Multiple Choice Questions

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Assertion: Cephalisation is advantageous to an animal.

Reason: It improves the appearance of the animal.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. 

  • If assertion is true but reason is false. 

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


C.

If assertion is true but reason is false. 

Cephalisation is the concentration of nervous tissues and sense organs in or towards the anterior end forming a distinct head. It provides greater prominence and domination of the head over the rest of the body. It does not improve the appearance of the animal.


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Refer the given figure of digestive system of earthworm and identify the part labelled X.

  • Intestinal caecae

  • Typhlosole

  • Gizzard

  • Pharynx.


Select the incorrect statement.

  • Periplaneta has compound eyes.

  • Earthworm shows segmentation.

  • Ascaris shows sexual dimorphism.

  • Liver fluke has a complete alimentary canal


Assertion: Blood in cockroach is colourless haemolymph with no respiratory pigment.

Reason: Respiration in cockroach occurs through diffusion in haemolymph.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. 

  • If assertion is true but reason is false. 

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


Assertion : In Pleurobrachia, eight comb like ciliary plates called comb plates are present on the body that help in locomotion.

Reason : Pleurobrachia reproduces sexually and its life cycle includes cydippid larva.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


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Stinging capsules (nematocysts) are found in

  • wasp and honeybee

  • scorpion and cobra

  • sea pen and sea fan

  • cactus and Venus flytrap


Choose the correct pair

  • Coconut, cucurbits - dioecious

  • Honeybee, Rotifers - parthenogenesis

  • Ornithorhyncus, Whale - viviparity

  • Frog, Peacock - external fertilisation


Assertion: Branchiostoma and Balanoglossus are bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic animals.

Reason: They are exclusively marine and possess notochord.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. 

  • If assertion is true but reason is false. 

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


One of the world's most poisonous fish toxins is released by

  • clown fish

  • eel fish

  • sword fish

  • puffer fish


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Which of the following is correct regarding respiration in adult frog

  • In water- Skin, gills

  • On land - Skin, buccal cavity

  • In water- Skin, buccal cavity

  • On land- Skin, lungs, gills


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