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| a. | Australopithecines | (i) | Probably ate meat |
| b. | Homo erectus | (ii) | Walked like gorillas |
| c. | Neanderthal man | (iii) | Hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruits |
| d. | Ramapithecus | (iv) | (iv) Lived in near east and central Asia |
| (a) | Seed ferns are common ancestors for Gnetales and cycads. |
| (b) | Zosterophyllum are avascular land plants that evolved in the Silurian period. |
| (c) | Lycopods are the oldest extant vascular land plants. |
| (d) | Sphenopsids evolved from the group of plants to which Psilophyton belongs. |
| Statement A: | Similarities in proteins and genes among diverse organisms indicates common ancestry. |
| Statement B: | Humans and chimpanzees also show biochemical similarities. |
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| a. | Lobe-finned fishes | (i) | Amniotes and lay thick-shelled eggs |
| b. | Tyrannosaurus rex | (ii) | Evolved into the first amphibians |
| c. | Dinosaurs | (iii) | Disappeared about 65 mya |
| d. | Reptiles | (iv) | Carnivorous, 20 feet in height |
| (a) | The first mammals were like Macaca. |
| (b) | Due to continental drift, North American animals were overridden by south American fauna. |
| (c) | Pouched mammals of Australia survived because of lack of competition from metatherians. |
| (d) | Seals and sea cows are terrestrial mammals. |
| Assertion (A): | In terms of determination, evolution is a directed process |
| Reason (R): | Nature selects those variants which are able to reproduce better and leave more progeny in the changed environmental conditions |
| 1. | (A) is true but (R) is false |
| 2. | (A) is false but (R) is true |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| a: | Gene flow occurs through migration of individuals |
| b: | Does not affect allele frequencies in the original population |
| c: | Gene flow changes allele frequencies in the new population |
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| a. | Lamarck | (i) | Origin of life preceded by chemical evolution |
| b. | Darwin | (ii) | Reproductive fitness |
| c. | Haldane | (iii) | Inheritance of acquired characters |
| d. | Malthus | (iv) | Populations are stable in size except for the seasonal fluctuations |
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| a. | Stegosaurus | (i) | Extinct flying reptiles |
| b. | Brachiosaurus | (ii) | Herbivorous dinosaur with plates along its back |
| c. | Tyrannosaurus | (iii) | Herbivorous dinosaur with long neck, long tail, small head relative to body |
| d. | Pteranodon | (iv) | Carnivorous dinosaur, about 20 feet in height |