Biology - Comprehensive Mock Test 174

Question 1731 Easy

Which were dominant in Mesozoic?

A) Dinosaurs B) Gymnosperms C) Fishes D) Mammals

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Question 1732 Medium

Biologists who study the sequences of organisms in the fossil record are?

A) taxonomists B) palaeobiologists C) misologists D) systematists

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Question 1733 Easy

The richest source of fossils is?

A) basalt B) granite C) lava D) sedimentary rock

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Question 1734 Medium

In their laboratory simulation of early Earth, Miller and Urey observed the abiotic synthesis?

A) amino acids B) coacervates C) DNA D) liposmes

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Question 1735 Medium

Russian scientist who proposed the theory of origin of life was?

A) Oparin B) Miller C) Haldane D) Fox

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Question 1736 Easy

The first organisms were ?

A) primitive eukaryotes B) aerobic bacteria C) prokaryotic D) photosynthetic

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Question 1737 Medium

PASTEUR succeeded in disproving the spontaneous generation theory because?

A) he was lucky B) he was ingenious in drawing out the neck of glass flasks, so as to provide access to air but not to microorganisms C) of the fact that sample of yeast taken by him was dead D) of the clear surrounding of his laboratory

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Question 1738 Medium

According to scientists, the Big Bang occurred approximately ___ years ago.?

A) 100 million B) 100 thousand C) 1 billion D) 15 billion

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Question 1739 Easy

„Survival of the fittest‟ was used by?

A) Charles Darwin B) Jean Baptiste Lamarck C) Hugo deVries D) Herbert Spencer

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Question 1740 Medium

Which of the following was most influential upon Darwin‟s formulation of theory of natural selection?

A) De Vries concept of mutation B) Wallace‟s paper on survival C) Malthus‟s essay on population D) Lamarck‟s on inheritance of acquired characters

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