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52. ‘Elephant is a slowest breeder becoming sexually mature at the age of 30 and have large gestation
period. A single female reproduces on an average 6 young ones during its lifetime. If all the young ones of
a pair survive, there would be 19 million descendants at the end of 750 years’ This is an example for
(a) Inheritance of acquired characters (b) Mutation
(c) Part of Darwin’s theory – over-production (d) Mendelian theory of inheritance
53. Darwin’s finches show which aspect of evolution ?
(a) Biogeographical (b) industrial melanism (c) Biochemical (d) Embryological
54. The term ‘biocoenosis’ is coined by
(a) Charles Darwin (b) Karl Mobius (c) Earnst Haeckel (d) E.P.Odum
55. “The genetic variations appearing among themembers of a population bring about the
evolution.” This statement defines
(a) mutation theory (b) Lamarckism (c) Darwinism (d) Neo-Darwinsm
56. Industrial melanism is an example of
(a) drug resistence (b) darkening of skin due to smoke from industries
(c) protective resemblance with the surroundings (d) defensive adaptation of skin against
ultraviolet radiations
57. Recapitulation theory was called the law of Biogenesis by
(a) Haeckel (b) Lamarck (c) Darwin (d) Hugo de Vries
58. Modern evolution theory involves
(a) Natural selection (b) genetic variation (c) Isolation (d) all of the above
59. Darwin in the ‘theory of natural selection’ states that
(a) natural selection acts on favourable variations, which appear among individuals of a species.
(b) Environment does not play any role in the evolution
(c) Characters acquired during the life of an individual are inherited by its offsprings
(d) heritable variations arise through changes in the gene complex of a species.
60. World environment day is
(a) March 24 (b) Sept 16
(c) may 31 (d) 21st March (e) June 5
61. The tallest tree is
(a) Sequoia (b) Eucalyptus (c) Dalbergia sisso (d) Banyan
62. Biological species concept was introduced by
(a) E.Mayer (b) alan R templeton (c) simpson (d) Davis and Heywood
63. Replacement of one species by another without an increase in number of species is termed
(a) cladogenesis (b) allopatric speciation c) sympatric speciation
(d) instant speciation
64. Which of the following is premating isolation mechanism
(a) geographic isolation (b) temporal isolation (c) behavioural (d) genetic e.all
65. Formation of different genotype in new settlement when a small group of population found new
settlement
(a) bottleneck effect (b) founder effect (c) mutation (d) genetic drift
66. Period of triolobite is
(a) Silurian (b) Devonian (c) carboniferous (d) cretaceous
67. Fossils are commen in
(a) igneous rock (b) metamorphic rock (c) sedimentary rock (d) volcano
68. Birds are glorified reptiles stated by
(a) Richard oven (b) Huxley (c) Wallace (d) wagnor
`69.Carbon dating was first suggested by a.da vinci b.malthus c.libby W F d.simpson e.mayer
70.genetic basis of adaptation in bacteria was demonstrated by a.Darwin b.lamarck c.Lederberg d.HBD
Kettlewel d.Devries