Q. No.Which of the following is not a proposition of Lamarckism?
1.
Living organisms or their component parts tend continually to increase in size
2.
Production of new organs results from a new need due to a change in the environment
3.
If an organ is used constantly, it tends to get developed, whereas disuse results in degeneration
4.
Modifications produced by the above mechanisms during the lifetime of an individual will not be inherited
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Around 200 mya, some land reptiles went back to the water to evolve into fish-like reptiles, for example:
| 1. | Pareiasaurus | 2. | Pelycosaurus |
| 3. | Ichthyosaurs | 4. | Archosaurus |
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The loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population is called as:
| 1. | the bottleneck effect | 2. | the founder effect |
| 3. | assortative mating | 4. | random mating |
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“Organisms that share common descent show underlying embryological patterns on which they build later their adult patterns”. This is :
| 1. | Haeckel’s law | 2. | Baer’s law |
| 3. | Gauss law | 4. | Allen’s rule |
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Lichens are very sensitive to pollution. In England, after the onset of the industrial revolution, the lichens were adversely affected and the frequency of the dark-colored peppered moths increased because they were:
1. protected from carcinogens
2. protected from lichen poisons
3. more robust
4. protected from predation
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The control apparatus of the Urey and Miller experiment was devoid of :
1. a provision for evaporation
2. an arrangement for circulation
3. a source of energy
4. an arrangement for condensation
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In Darwinian terms “fitness” can best be described as:
1. ability of organism, relative to others in the population, to pass its genes to next generation
2. the number of mates the organism has during its life time
3. its lifespan
4. its physical vigor
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The first human like being, the hominid, was called:
1. Homo habilis
2. Homo erectus
3. Homo ergaster
4. Homo neanderthelensis
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The fossils of Homo erectus were discovered in _____ and it existed about ____ mya.
1. Tanzania; 2
2. Java; 1.5
3. Ethiopia; 1.5
4. Australia; 2
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Adenine was synthesized by Orgel, using the Miller apparatus, when he used the gas :
1. carbon dioxide
2. hydrogen cyanide
3. hydrogen sulfide
4. nitrogen
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