Evolution MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. The age of rock is calculated on the basis of

1. types of fossils present
2. number of strata present
3. amount of uranium present
4. none above

2. Closest primate to man is

1. gorilla
2. rhesus monkey
3. orangutan
4. lemur

3. Human evolution actually started in

1. France
2. America
3. Central Asia
4. Africa

4. Anaerobic photosynthetic bacteria appeared on the earth about

1. 500 million years ago
2. 1500 million years ago
3. 2500 million years ago
4. 3500 million years ago

5. The surface temperature of the sun is

1. 6000 degree Centgrade
2. 9000 degree Centgrade
3. 1000 degree Centgrade
4. 10,000 degree Centgrade

6. Apes share ............... blood groups with man

1. A, B, AB
2. A, B, O
3. AB, O
4. A and B only

7. The earth like other planets formed from

1. aggregates of uranium
2. cloud of gas and dust
3. division of pre-exiting planets
4. collisions of meteorites

8. Leakey and Leakey discovered the fossils of

1. apeman
2. erect man
3. Peking man
4. the tool maker

9. The era called age of prokaryotic microbes is

1. archaezoic
2. precambrian
3. phaenerozoic
4. proterizoic

10. Evidences of evolutionary relationships is found in

1. atmosphere
2. fossils
3. ocean beds
4. rocks

11. Present age of human known as

1. atomic age
2. iron age
3. bronze age
4. silver age

12. Peking man is known as

1. Australopithecus
2. Sinanthropus
3. Pithcanthropus
4. Homo-sapien

13. Which one of the following ancestors of man first time showed bipedal movement?

1. Australopithecus
2. Cro-magnon
3. Java apeman
4. Peking man

14. Mesozoic era is called golden period of

1. birds
2. amphibians
3. reptiles
4. pisces

15. The first photoautotroph organisms were

1. bryophytes
2. algae
3. cyanobacteria
4. bacteria

16. Mega evolution is

1. Changes in the gene pool
2. evolution due to mutations
3. origin of a new biological group
4. the evolution that takes centuries

17. Who was the first civilized man ?

1. Cro-magnon man
2. Neanderthal man
3. Java ape man
4. Peking man

18. Evolution and natural selection is demonstrated by

1. DDT resistance in mosquito
2. sickel cell anaemia in pygmies
3. industral melanism
4. all above

19. The first formed organism (riboorganism) used only ................. for catalyzing reactions.

1. DNA
2. amino acids
3. fatty acids
4. RNA

20. The doctrine of evolution is concerned with

1. gradual changes
2. abiogenesis
3. biogenesis
4. none of the above

21. Piltdown man is

1. Hemo habilis
2. Eoanthropus
3. Homo-sapiens
4. Pithecanthropine

22. Human being belongs to the species of

1. Homo erectus
2. Homo habillis
3. Homo-sapiens
4. Hominidae

23. An important evidence in favour of organic evolution is the occurence of

1. homologous and analogous organs
2. homologous and vestigial organs
3. analogous and vestigial organs
4. homologous organs only

24. Alternative forms of a gene are called

1. loci
2. multiples
3. Chromosomes
4. Alleles

25. Retrogressive evolution is shown by

1. man
2. birds
3. tunicates
4. fish

26. The most recent in human evolution is

1. mesolithic
2. neolithic
3. upper palaeolithic
4. middle palaeolithic

27. Which of the following are kingdoms?

1. Monera
2. Protista
3. Animalae
4. All of the above

28. The first organism to be found on a bare rock is a (an)

1. moss
2. alga
3. lichen
4. fern

29. The first man to use fire was

1. neanderthal man
2. Homo erectus
3. cro-magnon man
4. Australopithecus

30. According to abiogenesis life originate from

1. non-living matter
2. pre-exiting life
3. chemicals
4. extra-terrestrial matter

31. The tracking of evolutionary history of organisms is

1. ontogeny
2. phylogeny
3. analogy
4. homology

32. Who performed this famous experiment to prove origin of life ?

1. Oparin and Haldane
2. Spallanzani and Pasteur
3. Urey and Miller
4. Fox and Pasteu

33. One of the oldest, best preserved and most complete hominid fossil commonly known as Lucy belongs to the genus

1. Oreopithecus
2. Dryopithecus
3. Pithecanthropus
4. Australopithecus

34. The primitive cell-like colloidal particles capable of growth and division were

1. prokaryotes
2. coacervates
3. eobionts
4. chemoautotrophs

35. The Jurassic period belongs to which era ?

1. proterozoic
2. archezoic
3. mesozoic
4. cenozoic

36. What is ethnobotany ?

1. Relationship between primitive plants and people
2. Study to soil
3. Cultivation of flower yielding plants
4. Use of plants and their parts

37. The stage for the evolution of autotrophs was set with the evolution of

1. RNA
2. DNA
3. ozone
4. chlorophyll

38. Which of the following leads to evolution ?

1. Separation of species leading to evolution
2. Differentiation of species
3. Loss of few advanced characters
4. Differentiation and adaption of species as unique entities