Evolutionary Biology Questions MCQ Questions and answers
1. The oldest microfossil so far of age 3.5 billion year ago was-
(a) Coacervates (b) Eobionts
(c) Microspheres (d) Cyanobacteria
2. In his book, “The origin of life (1938)” oparin submitted abiogenesis first bur biogenesis
ever since, this theory is named as-
(a) Spontaneous generation (b) Chemical origin
(c) Primary abiogenesis (d) Biogenesis
3. Experimental evidence for molecular evolution of life was provided by-
(a) Oparin (b) Haldane
(c) Urey and Miller (d) Syndey fox
4. During pre-biotic origin of life which chemical played important role in formation of nucleotide specially guanosine-
(a) CH4 (b) CO2
(c) NH3 (d) HCN
5. Among the following which molecule till now not synthesized by mimicking the environment of pre-biotic environment-
(a) Ribose (b) Pyrimidines
(c) Purine (d) L-aminoacids
6. Among the following the evidence of evolution from biogeography is-
(a) Embryo development (b) Plate tectonics
(c) Darwin finches (d) Darwin turtles
7. Thorns of Bougenwalia plant and tendril of cucurbits are-
(a) Homologous organs (b) Paralogous organ
(c) Analogous organ (d) Orthologous organ
8. Placental mammals such as mouse, wolf, Australian marsupials such as marsupial mouse, Tasmanian wolf shows-
(a) Parallel evolution (b) Convergent evolution
(c) Divergent evolution (d) Phyletic evolution
9. Which of the following is not an vestigial organ in humans-
(a) Ear muscles (b) Tail vertebra
(c) Premolar (d) Appendix
10. Which of the following was earliest form with lipid bilayer and can reproduce by budding-
(a) Coacervates (b) Micro spheres
(c) protobionts (d) Monospheres
1. The oldest microfossil so far of age 3.5 billion year ago was-
(a) Coacervates (b) Eobionts
(c) Microspheres (d) Cyanobacteria
2. In his book, “The origin of life (1938)” oparin submitted abiogenesis first bur biogenesis
ever since, this theory is named as-
(a) Spontaneous generation (b) Chemical origin
(c) Primary abiogenesis (d) Biogenesis
3. Experimental evidence for molecular evolution of life was provided by-
(a) Oparin (b) Haldane
(c) Urey and Miller (d) Syndey fox
4. During pre-biotic origin of life which chemical played important role in formation of nucleotide specially guanosine-
(a) CH4 (b) CO2
(c) NH3 (d) HCN
5. Among the following which molecule till now not synthesized by mimicking the environment of pre-biotic environment-
(a) Ribose (b) Pyrimidines
(c) Purine (d) L-aminoacids
6. Among the following the evidence of evolution from biogeography is-
(a) Embryo development (b) Plate tectonics
(c) Darwin finches (d) Darwin turtles
7. Thorns of Bougenwalia plant and tendril of cucurbits are-
(a) Homologous organs (b) Paralogous organ
(c) Analogous organ (d) Orthologous organ
8. Placental mammals such as mouse, wolf, Australian marsupials such as marsupial mouse, Tasmanian wolf shows-
(a) Parallel evolution (b) Convergent evolution
(c) Divergent evolution (d) Phyletic evolution
9. Which of the following is not an vestigial organ in humans-
(a) Ear muscles (b) Tail vertebra
(c) Premolar (d) Appendix
10. Which of the following was earliest form with lipid bilayer and can reproduce by budding-
(a) Coacervates (b) Micro spheres
(c) protobionts (d) Monospheres
