Multiple Choice Questions

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Malpighian tubµles are

  • excretory organs of insects

  • excretory organs of frog

  • respiratory organs of insects

  • endocrine glands of insects


A.

excretory organs of insects

Excretory organs of insects are called as malpighian tubules. They absorb excretory substances from haemolymph and fat bodies and pass into the proctodaeum. Uric acid is the excretory product of insects.

Trachea is the respiratory organ of insects. It opens outside by ten pairs of spiracles, present in thoracic and abdominal parts.

Endocrine glands of insects consist of corpora allata, corpora cardiaca and prothoracic gland. They regulate metamorphosis in insects through different hormonal secretion.

Excretory organ of frog is kidney.


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Which of the following cell type is capable of giving rise to other cell types in sponges ?

  • Thesocytes

  • Pinacocytes

  • Cnidocytes

  • Archaeocytes


In sea anemone, the symmetry is

  • radial

  • bilateral

  • spherical

  • absent


Flying fish is

  • Torpedo

  • Scoliodon

  • Anguilla

  • Exocoetus


Salamandra atra is

  • ovoviviparous

  • oviparous

  • sexuaily sterile

  • parthenogenetic


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The characteristic larva of phylum Coelenterata is

  • planula

  • cysticercus

  • rhabditiform

  • wriggler


The group of anamniota includes:

  • reptiles and birds

  • birds and mammals

  • fishes and amphibians

  • reptiles, and mammals


Ecdysone is secreted from:

  • insecta

  • trematoda

  • nematoda

  • polycheta


Which of the following is not a character of Chordata?

  • Dorsal tubular nerve cord

  • Pharyngeal gill slits

  • Presence of notochord

  • Presence of spinal cord


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Apis dorsata refers to

  • rock bee

  • little bee

  • Indian bee

  • European bee


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