1. Which of the following originated from Synapsids?

1) Crocodiles 2) Dinosaurs 3) Mammals 4) Lizards

2. 16% people in a population cannot roll their tongue, Which is recessive trait. What is
the frequency of people which are heterozygous for this character?
1) 36% 2) 48% 3) 16% 4) 84%
3. Cycads and angiosperms arose from common ancestor called ______ that existed on
earth during ____ period
1) Zosterophyllum, Triassic 2) Chlorophyta, Silurian
3) Seed ferns, carboniferous 4) Herbaceous lycopods, cretaceous
4. The change in the population of peppered moth is in itself an evolution in
industrialised area. Which of the following type of natural selection operated on it?

1) a-Stabilising selection 2) b-Directional selection

3) d-Balancing selection 4) c-Disruptive selection
5. Arrange the following hominids according to their increasing cranial capacity (cc) H.
erectus,H. sapiens sapiens, Neanderthal man, H. habilis
1) H. habilis – H. erectus – H. sapiens sapiens – Neanderthal man
2) Neanderthal man – H.sapiens sapiens – H.erectus – H. habilis
3) H. erectus – H.sapiens sapiens – Neanderthal man – H.habilis
4) H. sapiens sapiens – H. habilis – H. erectus – Neanderthal man
6. On the basis of various studies which one of the following can be considered as
phylogenetically more close living relative to birds?
1) Lizzard 2) Crocodiles 3) Dinosaur 4) Both (2) & (3)
7. In a population of 200 individuals, 98 exhibit recessive phenotype. What percentage
of population is homozygous dominant?
1) 9% 2) 3% 3) 7% 4) 42%
8. A population of 5000 guinea pigs in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium has 450 white
recessive individuals. If there are only two alleles for this trait, what would be the
number of homozygous dominant and heterozygous dominant individuals in that
population respectively?
1) 2450, 2100 2) 2500, 2100 3) 1050, 3000 4) 1220, 1520
9. A population will not exist in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium if
 1) The population is large 2) Individuals mate selectively
3) There are no mutations 4) There is no migration
10. At particular locus, frequency of ‘A’ allele is 0.6 and that of ‘a’ is 0.4. What would be
the frequency of heterozygotes in a random mating population at equilibrium?
1) 0.16 2) 0.48 3) 0.36 4) 0.24
11. According to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium the allelic frequencies in a population will
remain constant from generation to generation under which of these two conditions?
A) Large population size B) Assortative mating
C) There should be no differential success among the organisms of the population
D) There should be large scale migrations.
1) A and B 2) B and C 3) A and C 4) A and D
12. The Rhynia type plant lineage was ancestral to most groups of following land plants
with the exception of the
1) Ferns 2) Conifers 3) Herbaceous lycopods 4) Cycads
13. During the growth of any population more individuals acquires peripheral character
value at both ends of the distribution curve which lead to the
1) Stabilisation 2) Directional change 3) Disruption 4) Either (2) or
(3)
14. In ...a..., a fish caught in ...b..., happened to be a ...c... which was thought to be extinct.
These animals are called ...d... evolved into the first ...e....
1) a—1891, b—South America, c—Ichthyosaurs, d—lobefins, e—amphibians
2) a—1938, b—South America, c—Icthyophis, d— coelocanthi e—reptiles
3) a—1891, b—North America, c—coelocanth, d— lobefins, e—amphibians
4) a—1938, b—South Africa, c—coelocanth, d— lobefins, e—amphibians
15. Match the columns I and II, and choose the correct combination from the options
given.
Column I Column I
a. Invertebrates evolved 1. 65 mya
b. Sea weeds and few plants evolved 2. 200 mya
c. Jaw less fishes evolved 3. 320mya
d. Fish like reptiles evolved 4. 350 mya
e. Dinosaurs disappeared 5. 500 mya
1) a-3, b-5, c-4, d-l, e-2 2) a-4, b-3, c-5, d-2, e-1
3) a-5, b-4, c-3, d-1, e-2 4) a-5, b-3, c-4, d-2, e-1
16. Dinosaurs disappeared during
1) Beginning of Jurassic 2) End of Triassic 3) End of Cretaceous 4) Permian
17. Correct order is
1) Palaeozoic Archaeozoic Coenozoic 2) Archaeozoic Palaeozoic Proterozoic
3) Palaeozoic Mesozoic Coenozoic 4) Mesozoic Archaeozoic Proterozoic

18. Identify the following labelled B,C and A respectively

 1) Ginkgos, Bryophytes, and Conifers 2) Bryophytes, Ginkgos and Conifers
3) Conifers, Ginkgos and Bryophytes 4) Ginkgos, Conifers and Bryophytes
19. Identify the following labelled C,A and B respectively

1) Theropsids – Tuataras and Pelycosaurs 2) Tuataras – Theropsids and

Pelycosaurs
3) Pelycosaurs – Tuataras and Theropsids 4) Tuataras – Pelycosaurs and
Theropsids
20. Which of the following concept is attributed to Charless Darwin
1) Use and disuse 2) Biogenesis
3) Survival of the fittest 4) Inheritance of acquired characters
21. S-I: Darwin finches show a variety of beaks for eating large seeds, insects and cactus
seeds
S-II: Finches radiated out from South America to different geographical areas having
different types of food
1) S-I is true, S-II is false 2) S-I is false, S-II is true
3) Both statements are true 4) Both statements are false
22. One of the following is an example of anthropogenic evolution
1) Creating new breeds that defer from the other breeds
2) Selection of resistant varieties due to excessive use of herbicides and pesticides
3) Appearance of resistant cells/organism in a time scale of months or years and not in
centuries
4) 2 and 3 of the above
23. All varieties of Finch birds of Galapagos Islands observed Darwin evolved on the
island them self from the original
1) Insectivorous forms 2) Seed eating forms 3) Cactus feeding forms 4) Worm
eating forms
24. S-I: Moths that were able to camouflage themselves survived
S-II: Predators will spot a moth against a contrasting back ground
1) S-I is true, S-II is false 2) S-I is false, S-II is true
3) Both statements are true 4) Both statements are false
25. Arrange the components of history of the earth in increasing order
1) Periods – eras – epochs 2) Eras – periods – epochs
3) Epochs – periods – eras 4) Eras – epochs – periods
26. Fossils are dated by
1) Amount of calcium residue 2) Association with other fossils
3) Radio-active carbon content 4) Stratiographical position
27. One of the following is the homologous to the wing of the bird
1) Dorsal fin of a shark 2) Hind limbs of a rabbit 3) Flipper of a whale 4) Wing of a
moth
28. The process by which organisms with different evolutionary histories evolve similar
phenotypic adaptations in response to a common environmental challenges is called
1) Natural selection 2) Convergent evolution
3) Non-random evolution 4) Adaptive radiation