Which class has the largest number of animals?

(a) Fishes

(b) Reptiles

(c) Insects

(d) Mammals
Answer: (c) Insects
. Salamander belongs to the class

(a) Pisces

(b) Aves

(c) Reptiles

(d) Amphibian
Answer: (d) Amphibian
Flame cells are the excretory structures for

(a) Annelida

(b) Coelenterates

(c) Platyhelminthes

(d) Echinodermata
Answer: (c) Platyhelminthes
Phylum Porifera is classified based on

(a) Branching

(b) Symmetry

(c) Spicules

(d) Reproduction
(c) Spicules
Select the correct pair

(a) Arthropoda – silver fish

(b) Pisces – jelly fish

(c) Echinodermata – cuttle fish

(d) Mollusca – star fish

Arthropoda – silver fish
Ascaris is characterized by

(a) Presence of true coelom and metamerism

(b) Presence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism

(c) Absence of true coelom and metamerism

(d) Absence of true coelom but the presence of metamerism

(c) Absence of true coelom and metamerism
Cnidaria is characterized by

(a) Tissue level of organization

(b) Nematoblasts

(c) Coelenteron

(d) All
: (d) All
Notochord occurs throughout life and all through the length of the body in

(a) Cephalochordata

(b) Hemichordata

(c) Urochordata

(d) Vertebrata
(a) Cephalochordata

Branchiostoma (Amphioxus) and Epigonichthys.

Periplaneta belongs to which phylum?

(a) Mollusca

(b) Arthropoda

(c) Annelida

(d) Echinodermata
(b) Arthropoda
Which of the following characters is not typical to class Mammalia?

(a) Alveolar lungs

(b) Seven cervical vertebrae

(c) Thecodont dentition

(d) Ten pairs of cranial nerves

Answer: (d) Ten pairs of cranial nerves

Thecodont dentition is a dentition in which the base of the tooth is enclosed in jaw sockets.
Radial symmetry is found in

(a) Coelenterata and Platyhelminthes

(b) Coelenterata and Echinodermata

(c) Arthropoda and Mollusca

(d) Porifera and Coelenterata

(b) Coelenterata and Echinodermata
Metamerism is characteristic of

A) Platyhelminthes

B)Mollusca

C)Porifera

D) Annelida
Animals/organisms floating on the surface of water areA)

Plankton

B)

Pelagic

C)

Benthon

D)

Neritic
a
Body does not show any segmentation in [CPMT 1981]

A) Frog

B)Cockroach

C)Earthworm

D)Star Fish/Hydra
d
An animal which comes out at night and hides during day time is

A)

Diurnal

B)

Nocturnal

C)

Cursorial

D)

Arboreal
b
Who proposed artificial system of classification

John Ray

Lamarck

Linnaeus

Wallace
c
Which phylum has a true coelom?

Cnidaria

Mollusca

Porifera

Annelida
d
Which organism possesses characteristics of plants and animals?

Bacteria

Monera

Euglena

Mycoplasma
c
A fat called blubber could be obtained from

Bats

Porpoises

Dolphin

Blue whale
d
Which one of the following pairs of animals comprises ‘jawless fishes’?

Guppies and hag fishes

Lampreys and eels

Mackerels and Rohu

Lampreys and hag fishes

d
Which one of the following groups of animals is bilaterally symmetrical and
triploblastic?

Sponges

Coelenterates (Cnidarians)

Aschelminthes (round worms)

Ctenophores
c
Which of the followings are egg laying mammals?

Insectivores

Monotremes

Marsupials

Bats
c
Octopus is:

(a) an arthropod

(b) an echinoderm

(c) a hemichordate

(d) a mollusk
Explanation:

Octopus is an animal of phylum Mollusca. Most molluscls have hard shell that protects their soft body, although in
some of them, the shell is missing or hardly visible e.g., octopus, oysters etc.

Ans- (d)