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41.

Organisms who are able to freely interbreed producing fertile off-springs and having a similar blueprint for making these organisms are referred to as

  • Species

  • Tribe

  • Genus

  • Sub-genus


42.

The stratified epithelium is found in

  • Seminiferous tubule

  • Fallopian tube

  • Nasal cavity

  • Kidney tubules


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43.

The basic unit of classification is

  • Species

  • Genus

  • Family

  • Phylum


A.

Species

The basic unit of classification is species. It is the lowest category of classification. It is a group of closely related individuals with similar morphological, anatomical, biochemical and cytological characters. It is a group of naturally interbreeding population with ability to produce fertile offsprings. Individuals of a species share a common gene pool. Species is reproductively isolated, thus genetically closed system. Species has the real existence in nature. The term 'species was given by John Ray, an English naturalist.


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44.

In most fungi, cell wall is chiefly made of

  • Cellulose

  • Chitin

  • Protein

  • Lipid


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45.

The blood of cockroach contains no respiratory pigment. It means that

  • respiration is anaerobic

  • cockroach does not respire

  • oxygen goes directly into tissues by diffusion

  • oxygen goes into tissue by intracellular capillary system


46.

Sciatic vein of frog opens in

  • heart

  • kidney

  • pelvic region

  • liver


47.

Which is common between earthworm, leech and centipede?

  • They have Malphigian tubules

  • They are hermaphrodite

  • They have ventral nerve cord

  • None of the above


48.

In Pheretima, septa are absent between which segments?

  • 3/4 and 9/10

  • 4/5 and 8/9

  • 5/6 and 7/8

  • 7/8 and 6/7


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49.

In cockroach, larval and nymphal characters are maintained by

  • ecdysone

  • salivary glands

  • parotid gland

  • juvenile hormone


50.

The female genital pore of Pheretima posthuma located upon the segment

  • 14th

  • 16th

  • 18th

  • 15th


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