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Which of the following leads to evolution ?
A
Separation of species leading to evolution
B
Differentiation of species
C
Loss of few advanced characters
D
Differentiation and adaption of species as unique entities
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Which of the following leads to evolution ?
Separation of species leading to evolution
Differentiation of species
Loss of few advanced characters
Differentiation and adaption of species as unique entities
The stage for the evolution of autotrophs was set with the evolution of
RNA
DNA
ozone
chlorophyll
What is ethnobotany ?
Relationship between primitive plants and people
Study to soil
Cultivation of flower yielding plants
Use of plants and their parts
The Jurassic period belongs to which era ?
proterozoic
archezoic
mesozoic
cenozoic
The primitive cell-like colloidal particles capable of growth and division were
prokaryotes
coacervates
eobionts
chemoautotrophs
One of the oldest, best preserved and most complete hominid fossil commonly known as Lucy belongs to the genus
Oreopithecus
Dryopithecus
Pithecanthropus
Australopithecus
Who performed this famous experiment to prove origin of life ?
Oparin and Haldane
Spallanzani and Pasteur
Urey and Miller
Fox and Pasteu
The tracking of evolutionary history of organisms is
ontogeny
phylogeny
analogy
homology
According to abiogenesis life originate from
non-living matter
pre-exiting life
chemicals
extra-terrestrial matter
The first man to use fire was
neanderthal man
Homo erectus
cro-magnon man
Australopithecus
The first organism to be found on a bare rock is a (an)
moss
alga
lichen
fern
Which of the following are kingdoms?
Monera
Protista
Animalae
All of the above
The most recent in human evolution is
mesolithic
neolithic
upper palaeolithic
middle palaeolithic
Retrogressive evolution is shown by
man
birds
tunicates
fish
Alternative forms of a gene are called
loci
multiples
Chromosomes
Alleles
An important evidence in favour of organic evolution is the occurence of
homologous and analogous organs
homologous and vestigial organs
analogous and vestigial organs
homologous organs only
Human being belongs to the species of
Homo erectus
Homo habillis
Homo-sapiens
Hominidae
Piltdown man is
Hemo habilis
Eoanthropus
Homo-sapiens
Pithecanthropine
The doctrine of evolution is concerned with
gradual changes
abiogenesis
biogenesis
none of the above
The first formed organism (riboorganism) used only ................. for catalyzing reactions.
DNA
amino acids
fatty acids
RNA