RSMSSB Junior Scientific Assistant Serology Paper (a) Type I topoisomerase

2019 (b) Type II topoisomerase

(c) Helicases
Which amino acid is NOT found in proteins? (d) DNA polymerase
(a) Tyrosine
(b) Aspartic acid Name the two amino acids which are coded by only one
(c) Ornithine condon
(d) Glutamic acid (a) Leucine and Valine
(b) Methionine and Leucine
Kerbs Henseleit cycle takes place in (c) Methionine and Tryptophan
(a) Liver (d) Tryptophan and Valine
(b) Kidney
(c) Brain
(d) Spleen Evolution MCQs

Which by-product of Kerbs cycle is responsible for 1. The force that initiates evolution is ______
synthesis of amino acid arginine in mammals? a. Variation
(a) Fumarate b. Mutation
(b) Alpha Ketoglutarate c. Extinction
(c) Oxaloacetate d. Adaptation
(d) Succinate 2. ___________ is a vestigial organ
a. Intestinal villi
Hamburger’s Phenomena is related to
b. Papillae
(a) Ammonia shift
c. Vermiform appendix
(b) Chloride shift
d. None of the above
(c) Hydrogen shift
3. The earliest geological time period among the
(d) Bicarbonate shift
following is _______
Pellagra in man is caused by deficiency of which a. Cambrian
vitamin? b. Permian
(a) Niacin c. Jurassic
(b) Riboflavin d. Quaternary
(c) Biotin 4. The experiment that simulated conditions
(d) Pyrodoxine thought to be present on the early earth
a. Hershey–Chase experiment
How many substances from the list given below are b. Geiger–Marsden experiment
synthesized from cholesterol? c. Miller–Urey experiment
(a) Aldosterone d. Schiehallion experiment
(b) Oxytocin 5. Example of a homologous organ
(c) Bile acid a. The arm of a human, wing of a bird
(d) Testosterone b. Wing of an insect, wing of a bird
(e) Estrogen c. Leg of a dog, leg of a spider
Widal test in Blood of human suggest the infection of d. None of the above
(a) Entamoeba histolytica 6. Primordial soup is a set of hypothetical
(b) Mycobacterium tuberculosis conditions on ancient earth first proposed
(c) Rhino virus by______
(d) Salmonella typhi a. Dmitri Ivanovsky
b. Alexander Oparin
Antibody found in body secretions such as tear and saliva c. Dmitry Anuchin
is d. Nikolay Shatsky
(a) IgG 7. Which condition can be explained by
(b) IgA Lamarckism?
(c) IgE a. How giraffes got their long neck
(d) IgM b. How humans lost their tail
c. How humans became bipedal
Negative supercoils from DNA can be removed by
d. All of the above
making transient break in double strand by the enzyme
 8. Observation of species on ___________ 4 c
heavily inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution.
a. Ilha da Queimada Grande 5 a
b. Guatemala
c. Faroe Islands 6 b
d. Galapagos Islands
9. _____________ was considered as a missing 7 d
link between reptiles and birds.
a. Archaeopteryx 8 d
b. Pteranodon
c. Avimimus 9 a
d. Caudipteryx
10. The oldest mineral discovered so far was 10 b
__________, which dates back to 4.4 billion
11 a
years.
a. Iron
12 a
b. Zircon
c. Cadmium 13 a
d. Silicon
11. Pidgeon, platypus and panda are _______ 14 a
a. Homeothermic
b. Poikilothermic 15 b
c. Hyperthermic
d. None of the above The tendency of population to remain in genetic
12. The last common ancestor of humans is equilibrium may be disturbed by [NEET 2013]
a. Pan troglodytes
b. Homo neanderthalensis
c. Lemuroidea Random mating
A
d. Dromaeosaurus
13. An example of convergent evolution is
a. Wing of Hawkmoths, the wing of hawks
b. Teeth of domestic dog, teeth of a wolf Lack of migration
c. Wings of Geospiza magnirostris, wings B
of Geospiza fortis
d. None of the above
14. On the Origin of Species was written by
______ Lack of mutations
a. Charles Darwin C
b. Ludmila Kuprianova
c. Mikhail A. Fedonkin
d. Ituhbuna Lawraga Lack of random mating
15. When did dinosaurs die off? D
a. 105.1 million years ago
b. 65.5 million years ago
c. 75.5 million years ago. Question 2
d. None of the above A baby has been born with a small tail. It is the case
exhibiting
Answer Key

1 a atavism
A
2 c

3 a mutation
B
 Speciation through reproductive isolation
D

Question 5
retrogressive evolution Coacervates were experimentally produced by______.
C

Fischer and Huxley

A
metamorphosis
D

Question 3 Sidney Fox and Oparin

B
Homologous organs indicate the

Convergent evolution Urey and Miller

A C

Parallel evolution Jacob and Monod

B D

Question 6
Common descendent What is meant by the term Darwin fitness?
C

The ability to survive and reproduce

A
Natural selection
D

Question 4 High aggressiveness

B
One of the important consequences of geographical
isolation is:
Healthy appearance
Random creation of new species C
A

Physical strength
No change in the isolated fauna D
B
Question 7
Diversification in plant life appeared:
Preventing Speciation
C
Due to abrupt mutations
A
 Suddenly on earth Convergent evolution
B D

Question 10
By seed dispersal Chemical reactions could have converted simple organic
C
compounds into ______ for the origin of life.

Micromolecules
Due to long periods of evolutionary changes A
D

Question 8
Nitrogen, oxygen and other gases
De Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution B
while working on -

Oenothera lamarckiana Cells

A C

Drosophila melanogaster Macromolecules

B D

Question 11
Pisum sativum The concept of chemical evolution is based on
C

Possible origin of life by combination of chemicals unde

A
Althea rosea
D

Question 9 Crystallization of chemicals

B
What is common to whale, seal and shark?

Homeothermy Interaction of water, air and clay under intense heat

A C

Seasonal migration Effect of solar radiation on chemicals

B D

Question 12
Thick subcutaneous fat Age of fossils in the past was generally determined by
C
radio-carbon method and other methods involving
radioactive elements found in the rocks. More precise
methods, which were used recently and led to the
revision of the evolutionary period for different groups of
organisms, includes
Convergent evolution
B
study of carbohydrates/proteins in fossils
A

Non-random evolution
C
study of the conditions of fossilization
B

Adaptive radiation
D
Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) and fossil DNA
C
Question 15
Variation in gene frequencies within populations can
occur by chance rather than by natural selection. This is
study of carbohydrates/proteins in rocks referred to as [NEET 2013]
D

Question 13 Genetic flow

A
Which one of the following sequences was proposed by
Darwin and Wallace for organic evolution?
Genetic drift
B selection
Overproduction, variations, constancy of population size, natural
A

Random mating
C selection
Variations, constancy of population size, overproduction, natural
B

Genetic load
D
Overproduction, constancy of population size, variations, natural selection
C

1. Who had given the theory of

Variations, natural selection, overproduction, constancy of population size
D evolution of species by natural
selection?
Question 14 A. Darwin
B. Mendel
The process by which organisms with different C. Dalton
evolutionary history evolve similar phenotypic
adaptations in response to a common environmental
D. Morgan
challenge, is called [NEET 2013] Ans. A
Explanation: Charles Robert Darwin
gave the theory of evolution in his book
Natural selection
A “The Origin of Species”. The theory
proposed by him is known as “The Theory
of Natural Selection”.
2. Who is known as the father of functions. Example wings of an insect and
genetics? a bird have different structures but
A. Mendel similar functions.
B. Darwin Do you know how human brain
C. Dalton works?
D. Marie Curie 6. Who suggested that life must have
Ans. B developed from the simple inorganic
Explanation: Gregor Mendel is termed molecules like methane, hydrogen
as the father of genetics because he has etc. which were present on the earth
discovered the basic principles of soon after it was formed?
heredity. A. Darwin
3. Which of the following are the B. Marrie Curie
sources which provide evidences for C. Haldane
evolution? D. None of the above
A. Homologous organs Ans. C
B. Analogous organs Explanation: J.B.S Haldane, a British
C. Fossils scientist suggested in 1929 that life must
D. All the above have developed from the simple inorganic
Ans. D molecules like methane, hydrogen etc.
Explanation: The important sources which were present on the earth soon
which provide evidences for evolution are after it was formed.
homologous organs, analogous organs 7. Aves have evolved from:
and fossils. A. Amphibians
4. Name a fossil bird which looks like B. Arthropods
a bird but has many other features C. Mammals
found in reptiles? D. Reptiles
A. Dodo Ans. D
B. Archaeopteryx Explanation: Birds evolved from
C. Flamingos theropod dinosaurs during the Jurassic
D. Mouse Bird around 165–150 million years ago. Birds
Ans. B aren't just closely related to dinosaurs,
Explanation: Archaeopteryx is a fossil they really are dinosaurs! This is what
bird which looks like a bird but it has most people mean when they say that
many other features which are found in birds are reptiles, although technically
reptiles. according to the phylogenetic system
5. Name the organs which have mammals are also reptiles.
different basic structure but have 8. The theory of origin of life on
similar appearance and perform earth is proposed by:
similar functions? A. Haldane
A. Analogous organs B. Stanley Miller
B. Homologous organs C. Harold C. Urey
C. Both A and B D. Lamarck
D. Neither A nor B Ans. A
Ans. A Explanation: The theory of origin of life
Explanation: Analogous organs have on earth is proposed by Haldane was
different basic structure but have similar confirmed by the experiments conducted
appearance and perform similar by Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey.
9. Which of the following are the
postulates of Darwin’s theory of
evolution?
A. Within any population, there is natural
variation.
B. Even though all species produce a
large number of offsprings, populations
remain fairly constant naturally.
C. The struggle for survival within
populations eliminates the unfit
individuals.
D. All the above are correct
Ans D
Explanation: Darwin’s theory of
evolution can be described as: within any
population, there is natural variation.
Some individuals have more favourable
variations than others. Even though all
species produce a large number of
offsprings, populations remain fairly
constant naturally. The struggle for
survival within populations eliminates the
unfit individuals. This is called natural
selection.
10. The process by which new
species develop from the existing
species is called:
A. Homologous
B. Analogous
C. Speciation
D. Genetic variation
Ans. C
Explanation: Speciation is the formation
of new species.