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Q1
Which one of the following sets of structures includes only analogous organs?
  • A Wings of butterfly, housefly and bat
  • B Hind legs of horse
  • C Hands of man, monkey and kangaroo
  • D Mandibles of cockroach, mosquito and honeybee
Answer: Option A
Q2
Which of the following set represents all vestigial structures in the human body?
  • A Vermiform appendix, body hair and cochlea
  • B Wisdom teeth, coccyx and patella
  • C Coccyx, vermiform appendix and muscles of ear pinna
  • D Body hair, muscles of ear pinna and atlas vertebra
Answer: Option C
Q3
The earliest animal to have been domesticated by man most likely the
  • A Horse
  • B Pig
  • C Dog
  • D Cow
Answer: Option C
Q4
Presence of gill slits in the embryo of all vertebrates supports the theory of
  • A Organic evolution
  • B Recapitulation
  • C Metamorphosis
  • D Biogenesis
Answer: Option B
Q5
Appearance of ancestral characters in the new borne, such as tail, multiple mammae, etc., are known as
  • A Homologous
  • B Analogous
  • C Atavistic
  • D Vestigial
Answer: Option C
Q6
Evolution is defined as
  • A History of race
  • B Development of race
  • C History and development of race with variations
  • D Progressive history of race
Answer: Option C
Q7
The book named "Philosophic zoologique" was published in 1809 and was written by:
  • A Mendel
  • B Darwin
  • C De Vries
  • D Lamarck
Answer: Option D
Q8
Penguin is a bird that lost the use of its wings by not flying. Such a statement would express the views of
  • A Darwin
  • B Wallace
  • C Lamarck
  • D Huxley
Answer: Option C
Q9
A scientist kept 80 generations of Drosophila in darkness, even after that the flies had normal eyes. This disapproves law of
  • A Natural selection
  • B Acquired characters
  • C Use and disuse
  • D Synthetic theory
Answer: Option B
Q10
Weismann cut off tails of mice generation after generation but tails neither disappeared nor shortened showing that
  • A Darwin was correct
  • B Tail is an essential organ
  • C Mutation theory is wrong
  • D Lamarckism was wrong in inheritance of acquired characters
Answer: Option D

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