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Evolution 6

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the incorrect pair.

a)

Invertebrates were formed and active – By 500 mya

b)

Seaweeds existed – Around 320 mya

c)

First organisms that invaded land – Single-celled animals

d)

Fish with stout and strong fins – Around 350 mya

2.

Name the animal that evolved into the first probable amphibians and lived on both land and water.

a)

Whale

b)

Coelacanth (lobefins)

c)

Amphioxus

d)

Balanoglossus

3.

There was no life in

a)

Cenozoic era

b)

Mesozoic era

c)

Palaeozoic era

d)

Azoic era

4.

Which period in geological time scale is considered the golden era of fish?

a)

Mississippian

b)

Silurian

c)

Devonian

d)

Jurassic

5.

Giant dinosaurs and reptiles predominated during the Jurassic period. This period was also marked for the evolution of higher insects and angiosperms, conifers, cycads, etc. Jurassic period belongs to which era?

a)

Cenozoic

b)

Palaeozoic

c)

Mesozoic

d)

Proterozoic

6.

During which period did the first seed plant appear?

a)

Silurian

b)

Devonian

c)

Carboniferous

d)

Cretaceous

7.

The Cenozoic era is often designated as

a)

age of fish

b)

age of reptiles

c)

age of mammals

d)

age of amphibians

8.

In which era Protozoa, sponge and algae originate?

a)

Cenozoic era

b)

Azoic era

c)

Proterozoic era

d)

Mesozoic era

9.

Which of the following is an extinct animal?

a)

Protopterus

b)

Equus

c)

Archaeopteryx

d)

Columba

10.

Mesozoic era is called the age of

a)

fishes

b)

amphibians

c)

reptiles

d)

birds

11.

The most recent era in geological time scale is

a)

Mesozoic

b)

Cenozoic

c)

Palaeozoic

d)

Proterozoic

12.

The correct order of evolutionary scale is

a)

Palaeozoic → Archaeozoic → Cenozoic

b)

Archaeozoic → Palaeozoic → Proterozoic

c)

Palaeozoic → Mesozoic → Cenozoic

d)

Mesozoic → Archaeozoic → Proterozoic

13.

First dinosaurs and first egg-laying mammals originated in

a)

Jurassic period

b)

Triassic period

c)

Permian period

d)

Cambrian period

14.

Choose the incorrectly matched pair.

a)

Reptiles — Thick-shelled eggs which do not dry up

b)

Tyrannosaurus rex — Fish like reptile

c)

Dinosaurs — May be evolved into birds

d)

Continental drift — South America joined North-America

15.

The first viviparous mammals whose fossils are small-sized were like

a)

shrews

b)

monkeys

c)

rats

d)

lobefins

16.

In which epoch, only modern humans prevail?

a)

Pleiostocene

b)

Holocene

c)

Pliocene

d)

Miocene

17.

Which phenomena confined the pouched mammals to Australia they survived because of lack of competition from any other mammals?

a)

Continental origination

b)

Continental shifting

c)

Continental drift

d)

Continental evolution