Objectives of Evolution
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
- Comparative anatomy was studied by:
(a) Empedocles (b) Darwin (c) Buffon (d) Lamarck
- The theory of acquired characters was put forward by:
(a) Empedocles (b) Darwin (c) Buffon (d) Lamarck
- Lamarck published his theory in(a) I 80.0 (b) 1802 (c) 1804 (d) 1806
- The age of Darwin at the end of the voyage was:
(a) 19 (b) 25 (c) 27 . (d) 30 5-On the Origin Species by Means of Natural Selection was published in:
(a) 1851 (b) 1857 (c) 1858 (d) 1859
6-Principics fkology was the book of:
(a) Wallace (b) Darwin (c) Lamarck (d) Lyell
7-Theory of at formitarianism was developed by:
(a) Wallace (b) Darwin (c) Lamarck (d) Hutton
8-Galapagos is named on:
(a) Lion (b) Finches (c) Tortoises (d) Snake
9-Number species of finches are:
(a) 10 (h) 13 (e) 14 (e) 15
10-Essay on the Principe of Population was published by:
(a) Wallace (b) Darwin (c) Malthus (d) Lyell
11-North America is present in the region:
(a) Palearctic (b) Ethiopian (c) Oriental (d) Neacrtic
12-Pakistan come within the region:
(a) Palearctic (b) Ethiopian (c) Oriental d) Neacrtic
13-Africa includes in:
(a) Oriental (b) Neacrtic (c) Palearctic (d) Ethiopian
14-Total number of regions are:
(a) 2 (h) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
Ans:
I. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6: (d)
7. (d) 8. (c) 9.(c) 10. (c) 11. (d)12. (c)
13. (d) 14. (c)
Answers:
I. (b) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (a)
9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15.(d) 16. (b) 17. (a)
Fill in blanks
- Georges-Louis Buffon spent many years studying comparative ________.
- Lamarck proposed the theory of inheritance of______characteristics
- Darwin was commissioned as a naturalist on the_________
- Darwin spent 5 weeks on the________ Islands.
- The histological dead remains of the organism or their imprints
preserved in the rocks are called________
- Darwin found the fossil of an extinct hippopotamus like
animal. It is now called ___________
- Darwin also found fossils of giant_________ and giant
sloths.
8. The formation of new. forms from an ancestral species in
response to the opening of new habitats is called_________.- Inherited variations arise by ________ mutation.
- Some other, variations are neither helpful nor harmful. These
variations are called _________
II. The____________ arc defined as characteristics that increase
the potential of an organism or species to successfully reproduce in a specified environment.Ans: I. anatomy
4. Galapagos
7. armadillos
10. neutral
2. acquired 5. fossils 8. radiation
- adaptations
3. HMS Beagle 6. Toxodon
9. random
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