The first life on earth originated

(a)

in air

(b)

on land

(c)

in water

(d)

on mountain

The phenomenon of “ Industrial Melanism” demonstrates

(a)

Natural selection

(b)

induced mutation

(c)

reproductive isolation

(d)

geographical isolation

Who proposed the Germplasm theory?

(a)

Darwin

(b)

August Weismann

(c)

Lamarck

(d)

Alfred Wallace

Fossils are generally found in

(a)

igneous rocks

(b)

metamorphic rocks

(c)

volcanic rocks

(d)

sedimentary rocks

The golden age of reptiles was

(a)

Mesozoic era

(b)

Cenozoic era

(c)

Paleozoic era

(d)

Proterozoic era

The Neanderthal man had the brain capacity of

(a)

650 – 800cc

(b)

1200cc

(c)

900cc

(d)

1400cc

The term biogenesis was coined by

(a)

Thomas Huxley

(b)

Henry Bastian

(c)

Haldane

(d)

Weinberg

___________  is called age of fishes

(a)

Silurian

(b)

Ordovician

(c)

Devonian

(d)

Cambrian

Human evolution occured in _____________ era

(a)

Paleozoic

(b)

Cenozoic

(c)

Mesozoic

(d)

Precambrian

A population will not exist in Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium if

(a)

Individuals mate selectively

(b)

There are no mutations

(c)

There is no migration

(d)

The population is large

Sewall Wright

(1)

Colloids

ALXl

(2)

Genetic drift

Coacervates

(3)

Mutation

Prebiotic soup

(4)

350 - 450 cc

Australopithecus

(5)

Haldane

Assertion: Hardy Weinberg's law is applicable only based on certain assumptions.
Reason: The law can be considered if nature acts as a selective force.
Codes:
(a) A is in the and R is the covered the explanation of A
(b) A and R right but R is not the correct separation of A
(c) A is correct R is false
(d) Both A & B are false

Assertion: Mutations produced every generation will accumulate over generations to produce a new species.
Reason: Sudden and large variations cannot produce heritable changes.
Codes:
(a) A is in the and R is the covered the explanation of A
(b) A and R right but R is not the correct separation of A
(c) A is correct R is false
(d) Both A & B are false

(a) Fishes
(b) Marsupials
(c) Placental mammals
(d) Oenothera

(a) Overproduction
(b) Variation
(c) Use and disuse
(d) Origin of species

List out the major gases seems to be found in the primitive earth.

Explain the three major categories in which fossilization occur?

How does Hardy-Weinberg’s expression (p² + 2pq + q² = 1) explain that genetic equilibrium is maintained in a population? List any four factors that can disturb the genetic equilibrium.

Mention the main objections to Darwinism.

State the Biogenetic law.

List the four eras of geological time scale.

Who disproved Lamarck’s Theory of acquired characters? How?

Rearrange the descent in human evolution
Austrolopithecus → Homo erectus → Homo sapiens → Ramapithecus → Homo habilis.

Differentiate between the eating habit and brain size of Australopithecus and Ramapithecus.

Define evolution.

Define microevolution.

Mention any three similarities found common in Neanderthal man and Homo sapiens.

Explain Urey & Miller's experiment.