NMDCAT BIOLOGY-Evolution (SMART INSTITUTE)

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NMDCAT Biology Evolution Quiz

Test your knowledge and understanding of evolutionary concepts with our NMDCAT Biology Evolution Quiz. Designed for aspiring medical students, this quiz covers key topics in evolutionary biology and assesses your grasp of significant theories and scientists in the field.

Explore various hypotheses about the origin of life
Understand the principles proposed by prominent scientists
Evaluate your knowledge of evolutionary mechanisms

60 Questions15 MinutesCreated by ExploringLife101

01-Origin of life is explained by all except

Endosymbiont hypothesis

Hydrothermal vent hypothesis

Creationism

Chemical evolution

03-Darwin believed in perceived unity of life. It means

All organisms are unicellular

All organisms are similar

All organisms have common ancestor

All organisms have cells

04-In different species, analogous organs evolve to adapt:

Same habitat

Different habitat

Same nutrition

Different ecosystem

06-According to Lamarck, evolution is cumulative product of:

Somatic changes

Genetic changes

Heritable variations

Natural selection

09-Darwin wrote

Notebook on origin of species

Essay on origin of species

Principles of population

Both notebook and essay

13-The present giraffe has a long neck as compared to its ancestors. Darwin believed it could be due to

Natural selection

Inheritance of acquired characters

Isolation

Migration

15-WOF concept is attributed to Charles Darwin?

Use and disuse of organs is of great importance in evolution

Every cell must come from a pre-existing cell

In the struggle for existence, the fittest would survive

The gametes will carry only one of a pair of contrasting characters

16-The initial theory that environment can bring about changes in individuals was proposed by:

Mendel

Lamarck

Darwin

Lyell

17-The animal species on the Galapagos resemble species living on the:

North American mainland

South American mainland

Great Britain

Northern Europe

18-Production of more individuals than the environment can lead to:

Struggle for existence

Survival of the fittest

Natural selection

Evolution

19-The tissues of the organisms are petrified by:

Silica

Calcium carbonate

Calcium phosphate

Both silica and calcium carbonate

20-Keypoint of Lamarck's view about organic evolution is that every offspring:

Is similar to its parents

Inherits characters acquired by the parental generation

Shows struggle for existence

Repeats phylogeny in its ontogeny

23-WOF are not the example of analogous structure:

Wings of bats and butterfly

Wings of bats and forelimb of cattle

Thorn and spine

Wings of bats and sparrow

25-Evolutionary convergence is characterized by

Development of dissimilar characteristics in closely related groups

Development of a common set of chracteristics in the groups of different ancestry

Development of characteristics by random mating

Replacement of common characteristics in different groups

28-Over many years, two populations could become dissimilar enough to be designated as separate species that is apllied upon:

Galapagos finches

Blacksmith bicep

Giant turtle

Giraffe neck

29-Series of changes in the genetic composition of a population over time is called:

Revolution

Evolution

Population genetics

Succession

30-All of following are related to evolution except

Changes over time

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Muscle hypertrophy

Origin of new species

31-Lamarck presented a mechanism to explain

How earth formed

How life started

How specific adaptations evolve

How life changed

32-According to Darwin, finches found on Galapagos island had distinct characteristics due to:

Geographical isolation

Developmental anomaly

Special creation

Inheritance of acquired characteristics

33-Neo Darwinism is the result of reconciliation of Darwin's theory with:

Lamarck's work

Cuvier's work

Lyell work

Mendel's work

34-Darwin's theory of evolution was mainly based on the evidences from ......

Geographical distribution and fossil record

Fossil record and embryology

Geographical distribution and comparative anatomy

Paleontology and geology

35-WOF branch first suggested the idea of evolution to Darwin?

Zoogeography

Biogeography

Phytogeography

Geography

37-Ancestors of all forms of life according to molecular biology and cell biology;

Protists

Prokaryotes

Eukaryotes

Fungus like protists

40-Most appropriate group of medium for fossilization

Sand, resin and ice

H2O, dust and smoke

Rock, magma and ice

Resin, amber and air

42-Similarity between the forelimbs of cats, whales, bats and other mammals show that they are

Monophyletic

Paraphyletic

Polyphyletic

Diphyletic

43-Arms, wings, flippers and forelimbs of different mammals are variations on common anatomical theme present

Convergent evolution

Divergent evolution

Organic evolution

Speciation

44-Comparative anatomy supports that evolution is a ..... Process in which ancestral structures that functioned in one capacity become modified as they take on new function.

V=continuous

Remodeling

Discontinuous

Complete

45-What are fossils?

Remains of organisms

Impression of former organism

Traces of primitive organisms

All of these

46-WOF pair of structure present convergent evolution:

Wings of bats and insect

Wings of bat and birds

Fore limbs of bat and whale

Forelimbs of bat and man

47-WOF pair is/are not analogous organs

Wings of bat and butterfly

Wings of birds and pectoral fins of fish

Wings of birds and insect

Legs of frog and cockroach

50-Evolutionary relationship among species are reflected at molecular level in their

DNA and Proteins

DNA and lipids

DNA and carbohydrates

DNA and RNA

51-Modifications, an organism acquires during its life time can be passed along to its offspring is called as:

Origin of species

Law of natural selection

Law of inheritance of acquired characters

Principles of population

52-Which one is according to Lamarckism

Variation>>>adaptations>>>inheritance

Adaptations>>>variation>>>inheritance

Recombination>>>variation>>>adaptations

Mutations>>>variations>>>adaptations

54-Wallace development theory of ..... Essentially identical to Darwin's

Inheritance

Artificial selection

Natural selection

Use and disuse

56-What is the perception of Darwin about unity of life:

All organisms descent from a common ancestor

All organisms are created specially by a divine force

All organisms share a common biological composition

All organisms arise from non-living things

57-According to Darwin ..... Become better adapted to local environment through natural selection.

Regional community

Population

Ecosystem

Flora

58-Survival is only for the fittest is true for:

Artificial selection

Natural selection

Descent with modification

Revolution

59-Survival in the struggle for existence depends upon

Physical environment

Chemical environment

Hereditary constitution

Environmental resources

60-The presence of gill slits, in the embryos of all vertebrates, supports the theory of:

Metamorphosis

Organic evolution

Recapitulation

Biogenesis

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