Q. No.Assume that 4 % of people in a population are born with sickle cell anemia [Sickle cell anemia is autosomal recessive]. What percentage of individuals will have the selective advantage of the sickle-cell trait?
1. 16 % 2. 32 % 3. 36 % 4. 96 %
A thorn of Bougainvillea and a tendril of Cucurbita are an example of :
| 1. | analogous organs | 2. | vestigial organs |
| 3. | homologous organs | 4. | defense organs |
Which theory, regarding the origin of life, is alternatively also called “panspermia”?
| 1. | Special Creation | 2. | Spontaneous Generation |
| 3. | Cosmozoan Theory | 4. | Biochemical Evolution |
Industrial melanism is an excellent example of ‘evolution in action’ where the selecting agent is:
| 1. | humans | 2. | toxins from smoke |
| 3. | birds | 4. | tree bark |
“Organisms that share common descent show underlying embryological patterns on which they build later their adult patterns”. This is :
| 1. | Haeckel’s law | 2. | Baer’s law |
| 3. | Gauss law | 4. | Allen’s rule |
The “Biogenetic Law” was given by :
| 1. | von Baer | 2. | Ernst Haeckel |
| 3. | Hugo de Vries | 4. | Theodosius Dobzhansky |
The wings of birds, the forelegs of a horse, and the upper limbs of humans are:
| 1. | analogous structures | 2. | homologous structures |
| 3. | vestigial structures | 4. | phylogenetic structures |
Which of the following types of natural selection reduces variation but does not change the mean value?
| 1. | directional | 2. | stabilizing |
| 3. | disruptive | 4. | all of these |
The differential success in the reproduction, of an organism, in a given environment, is :
| 1. | Adaptation | 2. | Natural Selection |
| 3. | Adaptive radiation | 4. | Saltatory evolution |
According to Oparin, which one of the following was not present in the primitive atmosphere of the earth?
| 1. | Oxygen | 2. | Hydrogen |
| 3. | Water vapour | 4. | Methane |
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