Poll-19 Zoology

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Poll
ZOOLOGY (Z-19)
Syllabus: Evolution (upto biological evolution) – I [126 to 135]

Choose the correct answer: b. Alfred Wallace (ii) Naturalist who

1. A and B are the two key concepts of Darwinian worked in
theory of evolution. Identify A and B and choose Malay
the correct option. Archipelago

A B c. Thomas (iii) Disapproved

Malthus Ernst
(1) Branching descent ; Natural selection Haeckel’s
embryological
(2) Mutation ; Branching support for
descent evolution
(3) Adaptive radiation ; Natural selection d. Oparin and (iv) His work
Haldane influenced
(4) Gene flow ; Genetic drift Darwin
2. Read the statements A and B carefully and select
the correct option. (1) a(ii), b(i), c(iii), d(iv) (2) a(iii), b(ii), c(iv), d(i)
Statement-A: When more than one adaptive (3) a(i), b(iii), c(ii), d(iv) (4) a(ii), b(iv), c(i), d(iii)
radiation appeared to have occurred in an isolated
geographical area, one can call this as convergent 4. Choose the statement which is a connotation of
evolution. the theory of special creation.
Statement-B: Lemur and spotted cuscus show (1) The earth is 4.5 billion years old
convergent evolution.
(2) Living organisms came from other planets
(1) Both the statements are correct
(3) Since creation, the diversity has been the
(2) Both the statements are incorrect
same in the past and will stay so in the future
(3) Only statement A is correct
(4) There has been gradual evolution of life forms
(4) Only statement B is correct
5. Which of the following branches of science made
3. Match column-I with column-II and select the
it possible for us to understand the presence of
correct option.
dinosaurs on earth millions of years before Homo
Sapiens evolved?

Culumn-I Column-II (1) Embryology

(2) Palaeontology
a. Karl Ernst von (i) Formation of
Baer life preceded (3) Comparative anatomy
by chemical
evolution (4) Miller’s experiment

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6. Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita (2) Forelimbs of whale
are an example of
(3) Forelimbs of bat
(1) Analogous organs
(4) Legs of human
(2) Homologous organs
12. Life appeared how many years after the formation
(3) Vestigial organs of earth?
(4) Functionally similar structures (1) 100 million (2) 300 million
7. Louis Pasteur (3) 0.5 billion (4) 1 billion
(1) Supported spontaneous generation theory 13. Read the statements A and B carefully and select
(2) Proved that living organisms have come from the correct option.
non-living things Statement-A: The expansion of the universe
brought the temperature down.
(3) Demonstrated that life comes only from pre-
existing life Statement-B: The first non-cellular forms of life
could have originated 3000 million years back.
(4) Showed that new living organisms did not
arise from the flask open to air (1) Both the statements are correct
8. Stellar distances are ideally measured in _____ as (2) Both the statements are incorrect
they are ______ distances. (3) Only statement A is correct
Choose the option which fills the blanks (4) Only statement B is correct
respectively. 14. Adaptive ability is ____ and has a _____ basis.
(1) Kilometers; Short Select the option which fills the blanks
(2) Light years; Long respectively.
(3) Meters; Nearby (1) Sudden; Chemical
(4) Light years; Very small (2) Inherited; Genetic
9. ‘Analysis of meteorite content revealed similar (3) Directional; Morphological
compounds indicating that similar processes are (4) Inherited; Structural
occurring elsewhere in space’.
15. How many animals given in the box below are
The phrase ‘similar processes’ is referring to which extinct?
of the following options?
(1) Big bang (2) Chemical evolution Brachiosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus,
Archaeopteryx, Crocodile
(3) Special creation (4) Random mating
10. Assertion (A): The change in pollution levels in (1) One only (2) Two only
England from pre-industrialisation to post- (3) Five (4) Four only
industrialisation affected the population of
peppered moths. 16. Giraffes, in an attempt to forage leaves on tall
Reason (R): Lichen grows in unpolluted trees had to adapt by elongation of their necks.
conditions which affects the predation of moths by The above given example was given by
birds.
(1) Lamarck, a Russian naturalist
In the light of above statements, select the correct
(2) Malthus, an English Zoologist
option.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the (3) Lamarck, a French naturalist
correct explanation of (A). (4) Miller, an American scientist
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct 17. The different varieties of finches found in
explanation of (A). Galapagos island have possibly descended from
(3) (A) is true statement but (R) is false. an original
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false statements. (1) Insectivorous ancestor
11. Similar anatomical structure with humerus, radius, (2) Frugivorous descendent
ulna, carpals, metacarpals and phalanges is seen
in all of the following, except (3) Seed-eating ancestor
(1) Forelimbs of cheetah (4) Vegetarian descendent

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18. Given below is a list of mammals. (1) Evolution is a random process
(i) Kangaroo (ii) Wombat (2) Evolution is a directional process
(iii) Tiger cat (iv) Bobcat (3) Evoluted is a directed process in the sense of
determinism
(v) Numbat (vi) Mole
(4) Evolution is not based on chance events
Choose the set from the following options which
only includes placental mammals from above. 20. All of the following are examples of evolution by
(1) (i), (ii), (iv) and (vi) anthropogenic action, except
(1) Antibiotic resistant microbes
(2) (ii), (iii) and (vi)
(3) (i), (iii) and (iv) (2) Herbicide resistant plants
(3) Drug resistant eukaryotes
(4) (iv) and (vi)
19. When we say that evolution is a stochastic (4) Vegetarian Darwin’s finches
process, what are we trying to say?

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