Mesozoic Era

Q.

What is the largest land animal in the world?

Q. In which era reptiles were dominant?

1. All of the above
2. Cenozoic era
3. Mesozoic era
4. Palaeozoic era

Q. Jurassic period of the mesozoic era is characterised by

1. Flowering plants and emergence of dinosaurs
2. Gymnosperms and appearance of toothed birds
3. Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal-like reptiles
4. Extinction of dinosaurs and emergence of angiosperms

Q. Dinosaurs became extinct by the end of

1. Pliocene epoch
2. Triassic period
3. Cretaceous period
4. Tertiary period

Q.

Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era characterized by

1. Gymnosperms are dominant plants and first birds appear

2. Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal like reptiles

3. Dinosaurs become extinct and angiosperms appear

4. Flowering plants and first dinosaurs appear

Q.

What types of animals lived in Cretaceous period?

Q.

Fossils of Archaeopteryx recovered from the rock of the:

A)Triassic period

B)Jurrasic period

C)Paleozoi Pera

D)Pliocene Pliepoch

Q. Embryological support for evolution was disapproved by

1. Charles Darwin
2. Oparin
3. Karl Ernst von Baer
4. Alfred wallace

Q.

What is Cambrian explosion?

Q. Which is correct order of era, in chronological order, in the geological time scale for a hypothetical vertebrate evolution

1. Cenozoic, mesozoic, palaeozoic, precambrian
2. Cenozoic, palaeozoic, mesozoic, precambrian
3. Precambrian, palaeozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic
4. Precambrian, palaeozoic, mesozoic , cenozoic

Q.

Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era characterized by

1. Gymnosperms are dominant plants and first birds appear

2. Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal like reptiles

3. Dinosaurs become extinct and angiosperms appear

4. Flowering plants and first dinosaurs appear

Q. Jurassic period of the mesozoic era is characterised by

1. Flowering plants and emergence of dinosaurs
2. Gymnosperms and appearance of toothed birds
3. Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal-like reptiles
4. Extinction of dinosaurs and emergence of angiosperms

Q. Jurassic period of the mesozoic era is characterised by

1. Flowering plants and emergence of dinosaurs
2. Gymnosperms and appearance of toothed birds
3. Radiation of reptiles and origin of mammal-like reptiles
4. Extinction of dinosaurs and emergence of angiosperms

Q. Which of the following is not a correct pair?

1. Mesozoic era - Age of mammals
2. Origin of species - Charles Darwin
3. Study of fossil - Palaeontology
4. Mutation theory -Hugo de Vries

Q. Which of the following is most closely related to modern man in terms of phylogeny?

1. Gorilla
2. Chimpanzee
3. Gibbon
4. Orangutan

Q. Mammals have evolved from

1. Birds
2. Reptiles
3. Amphibians
4. None of the above

Q. In which of the following eras dinosaurs lived?

1. Palaeozoic
2. Cenozoic
3. Mesozoic
4. Triassic

Q. Which one of the following in birds indicates their reptilian ancestry?

1. Scales on their hindlimbs
2. Four-chambered heart
3. Two special chambers crop and gizzards in their digestive tract
4. Egg with a calcareous shell

Q. In which era reptiles were dominated :

1. Cenozoic era
2. Mesozoic era
3. Paleozoic era
4. Archaeozoic era

Q. Which era was the golden age of dinosaurs/reptiles?

1. Jurassic
2. Mesozoic
3. Paleozoic
4. Triassic

Q. Mammal like reptiles evolved during

1. Jurassic
2. Permian
3. Music
4. Tertiary

Q. ___ era was the golden age of Dinosaurs/age of reptiles.

Q. Dinosaurs were abundant in

1. Jurassic
2. Pleistocene
3. Permian
4. Devonian

Q. Large and well-developed sternum with keel, in a bird suggest

1. Inability to fly
2. Strong flying ability
3. Fast swimming adaptation
4. Fast running adaptation

Q. Evidence for the reptilian origin of birds is the occurrence of

1. Scales
2. Feathers
3. Hairs
4. Claws

Q. The Mesozoic era is also called as the golden age of the

1. amphibians
2. reptiles
3. mammals
4. birds

Q. Consider the following eras.
1. Archaeozoic
2. Proterozoic
3. Palaeozoic
4. Mesozoic
5. Cenozoic
Vascular land plants were predominant in.

1. $1,2$ and $3$
2. $1,3$ and $4$
3. $2,4$ and $5$
4. $3,4$ and $5$

Q. The Himalaya was formed due to folding of sediments deposited in the ______ sea.

1. Caspian
2. South China
3. Tethys
4. Arabian

Q. Identify the animal in the following diagram. How can this be an evidence regarding evolution ?

Q. The wishbone of the birds is derived from

1. Skull
2. Pectoral girdle
3. Pelvic girdle
4. Hindlimb