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11.

Industrial melanism is an example of

  • Neo Darwinism

  • Natural selection

  • Mutation

  • Mutation

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12.

Evolution of different species in a given area starting from a point and spreading to other geographical areas is known as

  • Adaptive radiation

  • Natural selection

  • Migration

  • Migration

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13.
  • Convergent Evolution Divergent Evolution
    Eyes of Octopus and mammals Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates

  • Convergent Evolution Divergent Evolution
    Thorns of Bougainvillia and tendrils of Cucurbita Wings of butterflies and birds

  • Convergent Evolution Divergent Evolution
    Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates Wings of butterfly and birds

  • Convergent Evolution Divergent Evolution
    Bones of forelimbs of vertebrates Wings of butterfly and birds

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14.

What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man (Homo sapiens) from his ancestors?

  • Shortening of jaws

  • Binocular vision

  • Increasing cranial capacity

  • Increasing cranial capacity

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15.

The extinct human who lived 1,00,000 to 40,000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, with short stature, heavy eye brows, retreating for heads, large jaws with heavy teeth, stocky bodies, a lumbering gait and stooped posture was

  • Homo habilis

  • Neanderthal human

  • Cro-magnon humans

  • Cro-magnon humans

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16.

If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous base sequence as ATCTG, what would be the complentary RNA strand sequence?

  • TTAGU

  • UAGAC

  • AACTG

  • AACTG

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17.

In a population of 1000 individuals 360 belongs to genotype AA, 480 to Aa and the remaining 160 to aa. Based on this data, the frequency of allele A in the population is

  • 0.4

  • 0.5

  • 0.6

  • 0.6

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18.

Forelimbs of cat, lizard used in walking forelimbs of whale used in swimming and forelimbs of bats used in flying are an example of 

  • analogous organs

  • adaptive radiation

  • homologous organs

  • homologous organs

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19.

Which one of the following are analogous structures?

  • Wings of bat and wings of pigeon

  • Gills of prawn and lungs of man

  • Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita

  • Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita

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20.

Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity?

  • Homo erectus

  • Homo sapiens

  • Homo neanderthalensis

  • Homo neanderthalensis

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