MP PMT 1993; Odisha JEE 2008
Q326
Errorless
Darwinism
MCQ
Name of the ship in which Charles Darwin went for his expedition
A.
Siboga
B.
Beagle
C.
Sea gull
D.
Atlantic
AIIMS 1993
Q327
Errorless
Darwinism
MCQ
If mating is random, population is large and mutation does not occur; then gene frequencies of population from generation to generation remain constant. This was put forwarded by
A.
Lederberg
B.
Wallace
C.
Hardy Weinberg
D.
Haeckel
AIIMS 1993
Q328
Errorless
Darwinism
MCQ
"Darwin's finches" refers to
A.
Fossils of birds collected by Darwin at Galapagos islands
B.
A type of birds present on Galapagos islands
C.
Migratory birds collected by Darwin at Galapagos islands
D.
Fossils of reptiles collected by Darwin at Galapagos island
CPMT 1993; MP PMT 1998; DPMT 2001
Q329
Errorless
Evolution of Man
MCQ
The most recent and direct prehistoric ancestor of present man is
A.
Cro-Magnon
B.
Preneanderthal
C.
Neanderthal
D.
None of the above
CPMT 1993
Q330
Errorless
Evolution of Man
MCQ
The lowest capacity of cranium was found in the
A.
Neanderthal man
B.
Australopithecus
C.
Cro-Magnon man
D.
Java man
MP PMT 1993, 99; CPMT 2003; WB JEE 2010
Q331
Errorless
Evolution of Man
MCQ
Biological name of the Java man is
A.
Homo erectus
B.
Homo sapiens
C.
Homo habilis
D.
Pithecanthropus erectus (Homo erectus proctue)
CBSE PMT 1992, 2001, 03; CPMT 2004; NEET 20131
Or
Random unidirectional change in allele frequencies that occur by chance in all population and especially in small populations is known as [NEET (Karnataka) 2013
Q332
Errorless
Evidences of Evolution
MCQ
Variation in gene frequencies within populations can occur by chance rather than by natural selection. This is referred to as
A.
Genetic load
B.
Genetic flow
C.
Genetic drift
D.
Random mating
CBSE PMT 1991
Q333
Errorless
Evidences of Evolution
MCQ
Correct sequence is
A.
Palaeozoic ā Mesozoic ā Coenozoic
B.
Mesozoic ā Archaeozoic ā Proterozoic
C.
Palaeozoic ā Archaeozoic ā Coenozoic
D.
Archaeozoic ā Palaeozoic ā Proterozoic
CBSE PMT 1991
Q334
Errorless
Darwinism
MCQ
Natural Selection Theory of Darwin is objected to, because it
A.
Stresses upon slow and small variations
B.
Stresses upon interspecific competition
C.
Explains that natural calamities take a heavy annular toll of lives
D.
Explains, adaptation of certain inherited characters
CBSE PMT 1991
Q335
Errorless
Self Evaluation Test
MCQ
Homeostasis is
A.
Disturbance in regulatory control
B.
Tendency to resist internal changes
C.
Plant and animal extracts used in homeopathy
D.
A tendency to change with change in environment
CBSE PMT 1990
Q336
Errorless
Evidences of Evolution
MCQ
Basic principles of embryonic development were stated by
A.
Von Baer
B.
Haeckel
C.
Darwin
D.
Weismann
NCERT: CBSE PMT 1990; DPMT 2007
Q337
Errorless
Evidences of Evolution
MCQ
Parallelism is
A.
Adaptive divergence in evolution
B.
Adaptive convergence of widely different species in evolution
CBSE PMT 1990; KCET 2011
Q338
Errorless
Evidences of Evolution
MCQ
Allopatric speciation is due to
A.
Mutation
B.
Geographical separation of populations
C.
Migration of member of a species form one to other populations
D.
Hybridization between closely related species
1953
Q339
Allen
NCERT BASED QUESTIONS
MCQ
In 1953 S. L. Miller created primitive earth conditions in the laboratory and gave experimental evidence for origin of first form of life from preexisting non-living organic molecules. The primitive earth conditions created include :
A.
Low temperature, volcanic storms, atmosphere rich in oxygen
B.
Low temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere
C.
High temperature, volcanic storms, nonreducing atmosphere
D.
High temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere containing CHā, NHā etc.
1953
Q340
Errorless
NCERT(Exemplar Questions)
MCQ
In 1953 S. L. Miller created primitive earth conditions in the laboratory and gave experimental evidence for origin of first form of life from pre-existing non-living organic molecules. The primitive earth conditions created include
A.
Low temperature, volcanic storms, atmosphere rich in oxygen
B.
Low temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere
C.
High temperature, volcanic storms, non-reducing atmosphere
D.
High temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere containing CH4 NH3 etc
Q341
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Primitive atmosphere was made up of the mixture of :
A.
Oxygen, ammonia, methane, water
B.
Hydrogen, ammonia, methane, oxygen
C.
Hydrogen, steam, methane, ammonia
D.
Oxygen, methane, water, nickle
Q342
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Which compounds were formed in the direction of the origin of life ?
A.
Urea, nucleic-acid
B.
Urea, amino-acid
C.
Proteins, nucleic-acid
D.
Protein, amino-acid
Q343
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
What is most important for origin of life ?
A.
Carbon
B.
Oxygen
C.
Water
D.
Nitrogen
Q344
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Pasteur succeeded in disproving the theory of spontaneous generation because :
A.
The laboratory was clean
B.
He pulled out the neck of flask into a tube
C.
He was lucky
D.
Yeast used in flask were dead
Q345
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Now the basis of origin of life is :
A.
Spontaneous generation
B.
God's desire
C.
Sunlight on mud
D.
None of them
Q346
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Oxygen in atmosphere has been formed by:
A.
Evaporation of water
B.
Photosynthesis of blue green algae
C.
Metabolism of microorganisms
D.
Decaying organisms
Q347
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Primitive atmosphere was reducing because :
A.
Hydrogen atoms were few
B.
Hydrogen atoms were active and in greater number
C.
Nitrogen atoms were more
D.
Oxygen atoms were more
Q348
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Who called water of primitive sea as pre biotic soup ?
A.
Haldane
B.
Oparin
C.
Fox
D.
Huxley
Q349
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Oparin's theory is based on :
A.
Artificial synthesis
B.
Spontaneous generation
C.
God's will
D.
All of these
Q350
Allen
ORIGIN OF LIFE
MCQ
Which biologist gave most logical biochemical theory of origin of life ?
A.
Urey
B.
Oparin
C.
Stanley Miller
D.
Haeckel