Free Evolution (Daily Quiz: 5) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

Match the following columns.

Column I	Column II
A. Wallace	1. Natural selection
B. Malthus	2. Essay of population
C. Hardy-Weinberg law	3. Biston betularia
D. Industrial melanism	4. $p^2 + 2pq + q^2$ = 1

Codes A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 1 2 4 3

(c) 1 3 4 2

(d) 2 3 4 1

Question-2

Which one of the following phenomena supports Darwin's concept of natural selection in organic evolution?

(a) Prevalence of pesticide resistant insects.

(b) Development of transgenic animals.

(c) Production of 'Dolly' the sheep by cloning.

(d) Development of organs from 'stem cells' for organ transplantation.

Question-3

Identify the geographical periods (A, B, C) in the given diagram.

(a) A–Tertiary, B–Permian, C–Jurassic

(b) A–Tertiary, B–Jurassic, C–Permian

(c) A–Permian, B–Jurassic, C–Tertiary

(d) A–Jurassic, B–Tertiary, C–Permian

Question-4

The extinct human who lived 1,00,000 to 40,000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, with short stature, heavy eye brows, retreating fore heads, large jaws with heavy teeth, stocky bodies, a lumbering gait and stooped posture was

(a) Neanderthal human

(b) Homo habilis

(c) Cro-magnon human

(d) Ramapithecus

Question-5

Synapsids existed

(a) 150 mya

(b) 300 mya

(c) 350 mya

(d) 50 mya