniferous period : origin of reptiles
3.
Silurian period : origin of vascular plants
4.
Cambrian period : first vertebrates (jawless fishes)
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de Vries based his “Mutation Theory” on his observation on :
1. Pisumsativum
2. Drosophila melanogaster
3. Oenotheralamackiana
4. Coenorhabditiselegans
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Which of the following is a useful tool to measure microevolution?
1. Genetic drift
2. Hardy-Weinberg equation
3. Mendelian ratios
4. Age/sex ratio
The connecting link between the fishes and amphibians are the:
1. Seymouria
2. Peripatus
3. Cartilaginous fishes
4. Coelocanths [lobe finned fishes]
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The essay “On the tendencies of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type” was authored by :
1. A.R.Wallace
2. Charles Darwin
3. Charles Lyell
4. Joseph Dalton Hooker
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The “Replica Plating Experiment” proved that :
1. most mutations are harmful or neutral
2. mutations are recurring in nature
3. all mutations are pre-adaptive in nature
4. mutations occur in a non-directional manner
According to the modern view of Darwinism, the unit of natural selection is the :
1. population
2. individual
3. species
4. community
Self pollination leading to self fertilization in a plant will be an extreme example of:
1. bottleneck effect
2. founder effect
3. out breeding
4. assortative mating
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
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Species formation without branching of the evolutionary line of descent is called as:
1. anagenesis, or phyletic evolution
2. cladogenesis, or divergent evolution
3. convergent evolution
4. allopatry
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