Evolution Test-4 - Notes - Class 12

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CBSE TEST PAPER-11 
CLASS - XII BIOLOGY (Evolution)
1. Which period is called “Age of Reptiles”. [1] 
2. Name the species of human beings which is most closely related to modern man. [1] 
3. What is “Founder’s effect”? [1] 
4. A chimpanzee can hold objects by its hand & an elephant by trunk. Are these
organs Analogous or homologous?
[2] 
5. Differentiate between convergent & divergent evolution? [2] 
6 Bring out differences between De Vrie’s mutations Darwinian Variations? [2] 
7. State in what ways Stanley miller simulated the condition of :-
i) Primitive atmosphere on earth.
ii) Energy source at the time of origin of life .
iii) Formation of organic molecule of life.
[3] 
8. What is Biogeography? How Darwin’s finches provide biogeographical evidence
in favour of evolution.
[3] 
9. How did louis pasteur successfully demolish the popular theory of spontaneous
generation?
[3] 
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Study the figures given below & answer the following question.
i) Under the influence of which type of natural selection would graph (a) become
like graph (b).
ii ) What could be the likely reason of new variations arising in a population. 
iii) Who suggested natural selection as mechanism of evolution?
[3]