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Multiple Choice Questions

Potato and sweet potato

  • have edible parts which are homologous organs

  • have edible parts which are analogous organs

  • have been introduced in India from the same place

  • are two species of the same genus.


Assertion: Animals adopt different strategies to survive in hostile environment.

Reason: Praying mantis is green in colour which merges with plant foliage

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: Among the primates. chimpanzee is the closest relative of the present day humans.

Reason: The banding pattern in the autosome numbers 3 and 6 of man and chimpanzee is remarkably similar.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


Assertion: Coaccrvates are believed to be the precursors of life.

Reason: Coaccrvates were self-duplicating aggregates of proteins surrounded by lipid molecules

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


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Assertion : Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tail expressing gene has disappeared in them.

Reason : Lamarck's theory of evolution is popularly called theory continuity of germ plasm.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false


Assertion : Comparative biochemistry provides a strong evidence in favour of common ancestry of living beings.

Reason : Genetic code is universal

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false


If the Bengal Tiger becomes extinct

  • hyenas and wolves will become scars

  • the wild areas will be safe for man and domestic animals

  • its gene pool will be lost forever

  • the populations of beautiful animals like deers will get stabilized.


DNA is present in

  • chromosomes and dictyosomes

  • chloroplasts and lysosomes

  • mitochondria and chloroplasts

  • mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum.


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Assertion : Darwin's finches show a variety of beaks suited for eating large seeds, flying insects and cactus seeds.

Reason : Ancestral seed-eating stock of Darwin's finches radiated out from South American mainland to different geographical areas of the Galapagos Islands, where they found competitorfree new habitats.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


The early stage human embryo distinctly possesses

  • gills

  • gill slits

  • external ear (pinna)

  • eye brows


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