1 )The diagram provides..
A ) Morphological Evidences
B ) Anatomical Evidances
C ) Outward evidences
D ) Appearable evidences
Ans B ) Anatomical Evidances
2 ) Different theories about origin and evolution of life have been proposed till today of which theory of ……………is accepted.
A ) Theory of Human creation
B ) Darwin’s theory of evolution
C ) Gradual development of living organisms
D ) Theory of natural selection
Ans C ) Gradual development of living organisms
3 ) Carbon dating method is based upon the
A ) Radioactive decay of naturally occurring C-14
B ) Radioactive decay of naturally occurring C-12
C ) Radioactive decay of naturally occurring C-18
D ) Fossilization techniques
Ans A ) Radioactive decay of naturally occurring C-14
4 ) Which part vestigial in human,is useful and fully functional organ in ruminants?
A ) Appendix
B ) Coccyx
C ) Ear muscles
D ) Ear Pinna
Ans A ) Appendix
5 ) Which of the following does not support theory of evolution?
A ) Anatomical Evidances
B ) Embryological Evidences
C ) Paleontological Evidences
D ) Variational evidences
Ans D ) Variational evidences
6 ) Evolution is …………… process of changes.
A ) Decieving
B ) Procrtinating
C ) Reversible
D ) Everlasting
Ans
D ) Everlasting
7 ) Formation of new species of plants and animals is the effect of ……………
A ) Evolution
B ) Regeneration
C ) Origination
D ) Orientation
Ans
A ) Evolution
8 ) With respect to anatomical similarity, pick the odd one out.
A ) Human hand
B ) Tail of bat
C ) Cat’s foreleg
D ) Flipper of whale
Ans
B ) Tail of bat
9 ) The message on …………… contains the codes for amino acids.
A ) Ribosome
B ) rRNA
C ) mRNA
D ) tRNA
Ans
C ) mRNA
10 ) Which of the following is an example of anatomically similar organs?
A ) Human hand and cat’s foreleg
B ) Flipper of dolphin and patagium of bat.
C ) Human hand and elephant’s foreleg
D ) Flipper of whale and patagium of eagle.
Ans
A ) Human hand and cat’s foreleg
11 ) …………… are synthesized by DNA through the RNA. This is called as ‘Central Dogma’.
A ) Ribosomes
B ) Amino acids
C ) Proteins
D ) mRNA
Ans C ) Proteins
12 ) The genes present in the form of …………… participate in the functioning of cell and thereby control the structure and functioning of the body.
A ) DNA
B ) RNA
C ) tRNA
D ) mRNA
Ans A ) DNA
13 ) Carbon consumption of animals and plants stops after death.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans A ) True
14 ) …………… is unit of DNA chain.
A ) Nucleic acid
B ) Nucleotides
C ) Codons
D ) Anticodons
Ans B ) Nucleotides
15 )
Each species grows in specific geographical conditions.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans
A ) True
16 ) Proteins are complex chains of ……………
A ) Amino acids
B ) Pectins
C ) Polypectins
D ) Glycopeptides
Ans A ) Amino acids
17 ) …………… have lost their legs by modifications in their body for burrowing habit. A ) Earthworms
B ) Rabbits
C ) Centipedes
D ) Snakes
Ans D ) Snakes
18 ) In accordance with Human organs, pick the odd one out.
A ) Coccyx
B ) Bones
C ) Appendix
D ) Ear muscles
Ans B ) Bones
19 ) The evolution of upright man continued in the direction of developing its ……………
A ) Brain
B ) Liver
C ) Toes
D ) Thumb
Ans A ) Brain
20 ) The theory of natural selection by Darwin preaches the survival of smartest organism.
A ) False, it preaches survival of the fittest
B ) True, also survival of the fittest
C ) False, it preaches only for extinct animals
D ) True, as mentioned in Darwins’s book
Ans A ) False, it preaches survival of the fittest
21 ) It seems that invertebrates have been slowly originated from vertebrates.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans
B ) False
22 ) The morphology of these human-like animals started to appear like to be the member of the genus ……………
A ) Humo
B ) Sapiens
C ) Homo
D ) Sappins
Ans C ) Homo
23 ) Which of the following is a an unicellular organism?
A ) AmoebaB ) Paramoecium
C ) Euglena
D ) All of the above
Ans D ) All of the above
24 ) Which of the following is a mutational disease?
A ) Rabies
B ) Pneumonia
C ) Tuberculosis
D ) Sickel cell anemia
Ans D ) Sickel cell anemia
25 ) Geographical or reproductive …………… also leads to speciation.
A ) Development
B ) Condition
C ) Isolation
D ) Location
Ans C ) Isolation
26 ) Evolution means ……………
A ) Classification of animals
B ) Speciation of animals
C ) Gradual development
D ) Development of fossils
Ans C ) Gradual development
27 ) Darwin had published a book titled ……………
A ) Origin of Evolution
B ) Origin of Animals
C ) Origin of Organisms
D ) Origin of Species
Ans D ) Origin of Species
28 ) The part given in the figure which is a vestigial organ is called as
A ) Appendix B ) Coccyx
C ) Ear muscles
D ) Ear Pinna
Ans
A ) Appendix
29 )
Which of the following is a not a member of aves?
A ) Drongo
B ) Vulture
C ) Flamingo
D ) Flying lizard
Ans D ) Flying lizard
30 )Degenerative structure begins to degenerate under a situation as per the principle of natural selection.
A ) True, they may be functional in the body
B ) False, they are called vestigial
C ) True, they take a some years to disappear
D ) False, they degenerate and not found in next generation
Ans C ) True, they take a some years to disappear
31 ) Living organisms can produce new individuals like themselves due to genes.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans A ) True
32 )First record of human-like animal is with us in the form of ‘Australopithecus’ ape from East Africa.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans
B ) False
33 ) Degenerated or underdeveloped useless organs of organisms are called as …………… organs.
A ) Germinal
B ) Generative
C ) Vestigial
D ) Unevolved
Ans C ) Vestigial
34 ) Legs of the birds like swan and duck have become useful for swimming.
A ) Due to living on land
B ) Due to near ocean beds
C ) Due to living in D ) Due to living under water
Ans C ) Due to living in water
35 ) Various similarities like structure of mouth, position of eyes, structure of nostrils and ear pinnae are
A ) Morphological Evidences
B ) Anatomical Evidances
C ) Outward evidences
D ) Appearable evidenc
Ans A ) Morphological Evidences
36 ) Lamarck’s theory was disproved mainly because
A ) Inheritance of the aquired charaters is not possible
B ) Aquiring of characters is not possible
C ) Any characters can never be inherited
D ) Proteins in the human body are less in number
Ans A ) Inheritance of the aquired charaters is not possible
37 )Theory of inheritance of acquired characters is also called ……………
A ) Degeneration
B ) Natural selection
C ) Lamarckism
D ) Evolution
Ans C ) Lamarckism
38 )Which process is shown in the figure?
A ) Mutation
B ) Generation
C ) Transcription
D ) Translation
Ans C ) Transcription
39 ) Research started in the direction of finding the nature of genetic material when it was proved that …………… are carried via chromosomes.
A ) RNA B ) DNA C ) tRNA D ) Genes
Ans D ) Genes
40 ) mRNA is produced as per the sequence of nucleotides on DNA.
A ) TRUE, mRNA is transcribed from DNA.
B ) FALSE, mRNA is made up of amino acids
C ) TRUE, mRNA then forms tRNA.
D ) FALSE, tRNA is made from DNA.
Ans A ) TRUE, mRNA is transcribed from DNA.
41 ) Chlorella is …………… unicellular organism.
A ) Photosynthetic
B ) Holistic
C ) Parasitic
D ) Symbiotic
Ans A ) Photosynthetic
42 ) Remnants and impressions of such organisms remain preserved underground. These are called as ……………
A ) Decompost
B ) Vermicompost
C ) Imprints
D ) Fossils
Ans D ) Fossils
43 ) Lamarckism is inheritance of inacquired characters.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans B ) False
44 ) …………… is non-radioactive.
A ) C-12
B ) C-6
C ) C-14
D ) C-18
Ans A ) C-12
45 ) RNA : Uracil : : DNA : ……………
A ) Adenine
B ) Thymine
C ) Guanine
D ) CytosineAns
B ) Thymine
46 ) Generic name of humans today is Humo sapiens.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans B ) False
47 ) Ramapithecus ape was found from East Africa.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans A ) True
48 ) First record of human-like animal is with us in the form of which ape?
A ) Dryopithecus
B ) Ancient animals like lemurs
C ) Ramapithecus
D ) Austrelopithecus
Ans C ) Ramapithecus
49 ) Anatomically similar refers to –
A ) Similar size
B ) Similar function
C ) Similar structure
D ) Similar morphology
Ans C ) Similar structure
50 ) Which organs are useless to human, are useful in monkeys?
A ) Appendix
B ) Muscles of ear pinna
C ) Coccyx
D ) Ear Pinna
Ans B ) Muscles of ear pinna
51 )…………… man can be considered as the first example of wise-man.
A ) Cro-Magnon
B ) Homo sapiens
C ) Neanderthal
D ) Austrelopithecus
Ans C ) Neanderthal
52 ) Which of the following supports theory of evolution?A ) Morphological Evidences
B ) Anatomical Evidances
C ) Both 1 and 2
D ) None of them
Ans C ) Both 1 and 2
53 ) tRNA has ‘……………’ having complementary sequence to the codon on mRNA.
A ) Nodoc
B ) Anticodon
C ) Opp-codon
D ) Anti-nodoc
Ans B ) Anticodon
54 ) As per cellular organization of body, pick the odd one out.
A ) Amoeba
B ) Peripatus
C ) Paramoecium
D ) Chlorella
Ans B ) Peripatus
55 ) Charles Darwin putforth the
A ) Theory of natural selection
B ) Theory of evolution
C ) Theory of development
D ) Theory of survival
Ans A ) Theory of natural selection
56 ) RNA satnds for
A ) Ribose Nucleic Acid
B ) Regenerative Nucleic Acid
C ) Responsive Nucleic Acid
D ) Ribosomic Nuclear Acid
Ans A ) Ribose Nucleic Acid
57 ) With respect to the Theory of Evolution, pick the odd one out.
A ) Morphological Evidence
B ) Vestigial Organs
C ) Lamarckism
D ) Embryological Evidences
Ans C ) Lamarckism
58 ) Transcription : mRNA :: Translation : ……………
A ) Ribosome
B ) tRNA
C ) DNA
D ) Protein
Ans B ) tRNA
59 ) …………… is required for protein synthesis.
A ) Ribosomes
B ) mRNA
C ) tRNA
D ) All of the above
Ans D ) All of the above
60 ) Progressive development of plants and animals from the ancestors having different structural and functionalorganization is called ……………
A ) Evolution
B ) Regeneration
C ) Origination
D ) Orientation
Ans A ) Evolution
61 ) Which of the following is a not a vestigial organ?
A ) Peripatus
B ) Coccyx
C ) Pinna
D ) Appendix
Ans A ) Peripatus
62 )
Relating to the different groups of animals, pick the odd one out.
A )Duck billed platypus
B )Lungfish
C )Snake
D )Peripatus
Ans C )Snake
63 ) Plants and animals that show some morphological characters by which they can be related to two differentgroups; hence they are called as ………………
A ) Connecting links
B ) Biased organisms
C ) Bi-developed organisms D )Special organisms
Ans A )Connecting links
64 ) Embryos : Embryological Evidences : : Fossils : ……………
A ) Anatomical Evidences
B ) Paleontological Evidences
C ) Morphological Evidences
D ) Connecting links
Ans B ) Paleontological Evidences
65 ) …………… is connecting link between annelida and arthropoda.
A ) Peripatus
B ) Coccyx
C ) Platypus
D ) Lungfish
Ans A ) Peripatus
66 ) The code for each amino acid consists of …………… nucleotides. It is called as ‘triplet codon’.
A ) 6
B ) 5
C ) 4
D ) 3
Ans D ) 3
67 ) What is the phenomenon in the given figure called?
A ) Mutation
B ) Generation
C ) Transcription
D ) Translation
Ans A ) Mutation
68 ) The biodiversity that is known today has been said to be formed from very simple …………… organism due to
evolution.A ) Multicellular
B ) Inorganic
C ) Degenerative
D ) Unicellular
Ans
D ) Unicellular
69 )
According to Lamarck, the living organism can transfer the characters which it has aquired, to the next
generation. This is called
A ) Ancestry of special characteristics
B ) Ancestry of acquired characters.
C ) Ancestry of development
D ) History of evolution
Ans B ) Ancestry of acquired characters.
70 ) The carbon dating method is used in
A ) Paleontology and anthropology
B ) Only in paleontology
C ) Only in anthropology
D ) In fossilization
Ans A ) Paleontology and anthropology
71 ) The given figure provides essential evidance regarding the evolution of species from one form to another which are referred to as
A ) Anatomical Evidances
B ) Morphological Evidences
C ) Paleontological Evidences
D ) Embryological Evidences
Ans
D ) Embryological Evidences
72 )
In 1901, the reasons behind the sudden changes were understood due to the …………… theory of Hugo de Vries.
A ) B ) Genetic
C ) Mutational
D ) Nuclear
Ans C ) Mutational
73 ) Similarities in characters like leaf shape, leaf venation, leaf petiole provide ……………
A ) Morphological Evidences
B ) Anatomical Evidances
C ) Outward evidences
D ) Appearable evidences
Ans A ) Morphological Evidences
74 )…………… developed in such a way that apes started to stand in erect posture in grasslands.
A ) Shoulder bones
B ) Leg bones
C ) Back bones
D ) Lumbar bones
Ans D ) Lumbar bones
75 ) Carbon consumption of animals and plants increases after death.
A ) True, during decomposition
B ) False, it stops
C ) True, and carbon content in soil decreases
D ) False, it stops only in animals
Ans B ) False, it stops
76 ) Fossils : Paleontological Evidences : : coccyx : ……………
A ) Fossil
B ) Connecting link
C ) Vestigial organ in humans
D ) Vestigial organ in monkeys
Ans C ) Vestigial organ in humans
77 ) Variation in organisms indicates that the animals may have common ancestor.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans B ) False
78 ) Name the pioneer of modern genetics.
A ) Johann Gregor Mendel
B ) Francois C ) Jack Monad
D ) Ostwald Avery
Ans A ) Johann Gregor Mendel
79 ) Lamarck proposed that the activities of the organisms are responsible for their evolution.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans A ) True
80 ) Which of the following is not a reptile?
A ) Snake
B ) Dinosaur
C ) Lizard
D ) Peripatus
Ans D ) Peripatus
81 ) Natural selection is not the only factor responsible for evolution.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans
A ) True
82 ) The neck of giraffe has become too long due to
A ) Browsing on leaves of tall plants by extending their neck for several generations
B ) Generating a stereotype
C ) One of the parents
D ) Spinal development
Ans A ) Browsing on leaves of tall plants by extending their neck for several generations
83 ) Evolution is a very slow-going process through which development of organisms is achieved.
A ) True
B ) False
Ans A ) True
