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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AIPMT - 2010
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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 ____(i), evolution
(B) Miller showed that CH4, H2, NH3, and ____(i), when exposed to electric discharge in a flask resulted in the formation of ____(ii).
(C) Vermiform appendix is a ____(i) organ and an ____(ii) evidence pf evolution.
(D) According to Darwin evolution took place due to ____(i)and ____(ii) 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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Sweet potato is homologous to:
1. Turnip 

2. Potato

3. Colocasia 

4. Ginger

Subtopic:  Palentological Evidences of Evolution |
AIPMT - 2011
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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
Subtopic:  Mechanism of Evolution |
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AIPMT - 2012
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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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NEET - 2013
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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 |
NEET - 2013
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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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NEET - 2013
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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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AIPMT - 2006
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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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