Multiple Choice Questions

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The eggs of the amphibians are

  • Mesolecithal

  • Telolecithal

  • Centrolecithal

  • Homolecithal


B.

Telolecithal

Based on the quantity of yolk in the cytoplasm of the eggs, it is classified into:-

(i) Homolecithal (uniformaly distributed yolk

(ii) Telolecitha (yolk is concentrated in the vegetal half) e.g., In amphibians.

(iii) Mesolecithal (Yolk is very large, occupies most of the space).

(iv) Centrolecithal (Yolk localised at the centre).


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Mammals have

  • biconvex RBCs to increase the surface area

  • biconcave RBCs to increase the surface area

  • spherical RBCs to increase the surface area

  • no RBCs


All chordates at one or other stage possess

  • two pairs of pentadactyl limbs

  • pharyngeal gill slits

  • movable jaw

  • vertebral column


Aristotle's lentern is

  • pedicellariae in Pycnopodia

  • arval form in Antedon

  • pressure equalisation plate in Asterias

  • masticatory organ in the digestive tract of sea urchin


Haemocyanin pigment is found in which of the following animal group?

  • Annelida

  • Insects

  • Lower invertebrates

  • Platyheliminthes


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A fish introduced into a water body to control mosquito population is

  • Gambusia

  • Labeo

  • Notopterus

  • Fistularia


Mehli's gland in tapeworm is associated with

  • respiration

  • reproduction

  • excretion

  • circulation


Identify the incorrect match

  • Mulberry silk - Bombyx mori

  • Tasar silk - Antheraea pernyi

  • Muga silk - Antheraea assama

  • Eri silk - Attacus ricini


Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between

  • fishes and amphibians

  • Annelida and Arthropoda

  • Annelida and Mollusca

  • reptiles and mammals


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Which of the following animals has a tetramorphic colony?

  • Velella

  • Physalia

  • Obelia

  • Porpita


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