91.  The best way of dating fossils recent origin is by ______.

A. radio carbon method

B. uranium lead method

C. potassium argon method

D. a combination of all these

Answer : Option D

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92.  The age of rock is calculated on the basis of ______.

A. types of fossils present

B. number of strata

C. amount of uranium present

D. none above

Answer : Option C

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93.  It is not a true fossil.

A. Placoderm

B. Limulus

C. Archeopteryx

D. Therapsid

Answer : Option B

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94.  all mammals, whale, dolphin, bat, monkey and horse have some common trait, but they also show conspicuous differences. This is due to the phenomenon of

A. normalisation

B. genetic drift

C. convergence

D. divergence

Answer : Option D

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95.  These are some examples of vestigial structures in man

A. wisdom tooth vermiform appendix, hair

B. wisdom tooth, vermiform appendix, coccyx

C. wisdom tooth, head, nails

D. none of these

Answer : Option B

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96.  Precipitation test gives evidence from ______.

A. comparative embryology

B. comparative anatomy

C. comparative serology

D. none above

Answer : Option C

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97.  In external appearance the krait and lycodon are indistinguishable. This is an example of

A. analogy

B. imitation

C. mimicry

D. homology

Answer : Option C

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98.  Postanal tail can be traced in ______.

A. cobra

B. earthworm

C. scorpion

D. centipede

Answer : Option A

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99.  The Jurassic period belongs to the ............ era.

A. proterozoic

B. archezoic

C. mesozoic

D. cenozoic

Answer : Option C

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100.  Which of the following cannot determine phylogenetic relationships ?

A. Physiology

B. Morphology

C. Biogeography

D. Embryology

Answer : Option B

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