What is not true for a generalized mollusc?

1. Body segmented into head, visceral mass and foot.

2. A rasping tongue like organ – radula present.

3. Mantle cavity with gills

4. Excretory structures – nephridia

Subtopic:  Phylum Mollusca |
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Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:

Column I

Feature

Column II

Phylum

(a) Lateral line system

(b) Water vascular system

(c) Radula

(d) Comb plates

(e) Parapodia

(i) Ctenophora

(ii) Mollusca

(iii) Echinodermata

(iv) Osteichthyes

(v) Annelida

Codes

             (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)  (e) 

1.          (i)  (ii)  (iii)  (iv)  (v) 

2.          (iv)  (iii)  (ii)  (i)  (v)   

3.          (iv)  (iii)  (i)  (v)  (ii)

4.          (iii)  (ii)  (i)  (v)  (iv) 

Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes | Phylum Annelida | Phylum Mollusca | Phylum Echinodermata | Comparative study of Cartilagenous & Bony Fishes |
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Consider the following sets of some animals. The set that consists of all animals belonging to the same phylum is:

1. Pinctada, Aplysia, Chaetopleura

2. Dentallium, Pila, Echinus

3. Asterias, Antedon, Ascidia

4. Adamsia, Gorgonia, Pleurobrachia

Subtopic:  Phylum Mollusca |
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In which one of the following, the genus name, its two characters and its phylum are not correctly matched, whereas the remining three are correct?

Genus Name    Two characters Phylum
1. Pila (i) Body segmented
(ii) Mouth with Radula
Mollusca
2. Asterias (i) Spiny skinned
(ii) Water vascular system
Echinodermata
3. Sycon (i) Pore bearing
(ii) Canal system
Porifera
4. Periplaneta (i) Jointed appendages
(ii) Chitinous exoskeleton
Arthropoda
Subtopic:  Phylum Mollusca |
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Which one of the the following phyla is correctly matched with its two general characteristics?

(1) Arthropoda Body divided into head, thorax and abdomen and respiration by mouth

(2) Chordata Notochord at early stage only and separate anal and urinary openings to the outside

(3) Echinodermata Pentamerous radial symmetry and mostly internal fertilization

(4) Mollusca Normally oviparous and development through a trochophore or veliger larva

Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca |
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Which one of the following pairs is mismatched?

(1)

Pila globosa

pearl

(2)

Apis indica

honey

(3)

Kenia lacca

lac

(4)

Bombyx mori

silk

Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca |
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Which one of the following is a matching set of a phylum and its three examples?

1. Cnidaria − Bonellia, Physalia, Aurelia

2. Platyhelminthes −  Planaria, Schistosoma, Enterobius

3. Mollusca − Loligo, Teredo, Octopus

4. Porifera − Spongilla, Euplectella, pennatula

Subtopic:  Phylum Mollusca |
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Which of the following is wrongly matched?

(1) Haemoglobin in mammals – RBC

( 2) Haemozoin – Plasmodium cytoplasm

(3) Haemocyanin – leeches

(4) Haemoglobin dissolved in blood – Pheretima

Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida | Phylum Mollusca |
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Which of the following is called pearl oyster?

(1) Dentalium

(2) Pinctada

(3) Pila

(4) Aplysia

Subtopic:  Phylum Mollusca |
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The largest and the second largest phylum of the animal kingdom are

(1) Arthropoda and Echinodermata

(2) Echinodermata and Mollusca

(3) Mollusca and vertebrata

(4) Arthropoda and Mollusca

Subtopic:  Phylum Arthropoda | Phylum Mollusca |
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