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✓✗The brain of frog is enclosed in a bony structure called the
- sternum
- brain box (cranium)
- pericardium
- vertebral column
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✓✗Which of the following statements about the digestive system of cockroach are correct?
A. The entire foregut is lined by cuticle.
B. The gizzard has six chitinous teeth.
C. Gastric caeca are at the junction of midgut and hindgut.
D. The hindgut is differentiated into ileum, colon and rectum.
E. The crop is used for grinding food.
Choose the correct answer.
A. The entire foregut is lined by cuticle.
B. The gizzard has six chitinous teeth.
C. Gastric caeca are at the junction of midgut and hindgut.
D. The hindgut is differentiated into ileum, colon and rectum.
E. The crop is used for grinding food.
Choose the correct answer.
- A, B, C and D only
- B, C and D only
- A, C and E only
- A, B and D only
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✓✗Which tissue is involved in functions like filtration and diffusion?
- Stratified columnar epithelium
- Simple squamous epithelium
- Simple columnar epithelium
- Stratified squamous epithelium
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✓✗Which connective tissue has a fluid matrix (plasma) in which cells float?
- Cartilage
- Bone
- Tendon
- Blood
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✓✗The total number of spiracles in Periplaneta americana is
- 20
- 8
- 6
- 10
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✓✗An organ such as the heart is made of
- only muscle tissue
- all four types of tissues
- only epithelium
- only connective tissue
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✓✗Which of the following characteristics is incorrect with respect to cockroach?
- In females, the 7th-9th sterna together form a genital pouch.
- A ring of gastric caeca is present at the junction of midgut and hindgut.
- The 10th abdominal segment in both sexes bears a pair of anal cerci.
- The hypopharynx lies within the cavity enclosed by the mouth parts.
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✓✗The exoskeleton of cockroach has hardened plates called sclerites. The dorsal sclerites are called
- terga
- cerci
- pleura
- sterna
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✓✗Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Cardiac muscle cells contract as a unit.
Reason (R): Communication junctions at fusion points (intercalated discs) allow neighbouring cardiac cells to be stimulated when one cell receives a signal to contract.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Assertion (A): Cardiac muscle cells contract as a unit.
Reason (R): Communication junctions at fusion points (intercalated discs) allow neighbouring cardiac cells to be stimulated when one cell receives a signal to contract.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- (A) is true but (R) is false.
- (A) is false but (R) is true.
- Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
- Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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✓✗If the thyroid is removed from a tadpole of frog,
- metamorphosis will not take place
- it grows into a giant frog
- it grows into a dwarf frog
- normal metamorphosis occurs
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✓✗The young one of cockroach is called a
- larva
- nymph
- maggot
- pupa
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✓✗Adhering junctions
- stop leakage of substances
- allow transfer of ions between cells
- conduct nerve impulses
- perform cementing to keep neighbouring cells together
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✓✗Given below are two statements.
Statement I: Ligaments are dense irregular tissue.
Statement II: Cartilage is dense regular tissue.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I: Ligaments are dense irregular tissue.
Statement II: Cartilage is dense regular tissue.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
- Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
- Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
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✓✗In cockroach, oxygen from the air reaches the body cells through which correct sequence?
- Haemolymph - spiracles - cells
- Mouth - pharynx - trachea - cells
- Tracheoles - tracheae - spiracles - cells
- Spiracles - tracheae - tracheoles - cells
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✓✗In frog, the thin-walled urinary bladder is present
- ventral to the rectum and also opens into the cloaca
- in the head, opening into the mouth
- dorsal to the kidneys, opening on the skin
- near the heart, opening into the lungs