Free Evolution (Daily Quiz: 4) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

What kind of evidence suggested that man is more closely related with chimpanzee than with other hominoid apes?

(a) Evidence from fossil remains, and the fossil mitochondrial DNA alone

(b) Evidence from DNA extracted from sex chromosomes only

(c) Comparison of chromosomes morphology only

(d) Evidence from DNA extracted from sex chromosomes, autosomes

Question-2

Darwin's theory of pangenesis shows similarity with theory of inheritance of acquired characters then what will be correct according to it?

(a) Development of organs is due to willpower

(b) Useful organs become strong and developed while useless organs become extinct. These organs help in struggle for survival

(c) Size of organs increase with ageing

(d) There should become physical basis of inheritance

Question-3

Analogous structures are a result of:

(a) Convergent evolution

(b) Divergent evolution

(c) Shared ancestry

(d) Stabilizing selection

Question-4

Match the following columns.

Column I(Types of natural selection)	Column II(Explanations)
A. Stabilisation selection	1. More individuals acquire value other than mean character value
B. Directional selection	2. More individuals acquire mean character value
C. Disruption selection	3. More individuals acquire peripheral character value at both ends of distribution curve

Codes A B C

(a) 3 2 1

(b) 1 3 2

(c) 2 1 3

(d) 3 1 2

Question-5

In a population of 1000 individuals 360 belong to genotype AA, 480 to Aa and the remaining 160 to aa. Based on this data, the frequency of allele A in the population is

(a) 0.6

(b) 0.4

(c) 0.5

(d) 0.7