CBSE Questions for Class 12 Medical Biology Evolution Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

The first life on earth  evolved in water and evidences indicate that life originated in one of the following eras 
  • Palaeozoic
  • Mesozoic
  • Cenozoic
  • Proterozoic
Radiations with successful adaptations in case of insects is a result of
  • Genetic divergence
  • Micro-evolution
  • Macro-evolution
  • Mega-evolution
Evolution in which the animals of two different gene ecology show too much similarity with one another, as a result of adaptation is termed as
  • Parallel evolution
  • Retrogressive evolution
  • Progressive evolution
  • Convergent evolution
Which of the following evidences are related to Darwin finches?
  • Fossils
  • Embryology
  • Anatomy
  • Optimum utilization of resources
Cro-Magnon man was
  • Herbivorous
  • Frugivorous
  • Sanguivorous
  • Carnivorous
The recent ancestors of modern man were
  • Java ape man and Peking man
  • Peking man and Rhodesian Man
  • Rhodesian man and Cro-Magnon man
  • Cro-Magnon man and Neanderthal man
Early African man was discovered in 1948 by Leakey. It was
  • Homo habilis
  • Gigantopithecus
  • Proconsul
  • Homo erectus
The modern man evolved
  • 10,000 years ago
  • 25,000 years ago
  • 2,50,000 years ago
  • 5,00,000 years ago
Humans belong to the family ?
  • Hominidae
  • Pongidae
  • Hylobatidae
  • Ramapithecus
In which of the following era man was originated?
  • Paleocene
  • Pliocene
  • Miocene
  • Devonian
The first probable fossil of man was
  • Ramapithecus
  • Zinjanthropus
  • Pithecanthropus
  • Plesianthropus
The brain capacity of Homo erectus was
  • 800 to 1300 cc
  • 1650 cc
  • 650 cc
  • 1400 cc
Evolution of different species in a given area starting from a point and spreading to other geographical area is known as
  • Adaptive radiation
  • Natural selection
  • Migration
  • Divergent evolution
'Homo erectus' is the zoological name of
  • Cro-Magnon man
  • Pecking man
  • Nut-cracker man
  • Neanderthal man
Which primitive man used stones to produce fire?
  • Java man
  • Neanderthal man
  • Cro-Magnon man
  • All of the above
Which primitive man resembles with modern man?
  • Peking man
  • African man
  • Java ape man
  • Cro-Magnon man
Which of the following is the correct order of evolutionary history of man?
  • Peking man, Heidelberg man, Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon
  • Peking man, Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal
  • Peking man, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens, Heidelberg
  • Peking man, Cro-Magnon, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal
Pithecanthropus erectus fossil was found in
  • China
  • Japan
  • Java
  • Texas
Connecting link between man and ape was
  • Dryopithecus
  • Australopithecus
  • Homo habilis
  • Ramapithecus
Which one of the following character differentiate man from other mammals?
  • Superior intelligence
  • Power of speech
  • Social life
  • Greater cranial capacity
Evolution of man took place in
  • Central Africa
  • Central Asia
  • Australia
  • America
In which epoch the fossils of Sinanthropus pekinensis have been discovered?
  • Pleistocene
  • Pliocene
  • Eocene
  • Palaeocene
Which primitive man lived on earth at the end of pleistocene era?
  • Australopithecus
  • Zinzanthropus
  • Neanderthal man
  • Atlantic man
Neanderthal man was followed by
  • Cro-Magnon man
  • Homo sapiens
  • Homo erectus
  • Homo neanderthal
In Homo habilis, 'habilis' refers to
  • Wandering species
  • Ancient man
  • Modern man
  • Tool maker
The closest relative of modern man is considered to be
  • Chimpanzee
  • Orangutan
  • Apes
  • Gibbon
The humming bird, hawk and the humming moth illustrate
  • Adaptive radiation
  • Homology
  • Convergent evolution
  • Divergent evolution
During evolution of man, many changes have taken place in his ancestral character. Which one of the following is an unsignificant change?
  • Change of diet from hard tough fruits and roots into soft food.
  • Qualitative improvement in the structure of hands skills for making tools.
  • Disappearance of tail.
  • Improvement in speech for communication and social behaviour.
In human evolution, which one of the following is the most recent?
  • Middle Paleolithic
  • Upper Paleolithic
  • Neolithic
  • Mesolithic
Common origin of man and chimpanzee is best shown by
  • Dental formula
  • Cranial capacity
  • Binocular vision
  • Chromosome number
In case of a man, when the entire sole rests on the ground during walking, it is  known as
  • Plantigrade
  • Digitigrade
  • Perikaryon
  • Hallux
Some pairs of characters are listed below. The homologous pair is:
  • Forelimbs of dog and gulls
  • Insect wing and bat wing
  • Feathers of birds and fins of fish
  • Lens of vertebrate and arthropod
Which one of the following is the direct ancestor of modern man?
  • Australopithecus
  • Ramapithecus
  • Homo erectus
  • Homo habilis
Parallelism is
  • Adaptive divergence in evolution
  • Adaptive convergence of widely different species in evolution
  • Adaptive convergence of closely related species in evolution
  • None of the above
Which of the following is common to whale, seal and shark?
  • Seasonal migration
  • Thick subcutaneous fat
  • Convergent evolution
  • Homoeothermy
Evolution of unicellular organism was in the ....................... era.
  • Proterozoic
  • Palaeozoic
  • Archaeozoic
  • Mesozoic
Role of isolation in evolution is
  • Differentiation of species
  • Maintenance of species
  • Evolutionary divergence
  • Extermination of species
Earliest reptiles evolved in the ............... period.
  • Ordovician
  • Silurian
  • Devonian
  • Carboniferous
Man evolved in
  • Triassic period
  • Jurassic
  • Permian period
  • Pliocene
Which of the following is the earliest era?
  • Coenozoic
  • Mesozoic
  • Paleozoic
  • Pre-cambrian
Similarity developed in distantly related groups as an adaptation to the same function is called as
  • Convergent evolution
  • Connecting link
  • Missing link
  • Divergent evolution
Mass extinction at the end of Mesozoic era was probably due to
  • Continental drift
  • The collision of earth with large meteorites
  • Massive glaciations
  • Change in earth's orbit
First mammals appeared in the period
  • Triassic
  • Jurassic
  • Cretaceous
  • Tertiary
What is ethnobotany?
  • Relationship between primitive plants and people
  • Study of traditional plantlore, plant use, etc.
  • Cultivation of flower yielding plants
  • Study of soil
Being all mammals, whale, dolphins, bat, monkey and horse have some common characters but they also show conspicuous differences. This is due to phenomenon of
  • Normalisation
  • Genetic drift
  • Convergence
  • Divergence
Which one of the following period is largely associated with extinction of dinosaurs and the increase in flowering plants and reptiles?
  • Jurassic
  • Triassic
  • Cretaceous
  • Permian
Wings of pigeon, mosquito and bat show:
  • Atavism
  • Mutation
  • Divergent evolution
  • Convergent evolution
Who called birds as glorified reptiles?
  • Huxley
  • Romer
  • Mendel
  • Robert Hooke
Ancestral amphibians were tetrapods that evolved during
  • Jurassic period
  • Cretaceous period
  • Devonian period
  • Carboniferous period
Archeopteryx, a transitional fossil between birds and reptiles was discovered from the rocks of following period
  • Jurassic
  • Archeozoic era
  • Cretaceous
  • Triassic
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