Evolution and Behavior Practice Test | CSIR UGC NET JRF Exam

1.Among the following the living fossil is:
Trilobite
Peripatus
Archaeopteryx
Dinosaurs

2.Which of the following is an example of Convergent evolution(homoplasy)?
The wings of birds and bats
The hemoglobin gene family
The ribosomal RNA genes
The number of toes on horses and humans

3.Selection which operates against any direction and do not allow to disrupt the existing mean is termed as
Directional
Stabilizing
Disruptive
Balancing

4.Recent Studies on Archae suggest that life could have originated
Extra terrestrially and seeded through meteorite impacts
in shallow coastal areas
in deep hydrothermal vents
in hot, terrestrial habitats

5.The correct hierarchy of geological times is :
eon>era>period>epoch
period>era>epoch
epoch>period>era>eon
era>eon>period

6.After gull nest;ings hatch, the parents rmove the egg shells from the nest. The behaviour is to
Hygromycin
Ampicillin
Streptomyci
minimize nest detection by predators

7. The behaviour of a leopard killing an antelope or a deer grazing on spring grass for food is referred to as?
Competition
Interaction
Predation
Mutualism

8.Eusocial societies are NOT characherized by which of the following?
Atruism
Kin selection
Guarding ahainst intruders
Equal reproductive opportunities

9.Circadian rhythms in humans are controlled by
Medulla
Cortex
Pituitary gland
Suprachaismatic nucleus

10.Competion for mates and variance in fitness in higher among females than among males in which of the following animal mating systems?
Monogamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Sequential monogamy

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