| List I | List II | ||
| A. | Pleurobrachia | I. | Mollusca |
| B. | Radula | II. | Ctenophora |
| C. | Stomochord | III. | Osteichthyes |
| D. | Air bladder | IV. | Hemichordata |
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 |
Which of the following character is not found in all the chordates:
1. Diaphragm
2. Coelom
3. Pharyngeal gill clifts
4. Dorsal nerve cord
Crocodile and Penguin are similar to Whale and Dogfish in which one of the following features?
| 1. | Lay eggs and guard them till they hatch |
| 2. | Possess bony skeleton |
| 3. | Have gill slits at some stage |
| 4. | Possess a solid single-stranded central nervous system |
| A. | Pharynx is perforated by gill slits. |
| B. | Notochord is absent. |
| C. | Central nervous system is dorsal. |
| D. | Heart is dorsal if present. |
| E. | Post anal tail is absent. |
| 1. | A, B & D only |
| 2. | B, D & E only |
| 3. | B, C & D only |
| 4. | A & C only |
In which of the following animal post-anal tail is found:
1. Earthworm
2. Lower invertebrate
3. Scorpion
4. Snake
In which of the following, the notochord is present in the embryonic stage?
| 1. | All chordates | 2. | Some chordates |
| 3. | Only Vertebrates | 4. | Non-chordates |
Which one of the following statements is totally wrong about the occurrence of a notochord, while the other three are correct?
| 1. | It is present throughout life in Amphioxus |
| 2. | It is present only in larval tails in Ascidians |
| 3. | It is replaced by the vertebral column in an adult frog |
| 4. | It is absent throughout life in humans from the very beginning |
| A: | Presence of a mid-dorsal, solid and double nerve cord. |
| B: | Presence of closed circulatory system. |
| C: | Presence of paired pharyngeal gill slits |
| D: | Presence of dorsal heart. |
| E: | Triploblastic pseudocoelomate animals. |
| 1. | C, D and E only | 2. | A, C and D only |
| 3. | B and C only | 4. | B, D and E only |
| Assertion (A): | All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates. |
| Reason (R): | Notochord is replaced by vertebral column in the adult vertebrates. |
| 1. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |