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Q176 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Fossils of Homo erectus was discovered in :
A.
Java
B.
Bangladesh
C.
Ethiopia
D.
Tanzania
Q177 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Neanderthal man lived near :
A.
East & West Africa
B.
South Africa
C.
North Africa
D.
East & Central Asia
Q178 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Prehistoric cave art developed about :
A.
10000 years ago
B.
15000 years ago
C.
18000 years ago
D.
20000 years ago
Q179 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
The story of evolution of modern man in respect to brain & language appears as :
A.
Convergent evolution
B.
Divergent evolution
C.
Parallel evolution
D.
All of above
Q180 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Branching descent is accounted for :
A.
Homology
B.
Analogy
C.
Vestigial organs
D.
Atavism
Q181 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Highest brain capacity present in :
A.
Australopithecus
B.
Homo habilis
C.
Homo erectus
D.
Neanderthal
Q182 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Agriculture & Human settlement started about :
A.
10000 years back
B.
20000 years back
C.
30000 years back
D.
40000 years back
Q183 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Who proposed the first form of life from pre-existing non-living organic molecules ?
A.
Oparin & Haldane
B.
Stanley Miller & Harold Urey
C.
Lamark & Darwin
D.
Hugo De Vries & Dobzhansky
Q184 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
In the experiment of Stanley Miller the temp. of water vapour was :
A.
$1 2 0 0 ^ { \circ } \mathsf C$
B.
1000ā„ƒ
C.
$80 0 ^ { \circ } \mathsf { C }$
D.
$1 5 0 0 ^ { \circ } \mathsf C$
Q185 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Darwin finches differ with each other on the basis of :
A.
Feather
B.
Beak
C.
Colour of eye
D.
Body colour
Q186 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Evolution is :
A.
Determinism
B.
Chance
C.
Both (1) and (2)
D.
None
Q187 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Darwin's finches represent :
A.
Adaptive radiation
B.
Divergent evolution
C.
Both (1) and (2)
D.
Parallel evolution
Q188 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Hugo de Vries worked on :
A.
Oenothera lamarckiana
B.
Lathyrus odoratus
C.
Pisum sativum
D.
Arachis hypogea
Q189 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Select the incorrect statements :
A.
Natural selection is a heritable variation & by reproduction leave greater number of progemy.
B.
During stabilisation of natural selection more individuals acquire value other than mean character value.
C.
By the time of 500 million years ago invertebrates were formed and were active.
D.
Reptiles lay thick shelled eggs which do not dry up in sun unlike those of Amphibians.
Q190 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS Match the Columns
Match the columns :
with :
Column-IColumn-II
(A)Australopithecus
(B)Homo habilis
(C)Homo erectus
(D)Neanderthal man
(E)Homo sapiens
(I)First human like
(II)Used hides to protect the body
(III)Arose in Africa
(IV)Probably ate meat
(V)Hunted with stone weapons and ate fruits
A.
A-V, B-II, C-IV, D-I, E-III
B.
A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III, E-V
C.
A-V, B-I, C-IV, D-II, E-III
D.
A-V, B-II, C-III, D-I, E-IV
Q191 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Which of the following is used as an atmospheric pollution indicator?
A.
Lepidoptera
B.
Lichens
C.
Lycopersicon
D.
Lycopodium
Q192 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
The theory of spontaneous generation stated that:
A.
Life arose from living forms only.
B.
Life can arise from both living and nonliving.
C.
Life can arise from non-living things only
D.
Life arises spontaneously, neither from living nor from the non-living.
Q193 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are the examples of :
A.
Reverse evolution
B.
Artificial selection
C.
Mutation
D.
Natural selection
Q194 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Palaentological evidences for evolution refers to the :
A.
Development of embryo
B.
Homologous organs
C.
Fossils
D.
Analogous organs.
Q195 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
The bones of forelimbs of whale, bat, cheetah and man are similar in structure, because :
A.
One organism has given rise to another
B.
They share a common ancestor
C.
They perform the same function
D.
They have biochemical similarities
Q196 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Analogous organs arise due to :
A.
Divergent evolution
B.
Artificial selection
C.
Genetic drift
D.
Convergent evolution
Q197 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
(p+q)Ā² = pĀ² + 2pq + qĀ² = 1 represents an equation used in :
A.
Population genetics
B.
Mendelian genetics
C.
Biometrics
D.
Molecular genetics
Q198 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Appearance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an example of:
A.
Adaptive radiation
B.
Transduction
C.
Pre-existing variation in the population
D.
Divergent evolution
Q199 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Evolution of life shows that life forms had a trend of moving from:
A.
Land to water
B.
Dry land to wet land
C.
Fresh water to sea water
D.
Water to land
Q200 Allen NCERT BASED QUESTIONS MCQ
Viviparity is considered to be more evolved because :
A.
The young ones are left on their own.
B.
The young ones are protected by a thick shell.
C.
The young ones are protected inside the mother's body and are looked after they are born leading to more chances of survival.
D.
The embryo takes a long time to develop