| a: | body bears eight external rows of ciliated comb plates, which help in locomotion. |
| b: | reproduction takes place only by asexual means. |
| c: | digestion is both extracellular and intracellular. |
| d: | sexes are separate. |
| 1. | a and c only | 2. | b and d only |
| 3. | a, b and c only | 4. | a, b and d only |
| 1. | Catching food and digesting it |
| 2. | Exchange of gases |
| 3. | Excretion and Osmoregulation |
| 4. | Regeneration of lost body parts |
| 1. | Annelida | 2. | Platyhelminthes |
| 3. | Aschelminthes | 4. | Chordata |
| 1. | have a true coelom lined by embryonic mesoderm |
| 2. | have a closed circulatory system |
| 3. | do not reproduce by sexual methods |
| 4. | have a complete digestive system |
| 1. | Sea Urchin | 2. | Sea lily |
| 3. | Brittle star | 4. | Brain coral |
| Statement 1: | Hemichordates were earlier considered as a sub-phylum under Phylum Chordata but are now placed separately in a phylum under non-Chordata. |
| Statement 2: | Hemichordates have a rudimentary structure in the collar region called stomochord, a structure homologous to the notochord. |
| 1. | Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct but Statement 2 does not explain Statement 1. |
| 2. | Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect. |
| 3. | Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect. |
| 4. | Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct and Statement 2 explains Statement 1. |
Which of the following represents the correct combination without any exception?
| Characteristic | Class | |
| 1. | Mammary gland; hair on body; pinnae; two pairs of limbs | Mammalia |
| 2. | Mouth ventral; gills without operculum; skin with placoid scales; persistent notochord | Chondrichthyes |
| 3. | Sucking and circular mouth; jaws absent; integument without scales; paired appendages | Cyclostomata |
| 4. | Body covered with feathers; skin moist and glandular; lungs with air sacs; fore limbs from wings | Aves |
In which one of the following, the genus name, its two characters and its phylum are not correctly matched, whereas the remaining three are correct?
| Genus Name | Two Characters | Phylum | ||
| 1. | Pila | (i) (ii) |
Body segmented Mouth with Radula |
Mollusca |
| 2. | Asterias | (i) (ii) |
Spiny skinned Water Vascular System |
Echinodermata |
| 3. | Sycon | (i) (ii) |
Pore bearing Canal system |
Porifera |
| 4. | Periplaneta | (i) (ii) |
Jointed appendages Chitinous exoskeleton |
Arthropoda |
| 1. | Choanocyte and helps sponges in movement of water through their canal system |
| 2. | Choanocyte and helps sponges in reproducing asexually under favourable conditions |
| 3. | Cnidocyte and helps sponges in catching their prey by paralyzing them |
| 4. | Colloblast and helps sponges in sticking to a surface |