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A Hominid fossil discovered in Java in 1891, now extinct, having a cranial capacity of about 900 ccs was:
1. Homo erectus
2. Neanderthal man
3. Homo sapiens
4. Australopithecus
Choose the incorrect statement with respect to natural selection theory:
| 1. | The unit of natural selection is an individual |
| 2. | Darwin implied natural selection as a method of evolution |
| 3. | Reproductively fit organisms will survive more and hence are selected by nature |
| 4. | Increase in the number of melanised moths during post-industrialisation is not an example of natural selection |
After about how many years of the formation of the earth, life appeared on this planet?
1. 500 billion years
2. 50 million years
3. 500 million years
4. 50 billion years
Which of the following is not true about Homo sapiens?
| 1. | Arose in 75000- 10000 years ago |
| 2. | Cave art developed about 18000 years ago |
| 3. | Agriculture came around 10000 years ago |
| 4. | Modern man's skull resembles more with adult chimpanzee than baby chimpanzee |
According to A mutation was gradual while de Vries believed mutation caused B and hence called it C
| A | B | C | |
| 1. | Lamarck | Saltation | Speciation |
| 2. | Thomas Malthus | Speciation | Natural selection |
| 3. | Darwin | Speciation | Saltation |
| 4. | Wallance | Natural selection | Speciation |
The illustration below shows the skull of two different mammals. Use the illustration to answer the question that follows:
Which of the following accurately describes the differences between these skulls?
| 1. | Skull A has more teeth than skull B |
| 2. | Skull A has more brain capacity than skull B |
| 3. | Skull A is of a primate and skull B is not of a primate |
| 4. | Skull A is the skull of an ape and skull B is the skull of a human |
1. Saltation
2. Catastrophism
3. Adaptive radiation
4. Anthropogenic artificial selection
| 1. | conducted a control experiment to disprove spontaneous generation |
| 2. | proposed the concept of pangenesis as the physical basis of heredity |
| 3. | disapproved the proposal of Ernst Haeckel [Biogenetic law] |
| 4. | was one of the rediscoverers of Mendel’s laws |
Mark the correct character of the following figure:
| 1. | Tetrapedal and having bony plates on the back |
| 2. | Tetrapedal and having a collar on the neck |
| 3. | Bipedal and have huge fearsome dagger-like teeth |
| 4. | Bipedal and have three horns on head |
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