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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Biogenetic law was proposed by 
1. Mayer 
2. Ernst Haeckel 
3. Darwin 
4. Alfred Wallace
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Ontogeny is defined as 
1. Development of embryos 
2. Ancestral history of an organism 
3. Occurence of ancestral traits in an embryo 
4. Presence of rudimentary organs in an organism 
Subtopic:   A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF EVOLUTION |
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Complete the analogy 
Desert of America : Cacti :: Deserts of Africa : _____________ 
1. Marsupials 
2. Double coconut 
3. Finches 
4. Euphorbias
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Which of the following is not an example of restricted distribution? 
1. Egg laying mammals 
2. Pouched mammals 
3. Double coconut 
4. Archaeopteryx
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Placental wolf and Tasmanian wolf marsupial exhibit 
1. Adaptive radiation 
2. Divergent evolution 
3. Convergent evolution 
4. Homology 
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Variety of beaks of finches that Darwin found in Galapagos Islands, is an example of 
1. Adaptive radiation 
2. Convergent evolution 
3. Adaptive convergence 
4. Analogous organs 
Subtopic:  Darwin's Theory |
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Fitness, according to Darwin refers ultimately and only to 
1. Dominance over others 
2. Ability to defend 
3. Strategy for obtaining food 
4. Number of offsprings 
Subtopic:  Additional Theories of Darwin |
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Which one is correctly matched? 
1. Hugo de Vries : Natural selection
2. Darwin : Theory of Pangenesis
3. Pasteur : Theory of continuity of germplasm
4. Mendel : Inheritance of acquired characters
Subtopic:  Darwin's Theory |
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