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
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