Question: The most accepted theory of the origin of earth is the fiery origin which was propounded by
1. Laplace
2. Chamberlain
3. James Jean
4. Hoyle
Answer: 2
Question: The theory that believes that the first living organism came from another planet is known as
1. Catastrophic theory
2. Special creation theory
3. Organic evolution theory
4. Cosmozoic theory
Answer: 4
Question: The theory which advocates that living beings can arise only from other living beings is termed
1. Bio-genesis
2. Abiogenesis
3. Catastrophism
4. Cosmozoic
Answer: 1
Question: The theory that cells arise from the preexisting cells was proposed by
1. Nageli
2. Virchow
3. Schleiden
4. Muller
Answer: 2
Question: A bio-genesis was disproved by
1. Spallanzani
2. Muller
3. Darwin
4. Cuvier
Answer: 1
Question: Spontaneous generation signifying the development of living organisms from nonliving has been termed
1. Biogenesis
2. Abiogenesis
3. Cosmozoic
4. Catastrophism
Answer: 2
Question: The biologist who believed in the spontaneous creation of microorganisms was
1. Leuwenhoek
2. Needham
3. Spallanzani
4. Pasteur
Answer: 2
Question: Who among the following has not championed the modern synthetic theory of organic evolution:
1. Julian Huxley
2. T. Dobzanski
3. G.L. Stebbins
4. De Vries
Answer: 4
Question: Spontaneous creation of living matter was proposed by
1. Darwin
2. Anaximenes
3. Democritus
4. Hutchinson
Answer: 2
Question: The hypothesis that living matter originated in the past from non living matter is supported by
1. Fossil records
2. Miller’s experiments
3. Pasteur’s experiment
4. Spallanzani’s experiment
Answer: 2
Question: ‘Life begets life’ or Biogenesis was stated by
1. Robert Koch
2. Miller
3. Louis Pasteur
4. Lord Lister
Answer: 3
Question: A firm believer of Special Creation theory was
1. Darwin
2. Lamarck
3. Cuvier
4. Linnaeus
Answer: 3
Question: In the last stages of chemical evolution
1. Nucleic acids were formed
2. Nucleotides were formed
3. Nucleoproteins were formed
4. Enzymes were formed
Answer: 3
Question: When the earth was formed it had an atmosphere with
1. Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen
2. Water vapour, Hydrogen and Oxygen
3. Oxygen, Carbondioxide and Nitrogen
4. Water vapour, Ammonia and Methane.
Answer: 4
Question: Biochemical origin of life was discovered by
1. Haldane
2. Muller
3. Oparin
4. Darwin
Answer: 3
Question: Source of energy in ecosystem is
1. Sun
2. Green plants
3. Sugar produced in photosynthesis
4. ATP
Answer: 1
Question: A person having AB-group of blood to donate a person having
1. A-group
2. B-group
3. AB-group
4. o-group
Answer: 3
Question: With reference to normal human beings consider the following statements:
1. In response to the presence of HCL, secretin is produced from the duodenum.
2. Enterogastrone is produced in the small intestine in response to the presence of fatty acids.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 & 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 3
Question: Which one among the following kinds of organisms resides in the roots of pulse plants to do nitrogen fixation?
1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Protozoa
4. Virus
Answer: 1