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    Consider the following three statements and select the correct option stating which one is true (T) and which one is false (F).
    (i) The skull of baby chimpanzee is more like adult human skull than adult chimpanzee skull.
    (ii) The first mammals were like shrews.
    (iii) The work of Thomas Malthus on populations influenced Lamarck.

    Solution

    Palaeozoic era is the era of ancient life. The correct arrangement of periods of this era is Cambrian→Ordovician (age of invertebrates) →Silurian→Devonian (Age of fishes) →Carboniferous (age of Amphibians) →Permian.

  • Question 2
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    Which one of the following statements is correct?

    Solution

    Homo erectus that appeared about 1.7 million years ago in middle pleistocence is the ancestor of fan.

  • Question 3
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    Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the codes given below.

  • Question 4
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    The primate which existed 15 mya was __________.

    Solution

    Ramapithecus appeared about 15 million years ago in Pliocene epoch. Fossil of Ramapithecus was discovered by Edward Lewis (1932) from rocks of Shivalik Hills of India.

  • Question 5
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    The brain capacity of Homo erectus was about 

    Solution

    Homo erectus appeared about 1.7 million years ago in middle Pleistocene. Its brain capacity was about 900 c.c. He was about 1.5−1.8 m tall having erect posture. 

  • Question 6
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    The extinct human ancestor, who ate only fruits and hunted with stone weapons was

    Solution

    Australopithecus probably lived in East African grasslands about 2 million years ago. They hunted with stone weapons but essentially ate fruit. They were about 1.5m high and their brain capacity was about 500c.c. They had bipedal locomotion and erect posture.

  • Question 7
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    The most apparent change during the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens is traced by

    Solution

    The brain capacity gradually increased from early human ancestors. Homo habilis has 650−800c.c., brain capacity which increased around 900c.c., in Homo erectus The Neanderthal man had 1400c.c., brain capacity which evolved to around 1450c.c., in Homo sapiens sapiens.

  • Question 8
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    One of the oldest, best preserved and most complete hominid fossil commonly known as 'Lucy' belongs to the genus

    Solution

    In 1881, Donald johnson, found a 3.2 milion. Years old skeleton of a female human ancestor. He nicknamed it Lucky's scientific name is Australopitheucs afranensis.

  • Question 9
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    Which of the following statements is correct regarding evolution of manking?

    Solution

    Homo erectus appeared about 1.7 million years ago in middle Pleistocene. H.erectus evolved from Homo habillis that appeaed about 2 million years ago.

  • Question 10
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    The cranial capacity was largest among the

    Solution

    The cranial capacity of Neanderthal man was 1400c.c., Peking man had 850−1100c.c., Java ape man had 800−1000c.c. and African man had 500c.c.

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