EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2005

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    Arrange the periods of Palaeozoic era in ascending order in a geological time scale:

    A)  Cambrian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Ordovician                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Silurian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Devonian                                                                                                                       \[\to\]  Carboniferous                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Permian

    B)  Cambrian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Devonian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Ordovician                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Silurian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Carboniferous                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Permian

    C)  Cambrian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Ordovician                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Devonian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Silurian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Carboniferous                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Permian

    D)  Silurian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Devonian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Cambrian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Ordovician                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Permian                                                                                                                       \[\to\] Carboniferous

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Palaeozoic era: (i) Cambrian: Origin of most invertebrate phyla; diverse algae. (ii) Ordovician: First vertebrates (jawless fishes), marine algae abundant. (iii) Silurian: Diversity of jawless vertebrates; colonization of land by plants and arthropods; origin of vascular plants. (iv) Devonian: Diversification of bony fishes; first amphibians and insects. (v) Carboniferous: Extensive forests of vascular plants; first seed plants; origin of reptiles; amphibians dominant. (vi) Permian: Radiation of reptiles, origins of mammal-like reptiles and most modem orders of insects; extinction of many marine invertebrates.


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