Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one of the following statements about all the four of Spongilla, leech, dolphin and penguin is correct?

  • Penguin is homoiothermic while the remaining three are poikilothermic 

  • Leech is a fresh water from while all other are marine

  • Spongilla has special collared cells called choanocytes, not found in the remaining three

  • Spongilla has special collared cells called choanocytes, not found in the remaining three


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Spongilla has special collared cells called choanocytes, not found in the remaining three

Spongilla belongs to phylum- Porifera, in which, choanocytes are the characteristic cells, these are absent in leech, dolphin and penguin. These distinctive cells line the interior body walls of sponges. These cells have a central flagellum that is surrounded by a collar of microvilli Choanocytes are versatile cells. Their flagella beat to create the active pumping of water through the sponge, while the collars of choanocytes are the primary area where nutrients absorbed into the sponge.

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Toxic agents present in food which interfere with thyroxine synthesis lead to the development of 

  • toxic goitre

  • cretinism 

  • simple goitre

  • simple goitre

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Which one of the following statements about certainly given animals is correct?

  • Roundworms (Aschelminthes) are pseudocoelomates

  • Molluscs are acoelomates

  • insects are pseudocoelomates

  • insects are pseudocoelomates

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Which one of the following is not a lateral meristem?

  • Intrafascicular cambium

  • interfascicular cambium

  • Phellogen

  • Phellogen

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Which one of the following kinds of animals are tribalistic?

  • Flatworms

  • Sponges

  • Ctenophores

  • Ctenophores

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The energy -releasing metabolic process in which substrate is oxidised without an external electron acceptor is called

  • glycolysis

  • fermentation

  • aerobic respiration

  • aerobic respiration

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If for some reason our goblet cells are non -functional, this will adversely effect

  • Production of somatostatin

  • secretion of sebum from the sebaceous glands

  • maturation of sperms

  • maturation of sperms

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The plasma membrane consist mainly of 

  • phospholipids embedded in a protein bilayer

  • Proteins embedded in a phospholipid bilayer

  • proteins embedded in a polymer of glucose molecules

  • proteins embedded in a polymer of glucose molecules

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Carrier ions like Na+ facilitate the absorption of substance like

  • amino acids and glucose

  • glucose and fatty acids

  • fatty acids and glycerol

  • fatty acids and glycerol

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The scutellum observed in a grain of Wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?

  • Cotyledon

  • Endosperm

  • Aleurone layer

  • Aleurone layer

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