Which of the following is not vestigeal organ in human beings? 
1. Rudimentary ear muscles and third molars (wisdom teeth), body hair 
2. Coccygeal tail, vertebrae and scalp muscles 
3. Vermiform appendix and nictitating membrane of the eye 
4. Ear pinna, patella, olecranon process

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Which of the following is not a vestigial organ? 
1. Scalp hair 
2. Epiglottis 
3. Verniform appendix 
4. Wisdom tooth 
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The 'Recapitulation Theory' was put forth by 
1. Haeckel 
2. Cuvier 
3. Wallace 
4. Lamarck
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Gill clefts and notochord appear in the embryonic development of all vertebrates from fishes to mammals.
This supports the theory of 
1. Recapitulation 
2. Metamorphosis 
3. Biogenesis 
4. Abiogenesis 
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Cycas and Ginkgo are connecting links between 
1. Bryophytes and pteridophytes 
2. Pteridophytes and gymnosperms 
3. Gymnosperms and angiosperms 
4. Thallophyta and bryophyta
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Which one of the following is not a living fossil? 
1. Peripatus 
2. King crab (Limulus) 
3. Archaopteryx 
4. Sphenodon 
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Presence of tail and coarse hair in human baby is 
1. Radiation 
2. Atavism 
3. Mutation 
4. Crossing over 
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" It is a stochastic process based on chance events in nature and chance mutation in the organisms".
This statement tells us about 
1. Non directional nature of evolution 
2. Directinal mutations leading to natural selection 
3. Lack of anthropogenic impact on the evolutionary time scale 
4. Constant rate of reproduction and evolution in all organims
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Dinosaurs were dominant in the world in which of the following Era? 
1. Cenozoic 
2. Jurassic 
3. Mesozoic 
4. Devonian 
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Study of history of life forms on earth is known as 
1. Evolutinary biology 
2. Morphology 
3. Physiology 
4. Biogenesis 
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