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. |
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. |
Given below are four statements (A-D) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in two statements
Statements:
(A) | Wings of butterflies and birds look alike and are the results of , evolution |
(B) | Miller showed that CH4, H2, NH3, and , when exposed to electric discharge in a flask resulted in the formation of . |
(C) | Vermiform appendix is a organ and an evidence pf evolution. |
(D) | According to Darwin evolution took place due to and of the fittest. |
Options:
1. | (A) - (i) convergent, (B) - (ii) oxygen, (ii) nucleosides |
2. | (B) - (i) water vapour, (ii) amino acids, (C) - (i) rudimentary (ii) anatomical |
3. | (C) - (i) vestigial, (ii) anatomical, (D) - (i) mutations, (ii) multiplication |
4. | (D) - (i) small variations, (ii) survival, (A) - (i) convergent |