BHAWNA SAINI PRACTICE QUESTION

1. Identify A,B,C,D in diagrammatic representation of miller’s experiment

a. CH4,NH3,H2O,H2,O2 ELECTRODES SPARK DISCHARGE WATER CONTAINING

INORGANIC COMPOUND
b. CH4,NH3,H2O,H2 ELECTRODES SPARK DISCHARGE WATER CONTAINING
ORGANIC COMPOUND
c. CH4,H2O,BUT NO H2 ELECTRODES SPARK DISCHARGE WATER CONTAINING
ORGANIC COMPOUND
d. CH4,NH3,H2O,H2,O3 ELECTRODES SPARK DISCHARGE WATER CONTAINING
ORGANIC COMPOUND

2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ARE INCORRECT

a. First form of life came from pre existing non living organic molecule ( RNA, protein)
b. Formation of life was succeeded by chemical evolution i.e., formation of diverse organic
molecules from inorganic constituents.
c. Miller observed formation of sugars, nitrogen bases, pigment and fats in his experiment
d. The first non-cellular forms of life could have originated 2 billion years back
A. a,d
B. b,c,d
C. b,d
D. c and d
3. Coacervates are
a. Protobiont with protein polysaccharide mixed with water
b. Inorganic salt aggregate
c. Bilayered lipid with colloidal protein
d. Protobiont with protein,polysaccharide,lipid mixed with water

4. First organism to evolve on earth were

a. Saprotroph
b. photoautotroph
c. chemoheterotroph
d. chemoautotroph

5. cynobacteria appeared how many billion years ago ?

a. 2.1-2.5
b. 3.3-3.5
c. 3.8-4.5
d. 1.5-2.2

6. Formation of which complex molecule was noticed by UREY AND MILLER?

A. H2S03
B. HCN
C. AMINO ACID
D. CARBOHYDRATE

7. What did miller observe on completion of his experiment

a. Amino acid
b. Organic compound
c. Peptides
d. All of the above

8. Ratio of methane, ammonia and hydrogen in miller’s experiment was

a. 3:1:2
b. 1:2:1
c. 2:1:2
d. 5:4:1

9. Which of the following amino acid was not found to be synthesised in miller’s experiment
a. Aspartic acid
b. Glycine
c. Glutamic acid
d. Alanine

10. In miller’s experiment, what was the temperature at which flask was kept ?
a. 800-degree Celsius
b. 1200-degree Celsius
c. 200-degree Celsius
d. 400-degree Celsius
11. Statement 1- coacervate were formed by polymerisation and aggregation
Statement 2-coacervate are self replicating aggregate of protein surrounded by lipid bylayer
a. Both statement are true
b. Both statement are incorrect
c. Statement 1 is true
d. Statement 2 is true

12. CONDITIONS ON ERALY EARTH WERE

a. high temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere, infra red rays
b. high temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere
c. high temperature, volcanic storms, reducing atmosphere , free ATP
d. high temperature, volcanic storm, oxidising atmosphere

13. State true of false

a. Comparative anatomy and morphology shows similarities and differences among
organisms of today and those that existed years ago.
b. Comparative anatomy and morphology shows only similarities among organisms of
today and those that existed years ago.
c. whales, bats, Cheetah and human (all mammals) share similarities in the pattern of
bones of forelimbs
d. hands of man and wings of bat are homologous organ
A. F,F,T,T
B. T,T,T,T
C. T,F,T,T
D. T,F,F,T

14. Appearance of fossil in different layers indicates

a. Physiological period in which they existed
b. Geological period in which they existed
c. Conditions in which they were living
d. All of the above

15. Which of the following provide most evident proof of evolution

a. fossil
b. morphology
c. embryo
d. vestigial organ

16. fossilisation will occur if flora and fauna are burried by

a. natural process
b. industrial process
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
17. most fossil are found in which rock ?
a. sedimentary rock
b. metamorphic rock
c. igneous rock
d. none of the above

18. which of the following is not living fossil

a. sphenodon
b. archaeopteryx
c. peripatus
d. king crab

19. Which one of the following is herbivore with long neck

A. Triceratops
B. Branchiosaurus
C. Stegosaurus
D. Tyrannosaurus

20. Organ that are anatomically different but perform similar function is
a. Analogous
b. Homologous
c. Vestigial
d. Living fossil

21. What do homologous organ indicate ?

a. Different ancestory
b. Same habitat
c. Dependent development
d. Common ancestory
22. An important evidence in favour of evolution is
a. Homologous and analogous
b. Homologous and vestigial
c. Analogous and vestigial
d. Homologous organ only

23. Which of the following is true for given structure in diagram -

a. Shows analogous structure

b. Shows convergent evolution
c. Shows analogous structure which is result of divergent evolution
d. Shows divergent evolution

24. Of the following anatomical structures, which one is homologous to the bones in wing of
bird?
a. Cartilage in dorsal fin of shark
b. Bones in hind limb of kangroo
c. Bones in flipper of a whale
d. Bony rays in the tail fin of flying fish

25. What must be true of any organ that is described as vestigial ?

a. It must be analogous to some features in an ancestor
b. It must be homologous to some features in an ancestor
c. It must be both homologous and analogous to some features in an ancestor
d. None of the above
26. DNA sequence in many human genes are similar to sequence of corresponding genes in
chimpanzee. The most likely explanation for this result is that
a. Humans evolved from chimpanzee
b. Chimpanzee evolved from humans
c. Humans and chimpanzee share a relatively common ancestor
d. Convergent evolution led to DNA similarity

27. Birbal sahni institute of palaeobotany is located in

a. Lukhnow
b. Hyderabad
c. Dehradun
d. New delhi

28. Tasmanian wolf is marsupial while wolf is a placental mammal. This shows
a. Convergent evolution
b. Divergent evolution
c. Inheritance of acquired character
d. Parallelism

29. The figure shows

a. Adaptive radiation of marsupial of Australia showing divergent evolution

b. Adaptive radiation of placental mammal of Australia
c. Natural selection
d. Divergent evolution or convergent evolution

30. Placental mammal in Australia has variable forms which appears to be similar to
corresponding marsupial this is a case of –
a. Adaptive radiation and divergent evolution
b. Adaptive radiation and convergent evolution
c. Divergent evolution
d. Anthropogenic evolution
31. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is explained by –
a. Theory of natural selection
b. Recaptulation theory
c. Mutation theory
d. Theory of pangenesis

32. Which of the following support the theory of recapitulation ?

a. Presence of gills in embryo of all vertebrate
b. Presence of gill slits in the embryo of all vertebrate
c. Presence of compound eyes in the embryos of all invertebrate
d. All of the above

33. Occurance of ancestral trait in embryo is called

a. Homologous
b. Vestifial
c. Palaeogenesis
d. Analogous

34. Which stage of development provide concrete embryological evidence ?

a. Late embryo
b. Completely developed embryo
c. Early embryo
d. Intermediate embryo

35. Tasmanian wolf, an aurstralian marsupial is similar in appearance to a placental wolf.this is

due to the fact that –
a. Marsupial and placental wolf are very closely related
b. These showed divergent evolution
c. They underwent similar selection pressure
d. They share homologous organ

36. Embryological support for evolution was proposed by

a. Ernst haeckle
b. Karl Ernst von baer
c. Charles Darwin
d. Alfred russel

37. Two geographical realm separated by high mountains are

a. Oriental and Australian
b. Palaearctic and oriental
c. Nearctic and palaearctic
d. Neotropical and ethopian

38. Biogenetic law was disproved by

a. Karl Ernst
b. Karl Ernst von baer
c. Karl baer
d. Karl Thomas
39. Which of the following statement is incorrect

a. Karl Ernst von Baer noted that embryos never pass through the adult stages of other
animals
b. Sweet potato (stem modification) and potato (root modification) are analogous organ
c. This process of evolution of different species in a given geographical area starting from a
point and literally radiating to other areas of geography (habitats) is called adaptive
radiation.
d. Darwin finches represent adaptive radiation ,homology and divergent evolution

40. Mark the incorrect statement

a. all finches on Galapagos island descended from different ancestor
b. they show variation in their beak as they got adapted to different feeding habitat
c. From the original seed-eating features, many other forms with altered beaks arose,
enabling them to become insectivorous and vegetarian finches
d. Large black birds later called Darwin’s Finches
A. Only a
B. A and d
C. Only d
D. A and b

41. Darwin finches refer to

a. Fossil of birds collected by Darwin at Galapagos island
b. Type of bird present on Galapagos island
c. Migratory birds collected by Darwin at Galapagos island
d. Fossil of reptiles collected by Darwin at Galapagos island

42. Darwin finches provide an excellent evidence in favour of evolution.evidence come from
field of
a. Embryology
b. Palaeontology
c. Biogeography
d. Anatomy

43. In the event of industrial melanism, natural indicator of industrial pollution was
a. Algae
b. Fungi
c. Lichen
d. Bacteria

44. Industrial melanism as observed in peppered moth proves that

a. The melanic form of the moth has no selective advantage over lighter form in industrial
area.
b. Lighter form of moth has no selective advantage either in polluted industrial area or non
polluted area
c. Melanism is pollution generated feature
d. True black melanic forms arise by recurring random mutation
45. Mark the incorrect statement regarding natural selection
a. excess use of herbicides, pesticides, etc., has only resulted in selection of resistant
varieties in a much larger time scale
b. evolution occur by anthropogenic action
c. evolution is not a directed process in the sense of determinism. It is a stochastic process
based on chance events in nature and chance mutation in the organisms.
d. in a mixed population, those that can better-adapt, survive and increase in population
size
e. Melanised moth variant is completely wiped out
f. explanation put forth for industrial melanism was that ‘predators will spot a moth
against a contrasting background
A. f and e
B. a and e
C. e and f
D. b and e
EVOLUTION – ANSWER KEY

1-b 28-a

2-b 29-a

3-a 30-b

4-c 31-b

5-b 32-b

6-c 33-c

7-d 34-c

8-c 35-c

9-c 36-a

10-a 37-b

11-c 38-b

12-b 39-b

13-c 40-b

14-b 41-b

15-a 42-c

16-a 43-c

17-a 44-d

18-b 45-b

19-b

20-a

21-d

22-b

23-d

24-c

25-b

26-c

27-a