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1. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany is located, EVOLUTION, PRACTICE QUESTIONS, ed fungicide, I/313, I., Multiple Choice Questions, aads Bu, 9. Which of the following statements is correct ?, (a) Cro-Magnon man's fossil has been found in, Ethiopia, (b) Australopithecus is the real ancestor of moderm, at, (a) Delhi, (c) Dehradun, mordia, also, (b) Lucknow, n germ cella, (d) Kolkata, (CPMT 1998), 1. 3:5 billion years ago, which flora dominated the, man, earth ?, (a) Archaebacteria, (c) Lichens, (b) Mosses, (d) Blue-green algae, (c) Homo erectus is the ancestor of man, (d) Neanderthal man is direct ancestor of Homo, sapiens, (AIPMT 1998), 10. Abiogenesis occurred about..billion years ago., es. He gave, (BHU 1998), (a) 1-2, L A connecting link between reptiles and birds is, (b) Dodo, (b) 1-5, tive checks, its carrying, (c) 2-5, (d) 3-5, (a) Dimetrodon, (c) Archaeopteryx, (d) Sphenodon, (Pb. РМЕТ 1999), 11. The surprise products in the Miller's experiment, (AFMC 1998), were, as inspired, ndefinitely, 4. The diversity in the type of beak of finches, adapted to different feeding habits on the, Galapagos islands, as observed by Darwin, OMIA, provides evidence for, (a) Origin of species by natural selection, (b) Intraspecific variation, (c) Intraspecific competition, (d) Interspecific competition, 5. Galapagos islands are associated with the name, (a) Peptides, (c) Nucleic acids, (b) Nucleotides, (d) Amino acids., (AIPMT 1999), rogressive, 12. Who demonstrated existence of life in the boiled, broth flask ?, (a) Darwin, (c) Francisco Redi, (b) Pasteur, (d) None of these, stone tools, (AIPMT 1998), (Chd. CET 1999), 13. Who did an experiment to prove that the organic, compounds were basis of life ?, (a) Darwin, of, were used, (a) Wallace, (b) Malthus, (d) Lamarck, (b) Melwin Calvin, (d) Miller and Urey, aplements,, (c) Darwin, (c) Sydney Fox, weave., (AIIMS 1998), (MP PMT 1999), arning and, 6. In the developmental history of mammalian, heart, it is observed that it passes through a, 2-chambered fish-like heart, 3-chambered frog-, like heart and finally 4-chambered stage. To, which hypothesis can the above statement be, approximated ?, (a) Biogenetic law, (c) Lamarck's principle (d) Mendelian principles, 14. Chemical theory of origin of life was given by, (a) Stanley Miller, (c) Oparin and Haldane, (d) Louis Pasteur, 15. Wings of pigeon, bat and mosquito exhibit the, phenomenon called, (a) Convergent evolution, (b) Divergent evolution (c) Atavism, (d) All of these, 16. Adaptive similarities in different animals living, in the same habitat is called, (b) Spallanzani, (СРМТ 1999), lationships, (b) Hardy-Weinberg law, eres as in, (AIPMT 1998), (AIIMS 1999), 7. Genetic drift operates only in, (a) Island populations, (b) Smaller populations, (c) Larger populations, (d) Mendelian populations., * Species occurring in different geographical areas, as in apes, (a) Retrogressive evolution, (b) Parallel evolution (c) Adaptive radiation, (d) Convergent evolution, 17. Development of patagia in animals is...., adaptation, (a) Volant, (c) Aquatic DY, (Pb. РМТ 1999), (AIPMT 1998), joined to, Mesozoic, hich later, are called, (a) Sibling, (c) Sympatric, (b) Arboreal, (d) Cave (Pb. PMT 1999), ANSWERS, during its, st and the, (b) Neopatric о?, (d) Allopatric. d), (AIPMT 1998), 6. (a), 8. (d), 9. (d) 10. (d), 1. (b), 7. (b), 2. (d), 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (d), 3. (c), 4. (a), 5. (c), 14. (c), 15. (a) 16. (d) 17. (a)
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38. There is no life on moon because of absence of, (X), Pradeep's A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY, I1/314, 18. The golden age of reptiles is, (a) Palacozoic, 29. Cranial capacity is minimum in, (a) Chimpanzee, (c) Rhesus monkey, (b) Gorilla, (b) Mesozoic, (d) Proterozoic, (d) Orangutan, (c) Cenozoic, (AFMC 2000, (DPMT 1999, 2001 ; CBSE 1994, 2002), 30. The closest primate to humans is, (b) Orangutan, (d) Rhesus monkey, (AIPMT 2000, 2001), 31. Swan-necked flask experiment was done bu, (b) Francisco Redi, (d) Robert Koch, (КСЕТ 2М, 19. In the phylogeny of horse, the earliest fossil form, is, (a) Gorilla, (b) Merychippus, (d) Equus, (c) Lemur, (a) Eohippus, (c) Mesohippus, (DPMT 1999), 20. Lamarck's theory of evolution is also called, (a) Survival of the fittest, (b) Special creation theory, (c) Inheritance of acquired characters, (a) Aristotle, (c) Louis Pasteur, 32. Which of the following were first evolved, organisms ?, (a) Chemoautotrophs (b) Chemoheterotrophs, (c) Cyanobacteria, (a (d) None of these, 21. Hominids originated during, (AFMC 1997, DPMT 1999), (b) Palaeocene, (d) Oligocene, (AIIMS 1995, AIPMT 2000), (a) Pliocene, (d) Bacteria, (c) Miocene, (Chd. CET 2001, 33. Postanal tail can be traced in, 22. The theory of spontaneous generation was, proposed by :, (a) Spallanzani, (c) F.Redi, (a) Cobra, (c) Scorpion, (b) Earthworm, (d) Centipede, (b) Von Helmont, (d) Louis Pasteur, (AIPMT 2001), 34. Evolutionary development of a species can be, best studied by, (AFMC 2000), 23. Which is the most advanced theory of origin of, life ?, (a) DNA analysis, (b) Finding age by carbon dating, (c) Studying fossils of this species, (d) All the above, (b) Catastrophic, (a) Spontaneous, (c) Oparin and Haldane, (d) Non-spontaneous, 24. Theory of spontaneous generation was given by, (Chd. CET 2000), (Chd. CET 2001), (b) Spallanzani, (d) Van Helmont., 35. Sickle-cell anaemia, the best example of natural, selection, is due to gene modification related to, amino acid of, (a) Louis Pasteur, (c) F. Redi, (a) First B chain, (c) Second a chain, (b) Second B chain, (d) First a chain, (AFMC 2000), 25. The first evolved organisms were, (a) Chemoautotrophs (b) Chemoheterotrophs, (c) Cyanobacteria, (ΑΙΡΜ 001), (d) Bacteria., 36. Darwin's theory does not include, (Chd. CET 2000), (a) Natural selection, 26. Darwin's finches show one of the following, aspects of evolution, (a) Biogeographic evidence, (b) Industrial melanism, (c) Biochemical evidence, (b) Survival of the fittest, (c) Evolution through inheritance, (d) Struggle for existence, 37. According to abiogenesis, life originated from, heer (a) Nonliving, (c) Preexisting life, (e) Chemicals, (AFMC 2001), (b) Other planets, (d) Spontaneously, (АIPMT 2002, (e (d) Embryological evidence (AIPMT 2000), 27. Among the following, a structure, which is not, vestigial, is, (a) Wisdom teeth, (c) Vermiform appendix, (eeel (d) Nails, 28. Cause of speciation is, (a) Random mating, (c) Isolation, (b) Plica semilunaris, (a) Water, (b) Охудen, (d) Hydrogen, (AIPMT 2000), Nitrogen, (AIPMT 2002), reeer T, ANSWERS, (b) Hybridization, (d) Migration, (CET Chandigarh 2000), 39. Which of these pairs is vestigial ?, (a) Coccyx and pinna muscles, (b) Coccyx and premolar, 18. (b), 29. (c) 30. (a), 19. (a) 20. (c) 21. (a) 22. (b), 24. (d) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (d), 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (a), 23. (c), 28. (c), 31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (b)
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EVOLUTION, I/315, (c) Facial hair in ladies, (d) Coccyx and intercostal muscles, LFMC, (b) Neither homologous nor analogous, (c) Analogous but not homologous, (d) Vestigial, (e) Both homologous and analogous, (AIIMS 2002), 40. Evolution can be studied now in action in, onkey, 2000, 20, done by, Redi, Loch, KCET 2, (a) Sphenodon, (c) Peppered moth, (b) Archaeopteryx, (d) Paramecium, (Kerala CET 2003), 50. Convergent evolution is illustrated by, (a) Rat and dog, (b) Starfish and Cuttle fish, (c) Bacterium and protozoan, (d) Dogfish and whale, 51. Recapitulation theory was called the law of, Biogenesis by, (a) Haeckel, (c) Lamarck, (Chd. CET 2002), 41. Human evolution originated in, (a) Africa, (c) France, (b) Jawa, (d) China, (AIPMT 2003), irst evol, 42. A bacterial culture is treated with streptomycin, and a cast is made. A few columns are able to, survive due to, (AIPMT 2002), eterotrop, (b) Darwin, (d) Hugo de Vries, (a) Selection, (c) Induced mutation, (b) Adaptation, (d) Mimicry, (Hr. PMT 2003), d. CET, 52. Darwin in his Theory of Natural Selection' did, not believe in any role of which one of the, following in organic evolution ?, ad (a) Survival of the fittest, (b) Struggle for existence, (c) Discontinuous variations, (d) Parasites and predators as natural enemies., (AIPMT 2002), 43. Darwin's theory states that, (a) Characters are acquired through inheritance, (b) Nature selects species which can adapt, (c) Species change morphologically with nature, (d) Affect of environment on evolution, rm, de, AIPMT 2, pecies can, (Chd. CET 2000, Pb. PMT 2002), (AIPMT 2003), 44. Which evolutionary book is most accepted, worldwide after bible ?, 53. "Use and disuse' theory was proposed by, (a) Lamarck, (b) Darwin, (d) Malthus, (a) Philosophic Zoologique, Lamarck, (b) Origin of Life, Oparin, (c) Origin of Species, Darwin, (d) Mutation and Origin of Species, de Vries, (c) Hugo de Vries, (DPMT 2003), hd. CET 2, 54. Who proposed the Theory of Origin of Species, by Natural Selection ?, (a) August Weismann, (b) De Vries, (c) Charles Darwin, (d) Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, nple of nate, tion relate, (Рb. РМТ 2002), 45. Which one of the following is present today but, was absent about 3-5 billion years ago ?, (a) Nitrogen, (c) Hydrogen, B chain, (b) Oxygen, (d) Methane, chain, (JK CEE 2003), (AIPMT 20, 55. According to oparin, which one of the following, was not present in the primitive atmosphere of, the earth ?, (DPMT 2003), 46. Theory of spontaneous generation was given by, (b) F. Redi, (d) Spallanzani, (a) Louis Pasteur, (a) Oxygen, (c) Water Vapour, (b) Hydrogen, (d) Methane, (c) Von Helmont, (DPMT 2003), (AIPMT 2004), 56. The gases used in the spark-discharge apparatus, 47. Coacervates are, riginated tr, planets, (AFMC 2, (a) Colloidal droplets (b) Contain nucleoprotein, (c) (a) and (b), were -, aneously, (AIPMT, (d) Protobiont, (Kerala CET 2003), (a) NH3, NH, and O2 (b) O2, CO, and NH3, (c) CO2, NH3 and CH (d) H2, CH, and NH3, (e) Bacteria, 48. Which one is not a vestigial organ ?, (b) Flipper of seal, (d) Splint bone of horse, (КСЕТ 2004), se of absencr, en, (a) Wings of Kiwi, (c) Coccyx in man, (e) Pelvic girdle of python., 57. Coacervates were experimentally produced by, (a) Sidney Fox and Oparin, (b) Fischer and Huxley, ogen, (AIPMT, (Kerala CET 2003), (c) Jacob and Monod, 49. The wings of bat and bird are, (a) Homologous but not analogous, (d) Urey and Miller, (КСЕТ 2004), l?, ANSWERS, 39, (a), 49. (a), 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (b), 55. (a), 46. (c) 47. (c) 48. (b), 56. (d), 42. (b), 40. (c) 41. (a), 50. (d), 57. (a), 6. (a) 74, 7. (@) 3, 51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (a) 54. (c)
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(b) gymnosperms are dominant plants and first birds, (c) radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal like, (d) dinosaurs become extinct and angiosperms, 65. De Vries gave his mutation theory on organic, 66. Which one of the following phenomenon, Pradeep's A TEXT BOOK OF BIOLOGY (XII), supports Darwin's concept of natural selection, 11/316, 58. Presence of gills in the tadpole of frog indicates, that, evolution while working on, (a) fishes evolved from frog-like ancestors, (b) frogs will have gills in future, (r90 (c) frogs evolved from gilled ancestors, (d) fishes were amphibious in the past, 1200 (a) Pisum sativum, (b) Drosophila melanogaster, (c) Oenothera lamarckiana, (d) Althea rosea, (AIPMT 2005), (AIPMT 2004), 59. Which of the following is a living fossil ?, (a) Moss, (c) Spirogyra, in organic evolution ?, (a) development of transgenic animals, (b) production of 'dolly', the sheep by cloning, (c) prevalence of pesticide resistant insects, of a (d) development of organs from 'stem cells', organ transplantation, 67. Which of the following is the relatively moet, accurate method of dating of fossils ?, rta (a) radio-carbon method, (b) potassium-argon method, (c) electron-spin resonance method, (d) uranium-lead method, 68. The biogenetic law of Haeckel is, (а) Отnis vivuт-е-vivum, (S00 (b) Omnis cellula-e-cellula, (b) Saccharomyces, (d) Cycas, (AIPMT 2004), 60. Diversification in plant life appeared, (a) due to abrupt mutations, (b) suddenly on earth, s (c) by seed dispersal, (d) due to long periods of evolutionary changes., si lo o, 61. Age of fossils in the past was generally, determined by radiocarbon method and other, methods involving radioactive elements found in, the rocks. More precise methods, which were, used recently and led to the revision of the, evolutionary periods for different groups of, organisms, includes, (a) study of the conditions of fossilization, (b) electron spin resonance (ESR) and fossil DNA, (c) study of carbohydrates/proteins in rocks, (d) study of carbohydrates/proteins in fossils., (AIPMT 2005), (AIPMT 2004), (AIPMT 2005), hiq (c) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny, (d) phylogeny repeats ontogeny, 69. Human ancestors who left cave paintings were, (BHU 2005), (a) neanderthal man, (b) cromagnon man, (d) peking man, (AIPMT 2004), (c) java apeman, 62. A baby has been born with a small tail. It is a, case exhibiting, (a) retrogressive evolution, (b) mutation, (d) metamorphosis, 63. The most likely reason for the development of, resistance against pesticides in insects damaging, the crops is, (a) genetic recombination, (b) directed mutations, (c) acquired heritable changes, (d) random mutations, 64. Which one of the following experiments suggest, that simplest living organisms could not have, originated spontaneously from non-living, matter ?, (BHU 2005), 70. An important evidence in favour of organic, evolution is the occurrence of, (c) atavism, (a) homologous and analogous organs, (b) homologous and vestigial organs, (c) analogous and vestigial organs, (d) homologous organs only, 71. Evolutionary history of an organism is knoW, (AIIMS 2004), (AIPMT 2006), as, (a) ontogeny, (c) ancestry, (b) phylogeny, (d) paleontology, (AIPMT 2004), (AIPMT 2006), 72. Jurassic period of the mesozoic era, characterized by, (0(a) larvae could appear in decaying organic matter, (b) microbes did not appear in stored meat, (c) microbes appeared from unsterilized organic, (a) flowering plants and first dinosaurs appea, appear, matter, (d) meat was not spoiled, when heated and kept, 6 sealed in a vessel, reptiles, (AIPMT 2005), ANSWERS 58. (c), appear, (AIPMT 2006), 59. (d) 60. (d) 61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (c) 64. (d) 65. (c), 69. (b) 70. (b) 71. (b) 72. (b), 68. (c), 66. (с) 67. (c)
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EVOLUTION, 73. Which of the following provides most evident, proof of evolution ?, I1/317, (a) the melanic form of the moth has no selective, advantage over lighter form in industrial area, (b) the lighter form moth has no selective advantage, either in polluted industrial area or non-polluted, (a) fossils, (c) embryo, (b) morphology, (d) vestigial organs, menon, (BHU 2006), electin, 74. The unit of natural selection is, area, oer (c) melanism is a pollution-generated feature, (d) the true black melanic forms arise by a recurring, random mutation, 82. Adaptive radiation refers to, (a) evolution of different species from a common, (a) an individual, (c) a genus, (b) a species, (d) a population, (AIPMT 2007), ning, (КСЕТ 2006), 75. Which of the following was likely to have been, absent in a free molecules state, in the primitive, atmosphere of the earth ?, (a) carbon, (c) hydrogen, 116, mabom, ancestor, ells for, 2005), ly mon, (b) oxygen, (d) nitrogen, (b) migration of members of a species to different, geographical areas, lo son, en (c) power of adaptation in an individual to a variety, (КСЕТ 2006), 76. The concept of chemical evolution is based on, of environments, (d) adaptations due to geographical isolation, (a) interaction of water, air and clay under intense, heat, (AIPMT 2007), 83. Select the correct statement from the following ?, r (a) Fitness is the end result of the ability to adapt, and gets selected by nature, (b) All mammals except whales and camels have, seven cervical vertebrae, (c) Mutations are random and directional, (d) Darwinian variations, directionless., (b) effect of solar radiation on chemicals, T 2005), (c) possible origin of life by combination of, chemicals under suitable environmental, conditions, (d) crystalization of chemicals, 77. Which one of the following statements is, (AIPMT 2007), botA, small and, (AIPMT 2007), 84. What is common to whale, seal and shark ?, are, correct ?, J 2005), (a) there is no evidence of the existence of gills, during embryogenesis of mammals, (b) all plant and animal cells are totipotent., (c) ontogeny repeats phylogeny, (d) stem cells are specialized cells. l (), 2s were, (a) thick subcutaneous fat, (b) convergent evolution, (c) homoiothermy, (d) seasonal migration., 85. One of the important consequences of, geographical isolation is, (a) preventing speciation, (b) speciation through reproductive isolation, (c) random creation of new species, (d) no change in the isolated fauna, in, U 2005), (AIPMT 2007), (AIPMT 2007), organic, 78. The finches of Galapagos islands provide an, evidence in favour of, (TOOE, (a) evolution due to mutation, (b) retrogressive evolution, (c) biogeographical evolution, (d) special creation, 79. When two species of different genealogy come, to resemble each other as a result of adaptation,, the phenomenon is termed, (a) microevolution, T 2006, known, (AIPMT 2007), (AIPMT 2007), 86. First organism to evolve on the earth were, (a) Saprotrophs, (c) Chemoautotrophs (d) Chemoheterotrophs, (b) Photoautotrophs, (b) Co-evolution, (BHU PMT Prelim., 2007), (c) Convergent evolution, (d) divergent evolution, O0. Among the human ancestors, the brain size was, more than 1000 cc in, (a) Homo erectus, (b) Ramapithecus, (80or (c) Homo habilis, 87. Miller and Urey performed an experiment to, prove origin of life. They took gases NH3 and H2, alongwith, (a) N2 and H,O, (c) CH, and N,, IT 2006, (AIPMT 2007), ers is, Ppear, first birds, (b) H,O and CH4, (d) CO, and NH3, (BHU PMT Prelim., 2007), 88. The book Philosophie Zoologique was written by, (a) Wallace, (c) Lamarck, (b) Oparin, (d) Darwin, (BHU PMT Prelim., 2007), (AIPMT 2007), (d) Homo neanderthalensis, 81. Industrial melanism as observed in peppered, moth proves that, nmal like, osperms, T 2006, 80. (d) 81. (d) 82. (a), ANSWERS, 79. (c), 73. (a) 74. (a) 75. (b), 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (b), 76. (c) 77. (c), 86. (d) 87. (b), 78. (c), 88. (c), 67. ()
