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Oldest fossils of land animals consist of

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  1. Amphibians

  2. Centipedes

  3. Primitive spider

  4. Both B and C.

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Correct Option: D

Amber is

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  1. Fossilised peat

  2. Brown lignite

  3. Brown fossilised resin

  4. Brown coal.

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Correct Option: C

Carbon dating was invented by

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  1. Kamen et al

  2. Libby

  3. Ruben and Kamen

  4. Calvin.

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Correct Option: B

Fossils of oldest land animals date back to

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  1. 300 million years

  2. 350 million years

  3. 395 million years

  4. 440 million years.

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Correct Option: D

Study of rocks, their mineral composition and origin is

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  1. Tectonics

  2. Seismology

  3. Mineralogy

  4. Petrology.

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Correct Option: D

Determining the age of geological structures like fossils and rocks is called

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  1. Archaeology

  2. Speleology

  3. Dating

  4. Stratigraphy.

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Correct Option: C

Assertion : Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil.

Reason : Organism which have persisted and remain unchanged for the past

 several million years while their relative disappeared.

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  1. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

  2. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

  3. If the assertion is true but the reason is false

  4. If both the assertion and reason are false

  5. If the assertion is false but reason is true

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil because its ancestors are unchanged for the  last many hundred years, while its relatives disappeared.

Which of the following is the relatively most accurate method for dating of fossils -

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  1. Electron-spin resonance method

  2. Uranium-lead method

  3. Potassiumargon method

  4. Radio-carbon method

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

From the given methods, the relatively most accurate method for dating of fossils is electron-spin resonance method. This method is based on the principle of measuring the number of charges occupied by the deep traps crystal band gap.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Electron-spin resonance method.'

The age of rock is calculated on the basis of _____________.

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  1. Types of fossils present

  2. Number of strata present

  3. Amount of uranium present

  4. Amount of lead present

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Correct Option: A

Fossil $X$ can be considered to have evolved earth than fossil $Y$ if _________________.

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  1. $Y$ has vestigial structures that are homologous to functional structures in fossil $X$

  2. $Y$ is structurally more complex than fossil $X$

  3. $Y$ is in better state of preservation than $X$

  4. $X$ is found in lower stratum of undisturbed sedimentary rock than $Y$

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Correct Option: A