ANIMAL KINGDOM

BY RAKSHITA SINGH
PYQ’S AND MCQ’S

4. Bilaterally symmetrical and acoelomate animals

1. Which one of the following organisms bears
are exemplified by (2020)
hollow and pneumatic long bones?
(a) Platyhelminthes
(2021)
(b) Aschelminthes
(a) Hemidactylus
(c) Annelida
(b) Macropus
(d) Ctenophora
(c) Ornithorhynchus
(d) Neophron
5. Which of the following option does correctly
represent
2. Read the following statements. the characteristic features of phylum Annelida?
(2021) (2020 Covid Re-NEET)
A. Metagenesis is observed in helminths (a) Triploblastic, segmented body and bilaterally

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B. Echinoderms are triploblastic and coelomate

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symmetrical

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animals (b) Triploblastic, flattened body and acoelomate

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C. Round worms have organ-system level of body

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condition
organisation

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(c) Diploblastic, mostly marine and radially

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D. Comb plates present in ctenophores help in

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symmetrical
digestion

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(d) Triploblastic, unsegmented body and

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E. Water vascular system is a characteristic of
bilaterally

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echinoderms
symmetrical

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Choose the correct answer from the options given

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below
6. All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates
(a) A, B and C are correct (b) A, D and E are correct
are not
(c) B, C and E are correct (d) C, D and E are correct
vertebrates, why?
(2020 Covid Re-NEET)
(a) Ventral hollow nerve cord remains throughout
3.Which of the following statements are true for the
life in
phylum-Chordata?
some chordates
(2020)
(b) All chordates possess vertebral column
(a) In urochordata, notochord extends from head to
(c) All chordates possess notochord throughout
tail
their life
and it is present throughout their life
(d) Notochord is replaced by vertebral column in
(b) In vertebrata, notochord is present during the
adult
embryonic period only
of some chordates
(c) Central nervous system is dorsal and hollow

(d) Chordata is divided into 3 subphyla:

Hemichordata, Tunicata and Cephalochordata
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7.In which of the following animal post anal 12. In case of poriferans, the spongocoel is lined
tail is found? with flagellated cells called (2017)
[2012] (a) Ostia
a) Earthworm (b) Oscula
(b)lower invertebrate (c) Choanocytes
(c) scorpion (d) Mesenchymal cells
(d)cobra
8. Which of the following animal does not 13.. Which among these is the correct
undergo metamorphosis? (2018) combination of aquatic mammals? (2017)
(a) Earthworm (a) Seals, Dolphins, Sharks

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(b) Tunicate (b) Dolphins, Seals, Trygon

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(c) Moth (c) Whales, Dolphins, Seals

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(d) Starfish (d) Trygon, Whales, Seals

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homeotherm? (2018)
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9.. Which one of these animals is not a 14. Which of the following represents order of
Horse? (2017)

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(a) Macropus (a) Equidae

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(b) Chelone (b) Perissodactyla

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(c) Camelus [2017] (c) Caballus

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(d) Psittacula (d) Ferus

10. Identify the vertebrate group of animals 15. An important characteristic that
characterised by Hemichordates share with Chordates is
crop and gizzard in its digestive system (2017)
(2018) (a) Absence of notochord
(a) Amphibia (b) Ventral tubular nerve cord
(b) Reptilia (c) Pharynx with gill slits
(c) Aves (d) Pharynx without gill slits
(d) Osteichthyes
16. Choose the false statement regarding
11.In which of the pigment is found? Petromyzon (2017)
[2017] (a) The circulatory system is closed
(a)Mollusca (b) The body is devoid of scales
(b) annelida (c) Mouth is circular and lacks jaws
(c) Echinodermata (d) It migrates to the ocean for spawning
(d) Lower chordata
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17. Which of the following symmetry is 21. Which is the national aquatic animal of India?
exhibited by echinoderm larvae? (2016 - I)
(2017) (a) Gangetic shark
(a) Bilateral (b) River dolphin
(b) Radial (c) Blue whale
(c) Asymmetrical (d) Sea-horse
(d) Biradial
22. Which of the following feature is not present in
18. Choose the correct statement the
(2016 - II) phylum-arthropoda?
(a) All reptiles have a three–chambered heart (2016 - I)
(a) Chitinous exoskeleton

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(b) All pisces have gills covered by an

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operculum (b) Metameric segmentation

N
(c) Parapodia

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(c) All mammals are viviparous

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(d) All cyclostomes do not possess jaws and (d) Jointed appendages

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paired fins

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23.. Which of the following characteristics is

HI
19. Which one of the following characteristic mainly responsible for diversification of insects on

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is not shared by birds and mammals? land?

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(2016 - I) (2015)

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(a) Exoskeleton

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(a) Ossified endoskeleton
(b) Breathing using lungs (b) Eyes
(c) Viviparity (c) Segmentation
(d) Warm blooded nature (d) Bilateral symmetry

24. Planaria possess high capacity of

20. Metagenesis refers to. (2015 Re)
(2014)
(a) Alternation of generation between asexual and
(a) Bioluminescence
sexual
(b) Metamorphosis
phases of organisms
(c) Regeneration
(b) Occurrence of a drastic change in form during
(d) Alternation of generation
postembryonic development
(c) Presence of a segmented body and
25. Select the taxon mentioned that represents
parthenogenetic
both marine and fresh water species
mode of reproduction
(2014)
(d) Presence of different morphic forms
(a) Cnidaria
(b) Echinoderms
(c) Ctenophora
(d) Cephalochordata
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26. Which of the following endoparasites 29. A marine cartilaginous fish that can
of humans does show viviparity? produce electric current is (2014)
(2015) (a) Scoliodon
(b) Pristis
(a) Trichinella spiralis (c) Torpedo
(b) Ascaris lumbricoides (d) Trygon
(c) Ancylostoma duodenale
(d) Enterobius vermicularis 30. One of the representatives of phylum
arthropoda is (2013)
(a) Flying fish
27. Body having mesh work of cell, internal
(b) Cuttlefish
cavities lined with food filtering flagellated

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(c) Silverfish

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cells and indirect
(d) Pufferfish

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development are the characteristics of

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phylum

A
(2015 Re) 31. Which of the following are correctly

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matched with respect to their taxonomic

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classification?

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(a) Porifera

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(b) Mollusca (2013)

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(c) Protozoa

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(d) Coelenterate (a) Spiny anteater, Sea urchin, sea
cucumber –
28. A jawless fish, which lays eggs in Echinodermata
freshwater and whose (b) Flying fish, cuttlefish, silverfish – Pisces
ammocoetes larvae after metamorphosis (c) Centipede, millipede, spider, scorpion –
return to the Insecta
ocean is (d) House fly, butterfly, tsetsefly, silverfish –
(2015 Re) Insecta
(a) Myxine
(b) Neomyxine 32. In contrast to Annelids the
(c) Petromyzon Platyhelminths show: [2005]
(d) Eptatretus
(a) Absence of body cavity
(b) Bilaterial symmetry
(c) Radial symmetry
(d) Presence of pseudocoel
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33. Which group of animals belongs to the same 36. Which one of the following have the highest
phylum? number of species in nature?
(2013) (2011)
(a) Fungi
(a) Sponge, Sea anemone, Starfish (c) Birds
(b) Malarial parasite, Amoeba, Mosquito (b) Insects
(c) Earthworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm (d) Angiosperms
(d) Prawn, Scorpion, Locusta
37. Coelom derived from blastocoel is known as
34. Which one of the following categories of (2011)
animals is Correctly described with no single (a) enterocoelom
exception in it? (b) schizocoel

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(2012) (c) pseudocoelom

N
(d) haemocoelom

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(a) All reptiles possess scales, have a three
chambered heart and are cold blooded

TA
(poikilothermal) 38. During its life-cycle, Fasciola hepatica (liver

I
fluke) infects its intermediate host and primary

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(b) All bony fishes have four pairs of gills and an

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operculum on each side host at the following larval stages respectively:

K
(c) All sponges are marine and have collared [2003]

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cells

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(d) All mammals are viviparous and possess (a) miracidium and metacercaria
diaphragm for breathing (b) redia and miracidium
(c) cercaria and redia
35. Which one of the following pairs of animals (d) metacercaria and cercaria
are similar to each other pertaining to the
feature stated against them?
(2012) 39. Sycon belongs to a group of animals, which
are best described as
(a) Pteropus and Ornithorhyncus - Viviparity [2003]
(b) Garden lizard and Crocodile - Three
chambered heart ( a) multicellular having tissue organization, but
(c) Ascaris and Ancylostoma - Metameric no body cavity
segmentation (b) unicellular or acellular
(d) Sea horse and Flying fish - Cold blooded (c) multicellular without any tissue organization
(poikilothermal) (d) multicellular with a gastrovascular system
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40 . Select the Taxon mentioned that represents 45. Which one of the following groups of animals
both marine and fresh water species: is bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic?
[2014] [2009]
(a) Echinoderms (a) Aschelminthes (round worms)
(b) Ctenophora (b) Ctenophores
(c) Cephalochordata (c) Sponges
(d) Cnidaria (d) Coelenterates (Cnidarians)

41. Which one of the following living organisms 46. Ascaris is characterized by
completely lacks a cell wall? [2018]
[2014] (a) absence of true coelom but presence of
(a) Cyanobacteria

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metamerism

G
(b) Sea-fan(Gorgonia) (b) presence of neither true coelom nor

N
(c) Saccharomyces

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metamerism

S
(d) Blue-green algae (c) presence of true coelom but absence of

A
metamerism

T
42 . Planaria possesses high capacity of:

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(d) presence of true coelom and metamerism

H
[2014] (metamerisation)

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(a) Metamorphosis

K
(b) Regeneration 47. From the following statements select the

A
(c) Alternation of generation

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wrong one.
(d) Bioluminescence [2015]
(a) Prawn has two pairs of antennae
43. Which one of the following groups of animals (b) Nematocysts are characteristic of the Pylum
reproduces only by sexual means? Cnidaria
[NEET Kar. 2013] (c) Millepedes have two pairs of appendages in
(a) Ctenophora each segment of the body
(b) Cnidaria (d) Animals belonging to Phylum Porifera are
(c) Porifera exclusively marine
(d) Protozoa

44. Which one of the following kinds of animals 48. Which one of the following is NOT a
are triploblastic? characteristic of phylum Annelida
[2010] [2018]
(a) Flat worms (a) Closed circulatory system
(b) Sponges (b) Segmentation
(c) Ctenophores (c) Pseudocoelom
(d) Corals (d) Ventral nerve cord
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49. Which of the following animals does not 54. Which one of the following statements is
undergo metamorphosis? totally wrong about the occurrence of
[2018] notochord, while the other three are correct?
(a) Earthworm [2011M]
(b)Starfish (a) It is present only in larval tail in Ascidians
(c)Tunicate (b) It is replaced by a vertebral column in
(d) Moth adult frog
(c) It is absent throughout life in humans from
50. An important characteristic that the very beginning
Hemichordates (d) It is present throughout life in Amphioxus
share with Chordates is:
[2017]

H
(a) Ventral tubular nerve cord 55. What is true about Nereis, scorpion,

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(b) Pharynx with gill slits cockroach and silver fish?

IN
(c) Pharynx without gill slits [2017]

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( d) Absence of notochord (a) They all posses dorsal heart

A
(b) None of them is aquatic

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51. Which of the following featrues is not present (c) They all belong to the same phylum

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( d) They all have jointed paired appendages

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in the Phylum Arthropoda?

K
[2016]

A
(a) Chitinous exoskeleton

R
56. Two common characters found in
(b) Metameric segmentation
centipede. cockroach and crab are
(c) Parapodia
(d) Jointed appendages
[2016]

a) Jointed legs and chitinous exoskeleton

52. Which group of animals belong to the same
(b) Green gland and tracheae
phylum?
(c) Book lungs and antennae
[NEET 2013]
(d) Compound eyes and anal cerci
(a) Earthworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm
(b) Prawn, Scorpion, Locusta
(c) Sponge, Sea anemone, Starfish 57. Biradial symmetry and lack of cnidoblasts are
(d) Malarial parasite, Amoeba, Mosquito the characteristics of
53. One example of animals having a single [2017]
opening to the outside that serves both as (a) Ctenoplana and Beroe
mouth as well as anus is: (b) Aurelia and Paramecium
[2010] (c) Hydra and starfish
(a) Octopus (d) Starfish and sea anemone
(c) Ascidia
(b) Asterias
(d) Fasciola
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63. All chordates possess

58. Cell-tissue-body organisation is
[2016]
characteristic of
(a) exoskeleton
[2010]
(b) limbs
(a) Star fish (c) skull
(c) Liver fluke (d) axial skeletal rod of notochord
(b) Hydra
(d) Sponge 64. A jawless fish, which lays eggs in fresh
water and whose ammocoetes larvae after
59. What is common among silverfish, metamorphosis retum to the ocean is:
scorpion, crab and honey bee? [2015 RS]
(a) Myxine
[2013]

H
(b) Neomyxine

G
(a) Compound eyes
(c) Petromyzon

IN
(b) Poison gland
(d) Eptatretus

S
(c) Jointed legs

A
(d) Metamorphosis 65. A marine cartilaginous fish that can

I T
produce electric current is:

SH
60. Besides annelida and arthropoda, the [2014]

K
metamerism is exhibited by (a) Pristis

A
[2014] (b) Torpedo

R
(a) cestoda (d) Scoliodon
(c) Trygon
(b) chordata
(c)mollusca
66. Which of the following are correctly
(d) acanthocephala
matched with respect to their taxonomic
classification?
61. Point out the non-parasite [NEET 2013]
[2014] (a) Centipede, millipede, spider, scorpion-
(a) Tapeworm Insecta
(b) Mosquito (b) House fly, butterfly, tse tse fly, silverfish-
(c) Leech Insecta
(d) Sea anemone (c) Spiny anteater, sea urchin, sea
cucumber- Echinodermata
(d) Flying fish, cuttlefish, silverfish-Pisces
62. Tube feet occur in
[2013] 67. Which among these is the correct
(a) Cockroach combination of aquatic mammals?
(b) Star Fish [2017]
(c) Cuttle Fish (a) Dolphins, Seals, Trygon
(b) Whales, Dolphins, Seals
(d) Cat Fish
(c) Trygon, Whales, Seals
(d) Seals, Dolphins, Sharks
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68. Sharks and dogfishes differ from skates

71. Which one of the following characteristics is
and rays by not shared by birds and mammals?
[NEET Kar. 2013] [2016]
(a) Their pectoral fins distinctly marked off (a) Ossified endoskeleton
from cyclindrical bodies (b) Breathing using lungs
(b) Gill slits are ventrally placed (c) Viviparity
(c) Head and trunk are widened (d) Warm blooded nature
considerably (d) Distinct demarcation
between body and tail 72. The characteristics of class Reptilia are:
[NEET Kar. 2013]

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69. Which one of the following pairs of

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animals are similar to each other pertaining (a) Body covered with dry and cornified skin,

IN
scales over the body are epidermal, they do not
to the feature stated against them?

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have external ears
[2012]

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a) Pteropus and Ornithorhyncus - Viviparity
(b) Body covered with moist skin which is devoid

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(b) Garden lizard and Crocodile chambered of scales, the ear is represented by a tympanum,

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heart Three

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alimentary canal, urinary and reproductive tracts

A
(c) Ascaris and Ancylostoma Metameric open into common cloaca

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segmentation
(d) Sea horse and Flying fish- Cold blooded (c) Fresh water animals with bony endoskeleton,
(poikilothermal) air-bladder to regulate buoyancy

(d) Marine animals with cartilaginous

70. If the head of cockroach is removed, it may
endoskeleton, body covered with placoid scales
live for few days because
[2017]
(a) the cockroach does not have nervous system.
(b) the head holds a small proportion of a
nervous system while the rest is situated along
the ventral part of its body.
c) the head holds a 1/3rd of a nervous system
while the rest is situated along the dorsal part of
its body.
(d) the supra-oesophageal ganglia of the
cockroach are situated in ventral part of
abdomen.
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76. Frogs differ from humans in possessing:

73. Which one of the following categories of [2011M]
animals, is correctly described with no single (a) paired cerebral hemisphere
exception in it? (b) hepatic portal system
[2012M] (c) nucleated red blood cells
(a) All sponges are marine and have collared (d) thyroid as well as parathyroid
cells.
(b) All mammals are viviparous and possess 77. Which one of the following statements about
diaphragm for breathing. all the four of Spongilla, Leech, Dolphin and
(c) All bony fishes have four pairs of gills and an Penguin is correct?
operculum on each side. [2010]
(d) All reptiles possess scales, have a three (a) Penguin is homeothermic while the remaining

GH
chambered heart and are cold blooded three are poikilothermic

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(poikilothermal). (b) Leech is a fresh water form while all others are

SI
marine
74. What will you look for to identify the sex of (c) Spongilla has special collared cells called

TA
the following? choanocytes, not found in the remaining three

HI
[2011] (d) All are bilaterally symmetrical

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(a) Female Ascaris- Sharply curved posterior end

K
78. Special character of Coelenterates is
(b) Male frog- A copulatory pad on the first digit

A
[2014]
of the hind limb

R
(a) polymorphism
(c) Female cockroach-Anal cerci
(c) flame cells
(d) Male shark-Claspers borne on pelvic fins
(b) nematocysts
75. Which one of the following groups of animals is (d) hermaphroditism
correctly matched with its one characteristic feature
without even a single exception? 79. Which one belongs to Platyhelminthes?
[2011] [2014]
(a) Reptilia possess 3 chambered heart with one (a) Schistosoma
incompletely divided ventricle (b) Trypanosoma
(b) Chordata possess a mouth provided with an (c) Plasmodium
upper and lower jaw (d) Wucheria
(c) Chondrichthyes endoskeleton possess
80. Which one of the following is a matching pair of
cartilagious
an animal and a certain phenomenon it exhibits?
(d) Mammalia: give birth to young one.
[2018]
a) Taenia-Polymorphism
b) Pheretima Sexual dimorphism
(c) Musca Complete metamorphosis
(d) Chameleon- Mimicry

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81.. In which one of the following sets of 86. Which one occurs in Echinodermata?
animals do all the four give birth to young [2011]
ones? (a) Bilateral symmetry
[2016] (b) Radical symmetry
(a) Platypus, Penguin, Bat, Hippopotamus (c) Porous body
(b) Shrew, Bat, Cat, Kiwi (d) Soft skin
(c) Kangaroo, Hedgehog, Dolphin,, Loris
(d) Lion, Bat, Whale, Ostrich 87. Pheretima posthana is highly useful as
[2010]
82. Annual migration does not occur in the (a) their burrows make the soil loose
case of
[2016] (b) they make the soil porous, leave their castings

H
(a) Siberian crane and take organic debris in the soil

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(b) Salamander

SI
(c) Arctic tern (c) they are used as fish meal
(d) Salmon

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(d) they kill the birds due to biomagnification of

HI
83. Which one of the following characters is chlorinated hydrocarbons

S
not typical of the class Mammalia?

K
[2015] 88. Blood of Pheretima is

A
(a) Thecodont dentition [2012]

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(b) Alveolar lungs (a) blue with haemocyanin in corpuscles
(c) Ten pairs of cranial nerves (b) blue with haemocyanin in plasma
(d) Seven cervical vertebrae (c) red with haemoglobin in corpuscles
(d) red with haemoglobin in plasma
84. One of the following is a very unique
feature of the mammalian body: 89. Malpighian tubules are
[2014] [2019]
(a) Homeothermy (a) excretory organs of insects
(b) Presence of diaphragm (b) excretory organs of annelids
(c) Four chambered heart (c) respiratory organs of insects
(d) Rib cage (d) respiratory organs of annelids

85. Indicate the correct statement 90. A chordate character is

[2010] [2018]
(a) Camel has biconcave red blood cells (a) gills
(b) Bat bears feathers (b) spiracles
(c) Rat bears cloaca (c) postanal tail
(d) Platypus lays eggs (d) chitinous exoskeleton
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1. (a) 21. (B) 41. (B) 61. (D) 81. (C)

2. (d) 22.(4) 42. (B) 62. (B) 82. (B)

3. (b) 23. (a) 43. (A) 63. (d) 83. (C)

4. (a) 24. (C) 44. (A) 64. (C) 84. (B)

5. (a) 25. (A) 45. (A) 65. (b) 85. (D)

6. (d) 26. (A) 46. (B) 66. (B) 86. (B)

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7. (a) 27. (a) 47. (d) 67. (B) 87. (B)

8. (a) 28. (C)

A SIN
48. (c) 68. (A) 88. (D)

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9. (A) 29. (C) 49. (a) 69. (D) 89. (a)

10. (B)

KSH
30. (C) 50. (B) 70. (B) 90. (C)

RA
11. (C) 31. (D) 51. (c) 71. (C)

12. (C) 32. (A) 52. (B) 72. (A)

13. (C) 33. (A) 53. (d) 73. (D)

14. (A) 34. (A) 54. (C) 74. (A)

15.(C) 35. (A) 55. (A) 75. (C)

16.(D) 36. (A) 56. (A) 76. (C)

17. (A) 37. (C) 57. (A) 77. (C)

18.(D) 38. (B) 58. (B) 78. (B)

19.(C) 39. (C) 59. (C) 79. (A)

20.(A) 40. (B) 60. (B) 80. (C)