BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION
THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
(1.)
Series of changes in the genetic composition of a
population over time is called:

A) Revolution
B) Evolution
C) Population genetics
D) Succession
(2.)
Over many years two population could become
dissimilar enough to be designated as separate species
that is applied upon:

A) Galapagos finches
B) Black smith bicep
C) Giant Turtle
D) Giraffe neck
(3.)
Unique fauna was observed by Darwin in:

A) Ecuador
B) Galapagos
C) Bahamas
D) Maldives
(4.)
Darwin perceived origin of new species and _______.

A) Fixation
B) Adaptation
C) Stabilization
D) Maladaptation
(5.)
Wallace developed theory of ________ essentially
identical to Darwin’s.

A) Inheritance
B) Artificial selection
C) Natural selection
D) Use and disuse
(6.)
What is the perception of Darwin about unity of life?

A) All organisms descent from a common ancestor

B) All organisms are created specially by a divine force
C) All organisms share a common biological composition
D) All organisms arise from nonliving things
(7.)
According to Darwin ________ become better adapted
to local environment through natural selection.

A) Regional community
B) Population
C) Ecosystem
D) Flora
(8.)
Survival is only for the fittest is true for:

A) Artificial selection
B) Natural selection
C) Descent with modification
D) Revolution
(9.)
Survival in the struggle for existence depends upon:

A) Physical environment
B) Chemical constituents
C) Hereditary constitution
D) Environmental resources
(10.)
How many types of finches were observed by Darwin at
Galapagos Island?

A) 12
B) 11
C) 13
D) 10
(11.)
Main points developed by Darwin in origin of species
are:

A) Descent with modification, natural selection and

adaptation
B) Use and disuse, inheritance of acquired characters
C) Natural selection with modification and descent with
acquired characters
D) Geographical distribution and fossils records
(12.)
Which one is related to natural selection?

A) More people → more resources → no competition

B) More people → less resources → more competition
C) Less people → more resources → no competition
D) Less people → less resources → no competition
(13.)
Product of evolution is:

A) Ecosystem
B) Biome
C) Community
D) Species
(14.)
Modern biological sciences suggest that ________ are the
ancestors of all life forms.

A) Protists
B) Protozoans
C) Prokaryotes
D) Parazoans
(15.)
The Finches of Galapagos Islands provide evidence in
favor of:

A) Evolution due to mutation

B) Retrogressive evolution
C) Evolution due to biography
D) Special creation.
(16)
Who developed a theory of natural selection essentially
identical to Darwin’s?

A) Hardy-Weinberg
B) Alfred Wallace
C) Malthus
D) Lyell
(17.)
Neo-Darwinism has integrated discoveries and ideas
from all except:

A) Taxonomy
B) Paleontology
C) Genetics
D) Serology
(18.)
Adaptations that an organism acquires by its own
actions are:

A) Heritable
B) Not heritable
C) Can be made heritable through some modifications
D) Both heritable and not heritable
(19.)
Darwin’s theory of evolution was mainly based on the
evidences from______.

A) Geographical distribution and fossil record

B) Fossil record and Embryology
C) Geographical distribution and comparative anatomy
D) Paleontology and Geology
(HARDY-WEINBERG THEOREM AND FACTORS AFFECTING GENE /
ALLELE FREQUENCY)
(20.)
If union of gametes to produce next generation is
random, then allele frequencies between two generations
are:

A) Increasing
B) Decreasing
C) Constant
D) Zero
(21.)
If all members of a population are homozygous for the
same allele, that allele is said to be:

A) Fixed in gene pool

B) Mobile in gene pool
C) Random in gene pool
D) Stationary in gene pool
(22.)
At a particular locus, frequency of A allele is 0.6 and that of a is
0.4. What would be the frequency of heterozygotes in a random
mating population at equilibrium?

A) 0.36
B) 0.16
C) 0.24
D) 0.48
(23.)
Assume that a population is in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium
for a trait controlled by one locus and two alleles. If the
frequency of the dominant allele is 0.90, what is the frequency
of the recessive allele?

A) 0.10
B) 0.90
C) 0.81
D) 0.2
(24.)
Change in the frequency of alleles at a locus that occurs
by chance is:

A) Mutation
B) Selection
C) Non-random mating
D) Genetic drift
(25.)
Which of the following processes had resulted in the
production of different breeds of domestic dogs and
pigeons?

A) Natural selection
B) Cross breeding
C) Artificial selection
D) Self breeding
(26)
All are assumptions in Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium
except:

A) Equal potential of reproduction

B) Mating is random
C) Population size is infinitely large
D) Population size is small
(27.)
Genetic drift is a ____________ process.

A) Random
B) Co–evolutionary
C) Directed
D) Uniformitarian
(28.)
Which of the following defines Hardy-Weinberg’s law?

A) p2+2pq+q2 = 0
B) q2+p2+2pq = 0
C) p2+2pq+q2 = 1
D) p2+3pq+q2 + 0
(29.)
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is known to be affected by
gene flow, genetic drift, mutation, genetic recombination
and ______

A) Saltation
B) Evolution
C) Limiting factors
D) Natural selection
(2009)
(1.)
The survival of an organism during the struggle for
existence is not random, but depends on:

A) Its genetic constitution

B) Its ability to acquire characters
C) Its ability to over-produce
D) Its ability to over-eat
(2.)
Large population size, random mating, no mutation and
no emigration or immigration are postulates of:

A) Hardy-Weinberg equation
B) Mendel’s law of segregation
C) Mendel’s law of independent assortment
D) Theory presented by Schleiden and Schwann
(2017-Retake)
(3.)
Change in frequency of alleles at a locus that occurs by
chance is called:

A) Mutation
B) Migration
C) Non-random mating
D) Genetic drift
(4.)
Which of the following factor causes change in gene
frequency:

A) Meiosis
B) Sexual recombination
C) Mutation
D) Random mating
(5.)
According to the theory of natural selection, organisms
produce:

A) More offspring than supported

B) Less offspring than supported
C) Offspring according to the resources available
D) Offspring to create resources
(6.)
Change in frequency of alleles that occurs by chance is
called as:

A) Natural selection
B) Migration
C) Mutation
D) Genetic drift