NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-7 | BIOLOGY NCERT MCQ | EVOLUTION | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-1 Evolution  NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Biology which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON EVOLUTION

1. The force that initiates evolution is ______
(a) Variation
(b) Mutation
(c) Extinction
(d) Adaptation

Answer: (a) Variation

2. ___________ is a vestigial organ
(a) Intestinal villi
(b) Papillae
(c) Vermiform appendix
(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Vermiform appendix

3. The earliest geological time period among the following is _______
(a) Cambrian
(b) Permian
(c) Jurassic
(d) Quaternary

Answer: (a) Cambrian

4. The experiment that simulated conditions thought to be present on the early earth
(a) Hershey–Chase experiment
(b) Geiger–Marsden experiment
(c) Miller–Urey experiment
(d) Schiehallion experiment

Answer: (c) Miller–Urey experiment

5. Example of a homologous organ
(a) The arm of a human, wing of a bird
(b) Wing of an insect, wing of a bird
(c) Leg of a dog, leg of a spider
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) The arm of a human, wing of a bird

6. Primordial soup is a set of hypothetical conditions on ancient earth first proposed by______
(a) Dmitri Ivanovsky
(b) Alexander Oparin
(c) Dmitry Anuchin
(d) Nikolay Shatsky

Answer: (b) Alexander Oparin

7. Which condition can be explained by Lamarckism?
(a) How giraffes got their long neck
(b) How humans lost their tail
(c) How humans became bipedal
(d) All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

8. Observation of species on ___________ heavily inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution.
(a) Ilya da Queimada Grande
(b) Guatemala
(c) Faroe Islands
(d) Galapagos Islands

Answer: (d) Galapagos Islands

9. _____________ was considered as a missing link between reptiles and birds.
(a) Archaeopteryx
(b) Pteranodon
(c) Avimimus
(d) Caudipteryx

Answer: (a) Archaeopteryx

10. The oldest mineral discovered so far was __________, which dates back to 4.4 billion years.
(a) Iron
(b) Zircon
(c) Cadmium
(d) Silicon

Answer: (b) Zircon

11. Pidgeon, platypus and panda are _______
(a) Homeothermic
(b) Poikilothermic
(c) Hyperthermic
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Homeothermic

12. The last common ancestor of humans is
(a) Pan troglodytes
(b) Homo neanderthalensis
(c) Lemuroidea
(d) Dromaeosaurus

Answer: (a) Pan troglodytes

13. An example of convergent evolution is
(a) Wing of Hawkmoths, the wing of hawks
(b) Teeth of domestic dog, teeth of a wolf
(c) Wings of Geospiza magnirostris, wings of Geospiza fortis
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Wing of Hawkmoths, the wing of hawks

14. On the Origin of Species was written by ______
(a) Charles Darwin
(b) Ludmila Kuprianova
(c) Mikhail A. Fedonkin
(d) Ituhbuna Lawraga

Answer: (a) Charles Darwin

15. When did dinosaurs die off?
(a) 105.1 million years ago
(b) 65.5 million years ago
(c) 75.5 million years ago.
(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) 65.5 million years ago