Geological Time Scale

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Geological Time Scale: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Geological Time Scale, Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Palaeozoic, Evolutionary History of Vertebrates, and Ordovician Period.

Important Questions on Geological Time Scale

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Reptiles, salamander, lobe fins, frogs. Rearrange them in ascending order of the evolutionary tree.

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Which of the following is not the period of Mesozoic era?

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Fossils of the herbivore dinosaur Brontosaurus are most likely to be found in most abundance in rocks of

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The first organisms that invaded land were:

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Ape like ancestors of humans appear in the epoch

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Among the following largest in size interms of number of years is

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The last major evolutionary advancement among  the vascular plants was the emergence of flowering plants (angiosperms) about

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The epoch of human civilization is

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Fossils of Archaeopteryx were found from

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The Permian period, during which the first most modern orders of insects appeared, occurred approximately

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Amphibia first appeared in which of the following period?

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The flowering plants originated in which of the following periods?

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Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era is characterised by which of the following

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Which of the following arrangement of periods of the mesozoic era gives a correct sequence from the earliest to the latest?

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First mammals appeared around

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Which of the following is known as age of mammals?

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Mesozoic era is called the

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Which of the following is an Incorrect match?

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Dinosaurs were abundant during:

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Which one of the following periods is largely associated with extinction of dinosaurs and the increase in flowering plants and reptiles