General
✓✗Select the correct statements with reference to chordates.
A. Presence of a mid-dorsal, solid and double nerve cord.
B. Presence of closed circulatory system.
C. Presence of paired pharyngeal gill slits.
D. Presence of dorsal heart.
E. Triploblastic pseudocoelomate animals.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A. Presence of a mid-dorsal, solid and double nerve cord.
B. Presence of closed circulatory system.
C. Presence of paired pharyngeal gill slits.
D. Presence of dorsal heart.
E. Triploblastic pseudocoelomate animals.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- B, D and E only
- C, D and E only
- A, C and D only
- B and C only
General
✓✗Deuterostome condition and indeterminate radial cleavage are characteristics of
- Chordates and arthropods
- Chordates and echinoderms
- Arthropods and echinoderms
- Chordates, arthropods, and annelids
General
✓✗Select the group of organisms all of whose members are diploblastic.
- Ctenoplana, Taenia, Fasciola
- Pleurobrachia, Physalia, Meandrina
- Wuchereria, Culex, Limulus
- Aedes, Ascaris, Hydra
General
✓✗Which one of the following animals possesses nerve cells but no nerves?
- Hydra
- Tapeworm
- Earthworm
- Frog's tadpole
General
✓✗Prochordates lack
- Cranium and vertebral column
- Jaws and vertebral column
- Paired appendages
- All of the above
General
✓✗The excretory structures of flatworms/ Taenia are
- flame cells
- protonephridia
- Malpighian tubules
- green glands
General
✓✗Torpedo is commonly called
- suckerfish
- electric ray
- globefish
- sea horse
General
✓✗Which of the following statements about molluscs are correct?
A. The body is covered by a calcareous shell.
B. The body is metamerically segmented.
C. The mantle covers the visceral hump.
D. They are usually dioecious and oviparous.
E. Development is always direct.
A. The body is covered by a calcareous shell.
B. The body is metamerically segmented.
C. The mantle covers the visceral hump.
D. They are usually dioecious and oviparous.
E. Development is always direct.
- B, D and E only
- A, C, D and E only
- A, B and C only
- A, C and D only
General
✓✗Which one of the following is a matching pair of a body feature and the animal possessing it?
| (1) | Ventral central nervous system | Leech |
| (2) | Pharyngeal gill slits absent in embryo | Chamaeleon |
| (3) | Ventral heart | Scorpion |
| (4) | Post-anal tail | Octopus |
- (1)
- (2)
- (3)
- (4)
General
✓✗Echinoderms and chordates have
- pseudocoel
- schizocoelom
- enterocoelom
- haemocoel
General
✓✗Members of which phylum are mostly endoparasites found in animals, including human beings?
- Platyhelminthes
- Porifera
- Echinodermata
- Ctenophora
General
✓✗Which is not correct for sponges?
- Internal fertilization
- External fertilization
- Gemmule formation
- Gametes are formed from epidermal cells
General
✓✗Which of the following statements is/are correct with regard to deuterostomes?
(a) The blastopore develops into the anus.
(b) The blastopore develops into the mouth.
(c) Cleavage is radial and indeterminate.
(d) Cleavage is spiral and determinate.
(a) The blastopore develops into the anus.
(b) The blastopore develops into the mouth.
(c) Cleavage is radial and indeterminate.
(d) Cleavage is spiral and determinate.
- (a) and (c)
- (a) and (b)
- (b) and (d)
- (b) and (c)
General
✓✗Bony fishes are
- uricotelic
- ammonotelic
- ureotelic
- urico-ureotelic
General
✓✗Axolotl is the larva of
- Salamander
- Silkworm
- Roundworm
- Amphioxus