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BIOLOGY – Assignment
Chapter : Animal Kingdom
1. Flat worms and ribbon worms have 7. Common bath sponge is
1) Bilateral symmetry 1) Spongilla 2) Euspongia
2) Organ level of organization 3) Leucosolenia 4) Sycon
3) Mesoderm 8. Match Column I with Column II and choose the
4) All the above correct option
2. The figure given below shows the germinal Column I Column II
layers marked as A, B, C and D. Identify the (Excretory Structure)
label showing undifferentiated layer and its A Cockroach (i) Nephridia
location?
B Clarias (ii) Malpighian tubules
C Earthworm (iii) Kidneys
D Balanoglossus (iv) Flame cells
E Flatworm (v) Proboscis gland
1) A – (i), B – (iii), C – (ii), D – (iv), E – (v)
2) A – (iii), B – (i), C – (ii), D – (v), E – (iv)
3) A – (ii), B – (i), C – (iii), D – (v), E – (iv)
4) A – (ii), B – (iii), C – (i), D – (v), E – (iv)
1) A, Between B & C 2) B, Between A & C
3) C, Between C & D 4) D, Between A & B 9. "Portuguese man of war" is
1) Soldier of world war I
3. In phylum echinodermata, the adult echinoderms 2) Portuguese soldier 3) A sponge
are _____A____ but larvae are ____B____.
4) A polymorphic, colonial, coelenterata
1) A – radially symmetrical; B – bilaterally
symmetrical 10. Which are exclusively viviparous?
2) A – bilaterally symmetrical; B – radially 1) Bony fishes 2) Cartilagenous fishes
symmetrical 3) Sharks 4) Whales
3) A – bilaterally symmetrical; B – asymmetrical
4) A – metamerically segmented; B – 11. In sea anemone, the symmetry is
asymmetrical 1) Radial 2) Bilateral
3) Spherical 4) Absent
4. Hydra is a
1) Fresh water, radial symmetrical and 12. Which of the following animal contains respiratory
diploblastic animal organs like book lungs?
2) Marine, radial symmetrical and diploblastic
animal
3) Marine, radial symmetrical and triploblastic
plant
4) Fresh water bilateral symmetrical and 1) 2)
diploblastic animal

5. The canal system is characteristic feature of

1) Helminthes 2) Coelenterates
3) Sponges 4) Echinoderms
6. Polyp phase is absent in
1) Hydra 3) 4)
2) Aurelia
3) Physalia 4) Obelia
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13. Pneumatic bones are expected to be found in 23. Which of the following animals are Bilaterally
1) House lizard 2) Flying fish symmetrical?
3) Pigeon 4) Tadpole of frog

14. The presence of tube feet is a characteristic feature

of the phylum
1) Arthropoda 2) Annelida A B C
3) Nemathelminthes 4) Echinodermata D
1) A & B 2) B & D
15. Two-chambered heart is a feature of 3) C & D 4) A & C
1) Amphibians 2) Fishes 24. Flame Cells are the main excretory structures in
3) Reptiles 4) Birds 1) Annelids 2) Molluscs
16. Non–cleidoic eggs are found in 3) Echinodermates 4) Platyhelminthes
1) Fish 2) Bird 25. Chondrichthyes is characterized by
3) Reptile 4) Mammals (platypus) 1) Placoid scale
17. The pseudocoelomate among these is 2) Ventral mouth
1) Porifera 2) Annelida 3) Ctenoid scale and ventral mouth
3) Aschelminthes 4) Mollusca 4) Placoid scale and ventral mouth

18. Shell of molluscs is derived from 26. Read the given statements and select the correct option
1) Foot 2) Mantle Statement 1: Tube–within–tube body plan is the
typical condition in the animals
3) Ctenidia 4) Placoid
Statement 2: This type of body plan occurs in the
19. Which fins are paired in fishes? majority of animal phyla–from Nematoda to
1) Dorsal fin and anal fin Chordata
2) Pelvic fin and ventral fin 1) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct and
statement 2 is the correct explanation of
3) Pectoral fin and pelvic fin
statement 1
4) Caudal fin and dorsal fin 2) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct but
20. Given are the four matches of phyla with their statement 2 is not the correct explanation of
characteristic cells statement 1
A. Coelenterata – Nematocytes 3) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is
incorrect
B. Porifera – Choanocytes
4) Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect
C. Ctenophora – Solenocytes
D. Platyhelminthes – Nephrocytes 27. Amphibians share with reptiles all of the following
Mark the option that has both correct matches characters except
1) A and B 2) B and C 1) Ventral heart
3) C and D 4) B and D 2) Internal fertilization and indirect development
3) Dioecious, oviparous
21. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct 4) Cold blooded or poikilotherms
regarding phylum aschelminthes?
(i) The body is circular in cross-section hence the 28. Animals of class- Mammalia have
name roundworms. 1) Seven cervical vertebrae
(ii) Alimentary canal is complete with a well- 2) Seven cranial nerve
developed muscular pharynx. 3) Single ventricular chamber
(iii) Sexes are separate (dioecious), i.e., males and 4) Fourteen cervical vertebrae
females are distinct.
(iv) Nephridia help in osmoregulation and 29. One animal that does not perform locomotion is
excretion. 1) Sycon 2) Nereis
1) (i) and (ii) 2) (iii) and (iv) 3) Sepia 4) Euglena
3) (i), (ii) and (iii) 4) All of these
30. Secondary body cavity with segmented
22. Which of the following has closed circulatory mesodermal lining is called
system? 1) Haemocoel 2) Neurocoel
1) Arthropods 3) True coelom 4) Pseudocoelom
2) Annelids
31. The limbless amphibian is
3) Platyhelminthes
1) Ichthyophis 2) Hyla
4) Molluscs.
3) Rana 4) Salamandra

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32. Which one of the following is not a mammalian 39. Choose the correct pair.
character? 1) Radial symmetry – Coelenterates
1) Presence of milk producing glands 2) Coelomates – Aschelminthes
2) They have two pairs of limbs 3) Metamerism – Molluscs
3) Skin is unique in possessing hair 4) Triploblastic – Sponges
4) Homodont type of dentition
40. Which among these is not a homeotherm?
33. The flightless bird among the following is 1) Aptenodytes 2) Testudo
1) Columba 2) Neophron 3) Delphinus 4) Neophron
3) Struthio 4) Corvus
34. Which of the following feature is not correct 41. Match the following and choose the correct option.
regarding the figure given below? i. Physalia A. Sea anemone
ii. Meandrina B. Brain coral
iii. Gorgonia C. Sea fan
iv. Adamsia D. Portuguese man-of-war
1) I – C; ii – B; iii – A; iv – D
2) i – D; ii – C; iii – B; iv – A
3) i – D; ii – B; iii – C; iv – A
4) i – B; ii – C; iii – A; iv – D
42. Read the following statements and select the
correct option.
A. Circulatory system in arthropods is of closed
type.
B. Parapodia in annelids help in swimming.
1) It is an aquatic form.
C. Phylum Mollusca is the second largest animal
2) Circulatory system is of open type. phylum.
3) It possesses parapodia for swimming. D. Aschelminthes are dioecious.
4) Neural system consists of paired ganglia 1) A and C alone are wrong
connected by lateral nerves to a double ventral
2) A alone is wrong
nerve cord.
3) C alone is wrong
35. Which one of the following animals possesses high 4) C and D alone are wrong
regeneration capacity?
1) Planaria 2) Taenia 43. Presence of comb plates is a characterstic feature of
3) Salpa 4) Periplaneta 1) Porifera 2) Cnidaria
36. Proboscis gland in Balanoglossus is associated with 3) Ctenophora 4) Annelida
1) Digestion 44. Match Column I with Column II and Column III.
2) Respiration Choose the correct option.
3) Circulation Column I Column II Column III
4) Excretion
A Ctenophora (i) Ancylostoma a Bioluminescence
37. Which of these statements are incorrect? B Platyhelminthes (ii) Pleurobrachia b Acoelomate
(i) Parapodia are lateral appendages in C Cyclostomata (iii) Planaria c Migration
arthropods used for swimming
(ii) Radula in molluscs are structures involved in D Aschelminthes (iv) Ophiura d Coelomate
excretion E Echinodermata (v) Hag fishes e Endoparasite
(iii) Aschelminthes are dioecious 1) A–(i)–a; B–(iii)–b; C–(ii)–c; D–(v)–e; E–(iv)–d.
(iv) Echinoderm adults show radial symmetry 2) A–(iv)–a; B–(v)–b; C–(ii)–c; D–(iii)–e; E–(i)–d.
(v) Ctenophorans are diploblastic 3) A–(ii)–a; B–(iii)–b; C–(v)–c; D–(i)–e; E–(iv)–d.
1) (i) and (ii) 2) (i) and (iii) 4) A–(iii)–a; B–(i)–b; C–(iv)–c; D–(v)–e; E–(ii)–d.
3) (i), (iv) and (v) 4) (iii) and (v)
45. Bilateria may include
38. Which of the following does not have an excretory 1) Acoelomate and coelomate
system?
2) Acoelomate and pseudocoelomate
1) Myxine
3) Coelomates 4) All of these
2) Carcharodon
3) Balanoglossus 46. The mammal with nucleated RBC is
4) Asterias 1) Camel 2) Rat
3) Rabbit 4) Monkey

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47. Metameric segmentation is present in
1) Flat worms
2) Annelids
3) Annelida and Arthropoda
4) Molluscs

48. Read the following statements and choose the 1) A-Notochord; B-Post-anal part; C-Gill slits;
correct option. D-Nerve cord
I. The pelvic fins of female sharks bear 2) A-Nerve cord; B-Notochord; C-Post-anal part;
claspers. D-Gill slits
II. In Obelia, polyps produce medusae sexually 3) A-Notochord; B-Nerve cord; C-Gill slits;
and medusae form the polyps asexually. D-Post-anal part
III. Flame cells in Platyhelminthes help in 4) A-Gill slits; B-Post-anal part; C-Nerve cord;
osmoregulation and excretion. D-Notochord
IV. In non-chordates, central nervous system is 55. The exoskeleton of an arthropod is made up of
ventral, solid and double. _____which is shed off at intervals by a process
V. Pinnae are present in mammals. known as _____
1) Cellulose, ecdysis 2) Chitin, stadium
1) II, IV and V only are correct. 3) Chitin, torsion 4) Chitin, ecdysis
2) I, III and V only are correct.
3) III, IV and V only are correct 56. One of the following performs the function of
excretion in a few arthropods
4) I, II and III only are correct.
1) Pericardial glands 2) Coxal glands
49. Which one of the following sets of animals share 3) Antennary glands 4) Both 2 & 3
a four chambered heart?
57. Hemichordates are believed to be the connecting
1) Amphibian, Reptiles, Birds
link between chordates and non-chordates. They
2) Crocodiles, Birds, Mammals possess only one of the following feature
3) Crocodiles, Lizards, Turtles 1) The fertilization is internal and the development
4) Lizards, Mammals, Birds is indirect through a free-swimming larva

50. Which of the following phylum includes bilaterally 2) The buccal diverticulum is a hollow outgrowth
symmetrical, triploblastic and acoelomate arising from the roof of buccal cavity and is
animals? present in proboscis and collar
1) Aschelminthes 2) Platyhelminthes 3) Respiration occurs by means of book gills and
3) Cnidaria 4) Ctenophora no respiratory pigment is present
4) The heart is dorsal, the nervecord is ventral
51. Which of the following has syncytial epidermis? and the circulatory system is of open type
1) Ascaris 2) Fasciola
3) Taenia 4) Asterias 58. The ability of a star fish to break off a part of its
body is called
52. What is the larval stage of the organism shown in 1) Moulting 2) Suicide
figure?
3) Autotomy 4) Instar
1) Planula
59. In molluscs the mouth contains a file like rasping
2) Ephyra
organ for feeding, called
3) Cydippid
1) Radula 2) Osphradium
4) Parenchymula 3) Ctenidium 4) Aristotle lantern
53. The body cavity containing blood is called 60. Mark odd one w.r.t. sensory organs of arthropods
haemocoel. It is seen in
1) Antennae 2) Compound eye
1) Annelids and arthropods
3) Statocysts 4) Tentaculocysts
2) Molluscs and arthropods
3) Molluscs and annelids 61. Echinoderms show advancement over arthropods
4) Arthropods only due to
1) Radial symmetry in adult
54. The given figure shows some characteristic
2) Triploblastic and coelomate condition
features marked as chordates. Identify the correct
labelling A, B, C and D. 3) Deuterostomic and enterocoelomate condition
4) Complete marine life with organ system level of
organisation
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62. Petromyzon (Lamprey) belongs to class 69. Most of mammals are viviparous with few
cyclostomata and characterised by following exceptions like
characters except one, mark wrong one. 1) Ornithorhynchus 2) Macropus
1) Absence of jaw 3) Pteropus 4) Both 1 & 2
2) Sucking and circular mouth
3) Closed type circulation 70. Which one of the following is a chordate character?
4) Body covered by scales and presence of 1) Dorsally placed solid rod like notochord of
paired fins ectodermal origin
2) Dorsally placed hollow tubular nerve cord of
63. Cartilaginous fishes have to swim constantly to mesodermal origin
avoid sinking due to absence of 3) Paired pharyngeal gill slits
1) Operculum 2) Scales 4) All of these
3) Air bladder 4) Both 1 & 3
71. Mark odd one w.r.t. tetrapoda
64. Which one is uncommon between cartilaginous and 1) Amphibia 2) Elasmobranchs
bony fishes?
3) Reptilia 4) Mammalia
1) Sexes are separate
2) In males pelvic fins bear claspers 72. The most unique mammalian characteristic is
3) Heart is two chambered 1) Mammary glands
4) Cold blooded animals 2) Four chambered heart
3) Homoiothermous
65. In amphibia a common chamber called cloaca
4) Presence of amnion
receives the opening of
1) Alimentary canal and urinary tract 73. Retrogressive metamorphosis is found in
2) Urinary tract and reproductive tracts 1) Amphibia 2) Cyclostomes
3) Alimentary canal and reproductive tracts 3) Urochordata 4) Cephalochordata
4) All of these
74. In protostomes
66. In birds, hind limbs are modified for all of the 1) Mouth is derived from blastopore
followings except one, mark wrong one 2) Anus is derived from blastopore
1) Walking 2) Flying 3) Both mouth and anus is derived from
3) Swimming 4) Clasping blastopore
4) Neither mouth nor anus is derived from
67. Which one of the following is incorrect statement blastopore
w.r.t. class Aves?
1) Digestive tract has additional chambers, the 75. Cranium and vertebral column are cartilaginous in
crop and gizzard 1) Amphibians 2) Cyclostomata
2) Air sacs connected to lungs increase the area 3) Reptiles 4) Osteichthyes
for gaseous exchange
3) Fertilisation is internal 76. Triploblastic with organ-system grade, coelomate
and unsegmented animals are seen in
4) They are homoiothermous
1) Echinodermata 2) Arthropoda
68. The figure of Labeo rohita is given below. Iidentify the
parts labelled as A, B, C, D and E 3) Ctenophora 4) Both 1 & 3

77. Which one of the following is never found in non-

chordates?
1) Dorsal heart 2) Red blood corpuscles
3) Bilateral symmetry 4) Solid nerve cord

78. The most characteristic feature of birds are

1) Four chambered heart
A B C D E 2) Presence of well developed wings
1) Anal fin Dorsal Caudal Pectoral Pelvic fin 3) Presence of feathers
fin fin fin 4) Bipedal locomotion
2) Anal fin Caudal Dorsal Pectoral Pelvic fin 79. The most distinctive feature of echinoderms is the
fin fin fin presence of
3) Dorsal Caudal Anal fin Pelvic fin Pectoral 1) Water canal system
fin fin fin 2) Water ambulacral system
4) Dorsal Caudal Pectoral Anal fin Pelvic fin 3) Radial symmetry
fin fin fin 4) Enterocoel

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80. Which of the following is incorrect w.r.t. their 2) Bronchi and lungs
presence in fresh water? 3) Larynx and trachea
a. Frog, fish, crab, prawn 4) Internal nares and larynx
b. Frog, Asterias, prawn, fish
c. Frog, prawn, Unio, Sepia 86. Skin of the mammals is unique in possessing
c. Fish, prawn, crab, Unio 1) Cornified dead cells
1) a and b 2) Oil glands
2) b and d 3) Hair
3) b and c 4) Both 2 & 3
4) a and d 87. Consider the following statements
a. Oil glands are absent in all the flightless birds
81. Which of the following is known as devil fish?
b. Pecten is a comb like structure present in the
1) Loligo eye ball of all the flightless birds
2) Hag fish Choose the correct option among the following
3) Unio 1) Only a is correct
4) Octopus 2) Only b is correct
82. Which of the following statements is correct w.r.t. 3) Both a and b are correct
difference between bony fishes and cartilagenous 4) Both a and b are incorrect
fishes?
1) Fertilization in bony fishes is internal while in 88. Poikilothermous animals lack the capacity to
cartilagenous fishes, it is external regulate their body temperature, which of the
following set of animals belong to this category?
2) Cartilagenous fishes can stay in their place in
water with the help of buoyancy provided by air 1) Fishes and Aves
bladder which is absent in bony fishes 2) Fishes, amphibians and reptiles
3) Caudal fin in cartilagenous fishes is 3) Anamniotes
heterocercal while it is homocercal in bony 4) Amniotes
fishes
4) Urea is the chief nitrogenous waste in bony 89. Which of the following is not a character of
fishes but cartilagenous fishes excrete cartilaginous fishes?
ammonia as their chief nitrogenous waste 1) The skin is tough and is covered with placoid
scales
83. The animal shown in the figure below can be 2) Presence of a spiral valve in the intestine
identified as
3) Presence of heterocercal tail
4) Removal of nitrogenous waste mainly in the
form of ammonia

90. Identify the following animals and the classes to

which they belong

1) Palamneus
2) Palaemon
3) Eupagarus
4) Limulus

84. Amphibians generally have a scaleless skin but

which of the following amphibians has scales A B C
hidden beneath its skin? 1) A–Salamandra, Amphibia; B–Chelone, Reptilia;
1) Necturus C–Chameleon, Reptilia
2) Cryptobranchus 2) A–Salamandra, Reptilia; B–Chelone, Reptilia;
3) Ichthyophis C–Chameleon, Reptilia
4) Rana 3) A–Salamandra, Amphibia; B–Chelone,
Amphibia, C–Chameleon, Amphibia
85. Syrinx is the voice producing structure in most of 4) A–Salamandra, Urochordata; B–Chelone,
the birds. It lies at the junction of Cephalochordata; C–Chameleon,
1) Trachea and bronchi Hemichordata

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ANSWER KEY
1. (4) 11. (1) 21. (3) 31. (1) 41. (3) 51. (1) 61. (3) 71. (2) 81. (4)
2. (1) 12. (3) 22. (2) 32. (4) 42. (2) 52. (3) 62. (4) 72. (1) 82. (3)
3. (1) 13. (3) 23. (2) 33. (3) 43. (3) 53. (2) 63. (3) 73. (3) 83. (2)
4. (1) 14. (4) 24. (4) 34. (2) 44. (3) 54. (2) 64. (2) 74. (1) 84. (3)
5. (3) 15. (2) 25. (4) 35. (1) 45. (4) 55. (4) 65. (4) 75. (2) 85. (1)
6. (2) 16. (1) 26. (2) 36. (4) 46. (1) 56. (4) 66. (2) 76. (1) 86. (4)
7. (2) 17. (3) 27. (2) 37. (1) 47. (3) 57. (2) 67. (2) 77. (2) 87. (1)
8. (4) 18. (2) 28. (1) 38. (4) 48. (3) 58. (3) 68. (3) 78. (3) 88. (2)
9. (4) 19. (3) 29. (1) 39. (1) 49. (2) 59. (1) 69. (1) 79. (2) 89. (4)
10. (4) 20. (1) 30. (3) 40. (2) 50. (2) 60. (4) 70. (4) 80. (3) 90. (1)

HINTS AND SOLUTIONS

1. Answer: (4) 9. Answer: (4)
Sol. Flat worms (Platyhelminthes) show bilateral. Sol. Portuguese man of war is a polymorphic, colonial
symmetry. They are the first triploblastic animals coelenterate Physalia physalis. It is named so due
i.e. consist of three germ layers (ectoderm, to its appearance which resembles with portuguese
mesoderm, endoderm). They have organ system vessels sailing in sea in 15th and 16th centuries
level of organisation. 10. Answer: (4)
2. Answer: (1) Sol. Whales are exclusively viviparous.
Sol. Echinoderms are a phylum of marine animals. The In viviparous animals (majority of mammals
adults are recognizable by their (usually five-point) including human beings), the zygote develops into
radial symmetry, whereas the larvae are bilaterally a young one inside the body of the female
symmetrical. For example starfish, sea urchins, organism. After attaining a certain stage of growth,
sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the the young ones are delivered out of the body of the
sea lilies or "stone lilies". female organism.
3. Answer: (1) 11. Answer: (1)
Sol. Germinal layers marked as A, B, C and D is Sol. When any plane passing through the central axis of the
mesoglea, ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm body divides the organism into two identical halves,
respectively. "A" label represent Mesoglea layer, called radial symmetry. Sea anemone belongs to
which is undifferentiated and present in between phylum Coelenterata has this kind of symmetry.
the ectoderm (2) and the endoderm (3). 12. Answer: (3)
4. Answer: (1) Sol. Book lungs or Lung books are respiratory organs in
Sol. Hydra is a fresh water coelenterate which is scorpion, spider and other arachnids.
commonly found in lakes, ponds and slow moving 13. Answer: (3)
streams. It shows radial symmetry and is a Sol. In class Aves, endoskeleton is almost completely
diploblastic animal. ossified. Bones are spongy or pneumatic. Long
5. Answer: (3) bones are hollow with air cavities.
Sol. The presence of canal system is a characteristic 14. Answer: (4)
feature of sponges (poriferans). Sol. Tube feet is part of water vascular system
6. Answer: (2) (ambulacral system) of echinoderms. Tube feet of
Sol. Polyp phase is absent in Aurelia / Jelly fish. this system help in locomotion, capturing of food
7. Answer: (2) and respiration.
Sol. Euspongia is the common bath sponge. It is 15. Answer: (2)
commonly found in rocky bottoms in warm shallow Sol. Heart in fishes is two-chambered consisting of one
water of the sea. Its skeleton is used for bathing, auricle and one ventricle. Amphibian heart is three-
washing automobiles, applying cosmetics, chambered, having two auricles and one ventricle. In
mapping, etc. reptiles heart consist of two auricles and a partly
8. Answer: (4) divided ventricle. In crocodilians, heart is four
Sol. chambered (two auricles and two ventricles). The
A Cockroach Malpighian tubules mammalian and avian heart is four-chambered.
16. Answer: (1)
B Clarias Kidneys
Sol. Eggs without shell are called non– cledoic eggs
C Earthworm Nephridia 17. Answer: (3)
D Balanoglossus Proboscis gland Sol. Aschelminthes have pseudocoelom. It is not a true
E Flatworm Flame cells coelom because it is not lined with mesodermal

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epithelium, and represents a persistent embryonic Sol. Sycon (Scypha) is a sponge and does not perform
blastocoel. locomotion. It is a genus of calcareous sponges
18. Answer: (2) belonging to family- scyerridae, class- calcaronea
Sol. Mantle layer (Pallium) has pallial glands which and phylum- Porifera. These sponges are small,
secrete shell and even pearl in some. growing upto 5 cm in total length, and are tube
19. Answer: (3) shaped and often white to cream in color.
Sol. 30. Answer: (3)
Sol. The body cavity which is lined by mesoderm is
Pelvic and pectoral fins paired called coelom. Animals possessing coelom are
Dorsal, caudal, ventral, anal fins unpaired called coelomates, e.g., annelids, molluscs,
20. Answer: (1) arthropods, echinoderms, hemichordates and
Sol. Fishes consist of paired and unpaired fins. Paired chordates.
fins are pectoral and pelvic and unpaired are 31. Answer: (1)
dorsal, caudal, ventral and anal fins. Sol. Ichthyophis (Blind worm) is a limbless amphibian.
21. Answer: (3) Dermal scales are embedded in the skin.
Sol. Animal 2 and 4 are bilaterally symmetrical. Bilateral 32. Answer: (4)
symmetry is a symmetrical arrangement, as of an Sol. Mammals have heterodont type of dentition teeth
organism or a body part, along a central axis, so are of different types.
that the body is divided into equivalent right and left 33. Answer: (3)
halves by only one plane. Sol. Struthio (Ostrich) is the largest living flightless bird.
22. Answer: (2) 34. Answer: (2)
Sol. Circulatory system is of two types-closed and open. Sol. The given figure (Nereis) is an example of
In closed type the blood circulates in closed blood annelida. Annelida is a group commonly referred to
vessels. Tissues are not directly in contact with as segmented worms, and they are found
blood eg. annelida . While in open type blood is worldwide from the deepest marine sediments to
filled in coelomic channel and sinuses. Tissues are the soils. Circulatory system is of closed type.
directly in contact with blood, eg. arthropoda. 35. Answer: (1)
Circulatory system was first explained by William
Sol. Planaria is a flat worm. It has tremendous power of
Harvey in his book “Motu Decordis”.
regeneration.
23. Answer: (2)
36. Answer: (4)
Sol. Nephridia present in phylum- annelida help in
Sol. The excretory organ in Balanoglossus is proboscis
osmoregulation and excretion. In aschelminthes, an
gland lying in front of the central sinus projecting
excretory tube removes body wastes from the body
into the proboscis coelom. It excretes brown or
cavity through the excretory pore.
yellow granules.
24. Answer: (4)
37. Answer: (1)
Sol. Solenocytes (also called flame cells) are meant for
Sol. Aquatic annelids like Nereis possess lateral
excretion and osmoregulation in Platyhelminthes.
appendages, parapodia, which help in swimming.
Annelids have metanephridia for excretion. Molluscs
Radula is the rasping organ for feeding which is
have kidneys (although different from vertebrate
present in the mouth of molluscs.
kidneys) for excretion. In echinodermates, no special
excretory organs are found for excretion. In them, 38. Answer: (4)
excretion takes place through diffusion or osmosis or Sol. Asterias (Star fish) belongs to phylum
through active transport. Echinodermata in which an excretory system is
25. Answer: (4) absent.
Sol. Conceptual 39. Answer: (1)
26. Answer: (2) Sol. Aschelminthes – pseudocoelamates
Sol. Chondrichthyes is one of the classes of superclass- Mollusca – unsegmented
Pisces, sub-phylum-Vertebrata and phylum- Sponges – cell aggregate
Chordata. The members of class-Chondrichthyes 40. Answer: (2)
are marine animals with streamlined body and have Sol. Testudo is a genus of tortoises (reptiles) found in
cartilaginous endoskeleton. Mouth is located North Africa, Western Asia and Europe. It is cold
ventrally. The skin is tough, containing minute blooded (poikilothermic) i.e., without an internal
placoid scales. The teeth are modified placoid arrangement to control the temperature of blood
scales which are backwardly directed, e.g. Dog fish like other reptiles.
(Scoliodon), saw fish (Pristis), great white shark 41. Answer: (3)
(Carcharodori), sting ray (Trygon), etc. Sol.
27. Answer: (2) Physalia - Portuguese man-of-war
Sol. In amphibians copulatory organs are absent, Meandrina - Brain coral
external fertilization takes place
Gorgonia - Sea fan
28. Answer: (1)
Adamsia - Sea anemone
Sol. The number of cervical vertebrae are seven in
almost all mammals including human beings. 42. Answer: (2)
29. Answer: (1) Sol. Circulatory system in arthropods is of open type
i.e., blood does not flow in definite vessels.

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Irregular spaces known as lacunae or sinuses, 65. Answer: (4)
filled with blood are present. Sol. Cloaca is the common opening for all the three
43. Answer: (3) systems
Sol. Presence of comb plates is a characteristic feature 66. Answer: (2)
of ctenophora, which helps in locomotion. Sol. Forelimbs are modified for flying
44. Answer: (3) 67. Answer: (2)
Sol. Conceptual Sol. Air sacs help in lessening the body weight
45. Answer: (4) 68. Answer: (3)
Sol. Bilaternal symmetry is noticed in Acoelomates, Sol. Diagrammatic
Pseudocoelomates and coelomates 69. Answer: (1)
46. Answer: (1) Sol. Platypus lays leathery eggs
Sol. Camel has nucleated RBC, all other mammals 70. Answer: (4)
have enucleated RBC Sol. Notochord is mesodermal in origin and nerve cord
47. Answer: (3) is ectodermal in origin
Sol. Body is divided into parts called metameres which 71. Answer: (2)
is noticed in Annelida and arthropoda Sol. Elasmobranchs are cartilage fishes
48. Answer: (3) 72. Answer: (1)
Sol. Statements (III), (IV) and (V) are correct. The pelvic Sol. Mammae is unique feature of mammals where
fins of male sharks bear claspers. In cnidarians females secrete milk for nourishing their young
(e.g. Obelia) polyps produce medusae asexually ones
and medusae form the polyps sexually.
73. Answer: (3)
49. Answer: (2)
Sol. Ascidian tadpole larva has all advanced characters
Sol. Among reptiles crocodile only has 4 chambered heart after metamorphosis into adult looses all those
50. Answer: (2) characters and become simple.
Sol. Aschelminthes is pseudocoelomate, cnidaria and 74. Answer: (1)
ctenophorans are diploblastic Sol. In protostomes – Mouth develops form blastopore
51. Answer: (1) and in deuterostomes, Anus develops from
Sol. Scattered nuclei in protoplasm is called syncytium blastopore.
noticed in aschelminthes 75. Answer: (2)
52. Answer: (3) Sol. Osteicthyes, amphibians and reptiles having non-
Sol. Planula - Larval form of coelenterate cartilagenous (bony) cranium and vertebral column.
Ephyra - Larval form of coelenterate 76. Answer: (1)
Parenchymula – Larval form of porifera Sol.
53. Answer: (2) Arthropoda organ system, coelomate and
Sol. Annelida has closed circulatory system segmented animals
54. Answer: (2) Ctenophora Tissue level, acoelomate and
Sol. Diagramatic unsegmented animals
55. Answer: (4) Echinodermata Organ system, coelomate and
Sol. Ecdysis promotes growth unsegmented animals
56. Answer: (4) 77. Answer: (2)
Sol. Aquatic arthropods have coxal glands and
Sol. Non – chordate doesn’t have RBC (which is a
antennary gland. characteristic feature of chordate)
57. Answer: (2)
78. Answer: (3)
Sol. Hemichordata shows external fertilisation with Sol. The most unique characteristic features of birds is
ventral heart presence of feathers. The other features (4-
58. Answer: (3) chambered heart, well developed wings and
Sol. Autotomy helps as defence mechanism bipedal locomotion) can also found in mammals
59. Answer: (1) 79. Answer: (2)
Sol. Conceptual Sol. Water canal system – Porifera
60. Answer: (4) Radial symmetry – Coelenterate
Sol. Tentaculocysts are found in coelenterates Enterocoel – Chordata and Echinodermata
61. Answer: (3) 80. Answer: (3)
Sol. Echinoderms are close to chordate with reference Sol. Conceptual
to deueterostomic and entrocoelomate nature 81. Answer: (4)
62. Answer: (4) Sol. Loligo – gaint squid
Sol. Cyclostomes do not have in scales and paired fins Unio – fresh water mussel
63. Answer: (3) Myxine – hag fish
Sol. Air bladder helps in maintaining buoyancy Octopus – Devil fish
64. Answer: (2) 82. Answer: (3)
Sol. Claspers are the copulatory organs Sol.

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Character Cartilaginous Bony fishes Sol. Conceptual
fishes 86. Answer: (4)
Fertilizations Internal External Sol. Conceptual
Air bladder Absent Present 87. Answer: (1)
Sol. Conceptual
Excretory urea ammonia
waste 88. Answer: (2)
Sol. In fishes, amphibians and reptiles thermoregulation
83. Answer: (2) is absent
Sol. Diagrammatic 89. Answer: (4)
84. Answer: (3) Sol. Cartilaginous fishes excrete urea
Sol. Conceptual 90. Answer: (1)
85. Answer: (1) Sol. Diagrammatic

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