DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS, PUNJAB UNIVERSITY

SUBJECT: BIODIVERSITY OF ANIMALS

DR. Samreen Riaz

QUIZ ASSIGNMENTS; THEORY

TOTAL MCQS; 500

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. is a clade of animals with true tissues
a. Eumetazoa
b. eutratozoa
c. Radiata
d. Bilateral

2. Zoologists currently recognized phyla.

a. 15
b. 25
c. 35
d. 45

3. Most animal phyla belong to the clade

a. bilateral
b. Radiata
c. metazoan
d. Eumetazoa

4. Vertebrates belong to the clade

a) deuterostome
b) bilatera
c) Radiata
d) metazoa

5. is the root of Animal Phylogenetic Tree.

a) Eumetazoa
b) sponge
c) metazoan
d) eukarya

6. The shedding of old skeleton is called

a) Lysis
b) ecdysis
c) ecdysone
 d) ecdysomania

7. splits into radial or bilateral animals.

a) Eumetazoa
b) metazoan
c) bilatera
d) radiate

8. is further divided into prostomial or deuterostomia.

a) Radiata
b) bilatera
c) metazoan
d) Eumetazoa

9. Protostomes include;

a) Nematodes
b) annelids
c) mollusks
d) nematodes, annelids, mollusks

10. Deuterostomes include;

a) Chordates
b) Echinodermata
c) ectoproeta
d) chordates, encinodermates, ectoproeta

11. Which one is not with radial symmetry.

a) Porifera
b) cnidarian
c) Mollusca
d) annelids

12. Mouth develop from blastopore in

a) Protostomes
b) deuterostome
c) coelomates
d) acoelomates

13. In deuterostomes, blastopore forms

a) Mouth
b) nasal cavity
c) ears
d) anus

14. Protostome included;

a) Mollusks
b) arthropods
 c) annelids
d) listed above all

15. Cleavage is spiral and determinate in

a) Deuterostome
b) protostome
c) Radiata
d) blastopore

16. In protostome , solid masses of mesoderm split and form coelom.

a) Schizocoelous
b) enterocoelous
c) radiate
d) bilateral

17. Cleavage is radial and indeterminate in;

a) proterosome
b) deuterostomes
c) Radiata
d) enterocoelous

18. In protostome, mouth develops from;

a) Endoderm
b) ectoderm
c) mesoderm
d) mesoglea

19. In deuterostomes; anus develops from;

a) Blastopore
b) gastrula
c) mesoderm
d) endoderm

20. symmetry has left right side;

a) Radial
b) bilateral
c) deuterostome
d) mesoderm

21. In deuterostomes, ___ folds of archenterons forms

a) Blastopore
b) Schizocoelous
c) enterocoelous
d) blastopore, Schizocoelous, enterocoelous

22.A group of animal species that share the same level of organizational complexity is known as,

a) Family
 b) Clade
c) Grade
d) class

23.Animals with _____ body plan has sensory equipment concentrated at the anterior end with a mouth and a
posterior end

a) Bilateral symmetry
b) Radial symmetry
c) asymmetrical
d) central symmetry

24.____ is collection of individual cells work cordially

a) Organism
b) Tissue
c) Organ system
d) organ

25.Embryo becomes layered through the process of,

a) Gastrulation
b) Cell division
c) Meiosis
d) Differentiation

26.Ectoderm gives rise to

a) CNS
b) PNS
c) Spinal cord
d) Mesoglea

27 gives rise to lining of digestive track

a) Endoderm
b) Ectoderm
c) Mesoderm
d) mesoglea

28.Animals having only endoderm and ectoderm are called,

a) Triploblastic
b) Diploblastic
c) Radial
d) Bilateral

29.Triploblastic animals have third layer than diploblastic animals

a) Endoderm
b) Mesoderm
c) Ectoderm
d) mesoglea
30.Mesoderm gives rise to,

a) Muscles
b) Nerves
c) Liver
d) Spleen

31. is a body cavity separating digestive track from outer body wall

a) Coelom
b) germ layer
c) gut
d) mesoderm

32.True coelom forms from

a) Coelom
b) germ layer
c) gut
d) mesoderm

33.Pseudocoelom is present in,

a) Nematodes
b) Annelids
c) Flatworms
d) mammals

34.Acoelomate is,

a) Flatworm
b) Round worm
c) Annelids
d) Nematodes

35.In ____ planes of cell division are diagonal the the vertical axis of the embryo

a) Radial cleavage
b) Spinal cleavage
c) Gastrulation
d) Germination

36.In radial cleavage, planes of cell division are __ to the vertical axis of the egg

a) Parallel
b) Perpendicular
c) parallel and perpendicular
d) Radial

37.The developing digestive tube of the embryo initially forms as a blind pouch called:

a) mesocoleum
b) archenteron
c) Schizocoelous
d) endoderm
38.The mesoderm bud from the outer of archenteron and its cavity becomes

a) Coelom
b) Pseudo coelom
c) A coelom
d) Mesocoleum

39. Biologists have identified living species of animals.

a. 13 million
b. 14 million
c. 16 million
d. 15 million

40. The estimation of total number of animal species is from 10-20 million to as many as

a. 20-30 million
b. 40-60 million
c. 100-200 million
d. 300-400 million

41. The mode of nutrition in animals is

a. Saprotrophic
b. Heterotrophic
c. Autotrophic
d. Omnivorous

42. Animals are multicellular, unlike

a. Fungi
b. Plants
c. Protists
d. Reptiles

43. Animals lack

a. Collagen
b. Cell wall
c. Cytoplasm
d. Cell membrane

44. Animals bodies are held together by structural proteins called

a. Fibrin
b. Insulin
c. Haemoglobin
d. Collagen

45. The most abundant structural protein in animals is

a. Collagen
b. Fibrin
c. Keratin
d. Hemoglobin

46. Collagen is found in

a. Inside cells
b. Extracellular spaces
c. Gap junction
d. Adherens junctions

47. Different types of special junctions found in animals are

a. Six
b. Nine
c. Three
d. One

48. Other structural proteins besides collagen, are found in:

a. Gap junction
b. Teeth
c. Bones
d. Blood vessels

49. Two specialized form of cells in animals which are not found in other multicellular organisms.

a. Nerve cells, muscle cells

b. Muscle cells, blood cells
c. Blood cells, dead cells
d. Endothelial cells, epithelial cells

50. In animals, muscle tissue is responsible for

a. Impulse conduction
b. Movement
c. Blood clotting
d. Fluid uptake

51. In animals, nerve tissue is responsible for

a. Impulse conduction
b. Movement
c. Fluid uptake
d. Nutrition

52. During the development of most animals, cleavage of zygote leads to the formation of multicellular stage
called:
a. Blastula
b. Gastrula
c. Cleavage
d. Meiosis

53. Development of embryonic tissues to adult body parts after blastula stage is termed as:

a. Blastulation
b. Gastrulation
c. Differentiation
d. Mitosis

54. Which stage follows blastula stage during development in animals:

a. Meiosis
b. Mitosis
c. Gastrula
d. Embryo

55. Sexually immature form of an animal that is distinct from the adult stage in many ways.

a. Larva
b. Zygote
c. Seeds
d. Embryo

56. Which of the following is not an animal larva?

a. Tadpoles
b. Caterpillar
c. Darkling beetle
d. Firebrats

57. A resurgence of development that transforms the animal larvae into an adult is called:

a. Metamorphosis
b. Hypomorphosis
c. Cytomorphosis
d. Pedomorphosis

58. The family genes which control cell division and differentiation, expression of other genes, producing different
morphological features of animals are:

a. PTFGR genes
b. INSR genes
c. EXAMPA genes
d. Hox genes

59. During developmental stages in animals, the hollow ball of cells is called:
 a. Blastula
b. Gastrula
c. Larva
d. Morula

60. According to paleontologists, how much animal species went extinct

a. 80%
b. 90%
c. 50%
d. 99%

61. The first generally accepted fossils of animals are only

a. 575 million years old

b. 575 billion years old
c. 757 million years old
d. 757 billion years old

62. During sexual reproduction in animals, the stage dominates the life cycle is

a. Haploid
b. Pre-fertilization
c. Diploid
d. Ploidy

63. The zygote of an animal undergoes a succession of mitotic divisions called:

a. Fracture
b. Cleavage
c. Chipping
d. Rift

64. Embryos discovered in China that clearly exhibit the basic structural organization of present-day animal
embryos were almost

a. 570 million years ago

b. 200 million years ago
c. 300 million years ago
d. 100 million years ago

65. Animal diversification increased between 542 and 525 million years ago, early in the period of:

a. Paleozoic Era
b. Mesozoic era
c. Cenozoic era
d. Jurassic era

66. The Cambrian period was followed by the

a. Ordovician Period
b. Pre-Cambrian Period
c. Jurassic Era
d. Triassic Era

67. What emerged as the top predators of the marine food chain in the Cambrian Period

a. Crabs
b. Fishes
c. Sharks
d. Lancetfish

68. Vertebrates made the transition to land around

a. 400 million years ago

b. 360 million years ago
c. 200 million years ago
d. 160 million years ago

69. The first coral reefs formed in

a. Paleozoic era
b. Mesozoic era
c. Cenozoic era
d. Cambrian era

70. Cenozoic era lasted around

a. 65.5 million years ago

b. 40 million years ago
c. 30 million years ago
d. 20 million years ago

71. Mesozoic era lasted around:

a. 251 million years ago

b. 100 million years ago
c. 350 million years ago
d. 100 million years ago

72. Arthropods began to adapt to terrestrial habitats as indicated by the appearance of millipedes and centipedes
in

a. Paleozoic era
b. Jurassic period
c. Cambrian period
d. Cenozoic period

73. Paleozoic era lasted around

a. 542 million years ago
b. 400 million years ago
c. 242 million years ago
d. 100 million years ago

74. Animals are:

a. Autotrophs
b. Unicellular
c. Prokaryotes
d. Heterotrophs

75. Several hypotheses regarding the cause of the Cambrian explosion suggests that:
a. Massive comet or asteroid
b. Decrease in atmospheric oxygen that preceded the Cambrian explosion
c. Evolution of Hox gene complex provided the developmental flexibility that resulted in variations in
morphology
d. Warming of the Earth’s climate
76. Mesozoic era is known for the formation of first

a. Land plant
b. Amphibian
c. Coral reefs
d. Reptiles

77. .Species of sponges that are present

a .4500

b. 5500

c. 6500

d. 7500

78. The type of feeders that sponges are

a. filter feeders

b. bulk feeders

c. suspension feeders

d. fluid feeders

79. .The central cavity of sponges is

a. spongocoel

b. gastrocoel

c. osculum

d. ostia
80. .The water flows out of the sponge through

a. spongocoel

b. gastrocoel

c. osculum

d. ostia

81. .Cells that line the interior of spongocoel

a. choanocytes

b. porocytes

c. amoebocyte

d. epidermal cells

82. .A gelatinous region which separates two layers of cells in the body of sponges is

a. mesohyl

b. mesoglea

c. mesoderm

d. spongocoel

83. .Cells that wander through mesohyl are

a. choanocytes

b. porocyte

c. amoebocyte

d. epidermal cells

84. .Sharp spicules in sponges are made from

a. calcium oxalate

b. sodium carbonate

c. sodium bicarbonate

d. calcium carbonate or silica

85. The flexible fibres in some sponges are composed of protein

a. actin

b. myosin

c. spongin

d. tubulin

86. .Most sponges act as

a. hermaphrodites
b. male

c .female

d. trans-sexual

87. .Eggs of sponges reside in

a. choanocytes

b. mesohyl

c. porocytes

d. amoebocytes

88. .Marine sponges produce a compound called

a.alkaloid

b.polyketoid

c.steroid

d.cribrostatin

89. .Cribrostatin can kill strains of bacterium

a.streptococcus

b.staphlyocouss

c.bacillus

d.spirochete

90. .Cnidarians exist about how many years ago

a.550 million years

b.570 million years

c.560 million years

d.580 million years

91. .Hydras and sea anemones exist in the form of

a.medusa

b.tentacles

c.polyp

d.alternate form between polyp and medusa

92. .Unique cells that function in defense and the capture of prey

a.choanocytes

b.porocytes

c.cnidocytes
d.amoebocytes

93. .Cnidarians are

a.carnivores

b.herbivores

c.omnivores

d.fluid feeders

94. .Medusae form include

a.hydras

b.corals

c.sea anemones

d.jellies

95. .The layer which is present between epidermis and gastrodermis is

a.mesohyl

b.mesoglea

c.mesoderm

d.endoderm

96. .Flower animals are part of group

a.anthozoans

b.cubozoans

c.hydrozoans

d.scyphozoans

97. .One of the deadliest organisms on Earth is

a.Chironex flecken

b.Schyphozoa

c.obelia

d.Chironexjleckeri

98. .People that can be killed by the toxins produced by Chironexjleckeri

a.25

b.105

c.60

d.10

99. .Scientific name of sea wasp is

a.cubazoans

b.C. flecken

c.Chironexjleckeri

d.lycopsida

100..Organisms that eat Cubazoans and have great defense mechanism against toxins of Chironexjleckeri

a.sea turtles

b.star fish

c.jelly fish

d.sea urchins

101..Group that belongs to class anthozoa is

a.Chironexjleckeri and Chironex flecken

b.sea turtles and Chieonexjleckeri

c.sea anemones and corals

d.corals and sea urchins

102.. Corals secrete

a.sodium carbonate

b.silica

c.sodium bicarbonate

d.calcium carbonate

103..Factors that contribute to the destruction of corals are

a.heat

b.pollution and overfishing

c.UV radiation

d.X -rays

104..The larva of hydrozoan Obelia is

a.cercaria

b.rhagon

c.planula

d.filariform

105.. Nematocytes are present in

a.sponges

b.cnidaria
c.platyhelmenthis

d.annelida

106.. All are the features of cnidaria EXCEPT

a.nematocytes

b.contractile tissues

c.well-developed Nervous system

d.no brain and ganglia

107..Cnidaria is divided into groups

a.3

b.5

c.7

d.4

108..Hydra is the example of

a.cubozoa

b.anthozoa

c.scyphozoa

d.hydrozoa

109..Choose asexual means of reproduction that occur in some cnidarians

a.budding

b.gametes Formation

c.double fertilization

d.fragmentation

110..Cubozoa has

a.ball shaped medusa

b.clover shaped medusa

c.box-shaped medusa

d.spherical medusa

111..Length of tentacles in scyphozoans is

a.100m

b.15.2 m

c.157m

d.6m
112..In life cycle of hydrozoan Obelia

a.alternation of generation takes place

b.polyp is involved only

c.medusa is involved only

d.sometimes alternation and sometimes only polyp

113..Organisms having haploid gametes

a.sea anemones

b.hydra

c.pinworm

d.obelia

114..All triploblastic organisms constitute

a .radial symmetry

b.bilateral symmetry

c.radial symmetry in larvae stages and then develops bilateral symmetry

d.bilateral symmetry in larvae stages and then develops radial symmetry

115.Bilateral animals are those that are divisible into how many symmetrical parts on either side of a unique plane:
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) Five
116. Animals included in clade Bilateria have germ layers of cells.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
117.Protostomia is included in:
a) Bilateral Symmetry
b) Radial symmetry
c) Irregular Symmetry
d) Spiral Symmetry
118.Which of the following pair of sides does a bilateral animal possess:
a) Left and Right
b) Dorsal and Ventral
c) Left, right and dorsal, ventral
d) Above and Below
119.The development of head, an important feature of bilateral animals, is called:
a) Cephalization
b) Evolution
c) Ecdysis
d) Metamorphosis
120.Following is the middle germ layer in triploblasts which gives rise to the body cavity called:
a) Endoderm, Pseudocoelom
 b) Mesoderm, Coelom
c) Endoderm, Coelom
d) Mesoderm, Pseudocoelom
121.Echinoderms show bilateral symmetry in stage of their lives:
a) Larval
b) Adult
c) Growing
d) Later
122.Blastopore of Deuterostomes forms:
a) Mouth
b) Gut
c) Coelom
d) Anus
123.Blastopore of Protostomes forms:
a) Gut
b) Coelom
c) Anus
d) Mouth
124.The middle imaginary line that divides bilateral animals into two equal halves is called:
a) Margin
b) Central Plane
c) Sagittal Plane
d) Cross sectional Plane
125.What percentage of all animals display bilateral symmetry:
a) 97%
b) 98%
c) 99%
d) 96%
126.Bilateral symmetry allows which body shape which helped early ancestors of animals, particularly those that
lived in the oceans:
a) Streamline
b) Linear
c) Pear
d) Rounded
127.The clade Bilateria includes the following except:
a) Lophotrychozoza
b) Ecdysozoa
c) Cnidaria
d) Deuterostomia
128.The best known tubullarians are commonly called:
a) Planarians
b) Nematodes
c) Earthworms
d) Cnidarians
129.Features of flatworms include:
a) Acoelomates
b) Protonephridia
c) Gastrovascular cavity
d) All of the above
130.Tapeworms are parasites of:
a) Vertebrates
b) Invertebrates
 c) Mammals
d) Reptiles
131.These are smaller than many protists but are truly multicellular and have specialized organ systems:
a) Annelid
b) Rotifers
c) Molluscs
d) Gastropods
132.Lophotrochozoa includes:
a) Flatworms
b) Rotifers
c) Annelids
d) Flatworms, Rotifers, Annelids
133.Rotifers reproduce by:
a) Binary fission
b) Parthenogenesis
c) Parthenocarpy
d) Budding
134.A lophophore is:
a) Horse-shoe shaped
b) Suspension-feeding organ
c) Has ciliated tentacles
d) Horse-shoe, suspension-feeding, ciliated tentacles
135.Ectoprocta and Brachiopoda belong to:
a) Lophophorates
b) Ecdysozoa
c) Deuterostomia
d) Cnidaria
136.Snails, slugs, oysters, octopuses and squids are included in:
a) Annelida
b) Nematoda
c) Mollusca
d) Echinodermata
137. How many living species of molluscs are gastropods:
a) One quarter
b) Half
c) Three quarters
d) All
138.Hirudin chemical, which prevents blood from coagulating, is secreted by:
a) Earthworms
b) Leeches
c) Polychaetes
d) All of the above
139.Following have a closed circulatory system, well-developed sense organs and a complex brain:
a) Cephalopods
b) Gastropods
c) Bivalves
d) Chitons
140.Nematodes lack which organ system:
a) Nervous
b) Respiratory
c) Digestive
d) Circulatory
141. Reproduction in nematodes is usually:
a) Sexual
b) Asexual
c) Sometimes sexual, sometimes asexual
d) Resembles to mammals
142.Arthropods contain a fluid known as:
a) Blood
b) Water
c) Haemolymph
d) None of the above
143.Arachnids consist of which of the following:
a) Spiders
b) Tapeworm
c) Round worm
d) Leech
144.Gas exchange in spiders occurs in respiratory organs called:
a) Tracheal system
b) Book lungs
c) Capillaries
d) Nasal cavity
145.Centipedes, belonging to clan Chilopoda, are:
a) Omnivores
b) Herbivores
c) Carnivores
d) None

146. Isopods include species with habitat:

a) Terrestrial
b) Marine
c) Freshwater
d) Every kind

147. The correct order of metamorphosis life cycle is:

a) Egg, pupa, larva, adult

a) Egg, larva, pupa, adult
b) Adult, egg, larva, pupa
c) Adult, egg, pupa, larva

148. Decapods are all relatively large:

a) Crustaceans
b) Arachnids
c) Insects
d) Arthropods

149. Sea cucumbers have how many rows of tube feet:

a) 4
b) 3
c) 5
d) 6

150. Chordates have evolved separately for at least:

 a) 650 million years
b) 600 million years
c) 550 million years
d) 500 million years

151. Myriapods are terrestrial and have jaws like:

a) Mandibles
b) Molars
c) Teeth
d) Pre molars

152. Spiders produce silk, a liquid protein from specialized glands:

a) Sebaceous
b) Pineal
c) Adrenal
d) Abdominal

153) It remains attached to body of hook:

a) Class turbellaria
b) Class trematode
c) Class monogema
d) Class cestoda

154) A major parasite in human population:

a) Taenia solium
b) Gyodaactilus
c) Monogema
d) Cestoda

155) Important predator of food web:

a) Planaria
b) Amoeba
c) Tape worm
d) Hook worm

156) They inhabit any region where snails and mammals are found:

a) Fasciola
b) Planaria
c) Amoeba
d) Paramecium

157) The organ of mollusc are bathed in:

a) Blood
b) Body fluid
c) Water
d) Hemolymph
158) Radula is in mollusc:

a) Sex organ
b) Feeding organ
c) Digestive organ
d) Excretory organ

159) What is nephridium:

a) Excretory organ
b) Sex organ
c) Digestive organ
d) Feeding organ

160) Nervous system in mollusc consists of:

a) Nerve ring around esophagus

b) Nerves
c) Nerve cells
d) Neurons

161) There are species of Mollusca:

a) 23000
b) 42000
c) 93000
d) 52000

162) Molluscs have:

a) 4 feet
b) 2 feet
c) Muscular feet
d) insects

163) Mantleextends beyond:

a) Muscular foot
b) Nephridium
c) Visceral mass
d) Hemolymph

164) Molluscs means:

a) Round
b) Hard
c) Square
d) Soft
 165) Body has main parts:

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

166) Molluscs are bodied animals:

a) Soft bodied
b) Hard bodied
c) Moderate
d) Rough body

167) Most molluscs have sexes:

a) Same
b) Separate
c) Non differentiable
d) many

168) There are clan of platyhelminthese:

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

169) Dugesia belongs to class:

a) Class tubellaria
b) Class trematode
c) Class monogemas
d) Class cestoda

170) Class tubellaria uses for locomotion:

a) Cilia
b) Flagella
c) Nucleus
d) Appendages

171) Economic imp of dugesia:

a) Pest control
b) Loss of ferms
c) Livestock
d) Pollution control

172) Despite their apparent differences, all molluscs have a body plan:
a) Different
b) Similar
c) Same
d) Almost same

173) Many snails are:

a) Hermaphrodites
b) Heterotrophs
c) Autotrophs
d) photoautotrophs

174) What is trochophase in marine molluscs:

a) Developmental embryo
b) Birth of offspring
c) Ciliated larval stage
d) Ciliated blastula stage

175) Molluscs have circulatory system:

a) Open
b) Close
c) Half open
d) Half close

176) Used to make pork suspicious mean:

a) Taenia
b) Fasciola
c) Mucous
d) Dugesia

177) Snails belong to phylum

a) Mollusa
b) Gastropoda
c) Cephalopoda
d) Bivalvia

178) Chitors belong to which class of phylum

a) Gastropoda
b) Bivalvia
c) Polypiacophora
d) Cephalopoda

179) Squids, octopuses and cuttle fish belong to which class of phylum molusca :

a) Cephalopoda
b) Bivalvia
c) Polypiacopora
d) Gastropoda

180) Slugs, squids and octopus have

a) Reduced internal shells

b) Hard shells
c) No shells
d) No hard shells

181) Earthworms move by contricution and coordination of

a) Muscles
b) Bistles
c) Tissues
d) Appendages

182) Earth segment of earthworm has pairs of bristles

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

183) Stiff bristles in earthworm help in traction of :

a) Movement
b) Contraction
c) Burrowing
d) Running

184) Fertilization is stimulated by relax of

a) Cocoon
b) Lignin
c) Mucous
d) Chitin

185) Largest group of annelids

a) Polychatare
b) Earthworm
c) Tapeworm
d) Leeches

186) Free swimming polychytes move using

a) Appendages
b) Joints
c) Bristles
d) Muscles

187) Which of these are notorious for blood sucking

 a) Polychaiter
b) Tapeworm
c) Leeches
d) Earthworm

188) The mot leeches live in

a) Marine
b) Soil
c) Fresh water
d) Damp places

189) Leeches suck blood time its weight

a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) 40

190) Segments of annelids are :

a) Similar
b) Different
c) Small
d) Big

191)Blood sucking leeches use like jaws:

a) Knife
b) Razor
c) Fork
d) Needle
192) Leeches are medically important because of
a) Anti-coagulant
b) Antibiotic
c) Mucous
d) Cell wall

193._ are enormously abundant in soil.

a.Earthworm

b. roundworm

c. snail

d. scorpion

194.Round worm are abundantly in the .

a.soil as well as aquatic

b. soil
c.aquatic

d. terrestrail

195.Most distinctive feature of roundworm is_.

a.moist/smooth

b. rough

c. tough/cuticles

d. smooth

196.How many species of nematodes are known.

a.30,000

b.20,000

c.10,000

d.25,000

197.: How many species of arthropods are known.

a.1,000,000

b. 25,000

c.20,000

d. 10,000

198.insect, crustacean and arachnids are species of.

a.Nematodes

b. arthropods

c. cyclophora

d. tardigrades

199. Arthropods have _

a.segmented exoskeleton

b. jointed legs

c.segmented exoskeleton and jointed legs

d. antenaa

200.: example of arachnid.

a roundworm
b.scorpion

c.Cyclophora

d.Tardigrades

201. Nematoda, roundworm, present in most tissues of

a.Animal

b.Plants

c.plants and animals

d.Protozoa

202. Nematoda do not have.

a.soft body

b.moist body

c.tough

d.segmented

203.shape of nematodes body is

a.Circular

b.cylindrical

c.cubical

d.square

204. Phylum nematodes have range of length less than

a.2mm

b.1mm

c.5mm

d.10mm

205.: Phylum nematodes have range of length less than

a.1Meter

b. 2meter

c. 2.5

d.3meter

206. Nematodes have trapping fine tip at the end.

a.Posterior

b.Right

c. left

d.anterior

207.: Blunt tip is present at the end.

a.Posterior

b. anterior

c. left

d.right

208.: Fine tip and Blunt tips are covered by the

a.Cuticles

b.tissues

c. lipids

d. protein

209.Nematodes have the old cuticles and born a new, larger cuticles that

a.Sheds

b. destroyed

c. extract

d.grows

210.: Through which canal nematodes lacks circulatory system.

a.Alimentary

b.central grand canal

c. blood vessels

d.respiratory tract

211. The muscles of nematodes producing during contraction motion.

a.Vibratory

b.circular

c. thrashing

d.rotatory
 212. Muscles of nematode are

a.Longitudinal

b.right

c. circular

d. transverse

213.Nematodes reproduction is

a.non-sexual

b. sexual

c.binary

d. fermentation

214. A female nematodes fertilize egg per day.

a.20,000

b. 30,000

c. 100,000

d.50,000

215.Free-living women play important role in_ and _

a.growth/development

b. movement

c.decomposition/nutrient cycle

d.egg production/nourishment

216. is the model research organism in developmental biology.

a.Caenorhabditis

b. Nematodes

c. Scorpion

d.Earth worm

217.is revealing mechanism involve in human aging.

a.C. dedans

b. Virus

c. vitamins

d.proteins
 218.Worm that cause trichinosis_.

a.Trichinella spiralis

b.Acinetobacter

c.Bacteroides fragilis

d. Clostridium difficile

219.Trichinella control the expression of specific.

a.Muscular gene

b.Cells

c.muscular tissues

d.nerve cells

220.: Most of arthropods is.

a.Insects

b.Earthworm

c.birds

d.nematodes

221.Arthropoda ‘means’ .

a.jointed arms

b.jointed ears

c. jointed legs

d.jointed muscles

222.: Exoskeleton of arthropods are construct of_and _.

a.Protein

b.chitin

c.fats

d.protein and phospholipid.

223.: Arthropods shedding its old exoskeleton and producing large one process is known as

a. Deminrelization

b.ecdysis

c.minerilization

d.Parthenogenesis
 224.: Role of exoskeleton in seas.

a.Protection

b. encourage the muscle

c. protect and encourage muscles

d.minerlizes

225.: Role of exoskeleton in land.

a.Protection

b.encourage the muscle

c. impermeability to water

d. flexibility

226.: Antennae function in arthropods for .

a.Smell

b.touch

c.smell and touch

d.eyes

227.In arthropods fluid in circulatory system are called.

a.Blood

b. water

c.hemolymph

d.hemocyle

228.: The body sinuses are collectively called.

a.Hemocoel

b.Hemolymph

c.fluid

d.vesicles

229.How many pairs appendiages of cheliceriformes .

a.5

b.6

c.7
d.8

230.: Milipedes are.

a.Herbivorous

b.Ominivorous

c.Carnivorous

d.predators

231..Feather stars crawl about by arms.

a. Long, flexible

b. Short, flexible

c. Short, inflexible

d. Long, inflexible

232.. Fossilized sea lilies of some are extremely similar to the present species of this class.

a. 200 million years

b. 300 million years

c. 400 million years

d. 500 million years

233.. Sea cucumber has rows of tube feet.

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

234.. Sea daisies discovered in.

a.1973

b.1986

c.1990

d. 1992

235.. Only species of sea daisies are discovered.

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4
d. 5

236.Sea daisies live on the submerged wood off the coast on the

a. Singapore

b. Turkey

c. New Zealand

d. Scotland

237.. Armless body of sea daisies is shaped.

a. Circular

b. Disk

c. Star

d. Rectangular

238.Sea daisies has symmetry.

a. Two-fold

b. Three-fold

c. Four-fold

d. Five-fold

239.. Armless body of sea daisies typically measured centimetre in diameter

a. Less than

b. More than

c. Equal to

d. One

240.. Some taxonomist consider sea daisies to be highly derived from

a. Sea lilies

b. Feather stars

c. sea stars

d. Sea cucumber

241.The notochord is rod located between digestive tube and nerve cord.

a. Transverse, flexible

b. Longitudinal, inflexible

c. Transverse, inflexible

d. Longitudinal, flexible
 242.. The tunicates most resemble other chordates during their larval stage which is as brief as

a. few minutes

b. 2 minutes

c. Few hours

d. 2 hours

243.. All chordates posses structural trademark of the phylum at some point during their development.

a. two

b. Three

c. Four

d. Five

244..Phylum Echinodermata is little common with which phylum

a.Chordata

b. Mollusca

c. Arthropoda

d.Nematoda

245..Echinoderms move by;

a.They are sessile

b.Cillia

c.flagella

d.amoeba

246.Echinoderms larvae have which Symmetry

a. Radial

b.bilateral

c.symmetrical
d. Asymmetrical

247..Echinoderms are classified into how many classes

a.Two

b.four

c.six

d.seven

248..Sea star have multiple arms radiating from

a.A ventral disk

b.a central disk

c.a horizontal disk

d. a circular ring

249..Sea star use which of the following to grasp prey

a.Tube feet

b.arms

c.legs

d.tentacles

250..Sea urchins are roughly

a.Elliptical

b.circular

c.spherical
d.flattenend

251..What is common in both sea urchins and sand dollars

a.Have arms

b.Have no arms

c.don’t have tube feet

a.Have tube feet

252..An adult lancelet look much more like

a.Adult tunicate

b.larval tunicate

c.Parental tunicate

d.mature tunicate

253.Who presents that tunicates represents an early stage in chordates

a.William Garstang

b.William James

c.William Gilbert

d.William Wallace

254.The process which has been documented in no. of evolutionary transition is known as.

a.Paedomorphosis

b.paedophobia

c.neoteny
d.paedogenesis

255..Studies of Hox gene expression suggest that tunicate larva does not develop which Regions of the body

axis

a.Anterior

b.posterior

c.middle

d.upper

256..Brittle star have a distinct

a.Ventral disk and long flexible arm

b.central disk and short flexible arm

c.central disk and long flexible arm

d.ventral disk and short flexible arm

257..The word vertebrate is derived from Latin word vertebra , which means

a.To bent

b.To turn

c.Spine

d.verbal column

258..How many million years ago vertebrates were restricted to oceans?

a. 600 M
b 300

c.200 M

d.400 M

259.. How many years ago did legs and feet accompanied on one linage of vertebrates?

a.360

b. 260

c. 160

d. 460

260..How many species of vertebrates are there

a 32,000

b.52,00

c.40,000

d.10,000

261..Blue whales can exceed the mass of.

a.200,000 kg

b.500,000 kg

c.100,000 kg

d.700,000 Kg

262.. Arctic terns breed only near the shores of.

a.arctic ocean

b.arctic sea

c.arctic pond

d.arctic lake

263..Vertebrate are the subphylum of phylum.

a.Mollusca

b.chordata

c.Echino dermatan

d.arthropoda

264.. What is the symmetry of Chordates?

a.asymmetrical

b.symmetrical

c.bilateral symmetrical

265..Chordates belong to the clade of.

a. deuterostomia

b.radiata

c.bilateria

d.protostomata

266.. In which of the following the heart is not in ventral position?

a.Fish

b.Frog

c.Lamprey

d. Carbs

267..Which of them are not included in phylum chordates.

a. Fish

b. Amphibians

c. Birds

d.Ring worm

268..Which phylum has notochord

a. Phylum Annelida

b. Phylum porifera

c. Phylum Chordata

d.Phylum Echinodermata

269..Phylum chordata includes

a. 30,000 species

b. 65,000 species

c. 20,000 species

d.50,000 species

270.Chordates with a head are known as:

a) Cromates
b) Craniates
c) Molluses
 d) Annelids
271.The word craniates derived from:
a) Carbamate
b) Cranium
c) Head
d) Nerve cord
272.Craniates on a genetic level possess how many clusters of box genes.
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) five
273.On genetic level craniates possess which two clusters of genes.
a) linear
b) box
c) cube
d) circular
274.Lancelets and Tunicates have
a) two
b) one
c) three
d) five
275.Craniates have one more complex morphology than those of tunicates and lancelets due to:
a) one box of cluster genes
b) additional genetic Complexity
c) additional linear cluster of box gene
d) nerve cord
276.One feature unique to craniates is:
a) brain
b) muscles
c) neural crest
d) embryo
277.Neural crest give rise to all expect:
a) teeth
b) bones
c) skin
d) hair
278.In aquatic craniates the pharyngeal clefts evolved into:
a) gills slits
b) head
c) brain
d) ventral cord
279. The neural crest consists of which bonds of cells.
a) ventral
b) bilateral
c) dorsal
d) frontal
280.Gill slits are associated with:
a) muscles and nerves
b) lungs and kidneys
 c) brain and spinal cord
d) skin and teeth
281.Water pumping in craniates can assist:
a) sucking in food
b) facilitates water exchange
c) diffusion
d) swallowing
282.Muscle lining in digestive tract of craniates aid digestion by:
a) up and down movement
b) moving food through tract
c) secreting acid
d) extensive activity
283. Craniates also have heart with at least chambers:
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) six
284.Craniates remove waste products from blood with help of:
a) red blood cells
b) kidneys
c) lungs
d) niphredia
285. The most primitive fossil of chordates is of:
a) myxini
b) haikouella
c) denticuota
d) none of these
286. Most primitive fossil is of how much length
c) 2cm
d) 3cm
e) 4 cm
f) 5 cm
287.The mouth structure of Haikouella indicate that it was probably:
a) auxotroph
b) parasite of human
c) suspension feeder
d) decomposer

288.Haikouella also had some characters of

a) Nematodes
b) Craniates
c) Annelids
d) Molluses
289.The character of Haikouella that suggest innovations to Chordate nervous system:
a) absence of muscles
b) absence of skin
c) absence of eyes
d) absence of skull
290.The skull of Haikouichthys may have been composed of:
 a) calcium
b) cartilage
c) carbonate
d) silica
291.Haikouichyths are chordates.
c) Most advanced
d) most primitive
e) c) ancestor
f) d) local
292.The least derived craniates lineage that still survive is class
a) myxini
b) oligocheatae
c) poly hydrate
d) divot
293.The skull of Hag fish is made of:
a) cartilage
b) calcium
c) silica
d) carbonate
294.Hag fish lack:
a) jaws
b) mouth
c) c) anus
d) d) kidneys
295.Hag fish swim in which fashion.
a) snake like
b) birds like
c) duck like
d) sea horse like
296.Haikouichyths is a craniate
a) false
b) dominated
c) recessive
d) true
297.Hag fish has tooth like formation made of which protein in their mouth.
a) Keratin
b) Collagen
c) Albumin
d) Fibrinogen
298. living species of hag fish that are Marine
a) 30
b) 50
c) 55
d) 70
299.Length of Hag fish is
a) 40 cm
b) 50 cm
c) 60 cm
d) 70 cm
300.When Hag fish is feeding which may repulse other scavengers.
a) water glands
b) slime glands
c) moisture glands
d) secretary glands
301.When a hag fish is attacked by a potential predator , it can produce
a) gel
b) mucous
c) water
d) slime
302.The slime coats which part of an attacking Hag fish.
a) gills
b) mouth
c) anus
d) nasal cavity
303.Traditionally, which term has been applied to any craniate except tetra pods
a) JBSH
b) JTS
c) M1Ts
d) J1sh
304.Slime gel might be used to curtail during surgery.
a) bleeding
b) pour filling
c) stitching
d) cutting
305.Hagfish swim by using their:
a) segmental muscles
b) fins
c) arms
d) tail
306.Hag fish belong to class:
a) Notochord
b) Myxini
c) Cephalopod
d) Reptilian
307.Which one is a true craniate
a) Haihntichihys
b) Myxini
c) Haikouella
d) Hag fish

308.the most recent common ancestor of living amphibians and amniotes lived about a million years ago
a. 240
b. 340
c. 440
d. 540
309.The Jaragua Lizard is mm long
a. 12
 b. 14
c. 16
d. 18
310.Snakes are
a. Herbivores
b. Omnivores
c. Carnivores
d. Invertebrates
311.All dinosaurs became extinct by the end of the period
a. Jurassic
b. Triassic
c. Cretaceous
d. Mesozoic
312.the most distinctive groups of reptiles alive today
a. Lizards
b. Snakes
c. Turtles
d. Crocodile
313.There are species of birds worldwide
a. 6400
b. 7400
c. 8400
d. 9400
314.Bird feathers are made up of a protein called
a. Collagen
b. Cronin
c. P-Keratin
d. F-spondin
315.The fastest birds are named
a. Dash
b. Speedsters
c. Winds
d. Swifts
316.The fastest birds can fly up to km/hr.
a. 150
b. 160
c. 170
d. 180
317.Which of these is not a marsupial
a) Kangaroo
b)Possums
c) Koalas
d)Lizards
318.Humans walk on how many pair of legs
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1
319.Humans are hominoids
 a. Monopodia
b. Bipedal
c. Tripedal
d. Tetra Pedal
320.Different rates of evolution of different species is called evolution
a. Parallel
b. Fluid
c. Mosaic
d. Vertical
321.The ancestors of humans originated in
a. Oceania
b. Asia
c. Africa
d. South America
322.The fossils support molecular evidence about the origin of humans
a. Sudanese
b. Chinese
c. Ethiopian
d. Australopithecine
323.Were the first vertebrates with mineralized skeletal elements in their mouth and pharynx
a. Conodonts
b. Brachiopod
c. Trilobite
d. Rugose
324.Placoderms were a close relative of living
a. Gnathostomes
b. Osteichthyans
c. Chondrichthyes
d. Mammalia
325.Acanthodians were closely related to
a. Gnathostomes
b. Osteichthyans
c. Chondrichthyes
d. Mammalia
326.Craniate are chordates that have a
a. Spinal Cord
b. Head
c. Legs
d. Feathers
327.Tetra pods have
a. Pair of Limbs with Digits
b. Pair of Limbs without Digits
c. Four Limbs with Digits
d. Four Limbs without Digits
328.Birds descended from
a. Prokaryotes
b. Eukaryotes
c. Dinosaurs
d. Fishes
329.The ancestors of humans originated in
a. Oceania
b. Asia
c. Africa
d. South America

330.Which of the following are monotremes

a. Echidnas
b. Opossum
c. Koala
d. Wombats
331.Lampreys are
a. Vertebrates with Jaws
b. Vertebrates without Jaws
c. Invertebrates with Jaws
d. Invertebrates without Jaws
332.They complete development inside the maternal pouch
a. Humans
b. Marsupials
c. Tetra pods
d. Chordates
333.They are commonly called sea squirts
a. Lancelets
b. Hagfishes
c. Tunicates
d. Lampreys
334.Ostracoderms had defensive plates of bone on their
a. Teeth
b. Eyes
c. Head
d. Skin
335.Humans have
a. Bipedal Locomotion
336.B) A Large Jaw
a. A Small Brain
b. Extreme Large Legs
337.The digestive tract of chordates is extended from the mouth to
a. Larynx
b. Pharynx
c. Stomach
d. Anus
338.Adult lancelets can be up to cm
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
339.Lampreys represent the living lineage of vertebrates
 a. Modern
b. Early
c. Late
d. Old
340.There are about. Species of lampreys inhabiting various marine
a. 20
b. 30
c. 35
d. 40
341.Most conodonts were in length
a. 10-20
b. 20-30
c. 3-10
d. 1-3
342.There are about. Species of living Chondrichthyes
a. 750
b. 450
c. 550
d. 650
343.Sharks eggs are fertilized
a. Externally
b. Internally
c. Ovoviviparous
d. Oviparous
344.Chondrichthyes have changed in little in
a. 350
b. 355
c. 357
d. 358
345.Chordates with the head is known as
a. Craniate
b. Chondrichthyes
c. Diplopoda
d. Chilopoda
346.During the period of A lineage of craniate evolved into vertebrates
a. Cambrian
b. Silurian
c. Mesozoic
d. Paleozoic

347.Gnathostomes are vertebrates that have

a. claws

b.jaws

c.teeth

d.stings

348.Gnathostomes jaws evolved from the modification of

 a.skeletal rods

b. skeletal beads

c.skeletal round

d.skeletal muscle

349.The common ancestor of gnathostomes share genes

a.jumping genes

b.DNA

c.Hox genes

d.transposons

350.The gnathostomes have enlarged other than craniates

a.forebrain

b.Mid brain

c.medula

d.Pons

351.In aquatic gnathostomes have such system along their body

a.lateral line

b.lateral round

c.tubular

d.spherical

352.The ancestors of gnathostomes have skeleton

a.mineralized endoskeleton

b.mineralized exoskeleton
c.Hydroskeleton

d.non mineralized

353.Gnathostomes appeared in about years ago become more diverse

a.470million years

b.475million years

C.260million years

d.300million years

354.What structures made enable them to swim effectively

a.Paired fins and tail
 b.only tail

C.fins and gills

d.only gills

355.Their enable them to grab their prey

a.jaws

b.teeth

c.fins

d.gills

356.The earliest gnathostomes have extinct lineage of armored vertebrates.

a.placoderms

b.ectoderms

c.endoderms

d.mesoderms

357.The height estimated of placoderms is about

a.10m

b.15m

c.12m

d.10.5m

358.Acanthodian are more closely related to

a.osteichthyans

b.crustaceans

c.fishes

d.annelids

359.The term “osteichthyans” means those species which are

a.ray-finned and lobe-fins

b.without jaws
c.without fins

d.without gills

360.Both placoderms and Acanothodian have disappeared in about years ago

a.360million years

b.400million years

C.500million years
 d.600million years

361.The term “chondrichthyans”means those fishes which are

a.cartilageneous

b.bony
c.scale like

d.having jaws

362.Chondrichthyans are made up cartilage impregnated with

a.calcium

b.phosphorus

c.gypsum

d.carbonates

363.There are about number of species of Chondrichthyans

a.750

b.800

c.450

d.650

364.Carcharhinus malnopterusa belong to the specie

a.blacktip reel shark

b.whitetip reel shark

c.southern sting ray

d.spotted ratfish

365.The vast variety of vertebrates belong to the clade of

a.osteichthyes

b. Carcharhinus malnopterusa
c. osteichthyans

d. Chondrichthyans

366.osteichthyes belong to the group of fishes

a.bony

b.skinny
c.cartilagenous

d.stream line

367.Most aquatic osteichthyans control movement by a structure

a.phrynx

b.gills
c.fins
 d.swim bladder

368.in the skin secrete mucous layer over the skin

a.glands

b.fins
c.gills

d.skin

369.proposed that lungs of tetrapods evolved from swim bladder

a.Charles Darwin

b.T.H Morgan
c.iwanoski

d.Charles Xavier

370.Charles Darwin hypothesized that of tetrapods evolved from swim bladder

a.ears

b.vestigous organs
c.lungs

d.fins

371.Thunnus albacares belong to the fast moving fish named as

a.yellowfin tuna

b.bluefin tuna

c.blackfin tuna

d.brownfin tuna

372.Gnathostomes are named for their:

a.Structure

b.movement

c.jaws

d.claws

373.The skeleton of the jaws and their support evolved from two pairs of skeletal rods :

red and yellow

(b) green and yellow

(c) only red

 (d) red and green

374.The common ancestors of all the gnathostomes underwent an additional duplication of

Genes

(a) cassettes

(b) Hox genes

(c) pairs of genes

(d) jumping genes

375.As mentioned earlier , the ancestors of gnathostomes began to acquire a mineralized:

(a) Exoskeleton

(b) cytoskeleton

(c) endoskeleton

(d) mineral skeleton

376.Gnathostomes appeared in the fossil record m the midordovician period, about :

(a) 670 million years ago

(b) 435 million years ago

(c) 470million years ago

(d) 500 million years ago

377.The number of chambers in the heart of fishes are:

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

378.Claspers in the sharks are used in the act of:

(a) Mating
 (b) swimming

(c) digestion

(d) fins

379.Although shark gains buoyancy by storing large amount of oil in its :

(a) Small liver

(b) shark have no liver

(c) huge liver

(d) liver oil

380.Chondrichthyans have change little in over:

(a) 200 million years

(b) 270 million years

(c) 320 million years

(d) 300 million years

381.Which of the following fishes is viviparous:

(a) Salmons

(b) lamprey

(c) sharks

(d) chimeras

382.Most sharks that feed on live prey are:

(a) Herbivores

(b) carnivores

(c) Wild type

(d) omnivores
 383.The fishes remained buried in the mud and sand is :

(a) Ostracoderms

(b) lamprey

(c) Hag fishes

(d) sharks

384.The larva of lamprey is :

(a) Trochophore

(b) tadpole

(c) ammocoete

(d) tonaria

385.. The length of tetra pods is approximately

a.3m

b.2m

c. 4m

d.1m

386.. the most early tetra pods remain confined to

a. soil

b. water

c. deep seawater

d. air

387.. Acanthocyte is a close relative of

a. tetrapod
b. amphibians
c. mammals
d. fishes
388.In tetrapod diversity, the fins of some lobed fins evolved into the limbs and feets of tetrapods how many
years ago
a.300 million years
b. 350 million years
 c.360 million years

d. 400 million years

389.. The most significant character of tetrapod is
a. 3 feet
b. 4 feet
c. 7 feet
d. 10 feet
390.The backbone in the tetra pods is formed by the fusion of
a. pectoral girdle
b. hind limb
c. forelimb
d. pelvic girdle
391.The tetra pods do not have the following in the embryonic stage of their life cycle
a. gill slits
b. backbone
c. pelvic girdle
d. feet’s
392.. looking to the morphology of early tetra pods they mainly remained in
a. water
b. land
c. deep sea water
d. air
393.. Most of the salamanders are inherited from which early tetra pods
a. aquatic
b. terrestrial
c. land
d. free living
394.In frogs the poisonous mucus is secreted from their
a. skin glands
b. digestive glands
c. salivary glands
d. pineal glands
 395.. Which type of organism is a tadpole in an aquatic environment with fish like tail

a. Omnivore
b. Herbivore
c. Carnivore
d. insectivore
396..Amphibians typically do not lay their eggs in

a. Water
b. moist environment
c. sea
d. land
397..the amphibian adults are not

a. Omnivorous
b. herbivorous
c. carnivorous
d. land habiting
398.. in most amphibians the fertilization is

a. Internal
b. external
c. doesn’t occur
d. complex
399..Diapsids are evolved from

a. Reptiles
b. amphibians
c. dinosaurs
d. lepidosaurs
400.. The chorion and the membrane of allantois exchange gases between the embryo and

a. Air
b. water

c. dry environment
d. gases

401..Which gases are diffused freely across the shell of amniotes

a. Hydrogen and oxygen

b. nitrogen and CO2

c. carbon dioxide and hydrogen

d. oxygen and CO2

402..The most recent common ancestor of living amphibians and amniotes lived about how many million years
ago.

a. 370
b. 340
c. 390
d. 400
403.. reptiles have scales that contain protein

a. Myosin
b. tubulin
c. keratin
d. coronin
404.. Scales prevent reptiles from breathing through their

a. Gills
b. lungs
c. mouth
d. Skin

405..Side necked turtle is called

a. cryptodires

b. pleurodires

c. chelodines

d. podocnemis

406..The largest living turtles produced by the radiations live in the depths up to

a. 7m
b. 80m

c. 60m

d. 63m

407..The largest living turtles weigh up to

a. 80kg

b. 150kg

c. 1500kg

d. 1600kg

408..The earliest members of the alligator lineage were small terrestrial quadrupeds with long

a. ears

b. legs

c. tails

d. teeth

409..Some Mesozoic crocodiles grew as long as

a. 10m

b. 15m

c.80m

d.5m

410..Human arrived in the New Zealand

a. 700 years ago

b. 750 years ago

c. 800 years ago

d. 220 years ago

411..Tuatra that remain on the outlying islands are about

a. 30cm long

b.40cm long
c. 70cm long

d. 50cm long

412..The most distinctive group of reptiles are

a. turtles

b. lizards

c. snakes

d. crocodiles

413..The earliest fossils of turtles are

A. 200 million years ago

B. 220 million years ago

C. 330 million years ago

D. 320 million years ago

414..Snakes are

A. herbivores

B. carnivores

C. omnivores

D. scavengers

415..Feathers are made of a protein called

a. Keratin

b. P-keratin

c. Alanine

d. Beta-keratin

416.Power for flapping the wings comes from the contraction of muscles anchored to keel of

a. shoulder

b. pelvic

c. sternum

d. pelvic
 417..Evolution of flight is beneficial in all except

a. scavenging

b. Provides ready escape from earthbound predators

c. Enable migration

d. Reduces chances of hunting

418..Birds are

a. Endothermic

b. Exothermic

c. Cold blooded

d. diploblastic

419..The fastest bird is as swift as

a.150 km\hr.

b.160 km\hr

c.170 km\hr

d.180 km\hr

420..Barn swallows belong to which family

a. Passeriforms

b. Archaeopteryx

c. Rheidae

d. Struthioniformes

421..Which family of birds cannot fly

a. Struthioniformes

b. archaeopteryx

c. ducks

d. swans

422..Example of raptor

a. Duck
b. Cardinal

c. Woodpecker

d. Baid eagle

423..how many years ago theropods evolved into birds

a.150 million years ago

b.150 billion years ago

c.160 million years ago

d170 billion years ago

424..Which species has different colors between sexes

a. Emu

b. Mallards

c. Laysan albatrosses

d. Barn

425..The earliest known bird was

a. archaeopteryx
b. Emu
c. Ducks
d. Cardinal

426. -How many species of mammals are present on Earth:

(a) 4,000

` (b) 5,000

(c) 6,000

(d) 7,000

427. -What characterizes a synapsid:

(a) the lack of hole in the skull behind the eye

(b) the presence of a hole in the skull behind the eye

(c) the presence of fur and warm blood

(d) legs that are directly below the body

428. What was one of the early synapsids:

 (a) pelycosaurs

(b) mammals

(c) dinosaurs

(d) cynodonts

429. -Mammals like synapsides emerged by the end of the Triassic million years ago:

(a) 500 million

(b) 300 million

(c) 400 million

(d)200 million

430. -Example of Chiropetra:

(a) bats

(b) hyraxes

(c) cats

(d) dogs

431. -Aadvark is example of:

(a) rodentia

(b) tubulidenta

(c) primates

(d) carnivora

432. -Example of monotremata is:

(a)elephants

(b)cats

(c)bats

(d)platypuses

433. -Monostremes are found in:

(a) Australia
(b) new guinea
(c) Europe
(d) Australia and new Guinea
434. Which of the following is marsupial:

(a) aardvark
(b) kangaroo
(c) Apes
(d) elephants

435. A red kangaroo is about the size of honey bee at its bird just days after fertilization:

(a) 32
(b) 33
(c) 34
(d) 35

436. Marsupials are present in:

(a) South Asia

(b) North America
(c) North Korea
(d) South Korea

437. As compared to marsupials, eutherians have period of pregnancy:

(a) longer

(b) shorter

(c) average

(d) may be longer or shorter

438. The mammalian order primates include all of the following except:

(a) lemurs
(b) monkeys
(c) horses
(d) apes

439. Fossil record shows that marsupials derived from eutherians about _____ years ago:

(a) 160 million

(b) 170 million
(c) 180 million

440. Which of the following is monotremata:

(a) Sloths

(b) Platypuses
 (c) Anteaters

(d) hyraxes

441. Which of the following does not belong to order cetacians:

(a)Whales

(b)Dolphins

(c)Picas

(d)porpoises

442. Order “Tubulidentate” includes:

(a)Squirrels

(b)Bat

(c)Apes

(d)aardvark

443. Which of the following is main characteristic of order “primates”:

(a) opposable thumbs

(b) hooves with number of toes

(c) short legs

(d) long muscular trunk

444. Which of the following is not example of order “eulipotyphla”:

(a) shrews
(b) mole
(c) core unsectibotes
(d) beavers

445. chisel- like incisers;hind legs longer; han forelegs are the main characteristic of :

(a)lagomorpha
(b) Xenarthra
(c) Rodentia
(d) Cetaceans

446. In what Embryo completes development in pouch of mother:

(a)Hyracoidea
(b)Marsupiala
(c) Sirenia
 (d) Cet

447. All of the followings are ‘Xenarthra’ :

(a)Sloths
(b)Picas
(c) Anteaters
(d)Armedillos

448. Order Proboscidia contains:

(a) Long muscular trunk

(b) Chisel-like incisors

(c) Sharp pointed canine teeth

(d) Reduced teeth/no teeth

449. Which of the following is an example of “Lagomorpha” :

(a) Rabbits
(b) Picas
(c) Hares
(d) All of these

450. -Which of the following is example of “Rodentia” :

(a)Squirrels

(b) monkeys

(c) horses

(d) dolphins

451. Dogs are included in order:

(a)Carnivora
(b) lagomorpha
(c) cetaceans
(d) primates

452. Zebras are include in which of the following order:

(a) rodentia
(b) chiroptera
(c) perissodactyla
(d) primates

453. -Manatees and dugongs are examples of:

 (a)primates
(b)sirenia
(c) cornivora
(d) chiroptera

454. -Which of the following is main characteristic of “carnivora”:

(a)sharp pointed canine teeth

(b) aquatic stream lined body

(c) hoves with odd number of toes

(d) hoves with even number of toes

455. All of the following are ’Celanioda clyla’ except:

(a) sheep

(b) pigs

(c) Bats

(d) deer

456. The study of Truman organ is known as:

(a) ecology

(b) pharmacology

(c) radiology

(d) paleoanthropology

457. The fossils of ‘Sahelanthropus tchandensis’ were first discovered in:

(a) 1999

(b) 2001

(c) 2000

(d) 2002

458. A hominid “Australo pithecus cinamemis” lived about years ago:

(a) 2-2.5 million

(b) 4-4.5 million
(c) 3-3.5 million
(d) 5-5.5 million

459. The brain of Australopiths was about the size of brain of a present day human:
 (a) One-third
(b) half
(c) one-fourth
(d) one-fifth

460. -Which of the following is scientific name of human:

(a)Homo erectus
(b) Felis catus
(c) Homo sapiens
(d) Hominidae

461. Ancestors of humans were originated:

(a)Europe
(b) Africa
(c) Asia
(d) Australia

462. Which of the following is scientific name of cat:

(a)Homo erectus
(b) Felis catus
(c) Homo sapiens
(d) Hominidae

463. Humans include in which of the following phylum:

(a)Chordata
(b) Porifera
(c) Mollusca
(d) Annelida

464. Which of the following is correct order for scientific classification:

(a)Animalia, Primates, Homonidae, chordate, Homosapiens

(b) Primates, chordate, Homosapiens, Animalia, Homonidae

(c) Homosapiens, Primates, Animalia, Homonidae, chordate

(d) )Animalia, , chordate, , Primates, Homonidae, Homosapiens

465. -Scientific name of frog is:

(a)Rana tigrina
(b) Homonidae
 (c) Homosapiens
(d) Felis catus

466. . monostreams lack:

(a) Hairs
(b) legs
(c) aims
(d) nipples

477.Homo sapiens are how many years old

a)120,000years old

b) 110,000years old

c)160,000years old

d)100,000years ago

478.The genomes of humans and chimpanzees are similar to what extent.

a)90%

b)80%

c)99%

d)60%

479.The study of human origins is known as.

a)Paleontology

b)Evolution

c)Ecology

d)Paleonthropology

480.The oldest of hominids, Sahelanthropus lived about how many million years ago

a)7-6MYA

b)9MYA

c)10MYA

d)5MYA

481.Different rates of evolution in different features is known as

a)Punctuated equilibria

b)Mosiac evolution

c)Global rate

d)Phylogenetics
482.The volume of brain in Homo sapiens

a)2000cm3

b)1000cm3

c)1,300cm3

d)800cm3

483.What is the location of foramen magnum in humans

a)Underneath skull

b)Inside skull

c)In spinal cord

d)Back of skull

484.Humans have which type of digestive tract

a)Longer

b)Trigastric

c)shorter

d)Thicker

485..Oldest hominids, Sahelanthropus exhibited all features except

a)Tetrapedalism

b)Canine teeth

c)Upright stature

d)Flat faces

486.Early hominids differed from today humans in which perspective

a)Bipedalism

b)Upright stature

c)Canine teeth

d)Brain size

487.. Fossils of Sahelanthropus tchadensis were discovered in

a)1988

b)1860

c)2002

d)1900

488.. Ardipithecus ramidiis is an early hominid that weighted only

a)40 kilogram

b)80kg

c)30kg

d)50kg

489.. The volume of brain in early hominids was

a)600cm3

b)1300cm3

c)Larger than Homo sapiens

d) 400-450cm3

490.. The hominid diversity increased dramatically between ---------- years ago.
a) 4 and 2 million
b) 6 and 10 million
c) 10 and 15 million
d) 1 and 2 million
491.The brain of australopiths is ------ the size of human brain today.
a) half
b) one forth
c) one-third
d) same
492.The fossil named Lucy was ----- tall.
a) 4m
b) 1m
c) 13m
d) 5m
493.The Australopiths ajarensis existed as species for about ------- years.
a) 3 million
b) 1 million
c) 5 million
d) 100 million
494.The age of the fossil Lucy is.
a) 3.24 million years
b) 5 million
c) 8 million
d) 1 million
495.The anthropoids were ------ dwellers 30 to 35 million years ago.
a) Land
b) ocean
c) cave
d) Tree
496.The Parcmthropus boisei had ?
a) Soft skull,long teeth
b) sturdy skull,long teeth
c) soft skull, short teeth
d) studrdy skull, short teeth
 497.About ----- million years ago the Indian plate collided with the Asia.
a) 20 MILLION
b) 2 million
c) 4 million
d) 40 million
498.The hominids lived in the ------ environment
a) Humid
b) Aquatic
c) forest
d) Arid
499. About ----- years ago hominids began to walk on two legs.
a) 3
b) 4
c) 10
d) 1.9
500.There is a strong connection between the rise of bipedal hominids and Rise of
a) Aquatic habitat
b) frozen lakes
c) savanna
d) tropics
501.The oldest acceptable evidence of tool use was found in
a) America
b) ETHIOPIA
c) china
d) Tanzania
502.The ------- confirms the upright posture evolved early in history.
a) The stone prints
b) Ice marks
c) Handprints
d) THE Laetoli footprints

503. .On average, male gorillas and orangutans weigh about as much as females of their species.

a) thrice

b) twice

c) half

d) four times

504. The hominid was given the name Homo ne ancle rthalensis, commonly called .

a) Neanderthal

b) Canis lupus

c) Equus caballus

d) Olfactores

505. Evidence of the extinction of Neanderthals found in their.

a) plasma membrane
 b) cell wall

c) DNA

d) mitochondia

506. Ancestors of humans originated in .

a) America

b) Austrailia

c) France

d) Africa

507. The Ethiopian fossils support about the origin of humans.

a) Biogeographical evidence

b) molecular evidence

c) camparative anatomy

d) embryology

508. Neanderthals have been driven to extinction by the of the last ice age and competition from newly arrived
humans.

a) classification

b) nutrition

c) combined stresses

d) reproduction

509. Clues to the cognitive transformation of humans found in human genome on I gene known as .

a) DOPH6

b) GHT8

c) PBRR22

d) FOXP2

510.. Biological diversity is the product of .

a) gene pool

b) molecular genetics

c) branching phylogeny

d) embryology

511.Evolution acts on .

a) population

b) gene pool
 c) species

d) community

512.which was the first fully bipedal, large-brained hominid.

a) Homo crgaster

b)  Sauropsida

c) Batrachomorpha

d) Ophidia

513. Neanderthals lived in Europe and the Near East from how many years ago.

a) 4000-7000

b) 4500-70000

c) 200,000- 30,000

d) 3000-8000

513. Homo Jioresiensis, dating from the late .

a) devonian

b) Pleistocene

c) cretaceous

d) Jurassic

514. The tripods amphibians, reptiles, and mammals are derived from one lineage of lobed-finned.

a) reptiles

b) birds

c) invertebrate

d) vertebrate