Who published the book “Origin of species by Natural Selection” in 1859?

(a)

Charles Darwin

(b)

Lamarck

(c)

Weismann

(d)

Hugo de Vries

The age of fossils can be determined by

(a)

electron microscope

(b)

weighing the fossils

(c)

carbon dating

(d)

analysis of bones

The Neanderthal man had the brain capacity of

(a)

650 – 800cc

(b)

1200cc

(c)

900cc

(d)

1400cc

Carbon dioxide in the primitive earth is said to have been formed from ___________

(a)

Methane & Oxygen

(b)

Methane & Ammonia

(c)

Carbon and Oxygen

(d)

Carbon & Methane

_____________ was not a part of theory of chemical evolution.

(a)

Sea served as chemical laboratory

(b)

Oxygen was not present

(c)

Physical forces such as UV, lightning contributed to changes.

(d)

Solar energy was not available

Human evolution occured in _____________ era

(a)

Paleozoic

(b)

Cenozoic

(c)

Mesozoic

(d)

Precambrian

Lamarck theory was disproved by _______________

(a)

Weinberg

(b)

August Weismann

(c)

Haeckel

(d)

Wallace

Morphological isolation is also known as _______________

(a)

Physiological isolation

(b)

Cytological isolation

(c)

Mechanical isolation

(d)

Seasonal isolation

According to big bang theory, the primitive earth had all the following. Except:

(a)

Ammonia

(b)

Methane

(c)

Oxygen

(d)

Hydrogen and water vapour

In this type of selection no speciation takes place but the phenotype stability is maintained within the population over generation.

(a)

Stabilizing selection

(b)

Directional selection

(c)

Disruptive selection

(d)

Adaptive radiation