The terms for ‘summer sleep’ and ‘winter sleep’ seen in frogs respectively are:
1. | Aestivation and Hibernation |
2. | Hibernation and Aestivation |
3. | Diapause and Cryptobiosis |
4. | Cryptobiosis and Diapause |
I: | Phylum | Chordata |
II: | Subphylum | Vertebrata |
III: | Superclass | Gnathostomata |
IV: | Class | Tetrapoda |
1. | I and II only | 2. | III and IV only |
3. | I and III only | 4. | II and IV only |
Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): | Frogs have the capability to change the colour and resemble their surroundings. |
Reason (R): | They are poikilothermous animals. |
1. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A) |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A) |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
1. | Rana temporaria | 2. | Rana tigrina |
3. | Bufo bufo | 4. | Bufo melanostictus |
1. | they are an important source of food all over the world. |
2. | toxins derived from them can cure many human ailments. |
3. | while burrowing, they loosen soil in arid environments making the soil highly fertile. |
4. | they eat insects and protect the crop. |
I: | have a constant body temperature and are warm blooded. |
II: | have the ability to change the colour to hide them from their enemies (camouflage). |
III: | are not seen during peak summer and winter. |
Assertion (A): | The gastro-intestinal tract of Rana tigrina is short in length. |
Reason (R): | Rana tigrina is a carnivore. |
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 |
Assertion (A): | Many environmental scientists believe amphibians, including frogs, are good biological indicators of broader ecosystem health. |
Reason (R): | These organisms have intermediate positions in food chains, have permeable skins, and typically have biphasic lives (aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults). |
1. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) explains (A) |
3. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A) |
Assertion (A): | Frogs are at their most vulnerable to predators when they are undergoing metamorphosis. |
Reason (R): | At this time, the tail is being lost and locomotion by means of limbs is only just becoming established. |
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 but (R) is True. |
1. | It is dry with scales. |
2. | The colour of ventral side of body is generally olive green with dark irregular spots. |
3. | On the dorsal side the skin is uniformly pale yellow. |
4. | The frog never drinks water but absorbs it through the skin. |