| I: | Annelids are metamerically segmented animals with a true coelom. |
| II: | Arthropods are the most abundant group of animals characterised by the presence of jointed appendages. |
| III: | Molluscs have a soft body surrounded by an external calcareous shell. |
| IV: | Echinoderms possess a spiny skin. |
| V: | Hemichordates are fresh water animals. |
| 1. | 2 | 2. | 3 |
| 3. | 4 | 4. | 5 |
| I: | possess a jaw |
| II: | have a cartilaginous endoskeleton |
| 1. | Only I is correct |
| 2. | Only II is correct |
| 3. | Both I and II are correct |
| 4. | Both I and II are incorrect |
| Assertion (A): | The digestive system in Platyhelminthes is called incomplete. |
| Reason (R): | Platyhelminthes are mostly endoparasites found in animals including human beings. |
| 1. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 1. | radially symmetrical, triploblastic and pseudocoelomate animals. |
| 2. | bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic and acoelomate animals. |
| 3. | bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic and pseudocoelomate animals. |
| 4. | radially symmetrical, diploblastic and eucoelomate animals. |
| 1. | Arthropods | 2. | Hemichordates |
| 3. | Most molluscs | 4. | Annelids |
| I: | They are exclusively marine. |
| II: | They have cellular level of organisation. |
| III: | They have a water vascular system with tube feet. |
| IV: | Digestion is intracellular. |
| V: | Fertilisation is external and development is direct. |
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A | Branchiostoma | P | Notochord persisting in adult |
| B | Ascidia | Q | Notochord present only in larval tail |
| C | Pristis | R | Cartilaginous endoskeleton |
| D | Catla | S | Bone endoskeleton |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | P | Q | R | S |
| 2. | P | Q | S | R |
| 3. | Q | P | R | S |
| 4. | Q | P | S | R |
| I: | are marine but migrate for spawning to fresh water. |
| II: | die within a few days of spawning. |