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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Industrial melanism as observed in peppered moths proves that:

1. Melanism is a pollution-generated feature.
2. The true black melanic forms arise from a recurring random mutation.
3. The melanic form of the moth has no selective advantage over lighter from the industrial area.
4. The lighter form of the moth has no selective advantage either in a polluted industrial area or a non-polluted area.

Subtopic:  Natural Selection |
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Adaptive radiations refers to 
1. Power of adaptation in an individual to a variety of environments.
2. Adaptations due to geographical isolation.
3. Evolution of different species from a common ancestor.
4. Migration of members of a species to different geographical areas.
 

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The finches of Galapagos islands provide evidence in favor of 
1. Biographical evolution
2. Special creation
3. Evolution due to mutation
4. Retrogressive evolution 

Subtopic:  Darwin's Theory |
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One of the important consequences of geographical isolation is:

1. Random creation of new species
2. No change in the isolated fauna
3. Preventing speciation
4. Speciation through reproductive isolation

Subtopic:  Concept of Speciation |
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