ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE

Who is the Father of Palaeontology?
1. Ernst Haeckel
2. Leonardo da Vinci
3. Louis Pasteur
4. none of these
Paleontologists deal with
1. Embryological evidences
2. Fossil evidences
3. Vestigial organ evidences
4. All the above
‘Theory of inheritance of Acquired Characters” or “Use and Disuse theory” or Lamarckism. is whose theory?
1. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
2. Charles Darwin
3. Ernst Haeckel
4. none of these
In which year the ‘Origin of species’ was published?
1. 1959
2. 1895
3. 1859
4. none of these
How many types are there in Struggle for existence?
1. 3
2. 4
3. 2
4. none of these
In Paleobotany paleon means
1. new
2. old
3. study of plants
4. none of thse
Who is Father of ather of Paleobotany?
1. Charles Darwin
2. Kaspar Maria Von Sternberg
3. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
4. none of these
Who is the “Father of Indian Paleobotany"?
1. Charles Darwin
2. Birbal Sahani
3. Kaspar Maria Von Sternberg
4. none of these
Ethnobotany is
1. the study of a region’s plants and their practical uses
2. the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe
3. It is used in paleobotany and anthropology for determining the age of human fossils and manuscripts.
4. none of these
The ‘use and disuse theory’ was proposed by
1. Gregor Mendel
2. Ernst Haeckel
3. Charles Darwin
4. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
what is the other name of Continuous variation?
1. fluctuating variations
2. Discontinuous variation
3. Somatic variation
4. none of these
skin colour, height and weight of an individual are which type of variation?
1. Germinal variation
2. Continuous variation
3. Somatic variation
4. none of these
short legged Ancon sheep, six or more digits (fingers) in human are which type o variation?
1. Germinal variation
2. Continuous variation
3. Discontinuous variation
4. none of these
who established the Bohemian National Museum in Prague ?
1. Kaspar Maria Von Sternberg
2. Birbal Sahani
3. W.F. Libby
4. none of these
Radioactive carbon(C14) dating method is discovered by
1. Kaspar Maria Von Sternberg
2. Birbal Sahani
3. W.F. Libby
4. none of these
In which year Radioactive carbon(C14) dating method was discovered?
1. 1966
2. 1956
3. 1965
4. none of these
Use of radioactive elements in fossils?
1. to determine age
2. to determine height
3. to determine weight
4. none of these
The term Ethnobotany was coined by
1. Kaspar Maria Von Sternberg
2. W.F. Libby
3. J.W. Harshberger
4. none of these
Biogenetic law states that
1. Ontogeny and phylogeny go together
2. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
3. Phylogeny recapitulates ontogeny
4. There is no relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny
The best way of direct dating fossils of recent origin is by
1. Radio-carbon method
2. Uranium lead method
3. Potassium-argon method
4. a combination of all these
Fosssils are most commonly preserved in
1. Metamorphic rocks
2. Igneous rocks
3. sedimentary rocks
4. none of these
According to Drawin, evolution is
1. A slow, gradual and continuous
2. A sudden but discontinuous process
3. A slow and discontinuous process
4. none of these
Homologous organs indicate the
1. convergent evolution
2. parallel evolution
3. common descendent
4. natural selection
What is meant by the term Darwin fitness?
1. The ability to survive and reproduce
2. High aggressiveness
3. Healthy appearence
4. Physical strength
Chemical reactions could have converted simple organic compounds into ___ for the origin of life
1. micromolecules
2. nitrozen, oxygen and other gases
3. cells
4. macromolecules
The earth orginated
1. 4.6 billion years ago
2. 8.5 billion years ago
3. 2.6 billion years ago
4. 1.2 billion years ago
Evolution may be defines as
1. continuous genetic variation
2. discontinuous genetic variation
3. inheritance of acquired characters
4. all of these
The most important requirement for evolution is
1. mutation
2. natural selection
3. variations
4. continuity of germs plasm
Which of the following are the sources which provide evidences for evolution?
1. Homologous organs
2. Analogous organs
3. fossils
4. all of these
The theory of origin of life on earth is proposed by
1. Haldane
2. Stanley Miller
3. Harold C. Urey
4. Lamarck

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