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Diversity of Life - Evolution - Ecology and Evolution Previous Year Questions

Practice Diversity of Life - Evolution - Ecology and Evolution previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

9Papers
9Years
22Questions
1Topics

Diversity of Life question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Diversity of Life. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 16 72.7%
Medium 6 27.3%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 21 95.5%
MSQ 1 4.5%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Ecology and Evolution
22 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Evolution
22 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Diversity of Life
22 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025
3 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024
3 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2023
2 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2022
4 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
3 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020
1 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018
2 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2016
3 Qs
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014
1 Qs

Included previous year papers

Newest papers appear first. Sort by year, question coverage or name.

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202520253View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202420243View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202320232View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202220224View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202120213View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 202020201View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201820182View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201620163View paper
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 201420141View paper

All Diversity of Life previous year questions

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2014 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2014

Which of the following statements about the evolution of humans is believed to be TRUE?

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2018 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018

In which of the following plants is the dominant stage of the life cycle haploid?

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2018 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2018

A scientist finds a new species of insect and sends a sample to a museum for confirmation. The curator of the museum designates it as a holotype for the newly identified species and asks the scientist to also provide samples of the opposite sex. This sample of the opposite sex is called the

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2020 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2020
Match the following plant traits with the correct plant group/family:

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2021 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
Consider the following list of bacteria and the infections they cause in humans.
PStaphylococcus aureus1Meningitis
QShigella sp.2Plague
RNeisseria sp.3Postoperative infection
SYersinia pestis4Diarrhoea
Which one of the following combinations correctly matches these micro-organisms and the infections they cause in humans?

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2021 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT with respect to the tree of life?
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2021 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2021
Which one of the following represents the correct chronological order of geological periods (from oldest to most recent)?
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2024 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024

Based on paleontological evidence, eukaryotic organisms are estimated to have first evolved

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2024 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024

Which one of the following theories is supported by the distribution patterns of extinct flora such as Glossopteris across South America, Africa and Australia, and extant marsupial mammals across South America and Australia?

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2024 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2024
Match the mollusc taxa to their respective orders.

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2025 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025

Which one of the following is an example of a cell type found only in a single phylum?

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2025 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025

Fossils of most of the modern animal phyla first appeared over a short period of time. In which one of the following geological time periods did this occur?

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2025 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2025

The origin and proliferation of which one of the following organisms was responsible for the 'Great Oxidation Event'?

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2016 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2016
Monotremes are unique among mammals because they:
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2016 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2016
The evolution of the amniotic egg in reptiles allowed them to:
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2016 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2016
Which of the following phyla are most closely related to chordates ?
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2022 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2022
Which one of the following options denotes the time when the majority of animal phyla first appeared in the fossil record? (MYA = Million Years Ago)
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2022 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2022

Which one of the following major mass extinctions is the most recent?

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2022 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2022

The term “living fossil” applies to which one or more of the following organisms?

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2022 · Ecology and Evolution · Evolution · Diversity of Life
Ecology and Evolution (EY) 2022
Which one of the following cladograms represents the correct phylogenetic relationships in the Kingdom Animalia?
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