Evolution Test ...

When two species of different genealogy come to resemble each other as a result of adaptation, the phenomenon is termed:

Assertion: Coacervates are believed to be the precursors of life. 

Reason: Coacervates were self-duplicating aggregates of proteins surrounded by lipid molecules. 

Louis Pasteur used which of the following substances as growth medium(s) while conducting experiment to disprove abiogenesis?

Which one of the following experiments suggests that simplest living organisms could not have originated spontaneously from nonliving matter

De Vries stated saltation as a view of evolution. According to him, saltation is

Analogous structures are

S. L. Miller, an American scientist, synthesised which of the following in a closed flask containing CH₄, H₂, NH₃ and water vapor at 8000 Celsius?

As per 'Panspermia', life reached Earth in the form of

The idea of Natural selection as the fundamental process of evolutionary changes was reached

After industrialisation in 1920, there were more dark colored moths in England because

Which one of the followings is also called Sewall Wright Effect?

Which of the following is explained in Lamarckism?

Directions: Choose the option that states if the given sentences are true or false. (T stands for True and F stands for False)

1. The first cellular forms of life evolved 3 billion years back.
2. First life forms originated in water environment.
3. Primitive Earth had oxidising atmosphere.

Information on geological period in which an organism existed can be gathered from which of the following?

Which of the following pairs of organisms exhibits the same similarities as flippers of penguins and dolphins?

Formation of new species due to drastic change in allele frequency is called which of the following?

Which of the following statements about Darwin's finches are true?

a. They were originally seed eaters.
b. All evolved on the same island.
c. They were originally insectivorous.
d. They differed in size and shape of their beak.

Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era characterized by

Assertion:  The  earliest  organisms  that  appeared  on  the  earth  were  non-green  and presumably anaerobes. 

Reason: The first autotrophic organisms were the chemo-autotrophs that never released oxygen. 

Which of the following points about Homo erectus are incorrect?

a. They were meat eaters.
b. They lived in Africa.
c. They buried bodies of dead persons.
d. They developed cave-art.
e. They had a large brain of around 900 cubic centimeter.

An important evidence in favor of organic evolution is the occurrence of

Hardy-Weinberg principle describes the stability of allele frequency and its constancy in a 

All the following structures have evolved convergently, except

Which of the following were probably the first mammals on the Earth?

Which one of the following statements is correct?