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
Biradial symmetry and lack of cnidoblasts are the characteristics of :
(1) Starfish and sea anemone
(2) Ctenoplana and Beroe
(3) Aurelia and Paramecium
(4) Hydra and starfish
In which one of the following sets of animals do all the four give birth to young ones?
(1) Lion, bat, whale, ostrich
(2) Platypus, penguin, bat, hippopotamus
(3) Shrew, bat, cat, kiwi
(4) Kangaroo, hedgehog, dolphin, Loris
Two common characters found in centipede, cockroach and crab are:
(1) compound eyes and anal cerci
(2) jointed legs and chitinous exoskeleton
(3) green gland and tracheae
(4) book lungs and antennae