Which one of the following pair of animals comprises 'jawless fishes'?
1. | Lampreys and eels |
2. | Mackerals and rohu |
3. | Lampreys and hagfishes |
4. | Guppies and hagfishes |
1. Closed circulatory system
2. Segmentation
3. Pseudocoelom
4. Ventral nerve cord
1. | Arthropoda - The body is divided into a head, thorax, abdomen and respiration by mouth |
2. | Chordata - Notochord at some stage and separate anal and urinary openings to the outside |
3. | Echinodermata – Pentamerous radial symmetry and mostly internal fertilization |
4. | Mollusca - Normally oviparous and developed through a trochophore or veliger larva |
Which one of the following pairs is mismatched?
1. | Pila globosa - pearl oyster | 2. | Apis indica- honey bee |
3. | Laccifer lacca- lac insect | 4. | Bombyx mori- silkworm |
What is common between parrot, platypus, and kangaroo?
1. Homeothermy
2. Toothless jaws
3. Functional post-anal tail
4. Oviparity
1. | absence of true coelom but the presence of metamerism |
2. | presence of neither true coelom nor metamerism |
3. | presence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism |
4. | presence of true coelom and metamerism (metamerisation) |
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Animals | Morphological features | |
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 Silverfish?
1. | They all have jointed paired appendages |
2. | They all possess a dorsal heart |
3. | None of them is aquatic |
4. | They all belong to the same phylum |
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
Which one of the following has an open circulatory system?
1. Pheretima
2. Periplaneta
3. Hirudinaria
4. Octopus