Group B

1) Combination of principles of population genetics &

Darwinian evolutionary theory is called
a) Population genetics b) Modern synthesis c) Genetic
variation d) Genetic drift
2) Which one of the following is not a necessary
condition of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
a) Large population b) Migration of individuals c) No
mutations d) Random mating
3) Which statement best describes the Hardy-Weinberg
principle?
a) Recessive alleles eventually disappear in large
populations.
b) Dominant alleles become more prevalent in large
populations.
c) Expected frequencies of alleles are impossible to
predict mathematically.
d) When there is a large population, the mechanism of
inheritance does not change allele frequencies.
4) All of the following are important aspects of
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium EXCEPT __________.
a) Population size b) Temperature c) mating
patterns d) mutations
5) Which of the following conditions are required
for a population to be in Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium?
a) No gene flow between populations b) Random
mating c) No mutations d) All of these
6) Which of the following populations cannot
be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
a) small population b) population with no
gene flow c) randomly mating population d)
population with no selection
7) Evolution occurs when:
a) Hardy-Weinberg Theorem applies
b) Hardy-Weinberg Theorem doesn’t applies
c) Both d) none
8) Change in gene frequency of population due to
chance events is called
a) Population genetics b) Modern synthesis c) Genetic
variation d) Genetic drift
9) Some traits of a population survives from genetic
drift survives due to:
a) Increased fitness b) Presence in gametes c) Both
10) Gene frequencies are changing independently due
to:
a) Natural selection b) Neutral selection c) Artificial
selection d) All
11) Genetic drift is a mechanism of:
a) Replication b) Transcription c) Translation
d)Evolution
12) The effect of genetic drift when there are a few
copies of alleles is
a) Longer b) Smaller c) moderate d) zero
13) Genetic drift may cause gene variants to
disappear completely reducing
a) Gene expression b) genetic variation c) gene
mutation d) gene linkage
14) Genetic drift is caused by
a) Mutation b) gene flow c) neck bottle effect d) small
population size
15) Evolutionary divergence that result when a non
representative sub population forms the basis for a new
isolated population is called
b) Neck bottle effect b) founder effect c) genetic effect d)
none
16) Genetic drift resulting from a drastic reduction in
population size is called
a) Neck bottle effect b) founder effect c) genetic effect d)
none
17) Changes in gene frequency from migration of
individuals are
a) Gene mutation b) gene flow c) random mating d)
none
18) Changes in structure of genes & chromosomes is
due to
a)Gene mutation b) gene flow c)random mating
d)none
19) Measure of tendency of gene frequency is
a) Mutation equilibrium b) mutation pressure c)
evolution d) none
20) Selection in which individuals of one extreme place
are At disadvantages as compared to others is called
a) Directional selection b) Disruptive selection c)
Stabilizing selection d) Adaptive selection
21) White snails & brown snails are examples of
a) Directional selection b) Disruptive selection c)
Stabilizing selection d) Adaptive selection
22) The selection which favours the intermediate
against extremes is called
a) Directional selection b) Disruptive selection c)
Stabilizing selection d) Adaptive selection
23) Gene frequencies changes due to
a) Environmental shift b) directional selection c) disruptive
selection d) All
24) Occurrence of two or more distinct forms in population
exist without a range of phenotypes between them is called
b) Polymorphism b) Balanced polymorphism c)
heterozygote superiority d) none
25) The condition in which heterozygote is more fit than
homozygote is
a) Polymorphism b) Balanced polymorphism c) heterozygote
superiority d) none
26 ) A _____ is a group of populations in which
actually ,or potentially exchanged through
interbreeding :
a)population b) species c) habitat d) ecosystem

27) A species is group of interbreeding and

producing fertile offspring in ___ prospective:
a) ecological b) breeding c) genetic d) none of
these
28) The formation of new species is called :
a) genetic drift b) speciation c) gene pool d)
population
29) _______is the prevention of subpopulations from
interbreeding :
b) reproductive isolation b) speciation c) gene flow d)
a,b both
30) ______ prevents successful fertilization and
development:
a) premating isolation b) postmating isolation c) sub
isolation
31) Mismatched chromosomes cannot synapse properly
during :
a) mitosis b) meiosis c) cell division d) none of these
32) There are ____ main types of speciation :
b) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d ) 6
33 ) _______ occurs when subpopulations becomes
geographically isolated from one another:
a) sympatric speciation b) parapatric speciation c)
allopatric speciation d) a,d both
34) The emergence of many species from one common
ancestor is known as :
a) gene flow b) gene pool c) adaptive radiation d) none
of these
35) _______ speciation occurs in a small, local
population called demes :
b) allopatric b) parapatric c) sympatric d) a,b both
36) _______ is the tendency for natural selection to
occur and upset Hardy Weinberg theorem :
a) gene pool b) selection pressure c) genetic drift d)
none of these
37) ______ speciation is due to changes that
produce a reproductive barrier between changed
population and parent population:
a)allopatric b) sympatric c) parapatric d) none
38) Ecological and genetic barrier play important
rule in :
b)allopatric speciation b) parapatric c) sympatric
39) There are ____ models of evolution based on
rate of evolution :
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
40) Evolutionary changes occurring over millions of
years is called:
a) punctuated equilibrium b) phyletic gradualism c)
genetic drift d) speciation
41) Longs periods of stasis interrupted by brief periods
of change Is called:
b) phyletic gradualism b) allopatric speciation c)
punctuated equilibrium
42) Periods in which many species don’t change over
millions of years are called:
a) gradualism b) stasis c) peaks d) a,b both
43) _______ evolution results from changes in the
base sequence in DNA and amino acids in
proteins:
a) atomic evolution b) molecular evolution c) sub
level evolution d) genetics
44) Number of variant amino acids residues in
horse and cow:
a)2 b) 4 c) 5 d) 3
45) while in case of tuna and mold there are:
a) 34 b) 26 c) 28 d) 47
46) Extra copy that is duplicated accidentally and this
process is known as :
a) gene flow b) gene duplication c) genetics d) none
47 ) A change in a portion of the organism while the
basis form of organism is retained:
a) molecular evolution b) population genetics c)
mosaic evolution d) a,b both
48) Terrestrial colonization started during :
a) ordovician period b) cambrian period c) silurian
period d) permian period
49) The study of movement of crystal plates during
contiental drift is the definition of :
a) historical geology b) Biogeography c) anthropology
d) plate tectonics
50) The Sahara and Arabian desert separate the two
regions :
a) Oriental and Australian b) Ethopian and palaertic c)
Nearctic and Neotropical d) none of these