Branching descent is one of the key concepts of 
1. Lamarckian theory 
2. Miller's theory
3. The Big Band theory 
4. Darwinian theory

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The palaeontological evidences are obtained from 
1. Homologous structures 
2. Analogous structures 
3. Fossils 
4. Lichens
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Archaeopteryx is a connecting link between 
1. Birds and reptiles 
2. Reptiles and mammals 
3. Annelids and arthropods 
4. Amphibians and fishes
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Which of the following is an incorrect match? 
1. Devonian period - Age of fishes
2. Carboniferous period - Age of amphibians
3. Ordovician period - Age of invertebrates
4. Cretaceous period - Age of reptiles
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Mesozoic era is called the 
1. Age of Fishes 
2. Age of Reptiles 
3. Age of Mammals 
4. Age of Birds
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Which of the following is known as age of mammals? 
1. Mesozoic 
2. Palaeozoic 
3. Coenozoic 
4. Archaeozoic
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First mammals appeared around 
1. 459 million years back 
2. 220 million years back 
3. 1600 million years back 
4. 3800 million years back 
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Which of the following arrangement of periods of the mesozoic era gives a correct sequence from the earliest to the latest? 
1. Jurassic, Triassic, Cretaceous 
2. Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous 
3. Permian, Jurassic, Triassic 
4. Devonian, Permian, Jurassic
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Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era is characterised by which of the following 
1. Gymnosperms are dominant plants and first birds appear 
2. Dianosaurs become extinct and gymnosperms appear
3. Flowering plants disappear 
4. Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal-like reptiles
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The flowering plants originated in which of the following periods? 
1. Cretaceous 
2. Tertiary period 
3. Triassic 
4. Carboniferous 
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