Identify the correct statement amongst the following:

1.	Monocots evolved later than dicots.
2.	Mammals evolved from extinct reptiles called thecodonts.
3.	Dryopithecus was more man-like while Ramapithecus was more ape-like.
4.	Homo erectus had a cranial capacity of about 800 cc and probably ate meat.

Distantly related organisms with similar traits have experienced:

1. Coevolution
2. Convergent evolution
3. Divergent evolution
4. Parallel evolution

Theory of spontaneous generation of life was conclusively disproved by:

1.  Francesco Redi

2.  Oparin and Haldane

3.  Louis Pasteur

4.  Eldredge and Gould

Which of the following is not a result of convergent evolution?

1.  Potato and sweet potato

2.  Flippers of penguins and dolphins

3.  Eye of octopus and a mammal

4.  Thorn and tendril of Bougainvillea

Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

1.  Ramapithecus                 More man like ape like

2.  Homo habilis                   First human like being, the hominid

3.  Homo erectus                 Probably did not eat meat

4.  Neanderthal                    Buried their dead

Change of frequencies of alleles in a population or any deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is interpreted as:

1. Organic evolution

2. Genetic drift

3. Saltation

4. Punctuated equilibrium

The first human – like being or hominid was:

1. Dryopithecus

2. Australopithecus

3. Homo habilis

4. Homo erectus

In the apparatus of the Urey and Miller experiment, the gases [G] contained in the flask are:
 

Karn & Penrose showed that birth weight follows a normal distribution, that mortality for newborns is greater for those either under- or over-weight, and that the mean birth weight (7 lbs) coincides with that showing minimum mortality. The type of natural selection operating here is shown by the graph:
 
1. (a)
2. (b)
3. (c)
4. Both (a) and (b)

Given below is the representative evolutionary history of vertebrates through geological periods. A, B, C, and D, respectively, are: