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

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

Theory of spontaneous generation of life was conclusively disproved by:

1.  Francesco Redi

2.  Oparin and Haldane

3.  Louis Pasteur

4.  Eldredge and Gould

Distantly related organisms with similar traits have experienced:

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

The eye of the octopus and the eye of the cat show different patterns of structure, yet they perform a similar function. This is an example of:

Which one of the following phenomena supports Darwin's concept of natural selection in organic evolution -

1. production of 'Dolly', the sheep by cloning

2. Development of organs from 'stem' cells for organ transplantation

3. Development of transgenic animals

4. Prevalence of pesticide resistant insects

Forelimbs of cat, lizard used in walking; forelimbs of whale used in swimming and forelimbs of bats used in flying are an example of:

1. Analogous organs

2. Adaptive radiation

3. Homologous organs

4. Convergent evolution