171.

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

• Fossilis 

• Sapiens

• Erectus

• Habilis

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

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

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

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

• niche density

• absolute density

• relative density

• geographic density

Which of the following is a mismatch?

• Giraffe - Lamarck

• Drosophila - Morgan

• Galapagos island - Darwin's finches

• Origin of species - Mendel

Archaeopteryx is

• a living fossil

• a mammal

• a connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda

• a connecting link between reptiles and birds

The cranial capacity of Peking man was about

• 900 cc

• 1660 cc

• 1075 cc

• 1450 cc

Beak is toothed in

• pelican

• kiwi

• ostrich

• Archaeopteryx

The earliest fossil form in phylogeny of horse is

• Merychippus

• Mesohippus

• Eohippus 

• Equus