UG_3SEM_ZOOG_P-III_QUESTION PAPER_END SEM_JANUARY_2024

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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYAMANDIRA

(Residential Autonomous College affiliated to University of Calcutta)


B.A./B.Sc. THIRD SEMESTER EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2024
SECOND YEAR (BATCH 2022-25)
Date : 17/01/2024 ZOOLOGY (GENERAL)
Time : 11.00 am – 1.00 pm Paper : III Full Marks : 50

1. Answer any five question : [52]

i) Differentiate between radial and spiral cleavage.


ii) Name two animal in which haemocyanin acts as respiratory pigment.
iii) Define euryhaline and stenohaline.
iv) What is manchette?
v) Name two hormones secreted from posterior pituitary. Mention their function.
vi) Mention one protist which bears exoskeleton. What is the significance of sporocytes in
sponge’s body?
vii) What is endotheliochorial placenta? Where is it found?
viii) What is nebenkern? State its function?

2. Answer any four question : [42.5]


a) Classify egg on the basis of distribution of yolk. Give suitable example. 1.5+1
b) Draw a labelled diagram of flame cell.
c) What are the main three steps of urine formation in mammals? Name 3 accessory muscle
proteins associated with muscle contraction.
d) State the systematic position (upto class) of any one of the following animals mentioning
at least one diagnostic feature of each taxon:
(a) Hirudinaria sp., (b) Devil fish, (c) Asterias sp.
e) What is TMAO? What is its function. 1+1.5
f) “In Autogamy, the union occurs between the pronuclei of the same individual” – justify
only with a figure.
g) Write down the difference between group I and group II hormones. What is diabetes
incipidus. 1.5+1

3. Answer any six questions : [65]


a) i) Differentiate between holoblastic and meroblastic cleavage. Provide examples of
organisms that produce each type of egg. 1+1
ii) How does β-catenin work in zebrafish gastrulation movements? 2
iii) What is the Grey crescent area? 1

b) i) What is EPSP and IPSP. Name one excitatory and one inhibitory neurotransmitter. 2+1
ii) What is saltatory conduction? 2

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c) i) Briefly describe the ultrastructure of skeletal muscle with a diagram. 1.5+1.5
ii) What is the primary function of thrombin in the process of blood clotting? 1
iii) Which enzyme is responsible for adding sugar molecules to the H antigen precursor to
form the B antigen? 1

d) i) Explain the mechanism of aquatic respiration in Pila sp. 3


ii) Provide a suitable diagram showing the path of water current in aquatic respiration. 2

e) Explain the path of blood circulation in earthworm along with a suitable diagram. 3+2

f) i) Why is Arthropoda considered as the most successful phylum from evolutionary


context? 4
ii) Name one protist which multiplies through budding. 1

g) Describe how chorian and amnion are formed in chick embryo. [2.5+2.5]

h) What is conjugation? Describe the process of conjugation in paramoecium. 1+4

. i) Describe the histological structure of ovary. Give a labelled diagram of the same. 3+2

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