ZOOLOGY Systematics 6 Mock Test

🟥 QUESTIONS : 30

🟥 TIME : 30 Mins

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1) First homonid was

A) Neanderthal man

B) Handy man

C) Erect man

D) True man

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2)

It is found that people with genetic disease called sickle cell anemia are resistant to malaria. Which of the following best describe the underlying mechanism?
1. Frequency dependent selection
2. Superiority of heterozygotes/ Heterozygote advantage
3. Transient polymorphism
4. Balanced polymorphism

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

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3) Who has been called “Darwin’s bulldog”for his vigourous championing of Darwin’s theory of evolution

A) T.H Huxley

B) T.H Morgan

C) Wallace

D) Cuvie

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4) “Genesis and Evolutionary development of life” was written by

A) A.I Oparin

B) Urey

C) Miller

D) none

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5) Who among the following is connected to the concept of cellular totipotency

A) Nageli

B) Haberlandt

C) Steward

D) Iyankar

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6) Sexual selection in Darwin‘s theory was that ?

A) weakest part

B) strongest part

C) moderate part

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7) Charles Darwin brought the term gemmules to explain the theory of

A) natural selection

B) theory of pangenesis

C) theory of acquired character

D) struggle for existence

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8) Retrogressive evolution is shown by

A) man

B) birds

C) tunicates

D) fish

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9) Given 1=Natural selection

2=variations and their inheritance

3=survival of the fittes

t 4=struggle for existence,,,

according to Darwinism which of the following represents the correct sequence of events in the origin of new species?

A) 1,2,3,4

B) 2,3,1,4

C) 3,4,1,2

D) 4,2,3,1

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10)

It is found that people with genetic disease called sickle cell anemia are resistant to malaria. Which of the following best describe the underlying mechanism?
1. Frequency dependent selection
2. Superiority of heterozygotes/ Heterozygote advantage
3. Transient polymorphism
4. Balanced polymorphism

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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11)

selection in which two extreme phenotype leave more offspring than the intermediate phenotype is called
1. Directional selection
2. Disruptive selection
3. Stabilising selection
4.Neutral selection

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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12)

Most rarest form of natural selection
A. Disruptive selection
B . Directional selection
C. Stabilizing selection
D. Progressive selection

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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13)

rreversibility of evolution was stated by
A. Dollo
B. Cope
C. Gloger
D. Gause

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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14)

Genetic drift is given by
A-Sewal wright
B-Darwin
C-Hardy
D-Weinberg

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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15)

elect the incorrect statement related to stabilizing selection:
A. Selection tends to favour intermediate types
B. Operates in the constant or unchanging environment
C. Checks accumulation of mutation
D. Introduces heterozygosity in the population

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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16) Choose the wrong statement.

According to Darwinism:
A) There is an internal vital force in all organism.
B) Struggle for existence is very important.
C) Further development or degeneration of an organ occur due to continuous variation.
D) Struggle for existence is very important .

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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17)

he drawback of Darwin’s theory was:
A) He lacked direct evidence for natural selection.
B) He could not explain the source of variation in population and inheritance of variation
C) The existence of vestigial organs in organisms could not be explained
D) All the above

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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18)

In 1813,who presented before the Royal Society, the principle of natural selection?
A)Hugo de Vries
B) William Charles Wells
C) Weismann
D) Darwin

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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19)

Serological tests to trace evolution was given by
A- Simpson
B- Wallace
C- Nuttall
D- Lemaitre

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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20)

Industrial melanism is an example for:
A) Neo Darwinism
B) Natural selection
C) Mutation
D) None of these.

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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21)

According to neo- darwinism variations which are the raw material of evolution occur:
A) In an individual and remain restricted to him
B) In gene pool of a population
C) In all the members of one species
D) In all the members of all species

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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22)

The animal group which doesn't exist in Galapagos island is
A- Insects
B- Protozoa
C- Crustacea
D- Amphibia

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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23)

Concept of inheritance of acquired characters was disapproved by experiments of
A- Oparin
B- Weisemann
C- Dobzhansky
D- Darwin

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

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24)

Theory of ' Saltations ' was given by
A- Mendel
B- Hugo de Vries
C- H J Miller
D- J B S Haldane

A) a

B) B

C) C

D) D

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25) The theory of Pangenesis by

A) De Vries

B) Lamark

C) Darwin

D) weismann

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26) " Descent of man " book was published by Darwin in

A) 1859

B) 1871

C) 1809

D) 1812

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27) For formulating his Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Darwin was greatly influenced by the writings of:

A) Malthus

B) Mendel

C) De Vries

D) Lamarck

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28) Which of the following factors is responsible for evolution according to Neodarwinism?

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A) Mutations

B) Natural selection

C) Mutations and Natural selection

D) Either mutations or natural selection

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29) "Lamarck Theory of Organic Evolution" is based upon:

A) Effect of environment

B) Inheritance of acquired characters

C) Use and disuse of body parts

D) All of these

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30) Jean Baptiste de Lamarck published his book "Philosophic Zoologique" in:

A) 1807

B) 1809

C) 1827

D) 1907

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