Q.1
Who raised the status of hemichordates from subphylum to phylum?
  • a) Linnaeus
  • b) Lamarck
  • c) Horst
  • d) Belfour
Q.2
Earthworm has no skeleton but during burrowing the anterior end becomes turgid and act as a hydraulic skeleton. It is due to
  • a) Setae
  • b) Mucocytes
  • c) Coelomic fluid
  • d) Longitudinal muscles
Q.3
Choanocytes occur in:
  • a) Sycon
  • b) Hydra
  • c) Aurelia
  • d) Adamsia
Q.4
The animal in which sexes can be differentiated from external morphology is
  • a) Taenia
  • b) Krait
  • c) Ascaris
  • d) Sea anemone
Q.5
Select the correct statements
  • a) Allannelids have setae
  • b) Allmolluscs have external or internal hell
  • c) All echinoderms have water vascular system
  • d) All arthropods have at least one pair of antenna
Q.6
Most primitive animals are
  • a) Sponges
  • b) Coelenterates
  • c) Flat worms
  • d) Round worms
Q.7
Cuttlefish is a
  • a) Mollusc
  • b) Lung fish
  • c) Cnidarian
  • d) Fish
Q.8
Respiration in Crustacea is carried out by
  • a) Gills
  • b) Booklungs
  • c) Tracheae
  • d) All of thes
Q.9
How many of the statements are not true regarding annelida? (i) Found in marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitat. (ii) Mostly free living and some parasitic forms. (iii) Both longitudinal and circular muscles aid in locomotion. (iv) Metamerically segmented and acoelomate animals. (v) Both sexual and asexual mode of reproduction.
  • a) one
  • b) two
  • c) three
  • d) four
Q.10
Which pairing is correct?
  • a) Apiculture- Honeybee
  • b) Sericulture – Fish
  • c) Pisciculture - Birds
  • d) Apiculture - Silk moth
Q.11
In a sponge the whole inner surface of the asconoid is lined by:
  • a) Pinacocytes
  • b) Choanocytes
  • c) Amoebocytes
  • d) Calcoblast
Q.12
Match the following:
Column I Column II
a Pennatula 1 Brain coral
b Meandrina 2 Sea fan
c Gorgonia 3 Sea pen
d Adamsia 4 Sea anemone
  • a) a →3 , b → 1 , c → 2 , d → 4
  • b) a →1 , b → 3 , c → 2 , d → 4
  • c) a →2 , b → 4 , c → 1 , d → 3
  • d) a →2 , b → 3 , c → 4 , d → 1
Q.13
Mouthparts of housefly are
  • a) Sponging and Sucking type
  • b) Lapping and Chewing type
  • c) Siphoning type
  • d) Piercing type
Q.14
Which of the following is false:
  • a) Antedon – Sea lily – Echinodermata.
  • b) Dentalium – Tusk shell – Mollusca.
  • c) Aplysia – Sea hare – Echinodermata.
  • d) Leppesma – Silver fish – Arthropoda.
Q.15
In mollusca, eye is present over a stalk called
  • a) Ostracum
  • b) Operculum
  • c) Osphradium
  • d) Ommatophore
Q.16
Which is not a member of Echinodermata?
  • a) Ophiothrix
  • b) Sea lily
  • c) Ascaris
  • d) Starfish
Q.17
Ambulacral system is characteristic of
  • a) Mollusca
  • b) Echinodermata
  • c) Arthropoda
  • d) Rotifera
Q.18
Trochophore larva is found in
  • a) Annelida
  • b) Platyhelminthes
  • c) Coelenterata
  • d) Porifera
Q.19
Which process does not occur in Hydra?
  • a) Regeneration
  • b) Cleavage
  • c) Mating
  • d) Fertilization
Q.20
Diagnostic character of the phylum Echinodermata is the presence of
  • a) Spiny skin
  • b) Pedicellariae
  • c) Water vascular system
  • d) All of these
Q.21
Hard shell, muscular body, ommatophores and foot are description about
  • a) Pila
  • b) Tortoise
  • c) Periplaneta
  • d) Limulus
Q.22
epas, Limulus, Lepisma and Scolopendra have jointed appendages. Which of the below set of organisms are aquatic and respire through gills
  • a) Lepas and Limulus
  • b) Lepas and Lepisma
  • c) Scolopendra and Lepas
  • d) Limulus and Scolopendra
Q.23
Which is correct in sponges?
  • a) Single mouth innumerable exits
  • b) Single exit innumerable mouths
  • c) A true coelom
  • d) Radial symmetry
Q.24
Liver Fluke belongs to class
  • a) Trematoda
  • b) Turbellaria
  • c) Cestoda
  • d) Nematoda
Q.25
Respiratory organ in scorpion is
  • a) Bookgills
  • b) Booklungs
  • c) Gills
  • d) Skin
Q.26
What distinguishes an insect from crustacean?
  • a) Number of eyes
  • b) Presence of wings
  • c) Number of appendages
  • d) Arrangement of nerve cords
Q.27
Pick out the incorrect statement:
  • a) Choanocytes are found in Cnidaria
  • b) Porifers are diploblastic
  • c) Porifers have only one outlet for water
  • d) Porifers have many inlets for water
Q.28
Puncturing elements in mouthparts of female Anopheles are
  • a) Labrum and labium
  • b) Mandibles and labium
  • c) Maxillae and mandibles
  • d) Hypopharynx and labium
Q.29
The body of hemichordate is cylindrical and consists of:
  • a) Anterior collar, a proboscis and a long trunk.
  • b) Anterior proboscis, a collar and a long trunk.
  • c) Anterior trunk, a proboscis and a long collar.
  • d) Anterior trunk, a collar and a long proboscis.
Q.30
Nephridia and setae are seen in
  • a) Sea anemone
  • b) Sea urchin
  • c) Earthworm
  • d) Sea lemon
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