Sweet potato is homologous to:
1. | Potato | 2. | Colocasia |
3. | Ginger | 4. | Turnip |
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I | List-II | ||
(a) | Adaptive radiation | (i) | Selection of resistant varieties due to excessive use of herbicides and pesticides |
(b) | Convergent evolution | (ii) | Bones of forelimbs in Man and Whale |
(c) | Divergent evolution | (iii) | Wings of Butterfly and Bird |
(d) | Evolution by anthropogenic action | (iv) | Darwin Finches |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
1. | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
2. | (i) | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) |
3. | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
4. | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
Which one of the following phenomena supports Darwin’s concept of natural selection in organic evolution?
1. | Production of Dolly, the sheep by cloning. |
2. | Development of organs from stem cells for organ transplantation. |
3. | Development of transgenic animals. |
4. | Prevalence of pesticide resistant insects. |
Identify the incorrect statement:
1. | Neanderthals lived between 1,50,000 and 1,00,000 years back. |
2. | Modern Homo sapiens arose between 75000 and 10000 years ago. |
3. | Pre-historic cave art developed around 18000 years ago. |
4. | Agriculture came around 10000 years ago. |
Invertebrates were formed and were active by the time of:
1. | 200 mya | 2. | 300 mya |
3. | 400 mya | 4. | 500 mya |
Which one of the following sequences was proposed by Darwin and Wallace for organic evolution?
1. | Overproduction, variations, constancy of population size, natural selection |
2. | Variations, constancy of population size, overproduction, natural selection |
3. | Overproduction, constancy of population size, variations, natural selections |
4. | Variations, natural selection, overproduction, constancy of population size |
Convergent evolution | Divergent evolution | |
1. | Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates | Wings of butterflies and birds |
2. | Thorn of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita | Eye of Octopus and mammals |
3. | Eye of Octopus and mammals | Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates |
4. | Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita | Wings of butterflies and birds |
Some of the marsupials of Australia resemble equivalent placental mammals that live in similar habitats on other continents. This is an example of:
1. | Convergent evolution | 2. | Divergent evolution |
3. | Saltatory evolution | 4. | Adaptive radiation |
The process by which organisms with different evolutionary histories evolve similar phenotypic adaptations in response to a common environmental challenge is called:
1. | Natural selection | 2. | Convergent evolution |
3. | Non-random evolution | 4. | Adaptive radiation |
The most accepted line of descent in human evolution is:
1. | Australopithecus → Ramapithecus → Homo sapiens → Homo habilis |
2. | Homo erectus → Homo habilis → Homo sapiens |
3. | Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus → Homo sapiens |
4. | Australopithecus → Ramapithecus → Homo erectus → Homo habilis → Homo sapiens. |