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CHAPTER 7 EVOLUTION MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 7 EVOLUTION MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
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ORGANISATION IN P
RGANISATION IN PLANTS AND A
LANTS AND ANIMAL
NIMALS 45
CHAPTER 7
EVOLUTION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is used as an atmospheric pollution indicator?
a. Lepidoptera
b. Lichens
c. Lycopersicon
d. Lycopodium
2. The theory of spontaneous generation stated that:
a. life arose from living forms only
b. life can arise from both living and non-living
c. life can arise from non-living things only.
d. life arises spontaneously, neither from living nor from the
non-living.
3. Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are the examples of:
a. reverse evolution
b. artificial selection
c. mutation
d. natural selection
4. Palaentological evidences for evolution refer to the:
a. development of embryo
b. homologous organs
c. fossils
d. analogous organs.
5. 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
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c. they perform the same function
d. the have biochemical similarities
6. Analogous organs arise due to:
a. divergent evolution
b. artificial selection
c. genetic drift
d. convergent evolution
7. (p+q)2 = P2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 represents an equation used in:
a. population genetics
b. mendelian genetics
c. biometrics
d. molecular genetics
8. Appearance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an example of:
a. adaptive radiation
b. transduction
c. pre-existing variation in the population
d. divergent evolution
9. Evolution of life shows that life forms had a trend of moving from:
a. land to water
b. dryland to wet land
c. fresh water to sea water
d. water to land
10. 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
11. Fossils are generally found in:
a. Sedimentary rocks
b. Igneous rocks
c. Metamorphic rocks
d. Any type of rock
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