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Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (a) | Adaptive radiation | (i) | Selection of resistant varieties due to excessive use of herbicides and pesticides |
| (b) | Convergent evolution | (ii) | Bones of forelimbs in Man and Whale |
| (c) | Divergent evolution | (iii) | Wings of Butterfly and Bird |
| (d) | Evolution by anthropogenic action | (iv) | Darwin Finches |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
| 2. | (i) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) |
| 3. | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| 4. | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
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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. |
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Identify the incorrect statement:
| 1. | Neanderthals lived between 1,50,000 and 1,00,000 years back. |
| 2. | Modern Homo sapiens arose between 75000 and 10000 years ago. |
| 3. | Pre-historic cave art developed around 18000 years ago. |
| 4. | Agriculture came around 10000 years ago. |
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Which one of the following sequences was proposed by Darwin and Wallace for organic evolution?
| 1. | Overproduction, variations, constancy of population size, natural selection |
| 2. | Variations, constancy of population size, overproduction, natural selection |
| 3. | Overproduction, constancy of population size, variations, natural selections |
| 4. | Variations, natural selection, overproduction, constancy of population size |
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| Convergent evolution | Divergent evolution | |
| 1. | Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates | Wings of butterflies and birds |
| 2. | Thorn of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita | Eye of Octopus and mammals |
| 3. | Eye of Octopus and mammals | Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates |
| 4. | Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita | Wings of butterflies and birds |
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Some of the marsupials of Australia resemble equivalent placental mammals that live in similar habitats on other continents. This is an example of:
| 1. | Convergent evolution | 2. | Divergent evolution |
| 3. | Saltatory evolution | 4. | Adaptive radiation |
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The process by which organisms with different evolutionary histories evolve similar phenotypic adaptations in response to a common environmental challenge is called:
| 1. | Natural selection | 2. | Convergent evolution |
| 3. | Non-random evolution | 4. | Adaptive radiation |
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The most accepted line of descent in human evolution is:
| 1. | Australopithecus → Ramapithecus → Homo sapiens → Homo habilis |
| 2. | Homo erectus → Homo habilis → Homo sapiens |
| 3. | Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus → Homo sapiens |
| 4. | Australopithecus → Ramapithecus → Homo erectus → Homo habilis → Homo sapiens. |
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