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01. Notochord is a derived rod-like structure formed on the
dorsal side during embryonic development in some animals.
a) Ectoderm and endoderm
b) Endoderm
c) Mesoderm
d) Either ectoderm or endoderm
02. A true coelom is absent in phylum
a) Nematoda
b) Annelida
c) Echinodermata
d) Mollusca
03. True coelom or body cavity occurs in
a) Hydra
b) Taenia
c) Pheretima
d) Sycon
04. The body of the animal can be divided into identical halves in only
one plane is
a) Asymmetry
b) Bilateral symmetry
c) Radial symmetry
d) Biradial symmetry
05. Radial symmetry occurs in
a) Fishes
b) Molluscs
c) Star Fishes
d) Sponges
06. The space between body wall and alementary canal lined by
mesoderm is called
a) Acoelom
b) Pseudocoelom
c) Coelom
d) None of these
07. Cell aggregate plan is found in
a) Cnidarians
b) Sponges
c) Roundworms
d) Flatworms
08. Tube with in a tube body plan is shown by
a) Coelentrates
b) Platyhelminthes
c) Annelida
d) Porifers
09. Blind sac body plan is shown by
a) Roundworms
b) Annelids
c) Coelenterates
d) Arthropods
10. Mouth develops first in the embryo and anus is formed later in
a) Deuterostomes
b) Protostomes
c) Echinoderms
d) Chordates
11. In which triploblastic animal coelom is absent?
a) Platyhelminthes
b) Aschelminthes
c) Annelida
d) Arthropoda
12. Metameric segmentation is the characteristic of
a) Annelida
b) Mollusca
c) Platyhelminthes
d) Echinodermata
13. A radially symmetrical diploblastic animal is
a) Roundworm
b) Earthworm
c) Hydra
d) Liver fluke
14. Radial symmetry is often exhibited by animals having
a) One opening of alimentary canal
b) Aquatic mode of living
c) Benthos and sedentary or slow moving in nature
d) Ciliary mode of feeding
15. Animal with pseudocoelom is
a) Leech
b) Liver Fluke
c) Jelly Fish
d) Hookworm
16. Highest degree of polymorphism is found in
a) Protozoa
b) Cnidaria
c) Platyhelminthes
d) Arthropoda
17. Metagenesis refers to
a) Alternation of generation between asexual and sexual phases of an
organisms
b) Occurrence of a drastic change in form during post embryonic
development
c) Presence of a segmented body and parthenogenetic mode of
reproduction
d) Presence of different morphic forms
18. Which of the following does not belong to phylum Coelenterata?
a) Sea pen
b) Sea feather
c) Sea cucumber
d) Sea fan
19. Primitive nervous system is present in
a) Sponge
b) Cnidaria
c) Echinodermata
d) Annelida
20. Corals belong to the phylum
a) Protozoa
b) Porifera
c) Cnideria
d) Mollusca
21. One of the special characters of coelenterata is the presence of
a) Hermaphroditism
b) Flame cells
c) Polymorphism
d) Nematocysts
22. Most appropriate term to designate the life cycle of Obelia is
a) Neoteny
b) Metagenesis
c) Metamorphosis
d) None of these
23. Nematocysts take part in
a) To provide anchorage
b) Offence and defence
c) Food capture
d) All the above
24. Portuguese man of war is a marine hydrozoan found in the
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It's scientific name is
a) Physalia physalis
b) Actiniaria
c) Hydra vulgaris
d) Aurelia aurita
25. Planaria, liver fluke and Taenia solium are
a) All segmented
b) All found in the gut
c) All have coelom
d) All are flatworms
26. All flatworms differ from all roundworms in having
a) Triploblastic body
b) Solid mesoderm
c) Bilateral symmetry
d) Metamorphosis in the life history
27. Flame cells are excretory organ of?
a) Planaria
b) Hydra
c) Hydrilla
d) Cockroach
28. The greatest ability of regeneration amongst the animals is
found in
a) Ascaris
b) Pheretima
c) Hirudinia
d) Planaria
29. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of phylum
Annelida?
a) Pseudocoelom
b) Ventral nerve cord
c) Closed circulatory system
d) Segmentation
30. Closed blood vascular system, liver cells in the blood and
chitinous setae or parapodia are the characteristics of
a) Arthropoda
b) Nematoda
c) Annelida
d) None of these
31. The main function of clitellum is
a) Coccon formation
b) Locomotion
c) Excretion
d) Copulation
32. Leech secretes which of the following anticoagulant?
a) Hirudin
b) Heparin
c) Serotonin
d) Histamine
33. Excretory organs of Earthworm are
a) Coelom
b) Flame cells
c) Nephridia
d) Gizzard
34. Peripatus is a connecting link between
a) Mollusca and Echinodermata
b) Annelida and Arthropoda
c) Coelenterata and Porifera
d) Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes
35. Radula, a rasping organ is found in
a) Salpa
b) Ophiura
c) Sea hare
d) Aptenodytes
36. Bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, segmented, coleomate and
covered by chitinous exoskeleton are features of
a) Annelida
b) Vertebrata
c) Amphibia
d) Arthropoda
37. Which group of animals belong to the same phylum?
a) Malarial parasite, Amoeba, Mosquito
b) Earthworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm
c) Prawn, Scorpion, Locust
d) Sponges, Sea anemone, Starfish
38. The chitinous exoskeleton of arthropods is formed by the
polymerisation of
a) Sterol derivatives
b) Keratin sulphate and chondroitin sulphate
c) Nitrogenous sugar polymerisation
d) Muraminic acid derivatives
39. Which of the following features is not present in the phylum
arthropoda?
a) Chitinous exoskeleton
b) Metamorphosis
c) Parapodia
d) Jointed appendages
40. The animals with bilateral symmetry in young stage and radial
pentamerous symmetry in the adult stage belongs to the phylum
a) Annelida
b) Mollusca
c) Cnidaria
d) Echinodermata
41. Biradial symmetry and lack of cnidoblasts are the characteristic of
a) Starfish and sea anemoe
b) Ctenoplana and Beroe
c) Aurelia and Paramaecium
d) Hydra and starfish
42. Which one feature is common to leech, cockroach and scorpion?
a) Nephridia
b) Ventral nerve cord
c) Cephalization
d) Antennae
43. Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of all the
chordates?
a) Dorsal nerve cord
b) Presence of coelom
c) A diaphragm separating thorax from abdomen
d) Pharyngeal gill clefts in the early embryonic stages
44. Common characteristic of all vertebrates without exception is
a) Exoskeleton
b) Presence of well developed skull
c) Two pairs of functional appendages
d) Division of body into head, neck, trunk and tail
45. Vertebral column is derived from
a) Notochord
b) Dorsal nerve cord
c) Ventral nerve cord
d) Outgrowth of cranium
46. The post anal tail is present in
a) Vertebrates only
b) Chordates
c) Invertebrates only
d) All of these
47. All protochordates are
a) Freshwater
b) Marine
c) Mostly aquatic
d) None of these
48. Representative of Hemichordata is
a) Scoliodon
b) Myxine
c) Balanogossus
d) Petromyzon
49. Amphioxus belongs to
a) Cephalochordata
b) Urochordata
c) Vertebrata
d) Hemichordata
50. Agnatha are the animals without
a) Teeth
b) Kidney
c) Heart
d) Jaws
51. Petromyzon is not a true fish because of
a) Absence of median fins
b) Presence of gills
c) Absence of paired fins and true jaws
d) Absence of operculum
52. In Urochordata notochord is found in
a) Tail of adult
b) Test of adult
c) Head of adult
d) Tail of larva
53. Which of the following statements is true?
a) All chordates are vertebrates
b) All vertebrates are chordates
c) Non-chordates have a vertebral column
d) Invertebrates possess a tubular nerve cord
54. Commercial pearl is formed by
a) Oyster
b) Octopus
c) Aphaenogaster lamellidens
d) None of these
55. The devil fish and sea hare are
a) Molluscs
b) Crustaceans
c) Coelenterates
d) Marine fish and mammal
56. Scientific name of starfish is
a) Echinus
b) Limulus
c) Echidna
d) Asterias
57. Temperature changes in the environment affect most of the
animals which are
a) Aquatic
b) Desert living
c) Poikilothermic
d) Homoiothermic
58. Electric organs are found in
a) Sharks
b) Porpoises
c) Goldfish
d) Torpedo
59. In sharks, which one of the following is absent?
a) Claspers
b) Placoid scales
c) Cartilaginous endoskeleton
d) Air bladder
60. Heart of fishes is
a) One chambered
b) Two chambered
c) Three chambered
d) Four chambered
61. Placoid scales are found in
a) Reptiles
b) Bony fishes
c) Cartilaginous fishes
d) Amphibians
62. Hippocampus (Sea horse) belongs to the class
a) Agnatha
b) Chondriochtyes
c) Osteichthyes
d) Mammalia
63. Scientific name of rohu is
a) Anabas testudineus
b) Catla catla
c) Labeo rohita
d) Naja naja
64. Common India bull frog is
a) Rana tigrina
b) Rana esculenta
c) Rana silvatica
d) Rana cyanophlytics
65. Which one of the following is flightless bird?
a) Emu
b) Kiwi
c) Struthio
d) All of the above
66. Which of the following group of animals maintain high and
constant body temperature such as mammals?
a) Reptiles
b) Amphibians
c) Birds
d) Fishes
67. Pneumatic bones of birds
a) Increase the respiratory rate
b) Increase the heart beat rate
c) Increase the carbon dioxide output
d) Increase the buoyancy
68. An egg laying mammal is
a) Didelphys
b) Macaca
c) Ornithorhynchus
d) Macropus
69. Which pair of characters are found without exception in all
mammals?
a) Hair and viviparity
b) Viviparity and mammary glands
c) Viviparity and internal fertilization
d) Mammary glands and internal fertilization
70. Urinary bladder is absent in
a) Amphibia
b) Mammals
c) Lizards
d) Aves
71. Flippers of seal are modified
a) Fins
b) Hind limbs
c) Forelimbs
d) Gills
72. Pheretima posthuma and Periplanata are similar in which aspect?
a) Both have nephridia as excretory organs
b) Both have ventral nerve cord
c) Both belong to same taxonomical group
d) All the above
73. One of the following is a very unique feature of the mammalian
body?
a) Four chambered heart
b) Rib cage
c) Homeothermy
d) Presence of diaphragm
74. Gorilla, chimpanzee, man and monkey belong to the same
a) Order
b) Family
c) Genus
d) Species
75. Members of class Reptilia are
a) Homoiothermic and amniotic
b) Homoiothermic and anamniotic
c) Poikilothermic and amniotic
d) Poikilothermic and anamniotic
76. The canal system is a characteristic feature of
a) echinoderms
b) sponges
c) helminthes
d) coelenterates
77. Aquatic reptiles are
a) poikilothermic
b) ureotelic in water
c) ammonotelic
d) ureotelic over land
78. What is true for mammalia?
a) Platypus is oviparous
b) Bats have feather
c) Elephant is ovoviviparous
d) Diaphragm is absent in them
79. Characters which are present in all chordates in some stage of
their life cycle are
a) Gill clefts, Vertebral column and Notochord
b) Mammary glands, Hair and Gill clefts
c) Notochord, Scales and Dorsal tubular nervous system
d) Notochord, Gill clefts and Dorsal tubular central nervous system
80. Presence of gills in the tadpole of frog indicates that
a) fish were amphibious in the past
b) fish evolved from frog-like ancestors
c) frogs will have gills in future
d) frogs evolved from gilled ancestors
81. Sycon belongs to a group of animals, which are best described as
a) unicellular or acellular
b) multicellular without any tissue organization
c) multicellular with a gastrovascular system
d) multicellular having no body cavity
82. Which one of the following characters is not typical of the Class
Mammalia?
a) Thecodont dentition
b) Alveolar lungs
c) Ten pairs of cranial nerves
d) Seven cervical vertebrae
83. From the following statements select the wrong one.
a) Prawn has two pairs of antennae.
b) Nematocysts are characteristics of the Phylum Cnidaria.
c) Millepedes have 2 pairs of appendages in each segment of the body.
d) Animals belonging to Phylum Porifera are marine and fresh water.
84. What is common about Trypanosoma, Noctiluca, Monocystis and
Giardia?
a) These are all parasities.
b) These are all unicellular protists.
c) They have flagella.
d) They produce spores.
85. Which one of the following is a matching set of a phylum and its
three examples?
a) Porifera - Spongilla, Euplectella, Pennatula
b) Cnidaria - Bonellia, Physalia, Aurelia
c) Platyhelminthes - Planaria, Schistosoma, Enterobius
d) Mollusca - Loligo, Teredo, Octopus
86. In which one of the following sets of animals do all the four give
birth to young ones?
a) Kangaroo, hedgehog, dolphin, Loris
b) Lion, bat, whale, ostrich
c) Platypus, penguin, bat, hippopotamus
d) Shrew, bat, cat, kiwi
87. Two common characters found in centipede, cockroach & crab are
a) book lungs and antennae
b) compound eyes and anal cerci
c) jointed legs and chitinous exoskeleton
d) green gland and tracheae
88. What is true about Nereis, scorpion, cockroach and silver fish?
a) They all possess dorsal heart.
b) None of them is aquatic.
c) They all belong to the same phylum.
d) They all have jointed paired appendages.
89. What is common between parrot, platypus and kangaroo?
a) Toothless jaws
b) Functional post-anal tail
c) Ovoparity
d) Homoiothermy
90. Which one of the following phyla is correctly matched with its two
general characteristics?
a) Echinodermata - pentamerous symmetry & internal fertilization
b) Mollusca - normally oviparous and development through a
trochophore or veliger larva
c) Arthropoda - body divided into head, thorax and abdomen and
respiration by tracheae
d) Chordata - notochord at some stage and separate anal and urinary
openings to the outside
 ANSWERS

01. C 11. A 21. D 31. A 41. B 51. C 61. C 71. C 81. B

02. A 12. A 22. B 32. A 42. B 52. D 62. C 72. B 82. C
03. C 13. C 23. D 33. C 43. C 53. B 63. C 73. D 83. A
04. B 14. C 24. A 34. B 44. B 54. A 64. A 74. A 84. B
05. C 15. D 25. D 35. C 45. A 55. A 65. D 75. C 85. D
06. C 16. B 26. B 36. D 46. B 56. D 66. C 76. B 86. A
07. B 17. A 27. A 37. C 47. B 57. C 67. D 77. B 87. C
08. C 18. C 28. D 38. C 48. C 58. D 68. C 78. A 88. A
09. C 19. B 29. A 39. C 49. A 59. D 69. D 79. D 89. D
10. B 20. C 30. C 40. D 50. D 60. B 70. D 80. D 90. C