Question

Read the paragraph carefully and answer the questions-

Human beings as a species share many main characters or traits among

themselves which identify the species Homo sapiens. Yet the various races or tribes look different in several features. Even within the same race or tribes, the individual members in the population show differences. Further, the smallest unit of population is the family and there too, members show differences in body features. These small differences among individuals are called variation.

(i) Smallest unit of population is -

(a) Individuals (b) Family

(c) City (d) State

(ii) Scientific name of human baby is -

(a) Hominids (b) Home erectus

(c) Homo childish (d) Homo sapiens

(iii) Individuals of same species looks different because their -

(a) parents are differ (b) Genes are differ

(c) Number of chromosome differ (d) Statement is wrong

(iv) Variation may be -

(a) Continuous (b) Discontinuous

(c) Both Continuous & Discontinuous (d) None

(v) Members of a particular family are differ in -

(a) body feature (b) Chromosomal structure

(c) Behaviour (d) All

Answer 1

(i) (b) Family (iv) (c) Both Continuous & Discontinuous

(ii) (d) Homo sapiens (v) (d) All

(iii) (b) Genes are differ