Which one of the following experiments suggests that the simplest living organisms could not have originated spontaneously from non-living matter:

1.	Larva could appear in decaying organic matter
2.	The meat was not spoiled when heated and kept sealed in a vessel
3.	microbes did not appear in stored meat
4.	Microbes appeared from unsterilized organic matter

Which one of the following phenomena supports Darwin's concept of natural selection in organic evolution:
 

Which of the following is the relatively most accurate method for dating fossils:

1. Electron-spin resonance method

2. Uranium-lead method

3. Potassium–argon method

4. Radio-carbon method

There are two opposing views about the origin of modern man. According to one view, Homo erectus in Asia were the ancestors of modern man. A study of variation of DNA however suggested the African origin of modern man. What kind of observation of DNA variation could suggest this?

Which of the following is not true for a species:
 

De Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution while working on:

1. Oenothera lamarckiana

2. Drosophila melanogaster

3. Pisum sativum

4. Althea rosea 

Species separated by geographical barriers are called:
1.  Allopatric
2.  Sympatric
3.  Sibling
4.  Endemic

Age of Dryopithecous is estimated to be:
1.  2.46 crore years
2.  2.46 lakh year
3.  1 lakh year
4.  1 crore year

Which of the following statement is true:
1.  Homo erectus is direct ancestor of Homo sapiens
2.  Neanderthal man is direct ancestor of modern man
3.  Australopithecous is direct ancestor of modern man
4.  Fossils of cromagnon man first found in Ethiopia

Evolution of heart from one to two, three and four chambered proves:
1.  Biogenetic law of Haeckel
2.  Lamarckism
3.  Hardy weinberg's law
4.  Neo Darwinism