The idea of mutations was brought forth by:

1. Gregor Mendel, who worked on Pisum sativum

2. Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele frequencies in a population

3. Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during sea voyages

4. Hugo do Vries, who worked on evening primrose

Subtopic: Mechanism of Evolution |

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Q23:

The most apparent changes during the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens is traced in:

1. Walking upright

2. Shortening of the jaws

3. Remarkable increase in brain size

4. Loss of body hair

Subtopic: Introduction to Human Evolution |

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Q24:

Given below are four statements (A-D) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in two statements

Statements:

(A)	Wings of butterflies and birds look alike and are the results of $\overset{(i)}{____}$ , evolution
(B)	Miller showed that CH₄, H₂, NH_3, and $\overset{(i)}{____}$ , when exposed to electric discharge in a flask resulted in the formation of $\overset{(i i)}{____}$ .
(C)	Vermiform appendix is a $\overset{(i)}{____}$ organ and an $\overset{(i i)}{____}$ evidence pf evolution.
(D)	According to Darwin evolution took place due to $\overset{(i)}{____}$ and $\overset{(i i)}{____}$ of the fittest.

Options:

1.	(A) - (i) convergent, (B) - (ii) oxygen, (ii) nucleosides
2.	(B) - (i) water vapour, (ii) amino acids, (C) - (i) rudimentary (ii) anatomical
3.	(C) - (i) vestigial, (ii) anatomical, (D) - (i) mutations, (ii) multiplication
4.	(D) - (i) small variations, (ii) survival, (A) - (i) convergent

Subtopic: Darwin's Theory | Summary of Darwin's Theory | Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |

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Q21:

Sweet potato is homologous to:
1. Turnip

2. Potato

3. Colocasia

4. Ginger

Subtopic: Palentological Evidences of Evolution |

AIPMT - 2011

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Q13:

Random unidirectional change in allele frequencies that occur by chance in all populations and especially in small populations is known as:-
1. Migration
2. Natural selection
3. Genetic drift
4. Mutation

Subtopic: Hardy Weinberg Law |

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Q14:

Dinosaurs dominated the World in which of the following geological era?
1. Coenozoic
2. Jurassic
3. Mesozoic
4. Devonion

Subtopic: A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF EVOLUTION |

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The finch species of Galapagos Islands are grouped according to their food sources. Which of the following is not a finch food?
1. Carrion
2. Insects
3. Tree buds
4. Seeds

Subtopic: Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |

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Q46:

Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era is characterised by:

1.	gymnosperms, adminant plants, and first birds appear
2.	radiation of reptiles and the origin of mammal-like reptiles
3.	Dinosaurs become extinct and angiosperms appear
4.	flowering plants and the first dinosaurs appear

Subtopic: Concept of Speciation | Genetic Basis of Adaptation |

AIPMT - 2006

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Which one of the following is not a living fossil?

1. King crab

2. Sphenodon

3. Archaeopteryx

4. Peripatus

Subtopic: Concept of Speciation | Genetic Basis of Adaptation |

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Q44:

An important evidence in favour of organic evolution is the occurrence of:

1. homologous and vestigial organs

2. analogous and vestigial organs

3. homologous organ only

4. analogous organ only

Subtopic: Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence: 1 | Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence: 2 | Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence: 3 | Concept of Organic Evolution: Evidence |

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The idea of mutations was brought forth by:

1. Gregor Mendel, who worked on Pisum sativum

2. Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele frequencies in a population

3. Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during sea voyages

4. Hugo do Vries, who worked on evening primrose

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1.	Gregor Mendel, who worked on Pisum sativum
2.	Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele frequencies in a population
3.	Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during sea voyages
4.	Hugo do Vries, who worked on evening primrose

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The idea of mutations was brought forth by:

1. Gregor Mendel, who worked on Pisum sativum

2. Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele frequencies in a population

3. Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during sea voyages

4. Hugo do Vries, who worked on evening primrose