Evolution practice MCQ

EVOLUTION
1)The diversity  in the type of beaks of finches adapted to different feeding habits on the Galapagos Island ,as observed  by Darwin ,provides evidence for
a)intraspecific competition                 b)interspecific competetion   
c)origin of species by natural selection         d)intraspecific Variations
2)    At a particular locus ,frequency of A allele is 0.6 and that of a is 0.4.What would be the frequency of heterozygotes  in a random mating population at equilibrium .
    a)0.36                b)0.16                c)0.24            d)0.48
3)    The gene pool of the population tends to remain stable if certain conditions  are met .These conditions include ,no mutation ,no  migration and :
    a)random mating         b)natural selection         c)reduction of predators
    d)moderate environmental changes
4)    Darwin’s book “Origin of New Species By Natural Selection” was published in
    a)1809                b)1859                c)1857            d)1869
5)    The concept of ‘genetic drift ‘ was introduced by
    a)Sewall Wright         b)Hardy Weinberg         c)Julian Huxley     d)G.G.Simpson
7)    Autosomal recessive traits are
    a)albinism ,phenylketonuria  and infantile amaurotic idiocy
    b)albinism ,alkaptinuria and heamophilia     c)phenylketonuria ,red green colour blindness and muscular dystrophy             d)Huntington’s chorea ,polydactyly and albinism
8)    The child afficted with Down’s syndrome has
    a)flattened nasal bridge ,open mouth with protruding tongue
    b)small forehead ,bulding eyes and raised nasal bridge .
    c)habitually open mouth with long protruding tongue ,bulging eyes and small forehead
    d)large forehead ,raised nasal bridge and long included tongue
9)    Theory  of a abiogenesis is
    a)Theory of spontaneous creation    b)Theory of special creation
    c)Cosmozoic theory             d)Theory of panspermia
10)    Sealed  flask experiments to disprove abiogenesis were conducted by
    a)Pasteur         b)Spallanzani         c0Miller and Urey         d)Anaximander
11)    Primordial  soup is the name of
    a)Rainy season ponds             b)Hot solute  rich early sea    
c)Hot molten surface of early  earth     d)Lava rich part of early earth
12)    Earliest  hot atmosphere of earth contained
    a)Molecules of hydrogen ,Carbon and Nitrogen
    b)Atoms of  Hydrogen ,Carbon ,Oxygen and Nitrogen
    c)Atoms of Hytrogen ,Sulphur and Carbon
    d)Molecules of Hydrogen ,Methane  and mmonia
13)    Coecervates are
    a)Irreversible  colloidal complexes         b)Primitive cells
    c)Reversible collodial complexes         d)Covered by lipoprotein
14)    Who said “abiogenesis first but biogenesis ever since “?
    a)Haldane         b)Pasteur         c)Fox         d)Oparin
15)    Microspheres were developed artificially by
    a)oparin         b)Fox             c)Bahadur     d)Deamer
16)    The age of big big bang is roughly
    a)104 millions years     b)106millions years     c)109 millions years     d)104years
17)    The scientist associated with formulation of modern theory of origin of life and having written
    ‘Origin  of Life ‘was
    a)Oparin         b)Huxley         c)Lamarck         d)Darwin
18)    Life cannot originate from inorganic  materials now because of
    a)Low atmospheric temperature     b)High degree of pollution    
c)High atmospheric oxygen         d)Absence of raw materials
19)    Most advanced theory of origin of life is that of
    a)Catastrophic         b)Haldane and Oparin         c)Cosmozoic     d)Spontaneous
20)    A living connecting link which provides evidences for  organic evolution
a)Archeopteryx between reptiles and mammals         b)Lung fish  between pisces and reptiles         c)Duck bill platypus  between reptiles and  mammals
    d)sphenodon between reptiles and birds
21)    Which is the vestigial organ in man
    a)Vermiform appendix         b)Cervical vertebra         c)Altas         d)None
22)    Being all mammals ,whale ,dolphin ,bat ,monkey  and horse have some important  common characters ,but they also show conspicuous  difference .This is due to the phenomenon of
    a)Normalisation     b)geneticdrift         c)convergence        d)Divergence
23)    Homologous organs have
    a)same origin but different function     b)Different origin  but same function
    c)Same origin and same functions     d)different origin and different function
24)    Sudden appearance of an ancestral character is called
    a) evolution     b)Mutation     c)Atavism     d)Heredity
25)    Which of the following is called living fossil ?
    a)sphenodon    b)Limulus     c)peripatus    d)All  the  above
26)    “Age of Reptiles” is
    a)Paleozoic     b)Mesozoic     c)Coenozoic     d)Proterozoic
27)    Flippers  of panguin and Dolphin are considered analogous  though they are modified forelimbs because
    a)Absebce of certain bones         b)Development from different lineage
    c)Structural differences            d)Functional differences
28)    Geological time scale was first developed by
    a)Leonardo da Vinci         b)Georges Cuvier     c)Giovanni Avaduina
    d)Boltwood
29)    The term Darwin’s finches was given to Galapagos  finches by
    a)Huxley     b)Spencer     c)Wallace     d)Lack
30)    Haekel’s biogenetic law or recapitulation thoery states that
    a)Life history of an animal reflects evolutionary resembles parents
    b)Progeny resembles parents        
    c)Mutilations are acquired characters
    d)All organisms begin their life from zygote
31)    Fossilisation  is
    a)Organisms destroyed by scavengers         b)Organism eaten by predators
    c)Animals buried by natural process         d)Organisms destroyed  by calamities
32)    Analogus organs are
    a)Wings of bird and Butterfly         b)Wings of bird and Bat
    c)Limbs of horse and Human         d)Teeth of Human and Gorilla
33)    Age of mammals and Birds is
    a)Mesozoic         b)Coenozoic         c)Archaeozoic         d)Palaeozoic
34)    Fossil X is older than fossil Y because
    a)Fossil XZ was found in deeper sedimentation
    b)Fossil Y was found in deeper sedimentation
    c)Fossil Y  has homologous and analogous organs of X
    d)Fossil Y has some vestigial organs functional X
35)    In which era had life not originated
    A) Palaeozoic        B)Archaeozoic        C)Azoic        D)Mesozoic

36)    darwin’s  finches provide evidence of evolution from
    A)Anatomy        B)morphology         C)Biogeography        D)Al the above
37)    The statement “nothing in biology makes sencexept in the light of evolution” was given by
    A)Dobzhansky        B)Darwin        C)Oparin        D)Hooker 
38)    the sequence in evolution of horse was
    A)Equus,     Eohippus,    Mesohippus,    Merychippus
    B)Eohippus,    Mesohippus,    Merchippus,    Equus
    C)Mesohippus,    Eohippus,    Merychippus,    Equus
    D)Merchippus,    Eohippus,    Equus,        Mesohippus
    E)Mrychippus,    Mesohippus,    Eochippus    Equss
39)    Half life of 14C is
    A)50 years        B)500 years         C)5000 years        D)5x104 years    
40)    Ancestral amphibians were tetrapods that evolved during
A) Carboniferous Period             B) Cretaceous       
C) Jurassic Period                           D) Devonian period   
41)    The use and disuse principle of evolution or theory of “inheritance of acquired characters “was
    Proposed by
    A) Hugo De Vries     B) Lamarck        C) Weismann        D) Darwin
42)    Which of the following concepts is attributed to charles Darwin?
    A) Use and disuse of organs is of great importance in evolution
    b) Every cell must come from a preexisting cell
    C)In the struggle for existence the fittest would survive
    D) The gametes will carry only one of a pair contrasting characters  
43)    According to De Vries’ theory, evolution is
    A) Discontinuous     B) Jerky        C) Continuous and smooth    D) Both A and B
44)    Allopatric speciation occurs in
    A) a segment of some population         B)Geographically isolated population
    c)Coming together of two isolated populations   
d)Break doen of reproductive isolation between two species
45)    Some organism escape detection  from enemies by resembling other organisms .The phenomenon is
    a)Homoogy         b)Mimicry     c)Artificial Seelction         d)Natural selection
46)    ‘Philosophic Zooligique ‘ was written by
    a)De Vries         b)Lamarck     c)Mendel             d)Spencer
47)    Genetic drift is change of
    a)Gene frequency in same generation             b)Appearance of recessive genes
    c)Gene frequency from one generation to next         d)None  of the above
48)    Sum total of genes in a population is
    a)Genotype         b)Karyotype        c)Genetic constitution         d)Gene pool
49)    Which one  provides correct sequence of events in origin of new species according to Darwinism ?
    1)Natural selection    
2)Variations and their inheritance    
3)Survival of the fittest
    4)Struggle for existence
    a)1,2,3,4    b)2,3,1,4    c)3,4,1,2    d)4,2,3,1

50)    Match the following columns and find correct combination

        Column1        Column 11      
a    Darwin     p    Mutation Theory       
b    De Vries     q    Protobiosis      
C    Pasteur     r    Origin of species       
d    Fox     S    Special creation      
        t    Swan ,Necked Flask Experiment    
    a)a=r,b=p,c=t,d=q
    b)a=p,b=q,c=r,d=s
    c)a=t,b=r,c=q,d=p
    d)a=r,b=t,c=p,d=q
51)    Genetic drift operates in
    a)Small population     b)Large population     c)Island population     d)Mendelian population
52)    Theory of pangenesis was given by
    a)Darwin     b)Lamarck     c)Hugo de Vries     d)Oparin
53)    “Human population grows in geometric ratio while food materials increase in arithmetic proportion .”It is a statement from
    a)Darwin     b)Bateson     c)Amritya Sen         d)Malthus     e)Swaminathan
54)    In which condition gene ratio remains constant in a species
    a)Gene flow     b)Mutation     c)Random mating     d)Sexual selection
55)    Genetic  recombination occurs due to
    a)Mitosis and Neiosis     b)Fertiisation and mitosis     c)Fertilisation and meiosis
    d)None of the above
56)    Dark coloured peppered Moth is able to survive in industrial areas as compared to light coloured form because of
    a)High fecundity     b)Mimicry     c)Natural selection in smoky environment
    d)Lethal mutation
57)    Hmo eretus is the Zoological name of
    a)Java ape man         b)Peking man     c)Neanerthal man     d)Both a and B
58)    Fire was first used  for protection and cooking by
    a)Java man     b)Neanderthal man     c)Peking man         d)Cro-magnon man
59)    Which one of the fossil man stood first or first fossil man was
    a)Australopithecus     b)Homo erectus    c)Sinanthropus         d)Both B and C
60)    Human  ancestors first to build huts and wear animal hides were
    a)Peking Man     b)Java Man     c)Cro-Magnon Man     d)Neanderthal Man
61)    Which of the following fossil men was expert in making tools ,weapons and painting?
    a)Java ape man         b)peking man         c)Neanderthal man     d)Cro-Magnon Man
62)    The recent ancestors of modern man were
    a) Java ape man and peking man     b)Peking man and Rhodesian man
    c) Rhodesian man and Cro-Magnon man     d) Cro-Magnon Man and Neanderthal Man
63)    Dryopithecus had an ape like characters
    a)Kunckle Walker     b)U-shaped dental arch         c)Slightly projecting  snout
    d)All the above