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Exercise - I

NON-CHORDATES 11. Which of the following characteristic is

1. In which of the following nuclear dimorphism shared by all arthropods?
is seen? (1) Complete metamorphosis
(1) Entamoeba (2) Leishmania (2) Wings
(3) Trypanosoma (4) Paramoecium (3) Jointed appendages
2. Slipper animalcule is - (4) Tracheal system
(1) Entamoeba (2) Paramoecium 12. Members of phylum Arthropoda lack one of
(3) Giardia (4) Euglena the following feature :-
3. Vaginitis or Leucorrhoe disease in female is (1) External skeleton made of chitin
caused by - (2) Compound eyes
(1) Trichomonas (2) Trichonympha
(3) Excretion by malphigian tubules
(3) Trypanosoma (4) Giardia
(4) Usually a close type of blood vascular
4. Which group of organisms belongs to class
system
sporozoa?
(1) Plasmodium & Monocystis 13. Cockroach, house fly and mosquitoes are
(2) Entamoeba & Paramoecium insect because they have :-
(3) Euglena & Trypanosoma (1) Chitinous exoskeleton and body divided
(4) Plasmodium & Vorticella into head and cephalothorax
5. If a food particle is placed near the osculum of (2) Six legs, compound eyes and body divided
a sponge then it will - into head, thorax and abdomen
(1) Be thrown away (2) Be ingested (3) Segmented body with jointed feet and
(3) Rotate around osculum chitinous exoskeleton
(4) Be ingested first and then thrown out
(4) Three pairs of legs, one pair of antennae
through ostia
and flame cells
6. Bath sponge is common name of -
14. Which of the following animal is considered
(1) Spongilla (2) Euspongia
(3) Euplectella (4) Leucosolenia as "Living fossil"?
7. Which one of the following is Coelentrate - (1) Limulus (2) Spider
(1) Sea urchin (2) Sea cucumber (3) Eupagurus (4) Scorpion
(3) Sea fan (4) Sea horse 15. Select the economically important insect :-
8. Which animal do not possess larval stage in (1) Locusta (2) Culex
its life cycle? (3) Aedes (4) Apis
(1) Ascaris (2) Frog 16. Which animal has visceral hump ?
(3) Taenia (4) Pheretima (1) Culex (2) Apis
9. Which of the following is an Annelid? (3) Nereis (4) Pila
(1) sea horse (2) sea mouse
17. Which mollusca is called tusk shell?
(3) sea hare (4) sea pen
(1) Neopilina (2) Pila
10. Taenia solium has -
(3) Dentalium (4) Doris
(1) Mouth and anus both
(2) Only mouth present but no anus 18. Secretion of shell in molluscs take place by:-
(3) Only anus present but no mouth (1) Foot (2) Ink gland
(4) Complete digestive tract is absent (3) Radula (4) Mantle
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19. Which of the following characteristic is not of 29. Which of the following character does not
phylum mollusca? belong to Arthropoda?
(1) Soft body covered usually by a shell (1) Closed circulatory system
(2) Segmented body (2) Movable jaws
(3) Triploblastic (3) Segmented body
(4) Jointed legs
(4) Presence of coelom
30. Chiton is included in phylum
20. The most characteristic feature of molluscs is
(1) Annelida (2) Arthropoda
the presence of :-
(3) Mollusca (4) Echinodermata
(1) Hard - body (2) Shell
31. Coxal glands are the excretory organ of :-
(3) Mantle (4) Foot
(1) Cray fish (2) Devil fish
21. Open type of blood vascular system and
(3) Jelly - fish (4) Scorpion
presence of haemocyanin pigment are the 32. Most of the adult insects have six legs and:-
characters of :- (1) Two antennae and four wings
(1) Mollusca (2) Annelida (2) Four antennae and four wings
(3) Echinodermata (4) Hemichordata (3) Two antennae and two or four wings
22. Member of Echinodermata has a specific (4) Four wings and four eyes
system, which is not found in other phylum, it 33. The first flying animals on earth were :-
is :- (1) Insects (2) Birds
(1) Canal system (3) Reptiles (4) Mammals
(2) Water vascular system 34. Chemoreceptor in Pila is ?
(3) Respiratory system (1) Ctenidium (2) Radula
(4) Jointed appendages (3) Osphradium (4) Statocyst
23. Segmentation of body is not represented in:- 35. In Hydra, waste material of food digestion and
(1) Cray - fish (2) Sepia nitrogenous waste material removed
(3) Grass hopper (4) Silver fish respectively from :-
24. Aristotle lantern is found in :- (1) Mouth and mouth
(1) Sea - urchin (2) Sepia (2) Body wall and body wall
(3) Star fish (4) Obelia (3) Mouth and body wall
(4) Mouth and tentacles
25. Which of the following is not related with
36. Given below are four matchings of an animal
Echinodermata ?
and its kind of respiratory organ :
(1) Madreporite (2) Parapodia
A. Silver fish – Trachea
(3) Marine habitat (4) Autotomy B. Scorpion – Book lung
26. Locomotory organs of echinoderms are :- C. Sea squirt – Pharyngeal gills
(1) Tube feet (2) Setae D. Dolphin – Skin
(3) Parapodia (4) Pseudopodia The correct matchings are :-
27. Absence of excretory organs, great power of (1) A and D (2) A, B and C
regeneration and exclusively marine animals (3) B and D (4) C and D
belongs to the phylum :- 37. In contrast to Annelids the Platyhelminths
(1) Mollusca (2) Arthropoda show –
(3) Echinodermata (4) Annelida (1) Absence of body cavity
28. Stomochord (Buccal diverticulum) is present in: (2) Presence of pseudocoel
(1) Amphioxus (2) Herdmania (3) Radial symmetry
(3) Balanoglossus (4) Asterias (4) Bilateral symmetry
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38. Which one of the following is not correctly 46. Which one is monogenetic parasite ?
matched? (1) Trypanosoma (2) Plasmodium
(1) Culex – Filariasis (3) Entamoeba (4) Liver fluke
(2) Aedes – Yellow fever 47. Which one of the following is a matching pair of
(3) Anopheles – Leishmaniasis a body feature and the animal possessing it?
(4) Glossina – Sleeping sickness (1) Canal system - Asterias
39. The canal system is characteristic feature of- (2) Metagenesis - Obelia
(1) Sponges (2) Helminthes (3) Dorsal nerve cord - Pheretima
(3) Echinoderms (4) Coelenterates (4) Muscular pharynx - Taenia
40. Contractile vacuole of Amoeba is analogous to: 48. One of the following animals is not
(1) Typhlosole of earthworm hermaphrodite-
(2) Sweat gland of human (1) Earthworm (2) Leech
(3) Uriniferous tubules of frog and man (3) Taenia (4) Ascaris
(4) Gastrovascular cavity of Hydra 49. In Annelids formation of larva is usually
41. Which of the following is pseudoceolomate? absent but when present the larva is called:
(1) Hydra (2) Periplaneta (1) Tadpole (2) Planula
(3) Ascaris (4) Pheretima (3) Trochophore (4) Ephyra
42. Which of the following group is Duterostome? 50. Excretion in most Annelids take place by -
(1) Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca (1) Kidneys (2) Flame cells
(2) Echinodermata, Hemichordata, Chordata (3) Nephridia (4) Ciliated funnel
(3) Annelida, Mollusca, Chordata 51. Larval form of Fasciola hepatica which entres
(4) Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata in snail is -
43. Intermediate host of Schistosoma is :-
(1) Metacercaria (2) Miracidium
(1) Snail (2) Mosquito
(3) Cysticercus (4) Cercaria
(3) Housefly (4) Lion
52. True coelom appeared first during the course
44. Sycon belongs to a group of animals, which
of evolution in :-
are best described as :-
(1) Echinodermata (2) Annelida
(1) Unicellular or acellular
(3) Chordata (4) Protozoa
(2) Multicellular without any tissue
53. Rhabditiform larva occurs in :
organization
(1) Neries (2) Ascaris
(3) Multicellular with a gastrovascular
(3) Taenia (4) Fasciola
system
54. Sea-anemone belongs to phylum -
(4) Multicellular having tissue organization,
(1) Protozoa (2) Porifera
but no body cavity
(3) Coelenterata (4) Echinodermata
45. Which one of the following phyla is correctly
55. Syncytial epidermis is associated with :
matched with its general characteristics ?
(1) Hydra (2) Star fish
(1) Porifera - Cellular level of organisation
and external fertilisation (3) Earthworm (4) Ascaris
(2) Coelenterata - Diploblastic and mostly 56. Ink glands are found in :
Asymmetric (1) Sponge (2) Star fish
(3) Aschelminthes - Pseudocoelomates and (3) Sepia (4) Jelly fish
dioecious 57. Cephalopod with closed circulatory system is:
(4) Hemichordata - Coelomates and closed (1) Pila (2) Chiton
circulatory system (3) Unio (4) Octopus
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58. A sponge harmful to oyster industry is 68. The distinguishing feature of all chordates is:-
(1) Spongilla (2) Euspongia (1) A ventrally placed nerve cord
(3) Hyalonema (4) Cliona (2) A water vascular system
59. Haemoglobin is dissolved in blood plasma of- (3) A chitinous exoskeleton
(1) Frog (2) Rabbit (4) An elastic rod (Notochord)
(3) Cockroach (4) Earthworm 69. Chordates possess :-
60. Skeleton is made up of..........in porifera. (1) Dorsal nerve cord placed below gut
(1) Spicules (2) Spongin (2) Single hollow nerve cord placed dorsal to
(3) Both 1 and 2 (3) Chitin gut
61. Find the odd (3) Double ventral nerve cord
(1) Sea fan (2) sea horse (4) Single, solid and ventral nerve cord
(3) sea cucumber (4) sea lily 70. In vertebrates the notochord :-
62. Which animal has only cylindrical form? (1) Persists throughout the life
(1) Physalia (2) Admsia (2) Is partially replaced by vertebral column
(3) Hydra (4) (2) and (3) (3) Is completely replaced by vertebral
63. Which animal is umbrella-shaped and free column
swiming? (4) Is partially or fully replaced by vertebral
(1) Aurelia (2) Jelly-fish column
(3) Hydra (4) (1) and (2) 71. Which one is the distinguishing feature of all
64. Corals have a skeleton composed of.......... vertebrates?
(1) CaCO3 (2) CaPO4 (1) An internal bony or cartilagenous skeleton
(3) CaCl2 (4) CaSiO2 (2) A hairy body covering
(3) Presence of mammary glands
65. Identify the animal shown
(4) Open type of circulatory system
in diagram
72. The three living Lung fishes namely
(1) Tape worm
Protopterus, Lepidosiren and Neoceratodus
(2) Pleurobrachia
are respectively distributed in which
(3) Neris
countries of the world :-
(4) Octopus
(1) Africa, South America and Australia
(2) Africa, Australia and Japan
(3) India, Africa and South America
CHORDATES
(4) South America, England & Africa
66. Choose the correct combination of the given 73. Which fish is known as living fossil?
option? (1) Chimaera (2) Latimaria
(1) Calotes - garden lizard (3) Pristis (4) Harpodon
(2) Chameleon - krait
74. Which of the following fins are paired in
(3) Naja - viper
fishes?
(4) Crocodilus - tortoise
(1) Dorsal fin (2) Anal fin
67. Which one of the following mammalia live in (3) Pelvic fin (4) Ventral fin
water? 75. Fish change its direction suddenly by :-
(1) Bat (2) Platypus (1) Pectoral fin (2) Pelvic fin
(3) Macropus (4) Blue whale (3) Caudal fin (4) All the above
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76. Which one of the following amphibia is 86. Which of the following groups includes
common toad? Endothermic animals (Homothermal) :-
(1) Ichthyophis (2) Bufo (1) Crocodile, alligator, turtle
(3) Frog (4) Salamandra (2) Whale, pigeon, bat
77. If an "Axolotl larva" is placed in water (3) Sea-horse, dog fish, cat fish
containing sufficient Iodine then :- (4) Toad, frog, salamander
(1) Larva will die soon 87. Which bird had teeth in its beak?
(2) Its skin pigmentation will change (1) Kiwi (2) Ostrich
(3) It will start metamorphosis (3) Dodo (4) Archaeopteryx
(4) It remains as usual without any change 88. Number of cranial nerves in a crocodile is:-
78. Which is a balancing organ of fish? (1) 8-pairs (2) 10-pairs
(1) Ampulla of lorenzini (3) 12-pairs (4) 14-pairs
(2) Utriculus 89. Mostly birds are:-
(3) Air bladder (1) Uricotelic and oviparous
(4) Internal ear (2) Uricotelic and viviparous
79. Which of the following group of animals have
(3) Ammonotelic and oviparous
a constant body temperature ?
(4) Uricotelic and ovoviviparous
(1) Reptiles, aves & mammalia
90. The primitive characters of Duck billed
(2) Aves & cyclostomata
platypus suggest that it:-
(3) Pisces & amphibia
(1) Is a degenerated mammals
(4) Aves & mammalia
(2) Shows the stage between aves and
80. Kidney in amphibians is :-
mammals
(1) Pronephric (2) Mesonephric
(3) Shows the stage between reptiles and
(3) Archaeonephric (4) Metanephric
birds
81. Teeth in Amphibia are :-
(4) Shows the stage between reptiles and
(1) Homodont, Pleurodont & diphyodont
mammals
(2) Thecodont, heterodont & diphyodont
91. Find out correct statement:-
(3) Homodont, pleurodont & polyphyodont
(1) All birds can fly
(4) Homodont, thecodont & polyphyodont
82. Which group of phylum chordata has paired (2) All snakes are poisonous
fins? (3) All amphibians lay eggs in water
(1) Pisces (2) Reptilia (4) All mammals are viviparous
(3) Aves (4) Mammalia 92. Oviparous animal is :–
83. The embryo is surrounded with amnion in:- (1) Scoliodon (2) Viper
(1) Toad (2) Snake (3) Scorpion (4) Cobra
(3) fish (4) Cockroach 93. Characteristic of Corvus is:-
84. Which is poikilothermic animal? (1) Unisexual and sexual dimorphism absent
(1) Tortoise (2) Pigeon (2) Bisexual and sexual dimorphism absent
(3) Penguin (4) Whale (3) Unisexual and sexual dimorphism present
85. Which of the following is not the feature of (4) Bisexual and sexual dimorphism present
snakes ? 94. Which of the following is a "Lizard- bird"?
(1) Eggs (2) Limbs (1) Archaeopteryx (2) Struthio
(3) Scales (4) Kidney (3) Aptenodytes (4) Humming bird
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95. Uropygial or preen glands occur in:- 104. Hair are not found in adult whale, its body
(1) Reptiles (2) Birds temperature is regulated by:-
(3) Amphibians (4) Mammals (1) Sweat glands (2) Blubber
96. The flight less birds Rhea, Kiwi & Emu (3) Blood circulation (4) Water
respectively belong to which countries:- 105. Two chambered heart is the feature of :-
(1) South America, Newzealand & Australia (1) Mammals (2) Aves
(2) Africa, Australia & Newzealand (3) Amphibia (4) Pisces
(3) North America , Japan & Africa 106. Which of the following animals have
(4) Australia, S. Africa & Japan character of both reptiles and mammals?
97. Which is not found in birds? (1) Monotremes (2) Marsupials
(1) Pectoral girdle (2) Pelvic girdle (3) Macropus (4) Canis
(3) Hind limbs (4) Fore limbs 107. An egg laying mammal is -
98. The character found only in birds is:- (1) Kangaroo (2) Platypus
(1) Toothless beak (3) Koala (4) Whale
(2) Bipedal locomotion 108. Presence of gills in the tadpole of frog
(3) Wings indicates that :-
(4) Feathers (1) Fishes evolved from frog like ancestors
99. Which of the following characters is not (2) Frogs will have gills in future
related to Aves? (3) Frogs evolved from gilled ancestors
(1) Homiothermy and presence of oil glands (4) Fishes were amphibious in the past
in skin 109. Hollow air filled bones (pneumatic bones)
(2) Female genital organs of both sides occur in :-
functional (1) Mammals (2) Reptiles
(3) Female genital organs of one sides (3) Urodela (4) Aves
functional 110. Which of the following character is not found
(4) Exoskeleton of feathers in all the chordates?
100. Birds which is capable of flying backward:- (1) Diaphragm
(1) Crane (2) Penguin (2) Coelom
(3) Humming bird (4) Albatross (3) Pharyngeal gill clifts
101. Muscular diaphragm is found in? (4) Dorsal nerve cord
(1) Amphibian (2) Mammal 111. In which of the following animal post anal tail
(3) Reptilian (4) Fish is found
102. Whales are included in the same taxonomic (1) Earthworm
class as:- (2) Lower invertebrate
(1) Sharks (2) Crocodile (3) Scorpion
(3) Sea horse (4) Gorilla (4) Snake
103. Which of the following group of vertebrates 112. In which of the following notochord is
have dicondylic skull:- present in embryonic stage :-
(1) Amphibia & mammals (1) All chordates
(2) Reptilia & Aves (2) Some chordates
(3) Aves & mammals (3) Vertebrates
(4) Reptilia & mammals (4) Non chordates
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113. Axolotal larva is the name of larva of 123. Amniota, Monocondylar, Poikilothermal
(1) Amphioxus (2) Silkworm animals are:-
(3) Salamandra (4) Round worm (1) Birds (2) Amphibia
114. The early stage human embryo distinctly (3) Reptiles (4) Fish
possesses :– 124. Which one of the following is a true fish ?
(1) Gills (1) Cray fish (2) Jelly fish
(2) Gill slits (3) Silver fish (4) Cat fish
(3) External ear (pinna) 125. Corpus callosum is found in the brain of -
(4) Eye brows (1) Elephant (2) Pigeon
115. Most favourable land adaptation in reptiles is: (3) Crocodile (4) Frog
(1) Lungs 126. One of the following is a very unique feature
(2) Scales of the mammalian body –
(3) Moist skin (1) Presence of muscular diaphragm
(4) Pentadactylous limbs (2) Four chambered heart
116. Retention of larval characters even after (3) Rib cage
sexual maturity is called - (4) Homeothermy
(1) Parthenogensis 127. Which is the smallest taxonomic group
(2) Ontogenesis having cranium, vetebral column, ventral
(3) Phyllogenesis heart, pulmonary respiration and two pairs of
(4) Neoteny legs ?
117. Ichthyophis belongs to - (1) Chordata
(1) Amphibia (2) Mollusca
(2) Gnathostomata
(3) Annelida (4) Reptilia
(3) Vertebrata
118. Larva of Balanoglossus is -
(4) Tetrapoda
(1) Muller's larva (2) Tadpole
128. Which of the following are Anamniotes?
(3) Tornaria (4) Bipinnaria larva
(1) Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia
119. In fishes the kidney is -
(2) Reptilia, Aves, Amphibia
(1) Pronephric
(3) Amphibia, Aves, Mammals
(2) Metanephric
(4) Reptilia, Mammals, Aves
(3) Mesonephric
129. Which is not aerial adaptation of Birds?
(4) Nephridial
(1) Single ovary
120. Air sacs connected to lungs supplement
(2) Pneumatic bone
respiration in:
(3) Gizzard
(1) Lung fishes (2) Birds
(4) Keeled sternum
(3) Reptilia (4) Mammals
130. Which of the following has no teeth in its
121. Which of the following reptile is non-
mouth?
poisonous ?
(1) Tortoise (2) Crocodile
(1) Cobra (2) Krait
(3) Hemidactylus (4) Draco
(3) Viper (4) Python
131. Feathers of birds are modified:-
122. Tailed amphibian is :-
(1) Epidermal scales (2) Bony scales
(1) Icthyophis (2) Frog
(3) Salamandra (4) Toad (3) Plates (4) Scutes
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132. Identify the animal - 135. Larve of..........after metamorphosis return to
the ocean.
(1) Scoliodon (2) Shark
(3) Lamprey (4) Flying fish
(1) Ascidia (2) Salpa
136. Air bladder is absent in ________
(3) Amphioxus (4) Doliolum
(1) Dog fish (2) Catla
133. Notochord is present only in larval tail of :-
(3) Rohu (4) Flying fish
(1) Urochordata (2) Cephalochordata
137. Sea horse is __________
(3) Vertebrata (4) Protochordates
(1) a bird (2) a mammal
134. Vertebrates have ventral muscular heart with
(3) an amphibian (4) a fish
_______ chambers.
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) all above

EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) ANSWER KEY

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Answer 4 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 4 3 4 2 1 4
Question 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Answer 4 3 4 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 3
Question 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Answer 4 3 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 3
Question 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Answer 3 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 3
Question 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Answer 2 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 3
Question 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
Answer 2 3 4 4 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 1 4
Question 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105
Answer 3 4 3 1 2 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 1 2 4
Question 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
Answer 1 2 3 4 1 4 1 3 2 1 4 1 3 3 2
Question 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135
Answer 4 3 3 4 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 3
Question 136 137
Answer 1 4
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Exercise - II (Previous Year Questions) AIPMT/NEET

AIPMT 2006 7. In which one of the following sets of animals
1. What is common about Trypanosoma, all the four give birth to young ones ?
Noctiluca, Monocystis and Giardia ? (1) Kangaroo, Hedgehog, Dolphin, Loris
(1) These are all parasites (2) Lion, Bat, Whale, Ostrich
(2) These are all unicellular protists (3) Platypus, Penguin, Bat, Hippopotamus
(3) They have flagella (4) Shrew, Bat, Cat, Kiwi
(4) They produce spores AIPMT 2007
2. Which one of the following is a matching set 8. Which one of the following is a matching pair of
of a phylum and its three examples ? a body feature and the animal possessing it?
(1) Porifera : Spongilla, Euplectella, Pennatula (1) Ventral heart – Scorpion
(2) Cnidaria : Bonellia, Physalia, Aurelia (2) Post-anal tail – Octopus
(3) Platyhelminthes : Planaria, Schistosoma, (3) Ventral central nervous system – Leech
Enterobius (4) Pharyngeal gill slits absent in embryo –
(4) Mollusca : Loligo, Teredo, Octopus Chamaeleon
3. Metameric segmentation is the characteristic 9. What is true about Nereis, Scorpion,
of- Cockroach and Silver fish ?
(1) Mollusca and Choradata (1) They all belong to the same phylum
(2) Platyhelminthes and Arthropoda (2) They all have paired jointed appendages
(3) Echinodermata and Annelida (3) They all possess dorsal heart
(4) Annelida and Arthropoda (4) None of them is aquatic
4. Two common characters found in Centipede, 10. Which one of the following pairs is
Cockroach and Crab are - mismatched?
(1) Book lungs and antennae (1) Bombyx mori – Silk
(2) Compound eyes and anal cerci (2) Pila globosa – Pearl
(3) Jointed legs and chitinous exoskeleton (3) Apis indica – Honey
(4) Green gland and tracheae (4) Kenia lacca – Lac
5. Biradial symmetry and lack of cnidoblasts are 11. Which of the following pairs are correctly
the characteristic of - matched ?
Animals Morphological features
(1) Hydra and Starfish
(A) Crocodile 4-chambered heart
(2) Starfish and Sea Anemone
(B) Sea Urchin Parapodia
(3) Ctenoplana and Beroe
(C) Obelia Metagenesis
(4) Aurelia and Paramoecium
(D) Lemur Thecodont
6. Which one of the following has an open
(1) Only A and B (2) A, C and D
circulatory system ? (3) B, C and D (4) Only A and D
(A) Octopus 12. What is common between parrot, platypus
(B) Pheretima and kangaroo ?
(C) Periplaneta (1) Ovoparity
(D) Hirudinaria (2) Homoiothermy
(1) A & B (2) B & C (3) Toothless jaws
(3) C & D (4) A & D (4) Functional post-anal tail
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13. Which one of the following is not a 17. Which one of the following groups of animals
characteristic of phylum Annelida? is bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic?
(1) Closed circulatory system (1) Sponges
(2) Segmentation (2) Coelenterates (Cnidarians)
(3) Pseudocoelom (3) Aschelminthes (round worms)
(4) Ventral nerve cord (4) Ctenophores
14. Which one of the following phyla is correctly 18. Peripatus is a connecting link between :-
matched with its two general characteristics? (1) Coelenterata and Porifera
(1) Arthropoda : Body divided into head, (2) Ctenophora and Platyhelminthis
thorax and abdomen and respiration by (3) Mollusca and Echinodermata
tracheae (4) Annelida and Arthropoda
(2) Chordata : Notochord at some stage and 19. Which one of the following pairs of animals
separate anal and urinary openings to the are 'jawless fishes' ?
outside (1) Guppies and hag fishes
(3) Echinodermata : Pentamerous radial (2) Lampreys and eels
symmetry and mostly internal (3) Mackerals and Rohu
fertilization (4) Lampreys and hag fishes
(4) Mollusca : Normally oviparous and
development through a trochophore or AIPMT (Pre.) 2010
veliger larva
20. One example of animals having a single
15. Ascaris is characterized by :
opening to the outside that serves both as
(1) absence of true coelom but presence of
mouth as well as anus is :-
metamerism
(1) Fasciola
(2) presence of neither true coelom nor
(2) Octopus
metamerism
(3) presence of true coelom but absence of (3) Asterias
metamerism (4) Herdmania
(4) presence of true coelom and metamerism 21. Which one of the following statement about
16. Which one of the following groups of the all the four of Spongilla, Leech, Dolphin and
three animals each is correctly matched with Penguin is correct ?
their one characteristic morphological (1) All are bilaterally symmetrical
feature? (2) Penguin is homoiothermic while the
Animals Morphological feature remaining three are poikilothermic
(1) Liver fluke, – Bilateral symmetry (3) Leech is a fresh water form while all
Sea anemone, others are marine
Sea cucumber (4) Spongilla has special collared cells called
(2) Centipede, – Joined appendages choanocytes, not found in the remaining
Prawn, Sea urchin three.
(3) Scorpion, Spider, – Ventral solid central 22. Which one of the following animals are
Cockroach nervous system triploblastic?
(4) Cockroach, – Metameric (1) Corals (2) Flat worms
Locust, Taenia segmentation (3) Sponges (4) Ctenophores
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23. Which one of the following statement about 27. In which one of the following the genus name,
certain given animals is correct ? its two character and its class/phylum are
(1) Flat worms (Platyhelminthes) are correctly matched?

coelomates Genus name Two characters Class/

(2) Round worms (Aschelminthes) are Phylum
pseudocoelomates (1) Ascaris (a) Body segmented Annelida
(3) Molluscs are acoelomates (b) Males and
(4) Insects are pseudocoelomates females distinct
(2) Salamendra (a) A tympanum Amphibia
AIPMT (Mains) 2010 represents ear
(b) Fertilization is
24. Crocodile and Penguin are similar to Whale
external
and Dogfish in which one of the following
(3) Pteropus (a) Skin prossesses Mammalia
features ? hair
(1) Lay eggs and guard them till they hatch (b) Oviparous
(2) Possess bony skeleton (4) Aurelia (a) Cnidoblasts Coelenterata
(3) Have gill slits at some stage (b) Organ level of
(4) Possess a solid single stranded central organization
nervous system

AIPMT (Pre.) 2011 AIPMT (Mains) 2011

25. Which one of the following groups of animals 28. The figure shows four animals (a), (b), (c) and
(d). Select the correct answer with respect to
is correctly matched with its one
a common characteristics of two of these
characteristic feature without even a single
animals.
exception ?
(1) Reptilia : possess 3-chambered heart with
one incompletely divided ventricle
(2) Chordata : possess a mouth provided with
an upper and a lower jaw
(3) Chondrichthyes : possess cartilaginous
endoskeleton
(4) Mammalia : give birth to young ones
26. Which one of the following animals is
correctly matched with its particular named
(1) (c) and (d) have a true coelom
taxonomic category ?
(2) (a) and (d) respire mainly through body
(1) Tiger – tigris, the species
wall
(2) Cuttlefish – Mollusca, a class (3) (b) and (c) show radial symmetry
(3) Humans – Primata, the family (4) (a) and (b) have cnidoblasts for self
(4) Housefly – Musca, an order defence.
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AIPMT (Pre.) 2012 (3) All reptiles possess scales, have a three
29. In which one of the following, the genus chambered heart and are cold blooded
name, its two characters and its phylum are (poikilothermal)
not correctly matched, whereas the (4) All bony fishes have four pairs of gills and
remaining three are correct ? an operculum on each side
Genus Two characters Phylum 32. Which one of the following pairs of animals
name are similar to each other pertaining to the
(1) Sycon (a) Pore bearing Porifera feature stated against them?
(b) Canal system (1) Ascaris and Ancylostoma – Metameric
(2) Periplaneta (a) Jointed Arthropoda segmentation
appendages (2) Sea horse and Flying fish – Cold blooded
(b) Chitinuous (poikilothermal)
exoskeleton (3) Pteropus and Ornithorhyncus – Viviparity
(3) Pila (a) Body segmented Mollusca (4) Garden lizard and Crocodile – Three
(b) Mouth with chambered heart
Radula
(4) Asterias (a) Spiny skinned Echino- NEET-UG 2013
(b) Water vascular dermata 33. One of the representatives of Phylum
system Arthropoda is :
(1) flying fish (2) cuttle fish
AIPMT (Mains) 2012 (3) silver fish (4) puffer fish
30. Which one of the following organisms is 34. Which group of animals belong to the same
scientifically correctly named, correctly phylum?
printed according to the International Rules (1) Sponge, Sea anemone, Starfish
of Nomenclature and correctly described? (2) Malarial parasite, Amoeba, Mosquito
(1) Felis tigris - The Indian tiger, well (3) Earthworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm
protected in Gir forests. (4) Prawn, Scorpion, Locusta
(2) E.coli - Full name Entamoeba coli, a 35. Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by :
commonly occuring bacterium in human (1) mosquito bite
intestine. (2) drinking water containing eggs of Ascaris
(3) Musca domestica - The common house (3) eating imperfectly cooked pork.
lizard, a reptile. (4) Tse-tse fly
(4) Plasmodium falciparum - A protozoan 36. Which of the following are correctly matched
pathogen causing the most serious type of with respect to their taxonomic
malaria. classification?
31. Which one of the following categories of (1) Spiny anteater, sea urchin, sea cucumber
animals, is correctly described with no single –Echinodermata
exception in it? (2) Flying fish, cuttlefish, silverfish – Pisces
(1) All sponges are marine and have collared (3) Centipede, millipede, spider, scorpion –
cells Insecta
(2) All mammals are viviparous and possess (4) House fly, butterfly, tsetsefly, silverfish –
diaphragm for breathing Insecta
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37. Match the name of the animal (column I), 43. Which of the following represents the correct
with one characteristics (column II), and the combination without any exception?
phylum/ class (column III) to which it Characteristics Class
belongs : (1) Mouth ventral, gills without Chondrichthyes
Column I Column II Column III operculum; skin with placoid
radially scales; persistent notochord
(1) Adamsia Porifera
symmetrical (2) Sucking and circular mouth; Cyclostomata
(2) Petromyzon ectoparasite Cyclostomata jaws absent, integument
(3) Ichthyophis terrestrial Reptilia without scales; paired
Body appendages
covered by (3) Body covered with feathers; Aves
(4) Limitlus Pisces skin moist and glandular; fore-
chitinous
exoskeleton limbs form wings; lungs with
air sacs
AIPMT 2014 (4) Mammary gland; hair on body; Mammalia
pinnae; two pairs of Limbs
38. Which one of the following living organisms
completely lacks a cell wall? 44. The active form of Entamoeba histolytica
(1) Cyanobacteria feeds upon:
(2) Sea – fan (Gorgonia) (1) mucosa and submucosa of colon only
(3) Saccharomyces (2) food in intestine
(4) Blue–green algae (3) blood only
(4) erythrocytes; mucosa and submucosa of
39. Select the Taxon mentioned that represents
colon
both marine and fresh water species :-
45. Which of the following endoparasites of
(1) Echinoderms
humans does show viviparity ?
(2) Ctenophora
(1) Enterobius vermicularis
(3) Cephalochordata
(2) Trichinella spiralis
(4) Cnidaria
(3) Ascaris lumbricoides
40. Planaria possess high capacity of :-
(4) Ancylostoma duodenale
(1) Metamorphosis
(2) Regeneration
Re-AIPMT 2015
(3) Alternation of generation
(4) Bioluminescence 46. Metagenesis refers to :
(1) Presence of a segmented body and
41. A marine cartilaginous fish that can produce
parthenogenetic mode of reproduction
electric current is :-
(2) Presence of different morphic forms
(1) Pristis (2) Torpedo
(3) Alternation of generation between
(3) Trygon (4) Scoliodon
asexual and sexual phases of an organism
(4) Occurrence of a drastic change in form
AIPMT 2015 during post-embryonic development
42. Which of the following animals is not 47. Which one of the following animals has two
viviparous? separate circulatory pathways ?
(1) Elephant (2) Platypus (1) Shark (2) Frog
(3) Whale (4) Flying fox (Bat) (3) Lizard (4) Whale
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48. Body having meshwork of cells, internal NEET(UG) 2017
cavities lined with food filtering flagellated 53. An important characteristic that
cells and indirect development are the Hemichordates share with Chordates is :
characteristics of phylum : (1) Ventral tubular nerve cord
(1) Protozoa (2) Coelenterata (2) Pharynx with gill slits
(3) Porifera (4) Mollusca (3) Pharynx without gill slits
49. A jawless fish, which lays eggs in fresh water (4) Absence of notochord
and whose ammocoetes larvae after 54. Which among these is the correct
metamorphosis return to the ocean is : combination of aquatic mammals ?
(1) Petromyzon (2) Eptatretus (1) Dolphins, Seals, Trygon
(3) Myxine (4) Neomyxine (2) Whales, Dolphins, Seals
(3) Trygon, Whales, Seals
NEET-I 2016 (4) Seals, Dolphins, Sharks
50. Which of the following characteristic features 55. In case of poriferans, the spongocoel is lined
always holds true for the corresponding with flagellated cells called:
group of animals? (1) oscula
(1) Cartilaginous Chondrichthyes (2) choanocytes
endoskeleton (3) mesenchymal cells
(2) Viviparous Mammalia (4) ostia
(3) Possess a mouth Chordata
with an upper and a NEET(UG) 2018
lower jaw 56. Which of the following animals does not
(4) 3 - chambered heart Reptilia undergo metamorphosis ?
with one (1) Earthworm (2) Tunicate
incompletely (3) Moth (4) Starfish
divided ventricle 57. Identify the vertebrate group of animals
51. Which one of the following characteristics is characterized by crop and gizzard in its
not shared by birds and mammals ? digestive sytstem.
(1) Ossified endoskeleton (1) Amphibia (2) Reptilia
(2) Breathing using lungs (3) Aves (4) Osteichthyes
(3) Viviparity 58. Which one of these animals is not a
(4) Warm blooded nature homeotherm?
(1) Macropus
NEET-II 2016 (2) Chelone
52. Choose the correct statement. (3) Camelus
(1) All reptiles have a three–chambered (4) Psittacula
heart. 59. Ciliates differ from all other protozoans in
(2) All pisces have gills covered by an (1) using flagella for locomotion
operculum. (2) having a contractile vacuole for removing
(3) All mammals are viviparous. excess water
(4) All cyclostomes do not possess jaws and (3) using pseudopodia for capturing prey
paired fins. (4) having two types of nuclei
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60. Match the following organisms with their 64. Match the following columns and select the
respective characteristics :- correct option.
(a) Pila (i) Flame cells Column -I Column -II
(b) Bombyx (ii) Comb plates (a) 6 -15 pairs of (i) Trygon
(c) Pleurobrachia (iii) Radula gill slits
(d) Taenia (iv) Malpighian tubules (b) Heterocercal (ii) Cyclostomes
Select the correct option from the following:- caudal fin
(a) (b) (c) (d) (c) Air Bladder (iii) Chondrichthyes
(1) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (d) Poison sting (iv) Osteichthyes
(2) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(3) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) (1) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(4) (iiii) (ii) (iv) (i) (2) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
61. Consider following features: (3) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(a) Organ system level of organisation (4) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(b) Bilateral symmetry 65. Which of the following statements are true
(c) True coelomates with segmentation of for the phylum-Chordata ?
body (a) In Urochordata notochord extends from
Select the correct option of animal groups head to tail and it is present throughout
which possess all the above characteristics. their life.
(1) Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata (b) In Vertebrata notochord is present during
(2) Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca the embryonic period only.
(c) Central nervous system is dorsal and
(3) Arthropoda , Mollusca and Chordata
hollow.
(4) Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata
(d) Chordata is divided into 3 subphyla :
NEET(UG) 2019 (Odisha) Hemichordata, Tunicata and
Cephalochordata.
62. Match the following genera with their
(1) (b) and (c) (2) (d) and (c)
respective phylum:
(3) (c) and (a) (4) (a) and (b)
(a) Ophura (i) Mollusca
66. Match the following columns and select the
(b) Physalia (ii) Platyhelminthes
correct option.
(c) Pinctada (iii) Echinodermata
Column-I Column-II
(d) Planaria (iv) Coelenterata
(a) Gregarious, (i) Asterias
Select the correct option:
polyphagous pest
(1) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), d-(ii)
(b) Adult with radial (ii) Scorpion
(2) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), d-(ii)
symmetry and larva
(3) (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), d-(ii)
with bilateral symmetry
(4) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), d-(i)
(c) Book lungs (iii) Ctenoplana
63. Which of the following animals are true (d) Bioluminescence (iv) Locusta
coelomates with bilateral symmetry? (a) (b) (c) (d )
(1) Adult Echinoderms (1) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(2) Aschelminthes (2) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(3) Platyhelminthes (3) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(4) Annelids (4) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
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67. Bilaterally symmetrical and acoelomate 71. Match the following columns and select the
animals are exemplified by: correct option :
(1) Annelida (2) Ctenophora Column - I Column - II
(3) Platyhelminthes (4) Aschelminthes (a) Aptenodytes (i) Flying fox
(b) Pteropus (ii) Angel fish
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(c) Pterophyllum (iii) Lamprey
68. Which of the following options does correctly (d) Petromyzon (iv) Penguin
represent the characteristic features of (1) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
phylum Annelida ? (2) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(1) Triploblastic, unsegmented body and (3) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
bilaterally symmetrical. (4) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
(2) Triploblastic, segmented body and
bilaterally symmetrical. NEET (UG) - 2021
(3) Triploblastic, flattened body and
72. Read the following statements.
acoelomate condition.
(a) Metagenesis is observed in Helminths.
(4) Diploblastic, mostly marine and radially
(b) Echinoderms are triploblastic and
symmetrical.
coelomate animals.
69. Match the following group of organisms with
(c) Round worms have organ-system level of
their respective distinctive characteristics
body organization.
and select the correct option :
(d) Comb plates present in ctenophores help
Organisms Characteristics
in digestion.
(a) Platyhelminthes (i) Cylindrical body with
(e) Water vascular system is characteristic of
no segmentation
echinoderms.
(b) Echinoderms (ii) Warm blooded
Choose the correct answer from the options
animals with direct
given below.
development
(1) (c), (d) and (e) are correct
(c) Hemichordates (iii) Bilateral symmetry
(2) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
with incomplete
(3) (a), (d) and (e) are correct
digestive system
(4) (b), (c) and (e) are correct
(d) Aves (iv) Radial symmetry with
73. Match List - I with List - II.
Indirect development
List-I List-II
(1) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
(2) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) (a) Metamerism (i) Coelenterata
(3) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii) (b) Canal system (ii) Ctenophora
(4) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) (c) Comb plates (iii) Annelida
70. All vertebrates are chordates but all (d) Cnidoblasts (iv) Porifera
chordates are not vertebrates, why ?
Choose the correct answer from the options
(1) Notochord is replaced by vertebral
given below.
column in adult of some chordates.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(2) Ventral hollow nerve cord remains
(1) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
throughout life in some chordates.
(2) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(3) All chordates possess vertebral column.
(3) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(4) All chordates possess notochord
throughout their life. (4) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
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74. Match the following: 78. In which of the following animals, digestive
List-I List-II tract has additional chambers like crop and
(a) Physalia (i) Pearl oyster gizzard ?
Portuguese (1) Bufo, Balaenoptera, Bangarus
(b) Limulus (ii)
Man of War (2) Catla, Columba, Crocodilus
(c) Ancylostoma (iii) Living fossil (3) Pavo, Psittacula, Corvus
(d) Pinctada (iv) Hookworm (4) Corvus, Columba, Chameleon
Choose the correct answer from the options
given below. Re-NEET (UG) - 2022
(a) (b) (c) (d)
79. Select the incorrect statements with respect
(1) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
to cyclostomes:
(2) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(a) They lack scales and paired fins.
(3) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(4) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (b) They have circular mouth with jaws.
75. Which one of the following organisms bears (c) They bear 6-15 pairs of gills
hollow and pneumatic long bones? (d) They migrate to deep sea for spawning.
(1) Neophron (2) Hemidactylus Choose the most appropriate answer from
(3) Macropus (4) Ornithorhynchus the options given below.
(1) (a) and (b) only
NEET (UG) - 2022 (2) (b) and (c) only
76. Nitrogenous waste is excreted in the form of (3) (b) and (d) only
pellet or paste by : (4) (a) and (d) only
(1) Salamandra 80. Which of the following animals has three
(2) Hippocampus chambered heart?
(3) Pavo (1) Scoliodon (2) Hippocampus
(4) Ornithorhynchus (3) Chelone (4) Pteropus
77. Given below are two statements : one is
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is
labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : All vertebrates are chordates
but all chordates are not vertebrates.
Reason (R) : Notochord is replaced by
vertebral column in the adult vertebrates.
In the light of the above statements, choose
the most appropriate answer from the
options given below :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not
the correct explanation of (A)
(2) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(3) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
(4) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the
correct explanation of (A)
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EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) ANSWER KEY

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Answer 2 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 2
Question 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Answer 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 4
Question 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Answer 4 2 3 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 4 2
Question 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Answer 3 4 3 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 2
Question 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Answer 1 2 4 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 4 3 3 1
Question 76 77 78 79 80
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Exercise - III Master Your Understanding

EXERCISE-III (A) NCERT BASED QUESTIONS 6. Identified the correct statement from the
1. Which one of the following is a radially following with reference to Amphibians :-
symmetrical, blind sac body plan and (A) They have internal fertilisation and
diploblastic animal? development is direct.
(1) Spongilla (2) Euspongia (B) Amphibian skin is moist and without
(3) Asterias (4) Physalia scales
2. Which one is not a platyhelminthes? (C) Their body is divisible into head and
(1) Tapeworm (2) Liver fluke trunk
(3) Planaria (4) Hookworm (D) They have three chambered heart
3. Consider the following statements :- Select the correct answer :-
(A) Protochordates are exclusively marine (1) A and D (2) A and B
(B) In cephalochordates, Notochord extends (3) B, C and D (4) D alone
from head to tail region. 7. Which of the following pairs are correctly
(C) In urochordates, Notochord is present matched?
only in larval tail. (A) Poikilothemous - Birds and mammals
(D) Cranium and vertebral column are bony (B) Agnatha - Petromyzon and Myxine
in cyclostomates. (C) Tunicates - Ascidia, Salpa and Doliolum
Which of the above statement is/are correct? (D) Cartilaginous fishes - Betta and Labeo
(1) A alone (2) B, C and D (1) A and B (2) A, B and C
(3) A, B and C (4) All (3) B and C (4) A, B and D
4. Consider the following characteristic of 8. Water vascular system is found in :-
fishes:- (1) Porifera (2) Echinodermata
(A) They have four pairs of gills which are (3) Mollusca (4) Elasmobranch
covered by an operculum. 9. Match the column :-
(B) They have air bladder which regulates (a) Dentalium (i) Brittle star
buoyancy (b) Ophiura (ii) Cuttle fish
(C) They are mostly viviparous and (c) Antedon (iii) Sea Urchin
development is direct (d) Echinus (iv) Tusk shell
(D) Their body is streamlined and covered (e) Sepia (v) Sea lily
with cycloid/ctenoid scales
(1) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(ii), e-(iii)
Which of the above characteristics regarding
(2) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(v), d-(iii), e-(ii)
bony fishes are correct?
(3) a-(i), b-(iv), c-(v), d-(iii), e-(ii)
(1) A, B and C (2) C and D
(4) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(v), e-(ii)
(3) A, B and D (4) B alone
10. True coelom and metameric segmentation in
5. Which of the following animal is radially
the body is first observed in which of the
symmetrical but has a bilaterally symmetrical
following phylum
larva?
(1) Platyhelminthes
(1) Ascaris (Round worm)
(2) Aschelminthes
(2) Nereis (Ring worm)
(3) Annelida
(3) Pila (Apple snail)
(4) Arthropoda
(4)
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11. Read the following statements (a to e) 16. Pick the odd pair out :-
carefuly :- (1) Cellular level : Porifera
(a) Triploplastic (2) Tissue level : Aschelminthes
(b) Bilateral symmetric (3) Organ level : Platyhelminthes
(c) Organ system organisation (4) Organ system level : Annelida
(d) Pseudocoelomate 17. Select the group of organisms given below
(e) Metameric segmentation those have diploblastic members only :-
Which of the above statement(s) is/are (1) Ctenoplana, Taenia, Fasciola
correct for phylum Aschelminthyes (2) Aurelia, Physalia, Meandrina
(1) a and b only (2) a, b, c and e (3) Wuchereria, Culex, Limulus
(3) a, b, c and d (4) a, b, c, d and e (4) Aedes, Ascaris, Hydra
12. Which of the following coelenterate exist in 18. Fresh water sponge is :-
both forms polyp and medusa and exhibit (1) Spongilla (2) Scypha
metagenesis? (3) Euspongia (4) Leucosolenia
(1) Hydra (2) Adamsia 19. The symmetry found in an animal which can
(3) Obelia (4) Gorgonia be divided into indentical left and right halves
13. Mark the incorrectly matched pair in only one plane is:-
(1) Petromyzon - Body devoid of scales and (1) Spherical (2) Bilateral
paired fins (3) Radial (4) Biradial
(2) Scoliodon - Operculum present but
20. Select the pseudocoelomates from the list of
air bladder is absent
organisms given below :-
(3) Exocoetus - Heart two chamered with
(1) Ascaris, Fasciola, Taenia
sinus venosus
(2) Culex, Locusta, Limulus
(4) Rana - Cold blooded with 10
(3) Wuchereria, Ascaris, Ancylostoma
pairs of cranial nerves
(4) Nereis, Hirudinaria, Wuchereria
and mesonephric
21. Which of the following pairs of animals
kidneys
14. Match list 'A' and List 'B' correctly and find comprise 'Combjellies' ?
your answer from the code given below :- (1) Balanoglossus and Saccoglossus
List-A List-B (2) Pleurobranchia and Ctenoplana
(Animal) (Common name) (3) Sea anemone and sea pen
(i) Physalia (A) Brain coral (4) Sea lily and brittle star
(ii) Pennatula (B) Sea fan 22. Which one of the following pairs of animals
(iii) Gorgonia (C) Sea pen comprise 'Cartilaginous fishes'?
(iv) Meandrina (D) Portuguese man of war (1) Labeo and Catla
Code : (2) Pterophyllum and Scoliodon
(1) (i)-A, (ii)-B, (iii)-C, (iv)-D (3) Pristis and Carcharodon
(2) (i)-D, (ii)-C, (iii)-B, (iv)-A (4) Petromyzon and Myxine
(3) (i)-C, (ii)-D, (iii)-B, (iv)-A 23. Which of the following fishes is also known as
(4) (i)-D, (ii)-C, (iii)-A, (iv)-B "Great white shark'?
15. Which of the following is gregarious pest? (1) Pristis (2) Trygon
(1) Bed bug (2) Rat (3) Clarias (4) Carcharodon
(3) Cockroach (4) Locusta
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24. A schematic representation of a chordate's 28. Which of the following is a matching pair ?
embryo is shown in the above figure. (1) Ophiura - Sea lily
(2) Octopus - Cuttle fish
(3) Torpedo - Electric ray
(4) Aptenodytes - Ostrich
29. Which one is not the character of
Osteichthyes?
(1) Terminal mouth
The structures maked A, B, C and D are
(2) Gills with operculum
respectively :- (3) Body covered by placoid scales
(1) Notochord, Nerve cord, Intestine and gill (4) Air bladder regulate buoyancy.
slits 30. Which one of the following pairs is not
(2) Postanal part, Gill slits, Nerve cord and correcly matched?
Notochord (1) Choetopleura - Chiton
(3) Postanal part, nerve cord, Notochord and (2) Ascaris - Round worm
Gill
(3) Wuchereria - Filaria worm
(4) Post anal part, Notochord, Nervecord and (4) Enterobias - Hook worm
Gill slits.
25. In which one of the following protochordates EXERCISE-III(B) (ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS)
notochord present only in the tail of larva ?
31. The greatest evolutionary change that
(1) Ascidia (2) Balanoglossus
enabled the land vertebrates to be completely
(3) Myxine (4) Branchiostoma
free from water, was the development of -
26. In which of the following group notochord
(1) four appendages
present in whole life?
(2) lungs
(1) Hemichordata
(3) cleidoic eggs
(2) Urochordata
(4) four chambered heart
(3) Cephalochordata
32. A mammal which completely lives in water is?
(4) Vertebrata
(1) Bear (2) Camel
27. Match the column-I with the column-II and
(3) Whale (4) Rhinoceros
find out the correct answer :
33. Which of the following does not make a nest
Column-I Colum-II
of its own ?
(A) Spongocoel (i) Arthropoda
(1) Crow
(B) Dorso-ventrally (ii) Cnidaria
(2) Parrot
flattened body
(3) Cuckoo (Koel)
(C) Coelenteron cavity (iii) Porifera
(4) Sparrow
(D) Chitinous (vi) Platyhelminthes
34. How many in the given examples of animals
exoskeleton
are Coelentrates?
(1) A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
Physalia, Obelia, Plannaria, Pennatula,
(2) A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i Gorgonia, Pleurobrachia, Meandrina and
(3) A-iii, B-iv, C-ii, D-i Nereis
(4) A-ii, B-iv, C-iii, D-i (1) Three (2) Four
(3) Five (4) Six
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35. Identify the following four animals (A, B, C 39. Which one of the following features is
and D) given below. Which one of these is not common in - silverfish, scorpion, dragonfly
correctly identified in the option given along and prawn ?
with its correct taxonomic group and their (1) Three pairs of legs and segmented body
common name ? (2) Chitinous cuticle and two pairs of
antennae
(3) Jointed appendages and chitinous
exoskeleton
(4) Cephalothorax involves
40. In which animal nerve cell is present but
brain is absent?
(1) Sponge (2) Earthworm
(3) Cockroach (4) Hydra
41. Which group of vertebrates have
characteristic features the presence of
Options :- feathers and most of them can fly ?
Fig. Name of Taxonomic Common (1) Mammals (2) Fishes
animal group Name (3) Reptiles (4) Birds
(1) B Adamsia Ctenophora Star coral 42. Which class name refers to their creeping or
(2) D Spongilla Porifera Fresh water crawling mode of locomotion (Latin, repere
sponge or reptum, to creep or crawl)?
(3) C Aurelia Coelenterata Jelly fish (1) Aves (2) Mammalia
(4) A Enspongia Porifera Bath sponge (3) Amphibia (4) Reptilia
43. Which one of the following is not a living
36. How many organism are releated with
fossil ?
Echinodermata phylum?
(1) Peripatus
Star fish, Sea-urchin, Sea-lily, Sea-mouse,
(2) King crab
Sea-hare, Sea-cucumber, Brittle star,
(3) Sphenodon
Sea-potato, Sea-squirt, Sea-fan, Sea-pen
(4) Archaeopteryx
(1) 4 (2) 5
44. Body is divisible into head and trunk in?
(3) 6 (4) 7
(1) Lizard (2) Frog
37. Which of the following unicellular organism
(3) Peacock (4) Platypus
has a macronucleus for trophic function and
45. The evidence for the origin of birds from
one or more micronuclei for reproduction?
reptiles is the presence in them of -
(1) Trypanosoma (2) Paramoecium
(1) feathers (2) scales
(3) Euglena (4) Amoeba
(3) claws (4) hairs
38. Which of the following shows the sexual
46. In which one of the following groups all
dimorphism?
animals are hermaphrodite?
(1) Hydra & Ascaris
(1) Hydra, Ascaris, Pheretima
(2) Hydra & Macaca
(2) Hydra, Homo sapiens, Leech
(3) Ascaris & Pheretima
(3) Tapeworm, Toad, Starfish
(4) Ascaris & Macaca
(4) Hydra, Leech, Tapeworm
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47. Given below are two statements: 49. Given below are two statements:
Statement-I : The most distinct feature of Statement-I : All chordates are vertebrates
echinoderms is the presence of water canal but all vertebrates are not chordates.
system. Statement-II : Sub phylum urochordata and
Statement-II : Echinodermata exhibits radial cephalochordate are often referred as
or bilateral symmetry depending on the protochordata.
stage. In the light of the above statements, choose
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the
the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
options given below: (1) Both Statement-I and II are incorrect.
(1) Both Statement-I and II are incorrect. (2) Statement-I is correct but statement-II is
(2) Statement-I is correct but statement-II is incorrect.
incorrect. (3) Statement-I is incorrect and Statement-II
(3) Statement-I is incorrect and Statement-II is correct.
is correct. (4) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are
(4) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct.
correct. 50. Given below are two statements; one is
48. Given below are two statements: labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is
Statement-I : In cephalochordate notochord labelled as Reason(R).
is persistent throughout their life. Assertion (A) : Water vascular system helps
Statement-II : Branchiostoma is an example in locomotion, capture and transport of food
of cephalochordata and respiration.
In the light of the above statements, choose Reason (R) : The presence of water vascular
the most appropriate answer from the system is most unique feature of porifera.
options given below: In the light of the above statements, choose the
(1) Both Statement-I and II are incorrect. correct answer from the options given below :
(2) Statement-I is correct but statement-II is (1) Both (A) & (R) are correct but (R) is the
incorrect. not correct explanation of (A).
(3) Statement-I is incorrect and Statement-II (2) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
is correct. (3) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
(4) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are (4) Both (A) & (R) are correct and (R) is the
correct. correct explanation of (A).

EXERCISE-III ANSWER KEY

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Answer 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4
Question 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Answer 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 4 4 1 3 3 3 3 4
Question 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Answer 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 2
Question 46 47 48 49 50
Answer 4 3 4 3 2
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