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How do we compute the age of a fossil or a rock?

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Age of a fossil or rock is computed by absolute dating method involving either Uranium-Lead technique or carbon (`C^(14)`) dating technique or Potassium - Argon technique.
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  1. How do we compute the age of a fossil or a rock?

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  2. Which of the following is used as an atmospheric pollution indicator?

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  3. The theory of spontaneous generation stated that:

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  4. Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are the examples of:

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  5. Palaentological evidences for evolution refer to the :

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  6. The bones of forelimbs of whale, bat, cheetah and man are similar in s...

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  7. Analogous organs arise due to :

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  8. (P+Q)^2 =p^2 +2pq +Q^2=1 represents an equation used in :

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  9. Appearance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an example of:

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  10. Evolution of life shows that life forms had a trend of moving from:

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  11. Viviparity is considered to be more evolved because :

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  12. Fossils are generally found in :

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  13. For the MN-blood group system, the frequencies of M and N alleles are ...

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  14. Which type of selection is industrial melanism observed in moth, Bisto...

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  15. The most accepted line of descent in human evolution is :

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  16. Which of the following is an example for link species?

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  17. Match the scientists listed under column 'A' with ideas listed column ...

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  18. In 1953 S. L. Miller created primitive earth conditions in the laborat...

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  19. Variations during mutations of meiotic recombinations are

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