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
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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
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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
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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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