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

Embryological support for evolution was proposed by

(1) Ernst Heckel

(2) Karl Ernst von Baer

(3) Charles Darwin

(4) Alfred Wallace

Structures given in the figure below represent the example of

1. Adaptive convergence

2. Convergent evolution

3. Analogy

4. Divergent evolution

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium can be disrupted by presence of all except

1. Genetic drift

2. Random mating

3. Non-random mating

4. Mutations

Choose the incorrect match

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

The two key concepts of Darwinian theory of evolution are
1. Branching descent and natural selection
2. Saltation and Founder effect
3. Chance mutation and anthropogenic action
4. Adaptive radiation and genetic mutation

Match column I and column II and choose the correct option.

Column-I                      Column-II

a. Natural selection       (i) ${\mathrm{p}}^2 + 2\mathrm{pq} + {\mathrm{q}}^2 = 1$

b. Thomas Malthus       (ii) Migrations change allele frequency

c. Gene flow                (iii) Essay on population

d. Hardy-Weinberg law (iv) Reproductive fitness

(1) a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)

(2) a(i), b(ii), c(iii), d(iv)

(3) a(ii), b(iii), c(iv), d(i)

(4) a(iii), b(ii), c(iv), d(i)

Which among the following had the largest cranial capacity?

(1) Java man

(2) Taung child

(3) Neanderthal man

(4) Peking man

Which of the following is incorrect with respect to different hominids, their cranial capacities and characteristics?