Multiple Choice Quiz on Evolution

Multiple Choice Quiz on Evolution
This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in 'evolution'.  Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking ' Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.


1. Which was absent in the atmosphere at the time of origin of life?
O2
H2
CH4
NH3
2. Which of the following is a living fossil?
Dalbergia sisso
Pinus longifolia
Mirabilis jalapa
Ginko bioloba
3. The earliest fossil form, in the phylogeny of horse is
Equus
Mesohippus
Merychippus
Eohippus
4. Which of the following is a pair of homologous organs?
pectroral fin of rohu and fore limb of horse
wings of grasshopper and wings of crow
lungs of rabbit and gills of rohu
wings of bat and wings of butterfly
5. Which period is dubbed as the age of prokaryotic microbes?
archean
phanerozoic
precambian
proterozoic
6. In which era reptiles were dominant
coenozoic era
mesozoic era
archaeozoic era
paleozoic era
7. Reason of diversity in living beings is
mutation
gradual change
short term evolutionary change
long term evolutionary change
8. Homo sapiens have evolved in
oligocene
holocene
pleistocoene
palaeocene
9. Which evidence of evolution is related to Darwin's finches?
evidence from paleonotology
evidence from embryology
evidence from comparative anatomy
evidence from biogeographical distribution
10. Which of the following is correct order of the evolutionary history of man
Peking man, Neanderthal man, Homo sapiens, Heidelberg man
Peking man, Neanderthal man, Heidelberg man, Cromagnon man
Peking man, Heidelberg man, Neanderthal man, Cromagnon man
Peking man, Heidelberg man, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal man
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