The organic remnants of the past life forms preserved on the sedimentary rocks in the earth is called fossils. They are the best and direct evidences of organic evolution. The age of fossils is calculated by radio-carbon dating and many other methods, which tells us about the era when the life form were alive. Fossils are of many types, like: Actual remains like the cryopreserved Woolly mammoth (of Siberia) or insects preserved in amber. Petrified plants and animals. Skeletal elements like bones, teeth, etc. of an animal. Moulds are the hardened encasements formed in the outer parts of organic remains which later decayed leaving cavities. Casts are hardened pieces of mineral matter deposited in the cavities of moulds.

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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Important Questions on Evolution

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Which of the following is not the period of Mesozoic era?

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What is fossil?

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Which one of the following periods is largely associated with extinction of dinosaurs and the increase in flowering plants and reptiles

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How the ages of fossils are calculated?

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Anthropocene refers to the geological age during which

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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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A researcher found petrified dinosaur faeces. Which one of the following is unlikely to be found in this fossil?

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Match the following

	LIST-I		LIST-II
A	The golden age of reptiles	I	Carboniferous period
B	Age of amphibians	II	Cenozoic era
C	The golden age of fishes	III	Mesozoic era
D	Age of mammals	IV	Devonian period
		V	Silurian period

The correct match is

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Of the periods listed below, which ONE is the earliest period when Ostracoderms, the jawless and finless fishes, appeared?

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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