Class 12 Evolution NEET 50+ Questions

Evolution NEET Questions With Answers

The students who are targeting for NEET exam should prepare for all the important chapters of NEET syllabus to secure good marks in NEET 2022. Candidates planning to appear in the medical exam must have knowledge about the weightage of chapters. Biology section carries the maximum weightage.

Evolution is the seventh chapter categorized under the unit ' Genetics And Evolution'. According to the NEET chapter wise weightage Evolution contributes to around 4% of the total number of questions asked in the last years. On average we can expect 3-4 question from this particular chapter.\

Here you will find all previous year Evolution NEET Questions. Solving previous years Evolution NEET Questions will be beneficial for you. Firstly you get an idea of what type of questions are asked in previous year. Every year around many of questions of biology are repeated as it is without even changing single word. These previous year Evolution NEET Questions will definitely guide you in what direction you need extra push.

Evolution NEET Questions And Answers

AIPMT 2006

1. Praying mantis a good example of –

(1) Mullerian mimicry

(2) Warning colouration

(3) Social insects

(4) Camouflage

Solution : 4

2. Which one of the following amino acid was not found to be synthesized in Miller's experiment–

(1) Glycine

(2) Aspartic acid

(3) Glutamic acid

(4) Alanine

Solution : 3

3. An important evidence in favour of organic

evolution is the occurence of –

(1) Homologous and vestigial organs

(2) Analogous and vestigial organs

(3) Homologous organs only

(4) Homologous and analogous organs

Solution : 1

4. Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era is characterised by –

(1) Gymosperms are dominant plants and first birds appeared

(2) Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal like reptiles

(3) Dinosaurs become extinct and angiosperms appeared

(4) Flowering plants and first dinosaurs appeared

Solution : 1

5. Evolutionary history of an organism is known as–

(1) Phylogeny

(2) Ancestry

(3) Palaeontology

(4) Ontogeny

Solution : 1

6. Sickle cell anemia has not been eliminated from the African population because –

(1) It is controlled by recessive genes

(2) It is not a fatal disease

(3) It provides immunity against malaria

(4) It is controlled by dominant genes

Solution : 3

AIPMT 2007

7. One of the important consequences of geographical isolation is :-

(1) No change in the isolated fauna

(2) Preventing Speciation

(3) Speciation through reproductive isolation

(4) Random creation of new species

Solution : 3

8. Among the human ancestors the brain size was more than 1000 CC in :

(1) Homo neanderthalensis

(2) Homo erectus

(3) Ramapithecus

(4) Homo habilis

Solution : 1

9. Two plants can be conclusively said to belong to the same species if they :

(1) can reproduce freely with each other and form seeds.

(2) have more than 90 percent similar genes

(3) look silmilar and possess identical secondary metabolites

(4) have same number of chromosomes

Solution : 1

10. The Finches of Galapogas islands provide an evidence in favour of :-

(1) Special Creation

(2) Evolution due to Mutation

(3) Retrogressive Evolution

(4) Biogeographical Evolution

Solution : 4

11. What is common to whale, seal and shark :-

(1) Seasonal migration

(2) Thick subcutaneous fat

(3) Convergent envolution

(4) Homoiothermy

Solution : 3

12. Adaptive radiation refers to :-

(1) Adaptations due to Geographical isolation

(2) Evolution of different species from a common ancestor

(3) Migration of members of a species to different geographical areas

(4) Power of adaptation in an individual to a variety of environments

Solution : 2

13. When two species of different genealogy come to resemble each other as a result of adaptation, the phenomenon is termed :-

(1) Divergent evolution

(2) Microevolution

(3) Co-evolution

(4) Convergent evolution

Solution : 4

14. The concept of chemical evolution is based on :-

(1) Crystallization of chemicals

(2) Interaction of water, air and clay under intense heat

(3) Effect of solar radiation on chemicals

(4) Possible origin of life by combination of chemicals under suitable environmental conditions

Solution : 4

15. Industrial melanism as observed in peppered moth proves that :-

(1) The true black melanic forms arise by a recurring random mutation

(2) The melanic form of the moth has no selective advantage over lighter form in industrial area

(3) The lighter-form moth has no selective advantage either in polluted industrial area or non-polluted area.

(4) Melanism is pollution-generated feature

Solution : 1

16. Which one of the following statement is correct :-

(1) Stem cells are specialized cells

(2) There is no evidence of the existence of gills during embryogenesis of mammals

(3) All plant and animal cells are totipotent

(4) Ontogeny repeats phylogeny

Solution : 4

AIPMT 2008

17. Which one of the following is incorrect about the characteristics of protobionts (coacervates and microspheres) as envisaged in the abiogenic origin of life ?

(1) They were partially isolated from the surroundings

(2) They could maintain an internal environment

(3) They were able to reproduce

(4) They could separate combinations of molecules from the surroundings

Solution : 3

18. Which one of the following scientist's name is correctly matched with the theory put forth by him?

(1) de Vries – Natural selection

(2) Mendel – Theory of pangenesis

(3) Weismann – Theory of continuity of Germplasm

(4) Pasteur – Inheritance of acquired characters

Solution : 3

AIPMT 2009

19. Peripatus is a connecting link between :-

(1) Coelenterata and Porifera

(2) Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes

(3) Mollusca and Echinodermata

(4) Annelida and Arthropoda

Solution : 4

20. In the case of peppered moth (Biston betularia) the black-coloured form became dominant over the light-coloured form in England during industrial revolution. This is an example of :-

(1) Inheritance of darker colour character acquired due to the darker environment

(2) Natural selection whereby the darker forms were selected

(3) Appearance of the darker coloured individuals due to very poor sunlight

(4) Protective mimicry

Solution : 2

AIPMT-Pre 2010

21. Darwin's finches are a good example of

(1) Convergent evolution

(2) Industrial melanism,

(3) Connecting link

(4) Adaptive radiation

Solution : 4

AIPMT-Mains 2010

22. The most apparent change during the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens is traced in :

(1) Walking upright

(2) Shortening of jaws

(3) Remarkable increase in the brain size

(4) Loss of body hair

Solution : 3

23. Given below are four statements (A-D) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in two statements :

Statements :

(A) Wings of butterfly and birds look alike and are the results of ___(i)___ evolution

(B) Miller showed that CH4, H2, NH3

and ___(i)__, when exposed to electric discharge in flask resulted in formation of ___(ii)__.

(D) According to Darwin evolution took place due to __(i)__ and __(ii)__ of the fittest.

Options :

(1) (A) - (i) convergent

(B) - (i) oxygen, (ii) nucleosides

(2) (B) - (i) water vapour, (ii) amino acids,

(3) (C) - (i) vestigial, (ii) anatomical,

(D) - (i) mutations, (ii) multiplication

(4) (D) - (i) small variations, (ii) survival,

(A) - (i) convergent

Solution : 4

AIPMT-Pre 2011

24. What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man (Homo sapiens) from his ancestors?

(1) Upright posture

(2) Shortening of jaws

(3) Binocular vision

(4) Increasing brain capacity

Solution : 4

AIPMT-Pre 2012

25. Evolution of different species in a given area starting from a point and spreading to other geographical areas is known as :-

(1) Migration

(2) Divergent evolution

(3) Adaptive radiation

(4) Natural selection

Solution : 3

26. What was the most significant trend in the evolution of modern man (Homo sapiens) from his ancestors

(1) Increasing cranial capacity

(2) Upright posture

(3) Shortening of jaws

(4) Binocular vision

Solution : 1

27. The extinct human who lived 1,00,000 to 40,000 years ago, in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, with short stature, heavy eye brows, retreating fore heads, large jaws with heavy teeth, stocky bodies, a lumbering gait and stooped posture was :-

(1) Cro-magnan humans

(2) Ramapithecus

(3) Homo habilis

(4) Neanderthal human

Solution : 4

28. Which one of the following options gives one correct example each of convergent evolution and divergent evolution ?Convergent evolution Divergent evolution

(1) Bones of forelimbs of Wings of butterfly vertebrates and birds

(2) Thorns of Bougainvillia Eyes of Octopus and and tendrils of Cucurbita Mammals

(3) Eyes of octopus and Bones of forelimbs of mammals vertebrates

(4) Thorns of Bougainvillia Wings of butterflies and tendrils of Cucurbita and birds

Solution : 3

AIPMT-Mains 2012

29. The idea of mutations was brought forth by:-

(1) Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele frequencies in a population

(2) Charles Darwin, who observed a wide variety of organisms during sea voyage

(3) Hugo do Vries, who worked on evening primrose

(4) Gregor Mendel, who worked on Pisum sativum

Solution : 3

NEET-UG 2013

30. The eye of octopus and eye of cat show different patterns of structure, yet they perform similar function. This is an example of :

(1) Analogous organs that have evolved due to divergent evolution

(2) Homologous organs that have evolved due to convergent evolution

(3) Homologous organs that have evolved due to divergent evolution

(4) Analogous organs that have evolved due to convergent evolution

Solution : 4

31. The tendency of population to remain in genetic equilibrium may be disturbed by :

(1) lack of random mating

(2) random mating

(3) lack of migration

(4) lack of mutations

Solution : 1

32. The process by which organisms with different evolutionary history evolve similar phenotypic adaptation in response to a common environmental challenge, is called :

(1) Adaptive radiation

(2) Natural selection

(3) Convergent evolution

(4) Non-random evolution

Solution : 3

33. According to Darwin, the organic evolution is due to :

(1) Reduced feeding efficiency in one species due to the presence of interfering species

(2) Intraspecific competition

(3) Interspecific competition

(4) Competition within closely related species

Solution : 3

34. Variation in gene frequencies within populations can occur by chance rather than by natural selection. This is referred to as :

(1) Genetic load

(2) Genetic flow

(3) Genetic drift

(4) Random mating

Solution : 3

AIPMT 2014

35. Forelimbs of cat, lizard used in walking; forelimbs of whale used in swimming and forelimbs of bats used in flying are an example of :-

(1) Analogous organs

(2) Adaptive radiation

(3) Homologous organs

(4) Convergent evolution

Solution : 3

36. Which one of the following are analogous structures :-

(1) Wings of Bat and Wings of Pigeon.

(2) Gills of Prawn and Lungs of Man.

(3) Thorns of Bougainvillea and Tendrils of Cucurbita

(4) Flippers of Dolphin and Legs of Horse

Solution : 2

AIPMT 2015

37. Which of the following had the smallest brain capacity ?

(1) Homo sapiens

(2) Homo neanderthalensis

(3) Homo habilis

(4) Homo erectus

Solution : 3

38. Which is the most common mechanism of genetic variation in the population of sexually reproducing organism?

(1) Chromosomal aberrations

(2) Genetic drift

(3) Recombination

(4) Transduction

Solution : 3

Re-AIPMT 2015

39. The wings of a bird and the wings of an insect are :

(1) homologous structures and represent convergent evolution

(2) homologous structures and represent divergent evolution

(3) analogous structures and represent convergent evolution

(4) phylogenetic structures and represent divergent evolution

Solution : 3

40. Industrial melanism is an example of :

(1) Neo Lamarckism

(2) Neo Darwinism

(3) Natural selection

(4) Mutation

Solution : 3

41. Which the following are most suitable indicators of SO2 pollution in the environment?

(1) Fungi

(2) Lichens

(3) Conifers

(4) Algae

Solution : 2

NEET-I 2016

42. Which of the following structure is homologus to the wing of a bird ?

(1) Dorsal fin of a Shark

(2) Wing of a Moth

(3) Hind limb of Rabbit

(4) Flipper of Whale

Solution : 4

43. Analogous structures are a result of :-

(1) Divergent evolution

(2) Convergent evolution

(3) Shared ancestry

(4) Stabilizing selection

Solution : 2

44. Following are the two statements regarding the origin of life :-

(a) The earliest organisms that appeared on the earth were non-green and presumably anaerobes.
(b) The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen. Of the above statements which one of the following

options is correct ?

(1) (a) is correct but (b) is false.
(2) (b) is correct but (a) is false.
(3) Both (a) and (b) are correct.
(4) Both (a) and (b) are false.

Solution : 3

NEET-II 2016

45. Genetic drift operates in :-

(1) Non-reproductive population
(2) Slow reproductive population
(3) Small isolated population
(4) Large isolated population

Solution : 3

46. In Hardy-Weinberg equation, the frequency of heterozygous individual is represented by :-

(1) pq

(2) q2
(3) p2

(4) 2pq

Solution : 4

47. The chronological order of human evolution from early to the recent is :-

(1) Australopithecus → Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus

(2) Ramapithecus → Australopithecus → Homo habilis → Homo erectus

(3) Ramapithecus → Homo habilis → Australopithecus → Homo erectus

(4) Australopithecus → Homo habilis → Ramapithecus → Homo erectus

Solution : 2

48. Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in the origin of life ?

I. Formation of protobionts
II. Synthesis of organic monomers
III. Synthesis of organic polymers
IV. Formation of DNA-based genetic systems

(1) II, III, I, IV

(2) II, III, IV, I
(3) I, II, III, IV

(4) I, III, II, IV

Solution : 1

NEET(UG) 2017

49. Artificial selection to obtain cows yielding higher milk output represents :

(1) Directional as it pushes the mean of the character in one direction
(2) Disruptive as it splits the population into two, one yielding higher output and the other lower output
(3) Stabilizing followed by disruptive as it stabilizes the population to produce higher yielding cows
(4) Stabilizing selection as it stabilizes this character in the population

Solution : 1

NEET(UG) 2018

50. The similarity of bone structure in the forelimbs of many vertebrates is an example of

(1) Homology
(2) Analogy
(3) Convergent evolution
(4) Adaptive radiation

Solution : 1

51. Among the following sets of examples for divergent evolution, select the incorrect option :

(1) Forelimbs of man, bat and cheetah
(2) Heart of bat, man and cheetah
(3) Brain of bat, man and cheetah
(4) Eye of octopus, bat and man

Solution : 4

52. According to Hugo de Vries, the mechanism of evolution is :-

(1) Multiple step mutations
(2) Saltation
(3) Phenotypic variations
(4) Minor mutations

Solution : 2

NEET(UG) 2019

53. Variations caused by mutation, as proposed by Hugo de Vries, are

(1) random and directional
(2) random and directionless
(3) small and directional
(4) small and directionless

Solution : 2

54. In a species, the weight of newborn ranges from 2 to 5 kg. 97% of the newborn with an average weight between 3 to 3.3kg survive whereas 99% of the infants born with weights from 2 to 2.5 kg or 4.5 to 5 kg die. Which type of selection process is taking place ?

(1) Directional Selection

(2) Stabilizing Selection
(3) Disruptive Selection

(4) Cyclical Selection

Solution : 2

55. Match the hominids with their correct brain size :

(a) Homo habilis (i) 900 cc
(b) Homo neanderthalensis (ii) 1350 cc
(c) Homo erectus (iii) 650-800 cc
(d) Homo sapiens (iv) 1400 cc

Select the correct option.

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(2) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(3) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(4) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

Solution : 3

NEET(UG) 2019 (Odisha)

56. In Australia, marsupials and placental mammals have evolved to share many similar characteristics. This type of evolution may be referred to as :

(1) Adaptive Radiation
(2) Divergent Evolution
(3) Cyclical Evolution
(4) Convergent Evolution

Solution : 4

57. Which of the following statements is correct about the origin and evolution of men ?

(1) Agriculture came around 50,000 years back.
(2) The Dryopithecus and Ramapithecus primates existing 15 million years ago, walked like men.
(3) Homo habilis probably ate meat.
(4) Neanderthal men lived in Asia betweeen 1,00,000 and 40,000 years back

Solution : 4

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