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An animal is more likely to be preserved as a fossil if it contains large quantities of

A. cartilage and bone

B. proteins

C. inorganic materials

D. keratin materials

Correct Answer :

A. cartilage and bone


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A kind of mimicry which presumably works as a double insurance is

A. batesian mimicry

B. mullerian mimicry

C. warning colouration

D. concealing colouration

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The first fossil man was

A. Australopithecus

B. Homo erectus

C. Sinanthropus

D. Ginganlo pithecus

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The idea of spontaneous generation is essentially correct in regard to

A. origin of life

B. evolution

C. mutations

D. embryology

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The idea of "Survival of fittest" was given by

A. Darwin

B. Herbert Spencer

C. Mai thus

D. Lovell

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Survival due to geographic isolation is best exemplified by mammalian fauna of

A. Oriental region

B. Ethiopian region

C. Australian region

D. Palaearctic region

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Fire was first used for protection and cooking by

A. Java man

B. Neanderthal man

C. Peking man

D. Cromagnon man

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Along with reduction in the number of toes in the modern horse, the other most significant evolutionary change is

A. increase in the size of eyes

B. increase in the size of brain

C. straightening of back

D. change in dentition from browsing to grazing

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Fossilisation occurs where

A. animals are destroyed by environment

B. animals are destroyed by scavangers

C. animals are burried by natural " processes

D. organisms are burried and preserved by natural processes

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Which is not a vestigeal organ

A. Wisdom teeth

B. Fossa ovalis

C. Muscles of ear pinna

D. Ileum

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Fossil Archaeopteryx was discovered and preserved as

A. a petrified specimen

B. a mineralised specimen

C. a mould

D. embedded in amber

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An example of analogy is

A. wings of a bird and butterfly

B. wings of pigeon and bat

C. limbs of horse and man

D. paddles of dolphin and fins of a fish

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The earliest ancestor of horse from early Eocene period is

A. miobibbus

B. eohippus

C. merychippus

D. pliohippus

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Connecting link between nonchordata and chordata is

A. Peripatus

B. Archaeopteryx

C. Tachyglossus

D. Balanoglossus

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Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny is the statement relating to

A. morphology

B. physiology

C. taxonomy

D. embryology

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Pangenesis theory was given by

A. Charles Darwin

B. Lamarck

C. Wsismann

D. Becker

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Doubis in 1891 found the fossil of Java ape man. It is

A. Sinanthropus pekinensis

B. Homoerectus

C. Homo rhodesiensis

D. Homo spisaens

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Geological evidence of most primitive mammals is found in

A. Centred Africa

B. China

C. India

D. Australia

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The function affected by point mutation in p-globin in sickle cell anaemia is

A. protein folding

B. transcriptional control

C. nonsense mutation

D. none of these

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Peking man is known as

A. Homo sapiens

B. Pithecanthropus

C. Sinanthropus

D. None of these

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The first mammal arose

A. after the extinction of dinosaurs

B. before the origin of dinosaurs

C. along with dinosaurs

D. from the dinosaurs

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Human beings living in different geographical areas and under different environmental conditions are kept under one species because

A. they show adaptive variations to their environment

B. they share the common karyotype

C. they can freely interbreed and share a common gene pool

D. their features are different yet they are similar essentially

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The fossil formed from harder parts of the body infiltrated by minerals and turned into stony shapes is

A. moulds

B. coprolites

C. petrified

D. cast

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The recent ancestors of modem man were

A. Java Ape and Peking man

B. Peking man and Rhodesian man

C. Cromagnon man and Rhodesian man

D. Cromagnon man and Neanderthal man

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Species were regarded as unchangeable by

A. Lamarck

B. Morgan

C. Charles Darwin

D. Many biologists of 19th century

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The epoch of human civilisation is

A. Pliocene

B. Holocene

C. Pleistocene

D. Palaeocene

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A starfish with six arms, may be a case of

A. variation

B. evolution

C. autotomy

D. mutation

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Which is a vestigeal organ of python

A. Nose

B. Scales

C. Teeth

D. Hindlimbs

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The age of a fossil may be determined most accurately

A. by comparing it to living similar forms

B. by radioactive dating

C. by rate of erosion of the strata

D. from the depth of strata at which it is found

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Which were dominant during Mesozoic era

A. Pisces

B. Birds

C. Ruling mammals

D. Ruling reptiles

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The book "Origin of Species" was written by Charles Darwin in

A. 1859

B. 1885

C. 1883

D. 1897