Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era is characterized by:

1. gymnosperms are dominant plants and first birds appear

2. radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal-like reptiles

3. dinosaurs become extinct and angiosperms appear

4. flowering plants and first dinosaurs appear

The slow process by which new types of organism arise from existing forms by genetic

variation is called

1. Hybridisation

2. Mutation

3. Evolution

4. Transformation

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

1. Life processes are consequences of reactions that occur in an organism.

2. Living organisms are made of inorganic and organic compounds.

3. Life comes from pre-existing life.

4. Genes are not responsible for the stability or changeability of species.

Study of fossils is called

1. ecology                     

2. angiology

3. exobiology                 

4. none of these

The 'devonian period' is considered to be as

1. age of fishes

2. age of amphibians

3. age of reptiles

4. age of mammals.

The random changes in the allele frequency occurring by chance is termed as

1. genetic variability

2. genetic drift

3. gene migration

4. mutation

The first living organisms that appeard on the planet, according to the most accepted

view, were

1. anaerobic

2. aerobic

3. photosynthetic

4. none of the above

Which of these are considered most essential in the origin of life?

1. Enzymes

2. Nucleic acids

3. Carbohydrates

4. Proteins

Genetic drift operates only in

1. island population 

2. smaller population 

3. larger population

4. none of these.

The cranial capacity was largest among the 

(a) Peking man               (b) Java ape man

(b) African man              (d) Neanderthal man