EVOLUTION OF LIFE (MCQs)

Which of the following is the nearest relative of man?

  • (A) Lemurs
  • (B) Gorilla
  • (C) Chimpanzee
  • (D) Orangutan
Check Answer
  • (C) Chimpanzee

Which of the following is the chief agent of evolution?

  • (A) Mutation
  • (B) Sexual reproduction
  • (C) Natural selection
  • (D) Acquired characters
Check Answer
  • (C) Natural selection

The species to which humans belong is:

  • (A) Homo erectus
  • (B) Homo sapiens
  • (C) Homo genesis
  • (D) Homo rebustus
Check Answer
  • (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
Check Answer
  • (B) Urey and Miller

Who was the first mammal on earth?

  • (A) Monkey
  • (B) Rat
  • (C) Morganucodontid
  • (D) Hippopotamus
Check Answer
  • (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
Check Answer
  • (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
Check Answer
  • (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
Check Answer
  • (A) 1.2 million

Who proposed the “Theory of Biogenesis”?

  • (A) Thomas Muller
  • (B) Charles Darwin
  • (C) Louis Pasteur
  • (D) Herbert Spencer
Check Answer
  • (C) Louis Pasteur

Who put forward the “Theory of Abiogenesis”?

  • (A) Louis Pasteur
  • (B) Alexander Fleming
  • (C) Van Helmont
  • (D) Lazzaro Spallanzani
Check Answer
  • (C) Van Helmont

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