Evolution Objective Type Questions with Answers

1 The utilization of elements and compounds in nature generation theory because

A life cycles

B cyclic pathway

C material cycles

D recycling

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Answer:material cycles

2 What is ethnobotany ?

A Relationship between primitive plants and people

B Study to soil

C Cultivation of flower yielding plants

D Use of plants and their parts

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Answer: Relationship between primitive plants and people

3 The first photoautotroph organisms were

A bryophytes

B algae

C cyanobacteria

D bacteria

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Answer:bacteria

4 Who performed this famous experiment to prove origin of life ?

A Oparin and Haldane

B Spallanzani and Pasteur

C Urey and Miller

D Fox and Pasteur

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Answer:Urey and Miller

5 How much temperature was used for the gases to react ?

A 10o C

B 130o C

C 1000o C

D 50oC

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Answer: 130o C

6 What was the resultant found in place marked E ?

A Glucose, fatty acids and lipids

B Some fatty acids and organic acids

C Some amino acids as glycine and alanine

D Organic esters only

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Answer:Some amino acids as glycine and alanine

7 A. The first molecules formed for replicating cells were most probably RNA.
R. This was proved by origin of ribozyme in 1987 by T. Cech in Tetrahymena.

A If A and R both are true and R is correct explanation of A

B If A and R both are true but R is not correct explanation of A

C If A is true and R is wrong

D If A is wrong and R is true

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Answer: If A and R both are true and R is correct explanation of A

8 A. The first molecules formed for replicating cells were most probably RNA.
R. This was proved by origin of ribozyme in 1987 by T. Cech in Tetrahymena.

A If A and R both are true and R is correct explanation of A

B If A and R both are true but R is not correct explanation of A

C If A is true and R is wrong

D If A is wrong and R is true

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Answer:If A and R both are true and R is correct explanation of A

9 The earliest organisms were

A heterotrophic and anaerobic

B autotrophic and anaerobic

C heterotrophic and aerobic

D autotrophic and aerobic

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Answer:heterotrophic and anaerobic

10 Which one of the following is present today but was absent about 3.5 billion years ago?

A Oxygen

B Nitrogen

C Hydrogen

D Methane

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Answer:Oxygen

11 Coacervates were experimentally produced by .............

A Sydney Fox and Oparin

B Fischer and Huxley

C Jacob and Monod

D Urey and Miller

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Answer:Urey and Miller

12 According to abiogenesis life originate from

A non-living matter

B pre-exiting life

C chemicals

D extra-terrestrial matter

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Answer: non-living matter

13 Mega – evolution is

A Changes in the gene pool

B evolution due to mutations

C origin of a new biological group

D the evolution that takes centuries

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Answer:origin of a new biological group

14 Evolutionary convergence is characterised by

A development of dissimilar characteristics in closely related groups

B development of a common set of characteristics in the groups of different ancestry

C development of characteristics by random mating

D replacement of common characteristics in different groups

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Answer: replacement of common characteristics in different groups

15 Parallelism is

A adaptive divergence

B adaptive convergence

C adaptive convergence of far off species

D adaptive convergence of closely related groups dinosaurs

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Answer: adaptive convergence of closely related groups dinosaurs

16 Serial homology is exhibited by

A Organs of same individual occupying different levels of the body

B Organs of different organisms with same function

C Appendages of various parts of prawn body

D Both (A) and (C)

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Answer:Both (A) and (C)

17 Vermiform appendix in man, nictitating membrane and wisdom teeth are

A homologous organs

B analogous organs

C vestigial organs

D none of the above

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Answer:vestigial organs

18 Which one of the following terms would most correctly describe the relationship between the flight organs of animals like locust, bat, swallow, and flying fish ?

A Atavism

B Analogous

C Homologous

D Vestigeal

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