MONTHLY TEST - AUG 2025
STD : XII - A2 TIME : 45MINS
MARKS : 25 SUB : BIO ZOOLOGY
PART - I
I . Choose the correct answer
1 . The first life on earth originated ________.
(i) in air (ii) on land (iii) in water (iv) on mountain
2 . Who published the book "Origin of species by Natural Selection" in 1859?
(i) Charles Darwin (ii) Lamarck (iii) Weismann (iv) Hugo de Vries
3 . Which of the following was the contribution of Hugo de Vries?
(i) Theory of mutation (ii) Theory of natural selection
(iii) Theory of inheritance of acquired charcters (iv) Germplasm theory
4 . The wings of the birds and butterflies is an example of _______.
(i) Adaptive radiation (ii) variation (iii) divergent evolution (iv) convergent
evolution
5 . The phenomenon of "Industrial Melanism" demonstrates ____.
(i) induced mutation (ii) geographical isolation (iii) Natural selection (iv)
reproductive isolation
6 . Darwin's finches are an excellent example of ______.
(i) parasitism (ii) adaptive radiation (iii) connecting links (iv) adaptive radiation
7 . Who proposed the Germplasm theory?
(i) Alfred wallance (ii) August Weismann (iii) Darwin (iv) Lamarck
8 . The age of fossils can be determined by _______.
(i) electron microscope (ii) weighing the fossils (iii) carbon dating (iv) analysis of
bones
9 . Fossils are generally found in _______.
(i) igneous rocks (ii) metamorphic rocks (iii) sedimentary rocks (iv) volcanic rocks
10 . Evolutionary history of an organism is called _____.
(i) ancestry (ii) ontogeny (iii) palentology (iv) phylogeny
11 . The golden age of reptiles was _______.
(i) Mesozoic era (ii) paleozoic era (iii) cenozoic era (iv) proterozoic era
12 . Which period was called "Age of fishes"?
(i) permian (ii) triassic (iii) devonian (iv) ordovician
13 . Modern man belongs to which period?
(i) Quaternary (ii) creaceous (iii) Silurian (iv) cambrian
14 . The Neanderthal man had the brain capacity of _____.
(i) 650 - 800cc (ii) 1200cc (iii) 900cc (iv) 1400cc
15 . According to Darwin, the organic evolution is due to
(i) Intraspecific Competition (ii) Interspectific competition (iii) Competition with in
closely related species (iii) Reduced feeding efficiency in one species due to presence
of interfering species
16 . A population will now exist in Hardy - Weinberg equlibrium if _____.
(i) Individual mate selecitvely (ii) There are no mutations
(iii) There is no migration (iv) The population is large
II . Answer the following
1 . Define actual remains.
2 . Differentiate between divergent evolution and convergent evolution with one
example.
3 . How does Hardy - weinberg's expression (p2+2pq+q2=1) explain that genetic
equilibrium is maintained in a population? List any four factors that can distrub the
genetic equilibrium.
4.Explain how the mutations,natural selection and genetic drift affect Hardy
Weinberg equilibrium.
5 . Who disproved Lamarck's Theory of acquired characters? How?
6 . How does mutation theory of De Vries differ from Lamarck and Darwin's view in
the origin of new species?
7 . Rearrange the descent in human evolution.
Homo sapiens > Homo erectus > Homo habilis > Austrolopithecus > Ramapithecus
8 . How does Neanderthal man differ from the modern man in appearance?
III . Ansewr in detail
1 . How did Darwin explain fitness of organism.
2 . Explain stabilizing, directional and disruptive selection with examples.
