| Assertion (A): | Cyclostomes are chordates but not vertebrates. |
| Reason (R): | Cyclostomes lack a vertebral column but have a notochord. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False and (R) is False. |
| Statement I: | Coelenterates, ctenophores and echinoderms have bilateral symmetry as larvae and radial symmetry as adults. |
| Statement II: | Animals like annelids and arthropods exhibit bilateral symmetry. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
| 3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
| 4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| I: | commonly known as sea walnuts or comb jellies |
| II: | exclusively marine |
| III: | body bears eight external rows of ciliated comb plates |
| IV: | bioluminescence (the property of a living organism to emit light) is well-marked |
| 1. | Cnidaria and ctenophora are radially symmetrical organisms. |
| 2. | Platyhelminthes are acoelomates. |
| 3. | Aschelminthes are pseudocoelomates. |
| 4. | Annelida are true coelomates. |
| 1. | Cnidoblasts | 2. | Nematocysts |
| 3. | Colloblasts | 4. | Grey cells |
| 1. | choanocytes | 2. | porocytes |
| 3. | pinacocytes | 4. | colloblasts |
| I: | All are marine. |
| II: | The adults are radially symmetrical. |
| III: | An excretory system is absent. |
| IV: | Development is indirect with free-swimming larva. |