The eye of the octopus and mammals, this example does not hold similarity with which of the following examples?
(1) Wings of butterfly and birds
(2) Flippers of Penguins and Dolphins
(3) Brains of vertebrates
(4) Both A and B
Biochemical similarities performing a given function among diverse organisms give clues for
(1) Common ancestry
(2) Diverse ancestry
(3) Analogy
(4) Convergence
Which of the following conclusions is from industrial melanism?
(1) Camouflage causes the white moths to get caught by predators more even in rural areas during industrialisation.
(2) During industrialisation, white variant of moths got wiped out completely in urban areas.
(3) During industrialisation, lichen will increase in number.
(4) In a mixed population, those that can better adapt, survive and increase in population size.
Which of the following is not the example of evolution by anthropogenic actions?
(1) Herbicide resistant varieties
(2) Antibiotic resistant microbes
(3) Darwin Finches
(4) Different breeds of dogs
Adaptive radiation does not follow which of the following statements?
(1) Black bird on Galapagos islands observed by Darwin as an amazing example of Adaptive Radiation.
(2) All the varieties of Finches evolved on the same island, from the original seed-eating features to insectivorous and vegetarian finches.
(3) Australian marsupials, which are similar to each other evolved from an ancestral stock but all within the Australian island continent.
(4) More than one adaptive radiation appeared to have occurred in an isolated geographical area representing different habitats, Known as convergent evolution
Which of the following is not Australian marsupial?
(1) Spotted cuscus
(2) Bobcat
(3) Sugar glider
(4) Koala
Which of the following is placental mammal?
(1) Bandicoot
(2) Numbat
(3) Wombat
(4) Bobcat
Which of the following placental mammals appears to be similar to a corresponding marsupial NUMBAT?
(1) Anteater
(2) Bobcat
(3) Mole
(4) Wolf
Evolution is not
(1) a stochastic process
(2) Based on chance events in nature
(3) Based on chance mutation in the organisms
(4) Directed process in the sense of determinsm
Which of the following statements is not true if we consider postulates of Darwinian theory of evolution?
(1) Evolution by natural selection would have started when cellular forms of life with similarities in metabolic capabilities originated on Earth
(2) The rate of appearance of new forms is linked to the life cycle or the life span.
(3) Fitness is based on characteristics which are inherited.
(4) Adaptive ability is inherited.