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HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION MCQs

Total Questions : 58 | Page 6 of 6 pages
Question 51.


Variations that affect germ cells are termed as somatic variations.


  1.     True
  2.     False
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B

Varations that occur in the somatic cells are known as somatic variations. They are variation that are not passed on from one generation to another generation. Germinal variations are the variations that take place in the germ cells. These variations are inherited by the future generations.


Question 52.


The technique of establishing evolutionary relationships based on changes accumulated in the DNA is known as _______ .


  1.     DNA analysis
  2.     fossil analysis
  3.     molecular phylogeny
  4.     genetics
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> molecular phylogeny
:
C
Molecular phylogeny is the technique that employs comparison of changes accumulated in the DNA of an organism over generations to establish evolutionary relationships. This approach is based on the idea that organisms which are more distantly related will accumulate a greater number of differences in their DNA.
Question 53.


Gene flow between the two populations of beetles separated by the river is maximum.


  1.     True
  2.     False
  3.     22
  4.     1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
The two populations of the beetles are separated by a river, due to which the migration between the two communities is limited, but not restricted. Due to this, there is only a minimum possibility gene flow between the two populations.
Question 54.


According to fossil discovered up to present time, the  origin and evolution of man started from _______ .


  1.     France
  2.     Java
  3.     Africa
  4.     China
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Africa
:
C

According to fossils discovered up to present time, the origin and evolution of man started from Africa. Regardless of where we have lived for the past few thousand years, we all come from Africa. The earliest members of the human species, Homo sapiens, can be traced there. Even our genetic footprints can be traced back to our African roots.  According to various models and theories, modern humans originated in Africa and started to disperse through the world roughly 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. Such theories are based on the human fossil timeline records.


Question 55.


Which of the following are characteristics of analogous organs?


  1.     Serve similar function
  2.     Serve different function
  3.     Have similar structure and origin
  4.     Have different structure and origin
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Serve similar function
:
A and D
Analogous organs are those which serve similar function but do not share similar structure and origin. A common example of analogous organs is wings of butterfly and a bird. Both are used for flying, but  neither their structures are similar nor they originate from a common ancestor. 
Question 56.


A male gamete with X chromosome fuses with a female gamete to form a zygote. The eventual offspring will be a male child.


  1.     True
  2.     False
  3.     Africa
  4.     China
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B
A male gamete with an X chromosome, when it fuses with a female egg which always has an X chromosome, the offspring will have an XX chromosome pair. This means the eventual offspring will be a female child. Sex determination in humans is based on XX-XY system where XX means female XY means male.
Question 57.


Human cells have ______ pair(s) of autosomes.


  1.     23
  2.     2
  3.     22
  4.     1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 22
:
C
Humans have a total of 23 pairs of chromosomes, out of which 22 pairs are autosomes and 1 pair has sex chromosomes.
The members of the autosomal pairs are homologous i.e., they are similar in shape and organisation.
On the other hand, sex chomosomes or allosomes may be heterologous (in males) or homologous (in females). 
Question 58.


In evolutionary terms, we have more in common with a ________ .


  1.     monkey
  2.     rat
  3.     chimpanzee
  4.     gorilla
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> chimpanzee
:
C
Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans are more closely related to modern apes than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes either. There existed a common ancestor for both the chimpanzees and humans, about 5-8 million years ago. Later, the two lineages diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into chimps and other apes, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids.

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