Class-11th Biology

Chapter-4 (Animal Kingdom)

1-Mark Questions
1.Define the term Pseudocoelomates.
2.Name the cells involved in Excretion
and Osmoregulation in case of
Flatworms.
3.What is Metagenesis.
4. Name the reptile having 4-
Chambered heart.
5. Name the arthropod which is an (i)
Living fossil, (ii) Gregarious pest
6. Write examples of egg-laying
mammals.
7. Name a free-living & parasitic
Platyhelminthes
8. Name the largest animal phylum.
9. Name the second largest animal
phylum.
10.What is Metameric Segmentation.
11.Water vascular system is the
characteristic of which group of the
following:(NCERT)
Porifera (b) Ctenophora (c)
Echinodermata (d) Chordata
12.How important is the presence of
air bladder in Pisces?(NCERT)
oAssertion-Reason Questions
Directions: In the following questions,
a statement of assertion is followed
by a statement of reason.
Mark the correct choice as:
If both Assertion and Reason are true
and Reason is the correct explanation
of Assertion.
If both Assertion and Reason are true
but Reason is not the correct
explanation of Assertion.
If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
If both Assertion and Reason are
false.
1.Assertion : The skeleton of sponges
is made up of spicules.
Reason : Composition of spicules help
in classification of sponges.
2. Assertion : Sponges belong to
Porifera.
Reason : Sponges have canal system
3.Assertion: In ctenophores, digestion
is chiefly extracellular.
Reason: Digestive tract is incomplete
in ctenophores.
4.Assertion: Cnidoblasts are present
on the tentacles and the body in
cnidarians.
Reason: Cnidoblasts are used for
anchorage, defence and capture of the
prey.
2-Mark Questions
1.Define metagenesis with a suitable
example. 
Distinguish between diploblastic &
triploblastic animals
Distinguish between bony fish &
cartilaginous fish.
Give the reason why a snail & an
octopus are classified under the same
phylum? 
Give the reason why Arthropoda
constitute the largest group of the
animal kingdom.
Differentiate between male & female
Ascaris.
List three adaptations that help the
birds (Aves) in flying. 
List the characteristic features of
class Mammalia
If you are given a specimen, what are
the steps that you would follow to
classify it?(NCERT)
Distinguish between intracellular and
extracellular digestion.(NCERT)
What is the difference between direct
and indirect development(NCERT)
What are the peculiar features that
you find in parasitic platyhelminthes?
(NCERT)
3-Marks Questions 
All vertebrates are chordates but all
chordates are not vertebrates” justify
the statement. (NCERT)
2.Enlist the main characteristics &
examples of phylum Porifera
3. Differentiate between Annelida &
Arthropoda. 
4. What are the basic plans of body
design in animals.
5. Mention the important
characteristics of coelenterate and
give examples.
6. What is the basis of the
classification of Animalia?
7.Mammals are the most successful &
dominant animals today” Give
evidence
8.Members of which phylum are
known as “segmented worm” Write
about their body symmetry, mode of
excretion & respiration.
9.Discuss general characters of
Chordates
10.How useful is the study of the
nature of body cavity and coelom in
the classification of animals?(NCERT)
11.Distinguish between intracellular
and extracellular digestion.
12.What is the difference between
direct and indirect development
13.What are the modifications that
are observed in birds that help them
fly?(NCERT)

5-Marks Questions
oHow are non-chordates different
from chordates? Write the major
phyla of non-chordate and give
examples.
2.Enlist the main features of
Aschelminthes and give examples
3.Classify Chordates into Classes .Also
write example of Each.