Multiple Choice Questions

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The characteristic larva of Phylum- 'Coelenterata' is

  • planula

  • cysticercus

  • rhabdiform

  • wriggler


A.

planula

Coelenterata or Cnidaria shows both sexual and asexual reproduction. The larval stages are planula (Obelia) and ephyra (Aurelia).

Cysticercus is a bladder worm and the third level stage in Taenia. It is visible after the hexacanth is released in the stomach of pig, which goes in the blood circulation and on reaching muscles appears as bladderworm.

Rhabditiform is the first larval stage in Ascaris. It is a non- infective juvenile stage which rests for a week and completes first moult within egg and becomes second stage which is infective.

Wriggler is the larva of mosquito. It is free swimming, active, aquatic larva performing wriggling movements. It has life span of 3- 4 days.


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The intermediate host of Schistosoma is

  • Snail

  • mosquito

  • housefly

  • sheep


The vitamin which is essential for blood clotting is

  • Vitamin- A

  • Vitamin- B

  • Vitamin- C

  • Vitamin- K


The female genital pore of Pheretima posthuma located upon the segment

  • 14th

  • 16th

  • 18th

  • 15th


Polyp phase is absent in

  • Hydra

  • Aurelia

  • Physalia

  • Obelia


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In frog heart, there are cardiac muscles which consists of fibres called

  • Purkinje fibres

  • myonemes

  • telodendria

  • columnae carnae


Malphigian tubules are

  • excretory organs of insects

  • excretory organs of frog

  • respiratory organs of insects

  • endocrine glands of insects


In Mollusca, eye is present over a stalk, called

  • ostracum

  • operculum

  • ommatophores

  • osphradium


Tuberllarians are free living

  • nematodes

  • cestodes

  • flat worms

  • trematodes


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In blood, CO2 is transported majorly as

  • sodium carbonate

  • carboxyhaemoglobin

  • bicarbonate

  • CO2 as such