| I. | Body is covered by scales in all tetrapods. | 
| II. | Jaw is present in all vertebrates. | 
| III. | All terrestrial vertebrates have at-least a three chambered muscular heart. | 
| 1. | All are incorrect | 
| 2. | All are correct | 
| 3. | Only III is correct | 
| 4. | Only II is correct | 
| 1. | Gill slits are ventrally placed | 
| 2. | Head and trunk are widened considerably | 
| 3. | Distinct demarcation between body and tail | 
| 4. | Their pectorals fins are distinctly marked off from cylindrical bodies | 
| Assertion (A): | Radial symmetry in animals is advantageous in detecting food and danger. | 
| Reason (R): | It allows the animal to be able to respond to stimulus from any direction. | 
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) | 
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). | 
| 3. | (A) is true, but (R) is false. | 
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are false. | 
| 1. | Squid, Devil fish, Flying fish, Dogfish | 
| 2. | Apple snail, Pearl oyster, Brittle star, Brain coral | 
| 3. | Sea urchin, Sea lily, Sea cucumber, Sea horse | 
| 4. | Cuttlefish, Sea-hare, Tusk shell, Chiton | 
| 1. | Presence of a swim bladder | 
| 2. | Ventrally located mouth | 
| 3. | Lack of operculum | 
| 4. | Placoid scales | 
| Assertion (A): | Hemichordata was earlier considered as a sub-phylum under non-chordata but now it is placed as a separate Class under Chordata. | 
| Reason (R): | Hemichordates have a rudimentary structure in the collar region called stomochord, a structure homologous to notochord. | 
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). | 
| 2. | (A) is True but (R) is False. | 
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are False. | 
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). | 
| Column I [Phylum]  | 
			Column II [Characteristic]  | 
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| A. | Porifera | P. | Water vascular system | 
| B. | Aschelminthes | Q. | Canal system | 
| C. | Echinodermata | R. | Pseudocoelom | 
| D. | Hemichordata | S. | Stomochord | 
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | Q | R | P | S | 
| 2. | S | R | Q | P | 
| 3. | Q | S | R | P | 
| 4. | R | S | P | Q | 
| 1. | Ascidia | 2. | Doliolum | 
| 3. | Brannchiostoma | 4. | Petromyzon | 
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Radula | P. | Osteichthyes | 
| B. | Operculum | Q. | Molluska | 
| C. | Flame cell | R. | Flat worms | 
| D. | Hair | S. | Mammalia | 
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | P | S | Q | R | 
| 2. | Q | P | R | S | 
| 3. | Q | R | P | S | 
| 4. | R | Q | S | P | 
| 1. | capturing prey in Cnidarians | 
| 2. | generating water current in sponges | 
| 3. | osmoregulation in rotifers | 
| 4. | movement in ctenophores |