Master NEET Zoology with topic-wise questions. Tailored for NEET students, these questions strengthen your Biology preparation.
The highest cranial capacity is/was present in
Java man
Peking man
Handy man
Modern man
Identify the correct sequence of stages in evolution of modern man/ Homo sapiens.
Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens
Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Australopithecus, Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis
Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Australopithecus, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens
Australopithecus, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis
Homo erectus evolved about 1.7 million years ago. They used fire and tools and also used animal hides as clothing. The fossil of Homo erectus were named as
Neanderthal man
Cro-magnon man
Java ape man
Proconsul
During the course of human evolution which part of the brain has shown maximum increase in size?
Midbrain
Forebrain
Hindbrain
All of these
Which of the following statements are incorrect.ย I. Microbial experiment shows that when the pre-existing advantagoeus mutations are selected they will result in the observation of new phenotypes. Over few generations, this would results in speciation,ย II. Neanderthal fossils represents a human relative,ย III. In 1938, a fish caught in South Africa happened to be a coelacanth (lobe fins) which was thought to be extinct. These animals evolved into the first living amphibian on both land and water,ย IV. Lichens can be used as water pollution indicators,ย V. Alfred Wallace, a naturalist, who worked in Malay Archepalago (present Indonesia) had also came to the similar conclusion on natural selection as reached by Darwin.ย The correct option is
I and III
II and IV
I, II and III
III, IV and V
Fossil of Cro-magnon man was found in
Southern France
Northern France
Northern Germany
South Africa
Among the human ancestors, the brain size was more than 1000 cc in
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo erectus
Ramapithecus
Homo habilis