Evolution MCQ Questions & Answers in Zoology

141. What is common to whale, seal and shark?

A Thick subcutaneous fat

B Convergent evolution

C Homoiothermy

D Seasonal migration

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142. Which scientist gave the initial idea of survival of the fittest

A Wallace

B Spencer

C Darwin

D Mendel

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143. Which one of the following is incorrect about the characteristics of protobionts (coacervates and microspheres) as envisaged in the biogenic origin of life?

A They were able to reproduce

B They could separate combinations of molecules from the surroundings

C They were partially isolated from the surroundings

D They could maintain an internal environment

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144. In Australia, marsupials and placental mammals have evolved to share many similar characteristics. This type of evolution may be referred to as

A Convergent evolution

B Adaptive radiation

C Divergent evolution

D Cyclical evolution

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145. Flippers of Penguins and Dolphins are examples of

A Convergent evolution

B Industrial melanism

C Natural selection

D Adaptive radiation

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146. Two different species can not live for long duration in the same niche or habitat. This law is

A Allen's law

B Gause's hypothesis

C Dollo's rule

D Weisman's theory

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147. Dinosaurs dominated the world in which of the following geological era?

A Devonion

B Coenozoic

C Jurassic

D Mesozoic

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148. The Mesozoic era of earth is called the

A Age of amphibians

B Age of armoured fishes

C Age of primitive man

D Age of ruling repthiles

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149. In a species, the weight of newborn ranges from 2 to 5 $$kg.$$ 97% of the newborn with an average weight between 3 to 3.3 $$kg$$ survive whereas 99% of the infants born with weights from 2 to 2.5 $$kg$$ or 4.5 to 5 $$kg$$ die. Which type of selection process is taking place?

A Directional selection

B Stabilising selection

C Disruptive selection

D Cyclical selection

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150. Theory of evolution is mainly concerned with

A Spontaneous generation

B Theory of special creation

C Gradual change

D Conditions of environment

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141. What is common to whale, seal and shark?

142. Which scientist gave the initial idea of survival of the fittest

143. Which one of the following is incorrect about the characteristics of protobionts (coacervates and microspheres) as envisaged in the biogenic origin of life?

144. In Australia, marsupials and placental mammals have evolved to share many similar characteristics. This type of evolution may be referred to as

145. Flippers of Penguins and Dolphins are examples of

146. Two different species can not live for long duration in the same niche or habitat. This law is

147. Dinosaurs dominated the world in which of the following geological era?

148. The Mesozoic era of earth is called the

149. In a species, the weight of newborn ranges from 2 to 5 $$kg.$$ 97% of the newborn with an average weight between 3 to 3.3 $$kg$$ survive whereas 99% of the infants born with weights from 2 to 2.5 $$kg$$ or 4.5 to 5 $$kg$$ die. Which type of selection process is taking place?

150. Theory of evolution is mainly concerned with

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