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Nmdcat Practice Paper from PMDC Syllabus

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1 According to spontaneous generation, life originated ____.
Correct Answer: D
Explanation: Spontaneous generation theory proposed life arose from non-living matter without parental organisms.
2 ___ was the name of the ship in which Darwin sailed around the world.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation: Charles Darwin's voyage (1831–1836) was aboard HMS Beagle, a Royal Navy ship.
3 Survival of fittest was the original idea of ____.
Correct Answer: D
Explanation: Herbert Spencer coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest' to describe natural selection.
4 The drawback of Darwinism was that it couldn’t explain ____.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation: Darwinism lacked a genetic mechanism to explain how variations arise and are inherited.
5 In some animals, the same structures develop along different directions due to adaptations to different needs. This is called ____.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation: Divergent evolution occurs when homologous structures adapt to different functions (e.g., bat wings vs. whale flippers).
6 Dinosaurs are ____.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation: Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct ~65 million years ago (Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction).
7 Dinosaurs originated during the period ____.
Correct Answer: A
Explanation: Dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic period (~230 million years ago).
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