Questions No:1
Which of the following assists in the locomotion of the organism stated ?
[A] Epithelium of Pheretima
[B] Trichocysts of Paramecium
[C] Pedicellaria of star fish
[D] Posterior sucker of Hirudinaria
Questions No:2
Which one of the following groups of three animals each is correctly matched with their one characteristic morphological feature?
Animals—– Morphological features
[A] Scorpion, spider, cockroach Ventral solid central nervous system
[B] Cockroach, locust, Taenia Metameric segmentation
[C] Liver fluke, sea anemone, Bilateral symmetry sea cucumber
[D] centipede, prawn, sea urchin Jointed appendages
Questions No:3
Which one of the following phyla is correctly matched with its two general characteristics?
[A] Echinodermata – pentamerous radial symmetry and mostly internal fertilization
[B] Mollusca-normally oviparous and development through a trochophore or veliger larva
[C] Arthropoda-body divided into head, thorax and abdomen and respiration by tracheae
[D] Chordata-notochord at some stage and separate anal and urinary openings to the outside
Questions No:4
What is true about Nereis, scorpion, cockroach and silver fish?
[A] They all possess dorsal heart
[B] None of them is aquatic
[C] They all belong to same phylum
[D] They all have jointed paired appendages
Questions No:5
Metameric segmentation is the characteristic of
[A] Mollusca and Chordata
[B] Platyhelminthes and Arthropoda
[C] Echinodermata and Annelida
[D] Annelida and Arthropoda
Questions No:6
Two common characters found in centipede, cockroach and crab are
[A] book lungs and antennae
[B] compound eyes and cerci
[C] jointed legs and chitinous exoskeleton
[D] green gland and tracheae
Questions No:7
From the following statements select the wrong one.
[A] Prawn has two pairs of antennae
[B] Nematocysts are characteristic of the phylum Cnidaria
[C] Millipedes have two pairs of appendages in each segment of the body
[D] Animals belonging to phylum Porifera are fresh water and marine
Questions No:8
In Arthropoda, head and thorax are often fused to form cephalothorax. but in which one of the following classes, is the body divided into head, thorax and abdomen?
[A] Insecta .
[B] Myriapoda
[C] Crustacea
[D] Arachnida and Crustacea
Questions No:9
Which one of the following is a matching pair of an animal and a certain phenomenon it exhibits?
[A] Pheretima-Sexual dimorphism
[B] Musca – Complete metamorphosis
[C] Chameleon-Mimicry
[D] Taenia-Polymorphism
Questions No:10
Given below are four matchings of an animal and its kind of respiratory organ
(A) Silver fish – Trachea
(B) Scorpion – Book lung
(C) Sea squirt – Pharyngeal gills
(D) Dolphin – Skin
The correct matchings are
[A] A and B
[B] A, B and C
[C] B and D
[D] C and D
Questions No:11
Similarity in Ascaris lumbricoides and Anopheles stephensi is
[A] sexual dimorphism
[B] metamerism
[C] anaerobic respiration
[D] endoparasitism
Questions No:12
Which one of the following is common in silverfish, scorpion, dragonfly and prawn?
[A] Three pairs of legs and segmented body
[B] Chitinous cuticle and two pairs of antennae
[C] Jointed appendages and chitinous exoskeleton
[D] Cephalothorax and tracheae
Questions No:13
Which one of the following is common to leech, scorpion and cockroach?
[A] Nephridia
[B] Ventral nerve cord
[C] Cephalization
[D] Antennae
Questions No:14
Book lungs are respiratory organs of
[A] Mollusca
[B] Mammalia
[C] Arachnida
[D] earthworm
Questions No:15
Which of the following is not an Arachnid ?
[A] Spider
[B] Itch mite
[C] Louse
[D] Tick
Questions No:16
Johnston’s organ is present in
[A] antenna of insect
[B] head of cockroach
[C] abdomen of housefly
[D] abdomen of spider
Questions No:17
Characters like hard exoskeleton,cephalothorax, gills for respiration are present in which of the following
[A] Insecta
[B] Myriapoda
[C] Crustacea
[D] Polychaeta
Questions No:18
Bilateral symmetry, metameric segmentation, coelom and open circulatory system are the features of
[A] Annelida
[B] Arthropoda
[C] Mollusca
[D] Echinodermata
Questions No:19
Which is common between earthworm, leech and centipede?
[A] They have Malpighian tubules
[B] They are hermaphrodite
[C] They have ventral nerve cord
[D] None of the above
Questions No:20
Malpighian tubules are
[A] excretory organs of insects
[B] excretory organs of frog
[C] respiratory organs of insects
[D] endocrine glands of insects