Which one of the following statements is correct?

1. stem cells are specialised cells
2. There is no evidence of the existence of gills during embryogenesis of mammals
3. All plant and animal cells are totipotent
4. Ontogeny repeats phylogeny
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The unit of evolution is now known to be the:
1. individual
2. family
3. population
4. species

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Reptilian ancestors of the mammals were the :-
1. Therapsids
2. Thecodonts
3. Pterosaurs
4. Plesiosaurs
 

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Bryophytes evolved from

1. Psilophyton
2. Rhynia type plants
3. Tracheophyte ancestors
4. Chlorophyte ancestors
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Zosterophyllum evolved from

(1) Psilophyton

(2) Rhynia type plants

(3) Tracheophyte ancestors

(4) Chlorophyte ancestors

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Which of the following is not on the same lineage?

1. Herbaceous lycopods
2. Arborescent lycopods
3. Zosterophyllum
4. Sphenopsids
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Which of the following did not evolve from Psilophyton?

(1) Ferns

(2) Ginkgos

(3) Conifers

(4) Bryophytes

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Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:

Column I 
(geological period)   
Column II
(major event)
I. Ordovician  1 First vertebrates
II. Carboniferous  2 Origin of reptiles
III. Jurassic  3 Angiosperms appear
IV. Cretaceous 4 Dinosaurs dominant

Codes:

I II III IV
1. 1 2 3 4
2. 2 1 4 3
3. 2 1 3 4
4. 1 2 4 3

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Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct option:
Column-I Column-II
(a) Louis Pasteur  (i) Chemical evolution theory
(b) Early Greek thinkers  (ii) Inheritance of acquired characters
(c) Oparin and Haldane  (iii) Disapproved spontaneous generation theory
(d) Lamarck (iv) Cosmozoic theory
 
Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
2. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
3. (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
4. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
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1. First cellular forms of life                    – Appeared 2 bya
2. First organisms that invaded land      – Plants
3. Sea weeds and few plants                   – Existed probably around 320 mya
4. Icthyosaurs                                           – Fish-like amphibians
Subtopic:  Definition & Types of Evolution |  A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF EVOLUTION |
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