Evolution PYQ — Page 2

Embryological support for evolution was disapproved by

A Hominid fossil discovered in Java in $1891,$ now extinct, having cranial capacity of about $900\mathrm{cc}$ was:

Variations caused by mutation, as proposed by Hugo de Vries, are:

Match the hominids with their correct brain size: <table class="pyq-table"><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Column - I</th><th></th><th>Column - II</th></tr><tr><td>$(a)$</td><td>Homo habilis</td><td>$(i)$</td><td>900 cc</td></tr><tr><td>$(b)$</td><td>Homo neanderthalensis</td><td>$(ii)$</td><td>1350 cc</td></tr><tr><td>$(c)$</td><td>Homo erectus</td><td>$(iii)$</td><td>650-800 cc</td></tr><tr><td>$(d)$</td><td>Homo sapiens</td><td>$(iv)$</td><td>1400 cc</td></tr></tbody></table> Select the correct option.

In Australia, marsupials and placental mammals have evolved to share many similar characteristics. This type of evolution may be referred to as

In a species, the weight of the newborn ranges from 2 to 5 kg. 97% of the newborn with an average weight between 3 and 3.3 kg survive whereas 99% of the infants born with weights from 2 to 2.5 kg or 4.5 to 5 kg die. Which type of selection process is taking place?

A gene locus has two alleles A, a. If the frequency of dominant allele A is 0.4, then what will be the frequency of homozygous dominant, heterozygous and homozygous recessive individuals in the Population?

Which of the following statements is correct about the origin and evolution of men?

Which of the following does not show divergent evolution?

The similarity of bone structure in the forelimbs of many vertebrates is an example of:

According to Hugo de Vries, the mechanism of evolution is

Which of the following represents the order of 'Horse'?

Artificial selection to obtain cows yielding higher milk output represents

In Hardy-Weinberg equation, the frequency of heterozygous individual is represented by:

Which of the following structures is homologous to the wing of a bird?

Analogous structures are a result of:

Following are the two statements regarding the origin of life: (i) The earliest organisms that appeared on the earth were non-green and presumably anaerobes. (ii) The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen. Of the above statements which one of the following options is correct?

The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is

Genetic drift

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in the origin of life? (i) Formation of protobionts (ii) Synthesis of organic monomers (iii) Synthesis of organic polymers (iv) Formation of DNA-based genetic systems

The wings of a bird and the wings of an insect are:

Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity?

Which is the most common mechanism of genetic variation in the population of sexually-reproducing organism?

Industrial melanism is an example of: