Which of the following is the nearest relative of man?
- (A) Lemurs
- (B) Gorilla
- (C) Chimpanzee
- (D) Orangutan
- (C) Chimpanzee
Which of the following is the chief agent of evolution?
- (A) Mutation
- (B) Sexual reproduction
- (C) Natural selection
- (D) Acquired characters
- (C) Natural selection
The species to which humans belong is:
- (A) Homo erectus
- (B) Homo sapiens
- (C) Homo genesis
- (D) Homo rebustus
- (B) Homo sapiens
The first experiment regarding the evolution of life was performed by:
- (A) Watson and Crick
- (B) Urey and Miller
- (C) Oparin and Haldane
- (D) Meselson and Stahl
- (B) Urey and Miller
Who was the first mammal on earth?
- (A) Monkey
- (B) Rat
- (C) Morganucodontid
- (D) Hippopotamus
- (C) Morganucodontid
How many animal species are there in the world?
- (A) 5.7 million
- (B) 6.7 million
- (C) 7.7 million
- (D) 8.7 million
- (D) 8.7 million
Finding of Miller’s experiment on the origin of life has provided evidence for:
- (A) Theory of biogenesis
- (B) Theory of abiogenesis
- (C) Theory of organic evolution
- (D) Theory of special creation
- (B) Theory of abiogenesis
How many animal species have been identified?
- (A) 1.2 million
- (B) 2.2 million
- (C) 3.2 million
- (D) 4.2 million
- (A) 1.2 million
Who proposed the “Theory of Biogenesis”?
- (A) Thomas Muller
- (B) Charles Darwin
- (C) Louis Pasteur
- (D) Herbert Spencer
- (C) Louis Pasteur
Who put forward the “Theory of Abiogenesis”?
- (A) Louis Pasteur
- (B) Alexander Fleming
- (C) Van Helmont
- (D) Lazzaro Spallanzani
- (C) Van Helmont