Match the hominids with their correct brain size: Column – I Column – II a Homo habilis i 900 cc b Homo neanderthalensis i i 1350 cc c Homo erectus i i i 650-800 cc d Homo sapiens i v 1400 cc Select the correct option.

a - i i i ; b - i v ; c - i ; d - i i

a - i i i ; b - i ; c - i v ; d - i i

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a - i v ; b - i i i ; c - i ; d - i i

Match the following Set-I Set-II (A) Cyanognathus (I) Reptiles & birds (B) Archaeopteryx (II) Amphibians & reptiles (C) Seymouria (III) Reptiles & mammals (D) Eusthenopteron (IV) Protochordates & fishes (V) Fishes & amphibians The correct match is

A = III , B = I , C = II , D = V

A = IV , B = I , C = II , D = V

A = III , B = II , C = I , D = V

A = V , B = II , C = I , D = IV

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The Dancing Girl statue was discovered in which ancient civilization?

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Select the incorrect statement.

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Which fossil is considered as connecting link between ape and man?

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The brain capacity of Homo erectus was

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In a certain taxon of insects (Example: Cockroach), some have

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chromosomes and the others have

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chromosomes. The

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and

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chromosomes bearing organisms are _________

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Darwin's theory is based on

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Haplo-diploid insects have diploid females from fertilized eggs but haploid males from unfertilized ones. Such a haploid male with red eyes is crossed with a white-eyed female. Assuming that the red-eye colour mutation is dominant over the white-eye colour, which one of the following statements is true?

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Which is the correct sequence of ancestors in the path of primates evolution?

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Anthropocene refers to the geological age during which

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The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is

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Match the hominids with their correct brain size:

	Column – I		Column – II
$(a)$	Homo habilis	$(i)$	900 cc
$(b)$	Homo neanderthalensis	$(i i)$	1350 cc
$(c)$	Homo erectus	$(i i i)$	650-800 cc
$(d)$	Homo sapiens	$(i v)$	1400 cc

Select the correct option.

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Which among the following was the biggest land dinosaur?

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Descent of man & selection in relation to sex was written by ___.

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Study the following table

$S . No$ .	Group	Ancestors	Evolved in
$I$	Pisces	Osteolepids	Silurian period
$II$	Amphibia	Osteolepids	Devonian period
$III$	Reptilia	Labyrinthodonts	Jurassic period
$IV$	Aves	Therapsids	Carboniferous period
$V$	Mammalia	Therapsids	Triassic period

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From the chromosomal complements given below, identify the one which shows female heterogamety.

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Match the following

	Set-I		Set-II
(A)	Cyanognathus	(I)	Reptiles & birds
(B)	Archaeopteryx	(II)	Amphibians & reptiles
(C)	Seymouria	(III)	Reptiles & mammals
(D)	Eusthenopteron	(IV)	Protochordates & fishes
		(V)	Fishes & amphibians

The correct match is

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Consider the following statement:

(I) All isotopes of elements have the same number of neutrons.

(II) Only one isotope of an element can be stable and non-radioactive.

(III) All elements have isotopes.

(IV) All isotopes of Carbon can form chemical compounds with Oxygen $- 16$ .

The correct option regarding an isotope is:

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In 1911, the physical Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms have a tiny, dense nucleus by shooting positively charged particles at a very thin gold foil. A key physical property which led Rutherford to use gold was that it was

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A Hominid fossil discovered in Java in

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now extinct, having cranial capacity of about

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was:

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The idea of survival of the fittest was proposed by

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Following are the two statements regarding the origin of life:

(i) The earliest organisms that appeared on the earth were non-green and presumably anaerobes.

(ii) The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen.

Of the above statements which one of the following options is correct?

The Dancing Girl statue was discovered in which ancient civilization?

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