A British naturalist who independently proposed a theory of evolution of natural selection apart from Darwin was 
1. August Weismann 
2. Charles Lyell 
3. Alfred Wallace 
4. Alfred Wegener

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Charles Darwin travelled around the world in a sea voyage on ship____________. 
1. HMS Galapagos 
2. HMS Beagle 
3. HMS Baldwin 
4. HMS Beaver
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Fossils of the herbivore dinosaur Brontosaurus are most likely to be found in most abundance in rocks of 
1. Miocene period 
2. Mesozoic era 
3. Palaeozoic era 
4. Palaeozoic era
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Half life of which radioactive isotope is \(1.3 \times10^9\) years? 
1. Carbon14
2. Carbon12
3. Uranium238
4. Potassium40
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Which of the following is not an example of homologous organ? 
1. Vertebrate hearts or brains 
2. Thomas of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita 
3. Leg of cheetah, and flipper of whale 
4. Eye of Octopus and of mammals 
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Darwin's finches are example of 
1. Biogeographical evidences 
2. Paleontological evidences 
3. Embryological evidences 
4. Analogous organs 
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What are the anatomical structures called that share a common ancestry? 
1. Analogous structures 
2. Homologous structures 
3. Evolutionary structures 
4. Vestigial structures 
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Tendrils in different plants such as Pisum and Passiflora are example of 
1. Analogous organs 
2. Divergent evolution 
3. Homologous organs 
4. Both (1) and (2) 
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Which of the following structures are vestigial in Python but not in humans? 
1. Nictitating membrane 
2. Ear pinna 
3. Hind limbs 
4. All of these
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Which of the following is not a connecting link? 
1. Neophilina 
2. Peripatus 
3. Latimeria 
4. Limulus
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