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Match the following and identify the correct match.
 
  The dinosaur Era   In millions of years before
a Triassic i 175
b Jurassic  ii 225
c Cretaceous iii 125

 

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Important Questions on Evolution

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Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity?
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Which of the following structures is homologous to the wing of a bird?
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Match the following

  Set-I   Set-II
(A) Cyanognathus (I) Reptiles & birds
(B) Archaeopteryx (II) Amphibians & reptiles
(C) Seymouria (III) Reptiles & mammals
(D) Eusthenopteron (IV) Protochordates & fishes
    (V) Fishes & amphibians

The correct match is

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The similarity of bone structure in the forelimbs of many vertebrates is an example of:
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A researcher found petrified dinosaur faeces. Which one of the following is unlikely to be found in this fossil?
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Anthropocene refers to the geological age during which
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Match the following
  LIST-I   LIST-II
A The golden age of reptiles I Carboniferous period
B Age of amphibians II Cenozoic era
C The golden age of fishes III Mesozoic era
D Age of mammals IV Devonian period
    V Silurian period

The correct match is

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Statement I: Organs which have similar structure and origin but perform different functions are called analogous organs.
Statement II : The sudden appearance of some vestigial organs in a better developed condition is called atavism

The correct option among the following is

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Which among the following was the biggest land dinosaur?
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Statement (S): Less than 2% of the human genome encodes for functional units called 'proteins'.

Reason (R): The majority of the human genome is regulatory in nature.

Which of the following is true?

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Study the following statements
I) Gene that codes for the synthesis of dystrophin is the largest human gene
II) Chromosome 21 contains the highest number of genes
III Endonucleases are used to cut the DNA at specific region
IV) Whole hereditary information encoded in DNA of an organism is called genome

Among the above identify the correct statements

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The primary gases that were used by Miller in his experiment are
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 Study the following table

S.No. Group Ancestors Evolved in
I Pisces Osteolepids Silurian period
II Amphibia Osteolepids Devonian period
III Reptilia Labyrinthodonts Jurassic period
IV Aves Therapsids Carboniferous period
V Mammalia Therapsids Triassic period
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Of the periods listed below, which ONE is the earliest period when Ostracoderms, the jawless and finless fishes, appeared?