Study of fossils is 

1. palaeontology

2. herpetology

3. saurology

4. organic evolution

The finches of Galapagos islands provide an evidence in favour of

1. special creation

2. evolution due to mutation

3. retrogressive evolution 

4. biogeographical evolution 

Evolutionary convergence is the development of 

1. common set of characters in the group of different ancestry

2. dissimilar characters in closely related groups

3. common set of characters in closely related groups

4. random mating

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Evolutionary history of an organism is known as

1. ancestry 

2. palaeontology

3. ontogeny 

4. phylogeny

Which is not a vestigial part in humans ? 

1. Segmental muscles of abdomen

2. Finger nails

3. Third molar

4. Coccyx

Convergent evolution is illustrated by

1. dogfish and whale

2. rat and dog

3. bacterium and protozoan

4. starfish and cuttle fish

The earliest fossil form in the phylogeny of horse is

1. Merychippus

2. Mesohippus

3. Eohippus

4. Equus

Which of the following primate is the closest relative of humans ? 

1. Rhesus monkey

2. Orangutan

3. Gorilla

4. Gibbon

An important evidence in favour of organic evolution is the occurrence of 

1. analogous and vestigial organs

2. homologous organs only

3. homologous and analogous organs 

4. homologous and vestigial organs