Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following is not found in vertebrates

  • Bilateral symmetry

  • Gill opening

  • Body scales

  • Cnidoblasts


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Cnidoblasts

Cnidoblasts (nematoblast) are specialised and modified interstitial cells which are found in coelenterates. These are the organs of defence and offence.


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Which one feature is common to leech, cockroach and scorpion

  • Nephridia

  • Cephalisation

  • Ventral nerve cord

  • Antenna


Which of the following is a viral disease in silkworm ?

  • Flacherie

  • Grasserie

  • Muscardine

  • Pebrine


Assertion : The duck-billed Platypus and the spiny ant-eater, both are egg-laying animals yet they are grouped under mammals.

Reason : Both of them have seven cervical vertebrae and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion

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

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false


Tube-within-a-tube body plan is shown by

  • coelenterates

  • platyhelminthes

  • aschelminthes (nemathelminthes)

  • porifers


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Which of the following is not the example of marine fishes ?

  • Labeo

  • Mugil

  • Hilsa

  • Sardines


Which artery is absent in frog

  • Right systemic arch

  • Phrenic artery

  • Carotid artery

  • Renal artery


Blind sac body plan is shown by

  • roundworms

  • annelids

  • coelenterates

  • arthropods


Shifting of ammonotelism to ureotelism is seen in

  • fishes

  • protopterus

  • frog

  • snake


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True coelom appeared first in the course of evolution in

  • Aschelminthes

  • Chordata

  • Echinodermata

  • Annelida


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