'Golden age of dinosaurs'/Age of reptiles was

1. Mesozoic                                 

2. Coenozoic  

3. Palaeozoic                                 

4. Psychozoic  

Reason of diversity in living being is

1. mutation 

2. gradual change

3. long term evolutionary change

4. short term evolutionary change

Which of following is closest relative of man?

1. Chimpanzee 

2. Gorilla

3. Orangutan

4. Gibbon

When two species of different geneology come to resemble each other as a result of adaptation, the phenomenon is termed

1. divergent evolution

2. micro-evolution

3. co-evolution

4. convergent evolution

Theory of natural selection dwells on 

1. role of environment in evolution

2. natural selection acting on favourable variations

3. changes in gene complex resulting in heritable variations

4. None of the above

Which one of the following options gives one correct example each of convergent evolution and divergent evolution?

The extinct human who lives 100000 to 40000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, with short stature, heavy eye brows, retreating fore heads, large jaws with heavy teeth, stocky bodies, a lumbering gait and stooped posture was

1. Homo habilis                           

2. Neanderthal human

3. Cro-magnon humans               

4. Ramapithecus

Parallelism is 

1. adaptive divergence

2. adaptive divergence of widely separated species

3. adaptive convergence of widely different species

4. adaptive convergence of closely related groups

The concept of chemical evolution is based on 

1. crystallization of chemicals

2. interaction of water, air, and clay under intense heat

3. effect of solar radiation on chemicals

4. the possible origin of life by the combination of chemicals under suitable environmental conditions

One of the important consequences of geographical isolation is 

1. no change in the isolated fauna

2. preventing speciation

3. speciation through reproductive isolation

4. random creation of new species