Choose the incorrect match

1. First noncellular form of life – 3 bya

2. First cellular form of life – 2 bya

3. Fish like reptiles – 200 mya

4. Ramapithecus – 1.2 mya 

Subtopic:  Introduction to Human Evolution |
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Industrial melanism is a phenomenon that is best demonstrated as

1. Directional selection
2. Pollution generated mutation
3. Protective mimicry
4. Defensive adaptation against UV radiations
Subtopic:  Genetic Basis of Adaptation |
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Which of the following is an example of homologous organs?

1. Wings of butterfly and of birds

2. Eye of the Octopus and of mammals

3. Sweet potato and potato

4. Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita

Subtopic:  Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |
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Which of the following is incorrect with respect to different hominids, their cranial capacities and characteristics?

Hominid Cranial 
capacity
Characteristics
1. Homo habilis 650-800 Herbivorous,
tool-maker
2. Homo erectus 900 cc Discovered
fire,
ate meat
3. Neanderthal 
man 
1400 cc Used hides
as clothing 
and had
burial customs
4. Australopithecus
africans
700 cc Bipedal,
used
stone tools 
Subtopic:  Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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Examples of phenomenon named adaptive radiation is not seen in/amongst

1. Marsupials in Australia
2. Finches on Galapagos islands
3. Dark and light moths with respect to industrial melanism
4. Structure of limbs for locomotion in mammals
Subtopic:  Modern Theory of Evolution |
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Embryological support for evolution was proposed by

(1) Ernst Heckel

(2) Karl Ernst von Baer

(3) Charles Darwin

(4) Alfred Wallace

Subtopic:  Embryological Evidence of Evolution |
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Structures given in the figure below represent the example of

 

1. Adaptive convergence

2. Convergent evolution

3. Analogy

4. Divergent evolution

Subtopic:  Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |
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Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium can be disrupted by presence of all except

1. Genetic drift

2. Random mating

3. Non-random mating

4. Mutations

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law: 1 | Hardy Weinberg Law |
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Choose the incorrect match

1. Flippers of penguins and dolphins Convergent evolution
2. Marsupials of Australia Adaptive radiation
3. Darwin’s finches Natural selection
4. Lemur and spotted cuscus Divergent evolution
Subtopic:  Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence: 1 | Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |
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A type of natural selection in which more individuals acquire peripheral character value at both ends of distribution curve is

1. Directional selection

2. Disruptive selection

3. Balancing selection

4. Stabilising selection

Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
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