Which one of the following features is closely related with the evolution of humans?
1. Loss of tail
2. Shortening of jaws
3. Binocular vision
4. Flat nails
Which one is irrelevant to evolution of man?
1. Perfection of hand for tool making
2. Change of diet from hard nuts/roots to soft food
3. Increased ability to communicate or develop community behaviour
4. Loss of tail
Which of the following statement is wrong?
(1) The first mammals were shrews
(2) The fauna of North America overrode the mammals of South America.
(3) Continental drift caused Australian mammals to survive because of lack of competition.
(4) The fossils of first mammals are small sized.
The most recent and direct pre-historic ancestor is:
1. Cro-magnon
2. Neanderthal
3. Pre-neaderthal
4. None of these
A Hominid fossil discovered in Java in 1891, now extinct, having a cranial capacity of about 900 cc was:
| 1. | Homo erectus | 2. | Neanderthal man |
| 3. | Homo sapiens | 4. | Australopithecus |
| I. | Homo habilis | Brain capacity 650-800 cc; probably did not eat meat |
| II. | Homo erectus | Brain capacity about 900 cc; probably ate meat |
| III. | Neanderthal man | Brain capacity 1400 cc; buried their dead |
| 1. | Only I and II |
| 2. | Only I and III |
| 3. | Only II and III |
| 4. | I, II, and III |
| Name | Age | Character | |
| 1. | Dryopithecus | 15 mya | They were hairy and walked like gorillas and chimpanzees |
| 2. | Australopithecus | 2 mya | They hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruit. |
| 3. | Homo erectus | 1.5 mya | Large brain around 900 cc, probably ate meat. |
| 4. | Neanderthal man | 100000-40,000 years back | brain size of 1400 cc lived in east African grassland. |
(a) Homo erectus fossil was discovered in Java in 1981.
(b) The Neanderthal man lived in near east and central Africa between 75,000–10,000 years ago.
(c) Australopithecines were probably taller than 4 feet but did not walk upright.
(d) Few fossils of man-like bones have been discovered in Ethiopia and Tanzania.
1. Three
2. Two
3. One
4. Four
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| a. | Australopithecines | (i) | Probably ate meat |
| b. | Homo erectus | (ii) | Walked like gorillas |
| c. | Neanderthal man | (iii) | Hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruits |
| d. | Ramapithecus | (iv) | (iv) Lived in near east and central Asia |
1. a(i), b(ii), c(iii), d(iv)
2. a(ii), b(i), c(iv), d(iii)
3. a(iii), b(i), c(iv), d(ii)
4. a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)
| Statement A: | Similarities in proteins and genes among diverse organisms indicates common ancestry. |
| Statement B: | Humans and chimpanzees also show biochemical similarities. |
1. Both statements A and B are correct
2. Both statements A and B are incorrect
3. Only statement A is correct
4. Only statement B is correct
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