Which of the following is relatively most accurate method for dating of fossils? 
1. Electron-spin resonance method
2. Uranium-lead method
3. Potassium-argon method
4. Radio-carbon method

Subtopic:  Palentological Evidences of Evolution |
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De Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution while working on   
1. Oenothera lamarckiana
2. Drosophila melanogaster
3. Pisum sativum
4. Althea rosea 

Subtopic:  Hugo De Vries Theory of Evolution |
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At a particular locus, the 'A' allele frequency is 0.6 and that of 'a' allele is 0.4. What would be the frequency of heterozygotes in a random mating population at equilibrium? 

1.0.242.0.16
3.0.484.0.34 

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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Which one of the following amino acids was not found to be synthesized in Miller’s experiment?  
1. Glycine.
2. Aspartic acid
3. Glutamic acid
4. Alanine 

Subtopic:  Urey & Miller Experiment |
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An important evidence in favor of organic evolution is the occurrence of 
1. Homologous and vestigial organs 
2. Analogous and vestigial organs
3. Homologous organs only
4. Homologous and analogous organs 

Subtopic:  Examples of Chemical Evolution |
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Which one of the following is not a living fossil? 
1. King crab
2. Sphenodon
3. Archaeopteryx
4. Peripatus

Subtopic:  Palentological Evidences of Evolution |
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Evolutionary history of an organism is known as
1. Phylogeny
2. Ancestry
3. Paleontology
4. Ontogeny

Subtopic:  Definition & Types of Evolution |
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Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era is characterized by  
1. Gymnosperms are dominant plants and first birds appears.
2. Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal like reptiles.
3. Dinosaurs become extinct and angiosperms appears.
4. Flowering plants and first dinosaurs appear. 

Subtopic:  Concept of Speciation |
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What is common to whale, seal and shark?  

1. Homoiothermy
2. Seasonal migration
3. Thick subcutaneous fat
4. Convergent evolution

Subtopic:  Definition & Types of Evolution |
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When two species of different genealogy come to resemble each other as a result of adaptation, the phenomenon is termed  
1. Convergent evolution
2. Divergent evolution
3. Microevolution
4. Co-evolution 

Subtopic:  Definition & Types of Evolution |
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