Evolution
Covers evolutionary theories, human ancestors, geological time periods, fossil evidence, and evolutionary principles including natural selection and adaptation.
Questions
Who among the following human ancestors was characterised as a member of the human lineage by Davidson Black on the basis of a single tooth?
- Cro-Magnon man
- Australopithecus
- Homo habilis
- Peking man
- Java man
Who among the following scientists advocated the theory of intelligent evolution?
According to the theory of intelligent evolution, a theory of common descent is based on the natural selection that is strictly delimited by the principle of utility.
- Charles Darwin
- Ernst Haeckel
- Weismann
- Alfred Wallace
- Georges Lemaitre
The ‘Age of amphibians’ has been attributed to the __________.
In terms of evolution, geological time scale describes the various stages in the history of life on earth.
- Coenozoic era
- Mesozoic era
- Devonian period
- Cambrian period
- Permian period
The evolutionary fact that the warm blooded animals residing in the colder regions possess larger body parts than their counterparts in the warmer regions can be explained by _____________.
In terms of evolution, associations of body size and of body temperature with the fitness have complex relationships for animals.
- Gloger’s rule
- Dollo’s rule
- Bergman’s rule
- Cope’s rule
- Allen’s rule
The ‘Age of trilobites’ has been attributed to which of the following periods?
In terms of evolution, geological time scale describes the various stages in the history of life on earth.
- Carboniferous period
- Ordovician period
- Cambrian period
- Devonian period
- Permian Period
The evolutionary concept that evolution is not reversible and the characteristics once discarded during the track of evolution do not reappear in a given line of organisms was given by which of the following rules?
- Allen's rule
- Cope's rule
- Shannon's rule
- Jordan's rule
- Dollo's rule
Which of the following represents the first three-toed grazer fossil of the horse in terms of evolution of horses?
The evolutionary history of the horse depicts a number of fossil forms till the arrival of the modern horse forms.
- Hyracotherium
- Dinohippus
- Merychippus
- Pliohippus
- Equus
Who among the following scientists provided the first evidence against inheritance of acquired character?
Lamarck proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired characters and the theory of use or disuse of organs.
- Charles Darwin
- Herbert Spencer
- Alfred Wallace y.
- Paul Kammerer
- August Weismann
Which of the following evolutionary rules is depicted by the fossil record of the horses?
The evolutionary history of the horse depicts a number of fossil forms till the arrival of the modern horse forms.
- Allen's rule
- Cope's rule
- Jordan's rule
- Bergman's rule
- Dollo's rule
Who among the following scientists proposed the theory of mutation in order to explain the mechanism of evolution?
In terms of evolution, mutation is considered as the ultimate source of organic evolution.
- Alfred Wallace
- August Weismann
- Charles Darwin
- Hugo de Vries
- Ernst Haeckel
Who among the following scientists propounded the principles of geology?
- Sewall Wright
- Thomas Malthus
- Charles Lyell
- Lynn Margulis
- Herbert Spencer
Who among the following scientists was famous for the explanation of industrial melanism in Biston betularia?
The phenomenon of ‘industrial melanism’ refers to the darkening of arthropod species in response to environmental pollutants.
- Alfred Wegener
- Charles Darwin
- Bernard Kettlewell
- Sewall Wright
- Thomas Malthus
Who among the following scientists proposed the theory of catastrophism?
The theory of catastrophism is one of the theories put forward in terms of origin of life on earth. The theory stresses on the various geological changes on the earth.
- Wallace
- Darwin
- Weismann
- Wegener
- Cuvier
Which of the following periods in the Palaeozoic era is considered the most recent?
In terms of evolution, geological time scale describes the various stages in the history of life on earth. The Paleozoic era, commonly known as cradle of ancient life was the era divided into 6 periods.
- Cambrian
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
Which of the following represents a living genus of lungfish?
In terms of evolution, lung fish represents genus of living air-breathing fishes and is often considered as the connecting link between fishes and amphibians.
- Neocoelia
- Neoceratodus
- Neopilina
- Neomenia
- Peripatus