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1 The utilization of elements and compounds in nature generation theory because
A life cycles
B cyclic pathway
C material cycles
D recycling

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

Answer: Relationship between primitive plants and people
3 The first photoautotroph organisms were
A bryophytes
B algae
C cyanobacteria
D bacteria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Answer: Analogous
19 Appearance of facial hair in some people is an example of
A mongolism
B analogous organs
C atavism
D all above

Answer:atavism
20 A living connecting link which provides evidence for organic evolution is
A Archeopteryx between reptiles and mammals
B Lung fish between pisces and reptiles
C Duck billed platypus between reptiles and mammals
D Sphenodon between reptiles and birds

Answer: Duck billed platypus between reptiles and mammals

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