Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one of the following group of animals is homeothermic?

  • Reptiles

  • Amphibians

  • Birds

  • Fishes


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Birds

Birds, humans and other mammals can maintain their body temperature irrespective of external temperature variation, i.e. they are warm blooded (homeothermic) animals. While, all reptiles, insects, amphibians and fishes are cold-blooded (poikilothermic) animals. These animals cannot control their body temperature, i.e. their body temperature varies considerably.


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Bioluminescence is a characteristic feature of

  • Diatoms

  • Dinoflagellates

  • Slime moulds

  • Euglenoid


The largest type of nematocysts in Hydra is

  • Holotrichous isorhizas

  • Atrichous isorhizas

  • Desmonemes

  • Stenoteles


Receptacle of antheridiophore and archegoniophore of Marchantia respectively are

  • 8 lobed, 9 rays

  • 6 lobed, 4 rays

  • 9 lobed, 5 rays

  • 2 lobed, 6 rays


Antelope cervicapra is

  • a mammal

  • commonly known as black back

  • an animal under data deficient category of wildlife

  • a threatened Indian wildlife


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Select the mismatch from those given below.

  • Noctiluca bioluminescence

  • Gonyaulax catenella saxitoxin

  • Pyrodinum red tide

  • Ceratium-zygotic meiosis


Which of the following represents the class of Tubifex?

  • Echiurida

  • Archiannetida

  • Hirudinea

  • Oligochaeta


Which one of the following matching pairs is incorrect?

  • Mollusca - Pseudocoel

  • Cnidaria - Nematocyst

  • Annelida - Chloragogen cells

  • Echinodermata - Water vascular system 


Which one of the following matching pairs is incorrect?

  • Shell fish - Pisces

  • Silver fish - Arthropoda

  • Cuttle fish - Mollusca

  • Star fish - Echinodermata


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Which one of the followings is not a characteristic feature of mammals?

  • Diphyodont tooth

  • Ten pairs of cranial nerves

  • Seven cervical vertebrae

  • Left aortic arch in the circulatory system


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