Q. No.Which one of the following in birds, indicates their reptilian ancestry?
1.
Scales on their hind limbs
2.
Four-chambered heart
3.
Two special chambers crop and gizzard in their digestive tract
4.
Eggs with a calcareous shell
| 1. | Scales on their hind limbs |
| 2. | Four-chambered heart |
| 3. | Two special chambers crop and gizzard in their digestive tract |
| 4. | Eggs with a calcareous shell |
1. Closed circulatory system
2. Segmentation
3. Pseudocoelom
4. Ventral nerve cord
| 1. | Arthropoda - The body is divided into a head, thorax, abdomen and respiration by mouth |
| 2. | Chordata - Notochord at some stage and separate anal and urinary openings to the outside |
| 3. | Echinodermata – Pentamerous radial symmetry and mostly internal fertilization |
| 4. | Mollusca - Normally oviparous and developed through a trochophore or veliger larva |
Which one of the following pairs is mismatched?
| 1. | Pila globosa - pearl oyster | 2. | Apis indica- honey bee |
| 3. | Laccifer lacca- lac insect | 4. | Bombyx mori- silkworm |
What is common between parrot, platypus, and kangaroo?
1. Homeothermy
2. Toothless jaws
3. Functional post-anal tail
4. Oviparity
| 1. | absence of true coelom but the presence of metamerism |
| 2. | presence of neither true coelom nor metamerism |
| 3. | presence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism |
| 4. | presence of true coelom and metamerism (metamerisation) |
Which one of the following groups of three animals each is correctly matched with their one characteristic morphological feature?
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Animals |
Morphological feature |
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(a) Liver fluke, sea anemone, sea cucumber |
Bilateral symmetry |
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(b) Centipede, prawn, sea urchin |
Jointed appendages |
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(c) Scorpion spider, cockroach |
Ventral solid central nervous system |
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(d) cockroach locust, Taenia |
Metameric segmentation |
1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d
Which one of the following is a matching pair of a body feature and the animal possessing it?
1. Post-anal-tail - Octopus
2. Ventral Central nervous system - Leech
3. Pharyngeal gills slits absent in embryo - Chamaeleon
4. Ventral heart - Scorpion
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
| Animals | Morphological features | |
| A. | Crocodile | 4-chambered heart |
| B. | Sea urchin | Parapodia |
| C. | Obelia | Metagenesis |
| D. | Lemur | Thecodont |
1. A, C, and D
2, B, C, and D
3. Only A and D
4. Only A and B
What is true about Nereis, Scorpion, Cockroach, and Silverfish?
| 1. | They all have jointed paired appendages |
| 2. | They all possess a dorsal heart |
| 3. | None of them is aquatic |
| 4. | They all belong to the same phylum |
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