Which one of the following groups of three animals each is correctly matched with their one characteristic morphological feature?
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Animals |
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Morphological Feature |
(1) |
Liver fluke, sea anemone, sea cucumber |
– |
Bilateral |
(2) |
Earthworm, prawn, scorpion |
– |
Jointed appendages |
(3) |
Scorpion, spider, cockroach |
– |
Ventral solid central nervous system |
(4) |
Cockroach, locust, Taenia |
– |
Metameric segmentation |
Which one of the following pairs is mismatched?
(1) |
Pila globosa |
– |
pearl |
(2) |
Apis indica |
– |
honey |
(3) |
Kenia lacca |
– |
lac |
(4) |
Bombyx mori |
– |
silk |
What is common between parrot, platypus and kangaroo?
(1) Homeothermy
(2) Toothless jaws
(3) Functional post-anal tail
(4) Oviparity
Which one of the following is a matching pair of a body feature and the animal possessing it?
(1) |
Post-anal tail |
– |
Octopus |
(2) |
Ventral Central nervous system |
– |
Leech |
(3) |
Pharyngeal gills slits absent in embryo |
– |
Chamaeleon |
(4) |
Ventral heart |
– |
Scorpion |
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Animals |
Morphological features |
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A. |
Crocodile |
– |
4-chambered heart |
B. |
Sea urchin |
– |
Parapodia |
C. |
Obelia |
– |
Metagenesis |
D. |
Lemur |
– |
Thecodont |
(1) A, C and D
(2) B, C and D
(3) Only A and D
(4) Only A and B
What is true about Nereis, Scorpion, Cockroach and Silver fish?
(1) They all have jointed paired appendages
(2) They all possess dorsal heart
(3) None of them is aquatic
(4) They all belong to the same phylum
What is common to whale, seal and shark?
(1) Seasonal migration
(2) Thick subcutaneous fat
(3) Convergent evolution
(4) Homeothermy
Which one of the following is not a living fossil?
(1) King crab
(2) Sphenodon
(3) Archaeopteryx
(4) Peripatus
Which one of the following is a matching set of a phylum and its three examples?
1. Cnidaria − Bonellia, Physalia, Aurelia
2. Platyhelminthes − Planaria, Schistosoma, Enterobius
3. Mollusca − Loligo, Teredo, Octopus
4. Porifera − Spongilla, Euplectella, pennatula
Metameric segmentation is the characteristic of
(1) Platyhelminthes and Arthropoda
(2) Echinodermata and Annelida
(3) Annelida and Arthropoda
(4) Mollusca and Chordata