Evolution

Evolution of human appears parallel to the progressive development of brain and language skills. As such, the evolution of individual species in the sequence of their appearance is:

1. Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus → Neanderthal → Homo sapiens
2. Neanderthal → Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus → Homo sapiens
3. Homo habilis → Homo erectus → Ramapithecus → Neanderthal → Homo sapiens
4. Homo sapiens → Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Neanderthal → Homo erectus

Given below are two statements: In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
4. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

Given below are some stages of human evolution. Arrange them in correct sequence. (Past to Recent) Choose the correct sequence of human evolution from the options given below:

1. D-A-C-B
2. B-A-D-C
3. C-B-D-A
4. A-D-C-B

Match the hominids with their correct brain size : Select the correct option.

1. (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
2. (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
3. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
4. (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)

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

1. Ramapithecus Homo habilis Australopithecus Homo erectus
2. Australopithecus Ramapithecus Homo habilis Homo erectus
3. Ramapithecus Australopithecus Homo habilis Homo erectus
4. Australopithecus Homo habilis Ramapithecus Homo erectus

What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man ( Homo sapiens) from his ancestors ?

1. Upright posture
2. Increasing cranial capacity
3. Shortening of jaws
4. Binocular vision

The extinct human who lived 1,00,000 to 40,000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, with short stature, heavy eyebrows, retreating foreheads, large jaws with heavy teeth, stocky bodies, a lumbering gait and stooped posture was :

1. Neanderthal human
2. Homo habilis
3. Cro-Magnon humans
4. Ramapithecus

What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man ( Homo sapiens) from his ancestors ?

1. Upright posture
2. Shortening of jaws
3. Binocular vision
4. Increasing cranial capacity

The most apparent changes during the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens are traced in

1. Remarkable increase in the brain size
2. Walking upright
3. Loss of body hair
4. Shortening of the jaws

There are two opposing views about origin of modern man. According to one view Homo erectus in Asia were the ancestors of modern man. A study of variation of DNA however suggested African origin of modern man. What kind of observation of DNA variation could suggest this?

1. Variation only in Asia and no variation in Africa
2. Similar variation in Africa and Asia
3. Greater variation in Africa than in Asia
4. Greater variation in Asia than in Africa

What kind of evidence suggested that man is more closely related with chimpanzee than with other hominoid apes ?

1. Evidence from fossil remains and the fossil mitochondrial DNA alone
2. Evidence from DNA extracted from sex chromosomes, autosomes
3. Comparison of chromosome morphology only
4. Evidence from DNA from sex chromosomes only

In recent years, DNA sequences (nucleotide sequence) of mt-DNA and Y chromosomes were considered for the study of human evolution, because :-

1. They are uniparental in origin and do not take part in recombination
2. They can be studied from the samples of fossil remains
3. Their structure is known in greater detail
4. They are small, and therefore, easy to study

According to fossils which discovered up to present time, origin and evolution of man was started from

1. Java
2. Africa
3. China
4. France

Which of the following is closest relative of man ?

1. Gorilla
2. Chimpanzee
3. Gibbon
4. Orangutan

Which of the following is correct order of the evolutionary history of man ?

1. Peking man, Heidelberg man, Neanderthal man, Cro-Magnon man
2. Peking man, Neanderthal man, Homo sapiens, Cro-Magnon man
3. Peking man, Neanderthal man, Homo sapiens, Heidelberg man
4. Peking man, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal man, Cro-Magnon man

Homo sapiens have evolved in

1. Pleistocene
2. Paleocene
3. Oligocene
4. Holocene

Character which is closely related to human evolution

1. Reduction in size of jaws
2. Disappearance of tail
3. Flat nails
4. Binocular vision

Who is directly related to man?

1. Gorilla
2. Orangutan
3. Gibbon
4. Rhesus