Free Concept of Evolution MCQs with Answers

192 Concept of Evolution MCQs from Biology, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

Evolution is the heritable change in populations over generations, driven by mutation, recombination, natural selection, genetic drift and reproductive isolation. Questions examine variation, adaptation, survival and reproduction, speciation, fossil and anatomical evidence, and the difference between individual acclimatization and evolutionary change in a population.

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  • A. Natural selection
  • B. Artificial selection
  • C. Evolution
  • D. Genetic drif

Explanation: When humans purposefully apply selection pressure to populations, such as in breeding programs for plants or animals, it is known as…

Correct answer: Artificial selection
  • A. Amphibians and reptiles
  • B. Reptiles and birds
  • C. Birds and mammals
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Archaeopteryx is known to be a communicating connection between reptiles and birds because it looks like a bird and has bird wings.

Correct answer: Reptiles and birds
  • A. Analogous organs
  • B. Homologous organs
  • C. Convergent organs
  • D. Divergent organs

Explanation: Analogous organs are similar in function but different in structure. These organs have evolved independently in different species to…

Correct answer: Analogous organs
  • A. Darwin's theory of evolution
  • B. Lamarckism
  • C. Neo-darwinism
  • D. Endosymbiont Hypothesis

Explanation: This statement aligns with the endosymbiotic theory, which suggests that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once free-living bacteria that…

Correct answer: Endosymbiont Hypothesis
  • A. Organisms ranged from simple to complex.
  • B. One type of organism gives rise to another type of organism.
  • C. Both a and b.
  • D. All living things are specially created by nature.

Explanation: During Aristotle's time, it was though that organisms ranged from simple to complex. All other options are incorrect.

Correct answer: Organisms ranged from simple to complex.
  • A. Organisms ranged from simple to complex
  • B. One type of organism gives rise to another type of organism
  • C. Both Options A and B are correct
  • D. Only living things are created by nature

Explanation: In Aristotle's time, with respect to the theory of inheritance, it was already known that organisms varied on the basis of their…

Correct answer: Both Options A and B are correct
  • A. Analogous.
  • B. Homologous.
  • C. Unilogous.
  • D. Hypologous.

Explanation: Homologous organs are defined as the organs of different animals that are having a similar structure but differ in their functions.

Correct answer: Homologous.
  • A. DNA and proteins
  • B. DNA and gene
  • C. RNAs and proteins
  • D. DNA and RNAs

Explanation: Explanation:Evolutionary relationships among species are reflected in their DNA and proteins - in their genes and gene products.

Correct answer: DNA and proteins
  • A. Random in population's pool
  • B. Random in a species
  • C. Fixed in population's pool
  • D. Fixed in the gene pool

Explanation: Explanation:If all individuals in a population are homozygous for the same allele, then that allele is fixed in the population's gene…

Correct answer: Fixed in the gene pool
  • A. Haemoglobin
  • B. Myoglobin
  • C. Cytochrome c
  • D. Pilin

Explanation: [A] Haemoglobin is not found in aerobic bacteria only in man[B] Myoglobin is found in man only[C] found in both man and aerobic bacteria s…

Correct answer: Cytochrome c
  • A. Embryology Record
  • B. Molecular Record
  • C. Biochemical Record
  • D. Fossil Record

Explanation: Fossils are important evidence for evolution because they show that life on earth was once different from life found on earth today.

Correct answer: Fossil Record
  • A. Homologous
  • B. Analogous
  • C. Vestigial
  • D. Fossilized

Explanation: Homologous organs can be defined as the organs of different animals that are similar in structure but perform different functions.

Correct answer: Homologous
  • A. Development of branchial arches invertebrate embryo.
  • B. Distribution of species
  • C. Comparison of genes and proteins in different species
  • D. Study of vestigial organs

Explanation: To compare species to see how they have evolved differently, we look at their gene sequences or the amino acid sequence of essential…

Correct answer: Comparison of genes and proteins in different species
  • A. Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
  • B. Mendel's law of independent assortment
  • C. Mendel's law of segregation
  • D. Theory presented by Schleiden and Schwann

Explanation: Hardy-Weinberg Theorem allows us to calculate the allele frequency in populations where the phenotype that we are examining is the same…

Correct answer: Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
  • A. Introduction of heterospory
  • B. Rentantion of the megaspore within megasporangium
  • C. Fertilization of the egg prior to discharge.
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: All of the options given in the question are correct as there are various steps involved in the evolution of seed habit which are as…

Correct answer: All of the above
  • A. Appendix
  • B. Leg muscles
  • C. Coccyx
  • D. Nictitating membrane

Explanation: Vestigial organs are rudimentary anatomical structures that are retained in a species despite having lost their primary ancestral…

Correct answer: Leg muscles
  • A. Homologous
  • B. Analogous
  • C. Acquired
  • D. Vestigial

Explanation: These are the organs that have similar anatomical structures but perform different functions.

Correct answer: Homologous
  • A. Equus
  • B. Eohippus
  • C. Mesohippus
  • D. Merychippus

Explanation: The modern horse is called Equus caballus.

Correct answer: Equus
  • A. Digestion
  • B. Excretion
  • C. Immunity
  • D. Movement

Explanation: The appendix has been found to play a role in mammalian mucosal immune function.

Correct answer: Immunity
  • A. Gene pool
  • B. Genetic drift
  • C. Gene mutation
  • D. Gene flow

Explanation: Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution, it refers to random fluctuations in the frequencies of alleles from generation to generation…

Correct answer: Genetic drift