A connecting link between Annelids and Arthropods is
Peripatus
Palaemon
Limulus
Heteronereis
Correct Answer :
A. Peripatus
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none of these
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Peripatus
Palaemon
Limulus
Heteronereis
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laboratory preserved animal
dead animal of the past
organic relic of the past
stuffed animal
The concept of use and disuse of organs was given by
Darwin
Wallace
Mendel
Lamarck
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animals are destroyed by environment
animals are destroyed by scavangers
animals are burried by natural " processes
organisms are burried and preserved by natural processes
The epoch of human civilisation is
Pliocene
Holocene
Pleistocene
Palaeocene
Which is not a vestigeal organ
Wisdom teeth
Fossa ovalis
Muscles of ear pinna
Ileum
Survival due to geographic isolation is best exemplified by mammalian fauna of
Oriental region
Ethiopian region
Australian region
Palaearctic region
An animal is more likely to be preserved as a fossil if it contains large quantities of
cartilage and bone
proteins
inorganic materials
keratin materials
The first mammal arose
after the extinction of dinosaurs
before the origin of dinosaurs
along with dinosaurs
from the dinosaurs
The idea of spontaneous generation is essentially correct in regard to
origin of life
evolution
mutations
embryology
The recent ancestors of modem man were
Java Ape and Peking man
Peking man and Rhodesian man
Cromagnon man and Rhodesian man
Cromagnon man and Neanderthal man
Peking man is known as
Homo sapiens
Pithecanthropus
Sinanthropus
None of these
The book "Voyage of the Beagle" is concerned with which one of the following ?
Lamarckism
Theory of natural selection
Bird flight mechanisms
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We use the term hybrid breakdown when the
offspring of hybrids are inviable or sterile
a hybrid zygote is formed but it fails to develop
hybrid adults fail to produce functional gametes
sperms and ova of different species of animals are unable to fuse
Species were regarded as unchangeable by
Lamarck
Morgan
Charles Darwin
Many biologists of 19th century
The resemblance between the south American llama and the African camel indicates a common ancestry. This is
homological evidence for evolution
palaentological evidence for evolution
biogeographic evidence for evolution
none of these
The idea of "Survival of fittest" was given by
Darwin
Herbert Spencer
Mai thus
Lovell
Which of the following gases were absent in free form when life originated on earth?
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Methane
Ammonia
Along with reduction in the number of toes in the modern horse, the other most significant evolutionary change is
increase in the size of eyes
increase in the size of brain
straightening of back
change in dentition from browsing to grazing
The study of Galapagos Finches shows
adaptive radiation
adaptive convergence
use and disuse of organs
none of these
Connecting link between nonchordata and chordata is
Peripatus
Archaeopteryx
Tachyglossus
Balanoglossus
Which animals dominated in Paleozoic era ?
Fishes
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Doubis in 1891 found the fossil of Java ape man. It is
Sinanthropus pekinensis
Homoerectus
Homo rhodesiensis
Homo spisaens
Geological evidence of most primitive mammals is found in
Centred Africa
China
India
Australia
Fossil Archaeopteryx was discovered and preserved as
a petrified specimen
a mineralised specimen
a mould
embedded in amber
Pangenesis theory was given by
Charles Darwin
Lamarck
Wsismann
Becker
Fire was first used for protection and cooking by
Java man
Neanderthal man
Peking man
Cromagnon man
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Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozic
Proterzoic