In Ctenophora:
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.
The correct statements are:
1. a and c only 2. b and d only
3. a, b and c only 4. a, b and d only

Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes |
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Consider the two statements:
Statement I:  Planaria is a free-living flatworm and possesses high regeneration capacity.
Statement II: Hooks and suckers are present in parasitic flatworms.
1. Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
2. Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct
3. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes |
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The structure shown in the given figure helps flatworms in:

1. Catching food and digesting it
2. Exchange of gases 
3. Excretion and Osmoregulation
4. Regeneration of lost body parts

Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes |
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Members of the Phylum Platyhelminthes differ from animals belonging to Phylum Annelida and Phylum Arthropoda in:
1. having two germ layers instead of three
2. lacking a coelom
3. showing bioluminescence
4. having a complete digestive system
Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes |
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A worm:
I: has dorso-ventrally flattened body
II: is an endoparasite in human beings
III: has hooks and suckers present at its anterior end
In light of the above statements, it will be reasonable to conclude that this worm belongs to Phlyum:
1. Platyhelminthes 2. Annelida
3. Aschelminthes 4. Cnidaria
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Consider the following statements regarding roundworms:
Statement I: Alimentary canal is complete with a well-developed muscular pharynx.
Statement II: An excretory tube removes body wastes from the body cavity through the excretory pore.
Statement III: They are dioecious and males are longer than females.
The incorrect statement is/are:
1. Only Statement II
2. Only Statement III
3. Only Statement I and Statement II
4. Only Statement II and Statement III
Subtopic:  Phylum Aschelminthes |
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Metamerism evolved for the first time in the members of the Phylum:
1. Annelida 2. Platyhelminthes
3. Aschelminthes 4. Chordata
Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida |
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Unlike Arthropods, Annelids:
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
Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida |
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Identify the incorrect statement regarding animals belonging to Phylum Annelida:
1. Aquatic annelids like Nereis possess lateral appendages, parapodia, which help in swimming.
2. Nereis is dioecious.
3. Earthworm is monoecious.
4. Hirudinaria, blood-sucking leech, is an annelid that lacks true coelom and metamerism.
Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida |
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Identify the correct statements regarding arthropods:
I: They are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, non-segmented and pseudocoelomate animals.
II: Arthropoda is the largest phylum of Animalia and includes more than 90 % of all species on the earth that are named so far.
III: Insects are arthropods with body consisting of head, thorax and abdomen.
 
1. Only I 2. Only I and II
3. Only III 4. Only II and III
Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda |
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