Beak is toothed in from Biology Evolution

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171.

The most ancient member of the genus Homo belonged to which of the following species or sub-species?

  • Fossilis 

  • Sapiens

  • Erectus

  • Habilis


172.

Select the correct sequence of stages in the evolution of modern man (Homo sapiens)

  • Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Neanderthal, Cro-magnon man, Modern man

  • Homo habilis, Neanderthal, Australopithecus, Cro-magnon man, Modern man

  • Australopithecus, Neanderthal, Cro-magnon man, Homo habilis, Modern man

  • Neanderthal, Australopithecus, Cro-magnon man, Homo habilis, Modern man


173.

Which one of the given statement is not true for Archaeopteryx?

  • Each wing had three clawed digit

  • Hind feet with five digits

  • Long jointed lizard like tail

  • Thecodont teeth on both jaws


174.

Which of the following assumption is not belonging to Hardy-Weinberg principle?

  • The population size is very large

  • Random mating is occurring

  • Natural selection takes place

  • No mutation occurs


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175.

Abundance of a species in a population, within habitat is called

  • niche density

  • absolute density

  • relative density

  • geographic density


176.

Which of the following is a mismatch?

  • Giraffe - Lamarck

  • Drosophila - Morgan

  • Galapagos island - Darwin's finches

  • Origin of species - Mendel


177.

Archaeopteryx is

  • a living fossil

  • a mammal

  • a connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda

  • a connecting link between reptiles and birds


178.

The cranial capacity of Peking man was about

  • 900 cc

  • 1660 cc

  • 1075 cc

  • 1450 cc


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179.

Beak is toothed in

  • pelican

  • kiwi

  • ostrich

  • Archaeopteryx


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Archaeopteryx

The upper and lower jaws of birds prolonged and modified into beak. The beak is toothed in Archaeopteryx whereas rest of the birds lack teeth. The Archaeopteryx is an extinct primitive bird.


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180.

The earliest fossil form in phylogeny of horse is

  • Merychippus

  • Mesohippus

  • Eohippus 

  • Equus


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