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151. The study of the history of life forms of D) Proteins
called 156. Special creation theory has three
A) Evolutionary Biology connotations. Select the correct connotation among
B) Ecology the following.
C) Environmental biology A) All living organisms (species or types) that we
D) Comparative anatomy see today were created as such.
152. Match Column-I with Column-II. B) The diversity was always the same since
Column-I Column-II creation and will be the same in future also.
(a) Origin of the (1) 4.5 billion years ago C) Earth is about 40000 years old
universe D) Both (A) and (B)
(b) Origin of earth (2) 4 billion years ago 157. Which of the following represents the
(c) Origin of life (3) 2.7 billion years ago paleontological evidence of evolution?
(d) Origin of first (4) 20 billion years ago A) Preserved remains of Dinosaurs
eukaryotes obtained from sedimentary rocks.
Select the correct option. B) Presence of homologous structures.
a b c d C) Presence of analogous structures.
A) 1 4 2 3 D) Presence of vestigial parts.
B) 4 1 2 3 158. Given below is the family tree of
C) 4 2 1 3 dinosaurs and their living present day
D) 4 1 3 2 counterpart organisms. Which of the
153. Select the correct statement about the given options correctly name A, B and C?
Big Bang theory.
A) It talks of a many huge explosions unimaginable
in physical terms.
B) The universe expanded and hence, the
temperature increased. Hydrogen and Helium
formed sometime later.
C) The gases condensed under gravitation and
formed the galaxies of the present day universe.
D) In the solar system of the Milky Way galaxy,
earth was supposed to have been formed about 4.5
million years back.
154. Select the incorrect statement among the
following.
A) Louis Pasteur by careful experimentation
demonstrated that life comes only from pre-
existing life.
B) Louis Pasteur showed that in pre-sterilised A) A: Triceratops; B: Archaeopteryx; C: Crocodilian
flasks, life did not come from killed yeast while in B) A: Triceratops; B: Crocodilian; C: Archaeopteryx
another flask open to air, new living organisms C) A: Archaeopteryx; B: Triceratops; C: Crocodilian
arose from ‘killed yeast’. D) A: Archaeopteryx; B: Crocodilian; C: Triceratops
C) Spontaneous generation theory was dismissed 159. Presence of homologous structures in
by Louis Pasteur. different but related organisms is the result of
D) Louis Pasteur answered how the first _______
life form came on earth A) Common ancestry
155. In S.L. Miller’s electric discharge experiment, B) Divergent evolution
he observed formation of _______. C) Convergent evolution
A) Amino sugar D) Both A and B
B) Glucosamine

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160. The process of _____ evolution develops IV. Triceratops
similar features in organisms with separate V. Tyrannosaurus
ancestries. A) II, I, III, V, IV
A) Divergent B) II, I, V, IV, III
B) Convergent C) III, V, IV, II, I
C) Homology D) None of these
D) Speciation 165. _______ and ___________ are the two key
161. The wings of a bird and the wings of an concepts of Darwinian theory of
insect are Evolution.
A) homologous structures and represent divergent A) Branching descent
evolution B) Natural Selection
B) phylogenetic structures and represent divergent C) Both A and B
evolution D) None of these
C) analogous structures and represent convergent 166. A population of a species invades a new
evolution area. Which of the following condition
D) homologous structures and represent will lead to adaptive radiation?
convergent evolution A) Area with many habitats occupied by a large
162. Match Column-I with Column-II. number of species.
B) Area with large number of habitats having very
low food supply.
C) Area with a single type of vacant habitat
D) Area with many types of vacant habitats.
167. When more than one __(i)__ appeared to have
occurred in an isolated geographical area
(representing different habitats), one can
call this __(ii)__.
Select the correct option regarding the
given statement.
A) (i) Adaptive radiation; (ii) Divergent evolution
B) (i) Adaptive radiation; (ii) Convergent evolution
C) (i) Convergent evolution; (ii) Adaptive radiation
D) (i) Divergent evolution; (ii) Adaptive radiation
168. Match the placental mammals given in
Column-I to their corresponding
Australian marsupials given in Column II.

163. Assertion: Evolution is not a directed

process in the sense of determinism.
Reason: Evolution is based on chance
events that occur in nature. Select the correct option.
A) Both Assertion and Reason are true
and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.
B) Both Assertion and Reason are true,
but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true. 169. Evolution by natural selection requires
164. Select the correct order of extinction of A) presence of acquired variations among the
following dinosaurs? individuals
I. Stegosaurus B) presence of genetic variations among the
II. Brachiosaurus individuals
III. Pteranodon C) isolated habitat
D) constant environmental conditions
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170. Consider the following statements: C) small and directional
(a) Evolution by natural selection started with the D) small and directionless
origin of cellular life forms with similarities in 175. Which of the following statements is
metabolic capability. incorrect?
(b) The theory of natural selection was given by A) No variant is completely wiped out in the case of
Lamarck. dark-winged and white winged moths in England.
Select the correct option. B) The essence of Darwinian theory about evolution
A) Both (A) and (B) are true. is natural selection.
B) (A) is true but (B) is false. C) Microbes that divide fast have the ability to
C) Both (A) and (B) is false. multiply and become millions of individuals within
D) (A) is false but (B) is true. hours.
171. The rate of evolution of new species in fishes D) When we say that fitness of B is better than that
is slower than that of in bacterial populations of A under the new conditions, it means that A is
because better adapted than B under new conditions.
A) the evolution of new species is linked to their 176. Assertion: Evolution refers to modification in
lifespan. the lines of descent.
B) evolution of new species is linked to the habitat. Reason: Natural selection is the equal survival
C) both fishes and bacteria exhibit the same rate of success of individuals of a population.
evolution. A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
D) species do not evolve at all is correct explanation of Assertion.
172. Natural selection is based on certain B) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason
observations whish are factual. Such is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
observations include-
D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
A) Natural resources are unlimited.
177. Select the incorrect statement among the
B) Populations are stable in size except for following.
seasonal fluctuation. A) p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1. This is binomial expansion of
C) Most of variations are acquired. (p + q)2.
D) All of these B) When frequency measured, differs from
173. Match the aspects of Darwin’s theory of expected values, the difference (direction) indicates
natural selection in Column-I with the correct the extent of evolutionary change.
description in Column-II. C) Hardy-Weinberg principle says that phenotype
frequencies in a population are stable and is
constant from generation to generation.
D) The gene pool (total genes and their alleles in a
population) remains a constant. This is called
genetic equilibrium. Sum total of all the
allelic frequencies is 1.
178. Total genes and their alleles in a population
make
A) gene pool
B) genotype
C) phenotype
D) mutation
179. Consider the following statements:
(a) Allele frequencies are supposed to remain
constant over generations.
(b) Hardy Weinberg equation is the algebraic
representation of the allele frequencies of a
population.
Select the correct option.
174. Variations caused by mutation, as A) Both (a) and (b) are true.
proposed by Hugo de Vries, are B) (a) is true but (b) is false.
A) random and directional C) Both (a) and (b) are false.
B) random and directionless D) (a) is false but (b) is true.
180. Genetic equilibrium represents that
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A) the population is not evolving for the locus C) Both (A) and (B) are false.
under study. D) (A) is false but (B) is true.
B) the allele frequencies and genotype frequencies 187. Select the correctly matched option.
remain constant over generations. A) Gene flow: Changes in allele frequencies by a
C) the allele frequencies remain constant over chance event.
generations but genotype frequencies change. B) Mutation: Migration of individuals of the
D) both (A) and (B) are correct. population.
181. The frequency of an allele in a population C) Random mating: Equal chances of each
ranges from individual in a population to mate with any other
A) 0 to 1 individual.
B) more than 1 D) Natural selection: Selection of mate on the basis
C) less than 0 of morphological features
D) can be any number 188. . Match the terms in Column-I with the
182. Select the incorrect match: correct description in Column-II.
A) Frequency of a dominant allele in the
population– p.
B) Frequency of a recessive allele in the
population– q.
C) Frequency of heterozygous dominant
genotype – 2pq.
D) Frequency of homozygous dominant
genotype – q2
183. A gene locus has two alleles A, a. If the
frequency of dominant allele A is 0.4, then what will
be the frequency of homozygous dominant,
heterozygous and homozygous recessive
individuals in the population?
A) 0.36(AA); 0.48(Aa); 0.16(aa)
B) 0.16(AA); 0.24(Aa); 0.36(aa)
C) 0.16(AA); 0.48(Aa); 0.36(aa)
D) 0.16(AA); 0.36(Aa); 0.48(aa)
184. In a population at Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium, the frequency of homozygous
dominant genotype is 0.36. What are the
frequencies of dominant and recessive alleles for
the locus?
A) p = 0.4; q = 0.6
B) p = 0.6; q = 0.4 189. Name the type of natural selection that tends
C) p = 0.36; q = 0.4 to reduce the genetic variations in the population
D) p = 0.4; q = 0.36 without affecting the mean.
185. A population will not exist in HardyWeinberg A) Disruptive selection
equilibrium if B) Directional selection
A) there is no migration C) Stabilizing selection
B) the population is large D) Both a and b are correct
C) individuals mate selectively 190. The black-bellied finches with large beak
D) there are no mutations sizes are able to feed on the most abundant food
186. Consider the following statements: types in the habitat while the finches intermediate
(a) Gene flow, genetic drift, mutation, natural and small beak size die at a young age due to
selection and genetic recombination deviate the starvation.
population from the Hardy-Weinberg This represents:
equilibrium. A) Disruptive selection
(b) Small population size is required to maintain B) Directional selection
constant allele frequencies over generations. C) Stabilizing selection
Select the correct option. D) Sexual selection
A) Both (a) and (b) are true. 191. Name the types of natural selection as
B) (A) is true but (B) is false.
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depicted in images I, II and III. Select the Reason: Homo habilis had the smallest
correct option. brain capacity among modern humans.
A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason
is correct explanation of Assertion.
B) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason
is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
196. Match the hominids with their correct
brain size.

A) I-Stabilizing; II-Disruptive; III-Directional

B) I-Stabilizing; II-Directional; III-Disruptive
C) I-Directional; II-Stabilizing; III-Disruptive
D) I-Disruptive; II-Stabilizing; III-Directional 197. Which of the following pair is incorrectly
192. Select the correct statement among the matched?
following. A) Australopithecines – Fruit eater
A) By the time of 500 mya, invertebrates were B) Pre-historic cave art –18000 years ago
formed but were not active. C) Agriculture and human settlements –10000
B) The first organisms that invaded land were years back
plants. They were widespread on D) Origin of modern Homo sapiens –1,00,000–
land when animals invaded land. 40,000 years back
C) The amphibians evolved into reptiles. They lay 198. The chronological order of human
thin-shelled eggs which do not dry up in sun unlike evolution from early to the recent is
those of amphibians A) Australopithecus > Ramapithecus > Homo
D) After amphibians in the next 2000 million years habilis > Homo erectus
or so, reptiles of different shapes and sizes B) Ramapithecus > Australopithecus > Homo
dominated on Earth. habilis > Homo erectus
193. Which of the following is the immediate C) Ramapithecus > Homo habilis > Australopithecus
ancestor of genus Homo? > Homo erectus
A) Dryopithecus D) Australopithecus > Homo habilis >Ramapithecus
B) Ramapithecus > Homo erectus
C) Australopithecines 199. Which of the following hominid has a brain
D) Sahelanthropus capacity of 1400cc and used hide to protect their
194. Assertion: Ramapithecus was more man-like body.
while Dryopithecus was more ape-like. A) Homo habilis
Reason: They were hairy and walked like gorillas B) Homo erectus
and chimpanzees. C) Homo sapiens
A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason D) The Neanderthal man
is correct explanation of Assertion. 200. Fish with stout and strong fins could
B) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason move on land and go back to water. This
is not the correct explanation of Assertion. was about -
C) Assertion is true, but Reason is false. A) 500 mya
D) Assertion is false, but Reason is true. B) 350 mya
195. Assertion: Evolution of modern humans C) 0.4 bya
exhibited a gradual increase in brain size. D) 3.5 bya
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