Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (SSC) · Science and Technology (विज्ञान आणि तंत्रज्ञान)
Chapter: Chapter 11 — Chapter 11: Heredity and Evolution
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What laws govern genetic inheritance? [1]
(A) Mendel's laws
(B) Newton's laws
(C) Darwin's laws only
(D) No specific laws
2. What determines observable traits? [1]
(A) Dominant and recessive alleles
(B) Only environmental factors
(C) Random chance only
(D) Nothing specific
3. What drives evolution? [1]
(A) Natural selection
(B) Only random mutation with no selection
(C) Only human intervention
(D) Nothing drives it
4. What happens to organisms with advantageous traits? [1]
(A) They are more likely to survive and reproduce
(B) They always die out
(C) No effect on survival
(D) They become extinct immediately
5. What is evidence for evolution? [1]
(A) Fossil records and comparative anatomy
(B) No evidence exists
(C) Only religious texts
(D) Only modern observations
6. What do genetic similarities between species suggest? [1]
(A) Common ancestry
(B) No relationship at all
(C) Random coincidence
(D) Complete separation
7. What does understanding heredity and evolution explain? [1]
(A) Biodiversity and adaptation
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only human history
(D) Only plant growth
8. Why learn about heredity and evolution? [1]
(A) To understand life's diversity and adaptation
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What laws govern genetic inheritance? [1]
(A) Mendel's laws
(B) Newton's laws
(C) Darwin's laws only
(D) No specific laws
10. What determines observable traits? [1]
(A) Dominant and recessive alleles
(B) Only environmental factors
(C) Random chance only
(D) Nothing specific
11. What drives evolution? [1]
(A) Natural selection
(B) Only random mutation with no selection
(C) Only human intervention
(D) Nothing drives it
12. What happens to organisms with advantageous traits? [1]
(A) They are more likely to survive and reproduce
(B) They always die out
(C) No effect on survival
(D) They become extinct immediately
13. What is evidence for evolution? [1]
(A) Fossil records and comparative anatomy
(B) No evidence exists
(C) Only religious texts
(D) Only modern observations
14. What do genetic similarities between species suggest? [1]
(A) Common ancestry
(B) No relationship at all
(C) Random coincidence
(D) Complete separation
15. What does understanding heredity and evolution explain? [1]
(A) Biodiversity and adaptation
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only human history
(D) Only plant growth
16. Why learn about heredity and evolution? [1]
(A) To understand life's diversity and adaptation
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests