Evolution questions
780 published questions with worked solutions.
- Phenomenon in which the genetic drift gives rise to a new sample of population is called
- Speciation is the evolutionary process by which
- When a species gets separated geographically, it evolves separately. Which of the following condition would determine whether...
- Which of the following is an evidence for Darwin’s theory of common descent?
- Which of the following are the correct pair of homologous organs? I. Hands of man and wings of bat II. Wings of bat and wings of...
- How might an evolutionary biologist explains why a species of birds has evolved a larger beak size?
- The sequence of events in geographic speciation is most likely to be Genetic divergence → geographic barrier →
- Which of the following is not an examples of adaptive radiation?
- Darwinian fitness can be estimated by
- Why the genetic variation is important from an evolutionary standpoint/
- Given below some major events in the early history of life I. First heterotrophic prokaryotes II. First eukaryotes III. First...
- Match the following columns. | Column I | Column II | |---|---| | (A) Wallace | (1) Natural selection | | (B) Malthus | (2) Essay...
- Match the following columns. | Column I | Column II | |---|---| | (A) Analogous organs | (1) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny | | (B)...
- Which of the following statement are correct about *Homo erectus* I. Had a large brain around 900cc II. Appeared about 1.5...
- Match the following columns. | Column I | Column II | |---|---| | (A) Darwin | (1) Inherited | | (B) Genetic drift | (2) Not...
- Which of the following statements are incorrect? I. Microbial experiment shows that when the pre-existing advantagoeus mutations...
- Match the following columns. | Column I | Column II | |---|---| | (A) Darwin | (1) Natural selection | | (B) Lamarck | (2)...
- True statements regarding the genetic drift are I. It mostly occurs in smaller population II. Certain alleles can be lost forever...
- Which of the following statements are correct? I. Directional selection favours one extreme form over the other extreme and over...
- Theory of inheritance of acquired characters was given by
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