The figure shows four animals (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the correct answer with respect to a common characteristic of two of these animals:

(a) (b)
(c) (d)

1. (c) and (d) have a true coelom
2. (a) and (d) respire mainly through body wall
3. (b) and (c) show radial symmetry
4. (a) and (b) have cnidoblasts for self-defence

Subtopic:  Phylum Coelenterata | Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes | Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca |
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Match the following
 

List-I List-II
(a) Physalia i. Pearl oyster
(b) Limulus ii. Portuguese Man of War
(c) Ancylostoma iii. Living fossil
(d) Pinctada iv. Hookworm


Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. ii iii iv i
2. i iv iii ii
3. ii iii i iv
4. iv i iii ii
Subtopic:  Phylum Coelenterata | Phylum Aschelminthes | Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca |
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Match List I with List II.
List I List II
A. Taenia  I. Nephridia
B. Paramoecium II. Contractile vacuole
C. Periplaneta III. Flame cells
D. Pheretima  IV. Urecose gland
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Options: A B C D
1. II I IV III
2. I II III IV
3. I II IV III
4. III II IV I
Subtopic:  Phylum Coelenterata | Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes | Phylum Annelida | Phylum Arthropoda |
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NEET - 2023
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The similarity between Ascaris lumbricoides and Anopheles stephensi is:
1. Sexual dimorphism
2. Metamerism
3. Anaerobic respiration
4. Endoparasitism

Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes | Phylum Arthropoda |
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AIPMT - 2000
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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

Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida | Phylum Arthropoda |
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AIPMT - 2007
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Which of the following features is not present in the phylum–Arthropoda?
1. Metameric segmentation
2. Parapodia
3. Jointed appendages
4. Chitinous exoskeleton
Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida | Phylum Arthropoda |
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Which one of the following has an open circulatory system?
1. Pheretima
2. Periplaneta
3. Hirudinaria
4. Octopus

Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda |
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AIPMT - 2006
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Two common characteristics found in centipedes, cockroaches, and crabs are:

1. compound eyes and anal cerci

2. joined legs and chitinous exoskeleton

3. green gland and tracheae

4. book lungs and antennae

Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda |
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AIPMT - 2006
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Which one of the following phyla is correctly matched with its two general characteristics?
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
Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca |
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Consider the following features:
A: Organ system level of organisation
B: Bilateral symmetry
C: True coelom with segmentation of body
Select the correct option of animal groups that possess all the above characteristics:

1. Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata
2. Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata
3. Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca
4. Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata
Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida | Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Chordata |
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