Evolution MCQs | Evolution Very Short Questions with Answers

Questions
1 Who is known as the father of genetics?
A Mendel
B Darwin
C Dalton
D Marie Curie

Answer:Darwin
2 Which of the following are the sources which provide evidences for evolution?
A Homologous organs
B Analogous organs
C Fossils
D All the above

Answer: All the above
3 Name a fossil bird which looks like a bird but has many other features found in reptiles?
A Dodo
B Archaeopteryx
C Flamingos
D Mouse Bird

Answer:Archaeopteryx
4 Name the organs which have different basic structure but have similar appearance and perform similar functions?
A Analogous organs
B Homologous organs
C Both A and B
D Neither A nor B

Answer:Analogous organs
5 Who suggested that life must have developed from the simple inorganic molecules like methane, hydrogen etc. which were present on the earth soon after it was formed?
A Darwin
B Marrie Curie
C Haldane
D None of the above

Answer: Haldane
6 Aves have evolved from:
A Amphibians
B Arthropods
C Mammals
D Reptiles

Answer:Arthropods
7 The theory of origin of life on earth is proposed by:
A Haldane
B Stanley Miller
C Harold C. Urey
D Lamarck

Answer: Haldane
8 Which of the following are the postulates of Darwin’s theory of evolution?
A Within any population, there is natural variation.
B Even though all species produce a large number of offsprings, populations remain fairly constant naturally.
C The struggle for survival within populations eliminates the unfit individuals.
D All the above are correct

Answer:Outer integument is converted into inner endocarp
9 The process by which new species develop from the existing species is called:
A Homologous
B Analogous
C Speciation
D Genetic variation

Answer:Speciation
10 A species inhabiting different geographical areas is known as
A sympatric
B allopatric
C sibling
D biospecies

Answer:allopatric
11 According to De Vries theory, evolution is
A jerky
B discontinuous
C continuous and smooth
D both a and b

Answer:both a and b
12 Mutation may be described as
A Continuous genetic variation
B Phenotypic change
C Discontinuous genetic variation
D Change due to hybridisation

Answer: Discontinuous genetic variation
13 The theory of use and disuse was given by
A Stebbins
B Lamarck
C Aristotle
D Vavilox

Answer:Lamarck
14 The evolution of a species is based upon sum total of adaptive changes preserved by
A natural selection
B isolation
C speciation
D human conservation

Answer: isolation
15 Genetic drift is on account of
A variations
B mutation
C increase in population
D decrease in population

Answer: decrease in population
16 According to Neo- Darwinism, natural selection operates through
A Fighting between organisms
B Variations
C Killing weaker organism
D Differential reproduction

Answer:Differential reproduction
17 Sympatric speciation develops reproductive isolation without
A Geographic barrier
B barrier to mating
C barrier to gene flow
D genetic change

Answer:Geographic barrier
18 Quick change in phenotypes in a small band of colonisers is called
A Founder effect
B Genetic bottle neck
C Genetic grift
D Gene flow

Answer: Founder effect
19 Genetic drift is found in
A Small population with or without mutated genes
B large population with random mating
C plant population
D animal population

Answer: Small population with or without mutated genes
20 Which is related to reproduce isolation
A genetic isolation
B temporal isolation
C behavioural isolation
D all of these

Answer: all of these
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