Approximately what percentage of existing animal species are invertebrates?

1. 20% 2. 50%
3. 70% 4. 95%

Subtopic:  Basis of Classification |
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Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. In cockroaches and prawns, excretion of waste material occurs through malpighian tubules.
2. In ctenophores, locomotion is mediated by comb plates.
3. In Fasciola flame cells take part in excretion.
4. Earthworms are hermaphrodites and yet cross fertilization take place among them.
Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda |
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Match the following list of animals with their level of organization.

Division of Labour Animal
A. Organ level i. Pheritima
B. Cellular aggregate level ii. Fasciola
C. Tissue level iii. Spongilla
D. Organ system level iv. Obelia

Choose the correct match showing division of labour with animal example:

i ii iii iv
1. B C D A
2. B D C A
3. D A B C
4. A D C B
Subtopic:  Phylum Porifera | Phylum Coelenterata | Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes | Phylum Aschelminthes | Phylum Annelida | Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca | Phylum Echinodermata | Phylum Hemichordata | General Introduction: Vertebrates & Agnatha |
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Identify the correct statement:
1. All pseudocoelomates are protostomes
2. All bilaterally symmetrical animals have a coelom
3. All animals have at least a tissue grade organization
4. All radially symmetrical animals are diploblastic

Subtopic:  Basis of Classification |
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

Phylum

Characteristic

1.

Porifera

Water vascular system

2.

Ctenophora

Bioluminescence

3.

Molluska

Radula

4.

Annelida

Closed circulatory system

Subtopic:  Phylum Porifera |
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The animals belonging to all the following groups are exclusively marine except:

1. Ctenophora 2. Porifera
3. Protochordata 4. Echinodermata
Subtopic:  Phylum Porifera | Phylum Coelenterata | Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes | Comparative study of Cartilagenous & Bony Fishes |
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Which of the following statements regarding Chondrichthyes may not be true for majority of members of the class? 
1. Notochord is persistent throughout life.
2. Skin has placoid scales.
3. Fertilization is internal.
4. Mouth is located ventrally.

Subtopic:  Comparative study of Cartilagenous & Bony Fishes |
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Perhaps the biggest reason for the enormous success of Arthropods is?

1. Chitinous exoskeleton 2. Diverse appendages
3. Respiration by tracheoles 4. Internal fertilization
Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda |
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Radially symmetrical animals:
1. Are all triploblastic
2. Tend to be sessile and passively floating
3. Have a definite head and a brain
4. Have an anterior and a posterior end

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Which of the following statements is not true about Nematodes?
1. They are bilaterally symmetrical, un-segmented worms
2. They are covered with a flexible, thick cuticle that is molted four times as they grow
3. They possess cilia or flagella on their reproductive cells
4. They possess a hydrostatic skeleton

Subtopic:  Phylum Aschelminthes |
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