The phylum with exclusively marine animals is:

1. Porifera 2. Cnidaria
3. Ctenophora 4. Platyhelminthes
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How many of the given statements are correct regarding Ctenophores?
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. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
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Which animals are diploblastic and show radial symmetry but lack cnidoblasts?
1. Cnidarians
2. Ctenophores
3. Echinoderms
4. Hemichordates
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Ctenophores:
I: are commonly known as sea walnuts or comb jellies
II: are exclusively marine, radially symmetrical, diploblastic organisms with tissue level of organisation
III: use cilia for locomotion
IV: reproduce only by sexual means
1. Only I, II and III are correct
2. Only I, III and IV are correct
3. Only II, III and IV are correct
4. I, II, III and IV are correct
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Pleurobrachia and Ctenoplana belong to: 
1. Porifera 
2. Cnidaria 
3. Ctenophora 
4. Platyhelminthes
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Triploblastic organization, bilateral symmetry but lack of coelom will be seen in:

1. Planaria 2. Pheretima
3. Periplaneta 4. Pinctada
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A worm:
I: has dorso-ventrally flattened body
II: is an endoparasite in human beings
III: has hooks and suckers present at its anterior end
In light of the above statements, it will be reasonable to conclude that this worm belongs to Phlyum:
1. Platyhelminthes 2. Annelida
3. Aschelminthes 4. Cnidaria
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Consider the two statements:
Statement I:  Planaria is a free-living flatworm and possesses high regeneration capacity.
Statement II: Hooks and suckers are present in parasitic flatworms.
1. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
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For osmoregulation and excretion, flatworms use:
1. statocysts 2. osphradia
3. flame cells 4. antennal glands
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): Flatworms have a dorso-ventrally flattened body.
Reason (R): They are mostly endoparasites.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).
3. (A) is True; (R) is False
4. Both (A) and (R) are False
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