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LEVEL I c) Eupagurus d) Scorpion

1. Bath sponge is common name of - 17. Select the economically important

a) Spongilla b) Euspongia insect:-

c) Euplectella d) Leucosolenia a) Locusta b) Culex

2. Which of the following is an Annelid c) Aedes d) Apis

a) sea horse b) sea mouse 19. Which mollusca is called tusk shell :-

c) sea cow d) sea pen a) Neopilina b) Pila

13. Which of the following characteristic is c) Dentalium d) Doris

shared by all arthropods :- 21. Which of the following characteristic is

a) Complete metamorphosis not of phylum mollusca :-

b) Wings a) Soft body covered usually by a shell

c) Jointed appendages b) Segmented body

d) Tracheal system c) Triploblastic

14. Members of phylum Arthropoda lack d) Presence of coelom

one of the following feature :- 23. Open type of blood vascular system and

a) External skeleton made of chitin presence of haemocyanin pigment are

b) Compound eyes the characters of :-

c) Excretion by malphigian tubules a) Mollusca b) Annelida

d) Usually a close type of blood c) Echinodermata d) Hemichordata

vascular system 24. Member of Echinodermata has a

15. Cockroach, house fly and mosquitoes specific system, which is not found in

are insect because they have :- other phylum, it is :-

a) Chitinous exoskeleton and body a) Canal system

divided into head and cephalothorax b) Water vascular system

b) Six legs, compound eyes and body c) Respiratory system

divided into head, thorax and d) Jointed appendages

abdomen 25. Segmentation of body is not represented

c) Segmented body with jointed feet and in :-

chitinous exoskeleton a) Cray - fish b) Sepia

d) Three pairs of legs, one pair of c) Grass hopper d) Silver fish
antennae and flame cells 28. Locomotory organs of echinoderms
16. Which of the following animal is are:-
considered as "Living fossil" :- a) Tube feet b) Setae
a) Limulus b) Spider c) Parapodia d) Pseudopodia

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30. Stomochord (Buccal diverticulum) is 39. In contrast to Annelids the

presen Platyhelminths show –
a) Amphioxus b) Herdmania a) Absence of body cavity
c) Balanoglossus d) Annelida b) Presence of pseudocoel
31. Which of the following character does c) Radial symmetry
not belong to Arthropoda :- d) Bilateral symmetry
a) Closed circulatory system 49. Which one of the following is a
b) Movable jaws matching pair of a body feature and the
c) Segmented body animal possessing it?
d) Jointed legs a) Canal system - Asterias
32. Chiton is included in phylum b) Metagenesis - Obelia
a) Annelida b) Arthropoda c) Dorsal nerve cord - Pheretima
c) Mollusca d) Echinodermata d) Muscular pharynx - Taenia
33. Coxal glands are the excretory organ 50. One of the following animals is not
of:- hermaphrodite-
a) Cray fish b) Devil fish a) Earthworm b) Leech
c) Jelly - fish d) Scorpion c) Taenia d) Ascaris
34. Most of the adult insects have six legs 51. In Annelids formation of larva is usually
and :- absent but when present the larva is
a) Two antennae and four wings called :
b) Four antennae and four wings a) Tadpole b) Planula
c) Two antennae and two or four c) Trochophore d) Ephyra
wings 52. Excretion in most Annelids take place
d) Four wings and four eyes by-
38. Given below are four matchings of an a) Kidneys b) Flame cells
animal and its kind of respiratory organ: c) Nephridia d) Ciliated funnel
A. Silver fish – Trachea 56. Sea-anemone belongs to phylum -
B. Scorpion – Book lung a) Protozoa b) Porifera
C. Sea squirt – Pharyngeal gills c) Coelenterata d) Echinodermata
D. Dolphin – Skin 63. Find the odd
The correct matchings are :- a) Sea fan b) sea horse
a) A and D b) A, B and C c) sea cucumber d) sea lily
c) B and D d) C and D 65. Which animal is umbrella-shaped and
free swiming.........

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a) Aurelia b) Jelly-fish d) Is partially or fully replaced by

c) Hydra d) a) and b) vertebral column
66. Corals have a skeleton composed 71. Which one is the distinguishing feature
of.......... of all vertebrates :-
a) CaCO3 b) CaPO4 a) An internal bony or cartilagenous
c) CaCl2 d) CaSiO2 skeleton
67. Identify the animal shown in diagram b) A hairy body covering
c) Presence of mammary glands
d) Open type of circulatory system
84. Which is poikilothermic animal:-
a) Tortoise b) Pigeon
c) Penguin d) Whale
89. Mostly birds are:-
a) Uricotelic and oviparous
b) Uricotelic and viviparous
a) Tape worm b) Pleurobrachia c) Ammonotelic and oviparous
c) Neris d) Octopus d) Uricotelic and ovoviviparous
68. The distinguishing feature of all 93. Characteristic of Corvus is:-
chordates is :- a) Unisexual and sexual dimorphism
a) A ventrally placed nerve cord absent
b) A water vascular system b) Bisexual and sexual dimorphism
c) A chitinous exoskeleton absent
d) An elastic rod (Notochord) c) Unisexual and sexual dimorphism
69. Chordates possess :- present
a) Dorsal nerve cord placed below gut d) Bisexual and sexual dimorphism
b) Single hollow nerve cord placed present
dorsal to gut 99. Which of the following characters is not
c) Double ventral nerve cord related to Aves:-
d) Single, solid and ventral nerve cord a) Homiothermy and presence of oil
70. In vertebrates the notochord :- glands in skin
a) Persists throughout the life b) Female genital organs of both sides
b) Is partially replaced by vertebral functional
column c) Female genital organs of one sides
c) Is completely replaced by vertebral functional
column
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d) Exoskeleton of feathers 124. Which one of the following is a true

105. Two chambered heart is the feature of :- fish?
a) Mammals b) Aves a) Cray fish b) Jelly fish
c) Amphibia d) Pisces c) Silver fish d) Cat fish
107. An egg laying mammal is - 126. One of the following is a very unique
a) Kangaroo b) Platypus feature of the mammalian body-
c) Koala d) Whale a) Presence of muscular diaphragm
109. Hollow air filled bones (pneumatic b) Four chambered heart
bones) occur in :- c) Rib cage
a) Mammals b) Reptiles d) Homeothermy
c) Urodela d) Aves 129. Which is not aerial adaptation of Birds:
110. Which of the following character is not a) Single ovary b) Pneumatic bone
found in all the chordates - c) Gizzard d) Keeled sternum
a) Diaphragm 132. Identify the animal
b) Coelom
c) Pharyngeal gill clifts
d) Dorsal nerve cord
111. In which of the following animal post
a) Ascidia b) Salpa
anal tail is found
c) Amphioxus Sd) Doliolum
a) Earthworm
133. Notochord is present only in larval tail
b) Lower invertebrate
of :-
c) Scorpion
a) urochordata b) cephalochordata
d) Snake
c) vertebrata d) protochordates
112. In which of the following notochord is
134. Vertebrates have ventral muscular heart
present in embryonic stage :-
with _______ chambers.
a) All chordates b) Some chordates
a) 2 b) 3
c) Vertebrates d) Non chordates
c) 4 d) all above
117. Ichthyophis belongs to -
136. Air bladder is absent in ________
a) Amphibia b) Mollusca
(1) Dog fish (2) Catla
c) Annelida d) Reptilia
(3) Rohu (4) Flying fish
118. Larva of Balanoglossus is -
137. Sea horse is __________
a) Muller's larva b) Tadpole
a) a bird b) a mammal
c) Tornaria d) Bipinnaria larva
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138. Choose the correct combination of the 4. Two common characters found in
given option? Centipede, Cockroach and Crab are -
a) calotes - garden lizard a) Book lungs and antennae
b) chameleon - krait b) Compound eyes and anal cerci
c) Naja - viper c) Jointed legs and chitinous
d) crocodilus – tortoise exoskeleton
139. Which one of the following mammalia d) Green gland and tracheae
live in water 5. Biradial symmetry and lack of
a) Bat b) platypus cnidoblasts are the characteristic of -
c) Macropus d) Blue whale a) Hydra and Starfish
b) Starfish and Sea Anemone
c) Ctenoplana and Beroe
Level II
d) Aurelia and Paramoecium
AIPMT 2006
6. Which one of the following has an open
1. What is common about Trypanosoma,
circulatory system ?
Noctiluca, Monocystis and Giardia ?
A) Octopus B) Pheretima
a) These are all parasites
C) Periplaneta D) Hirudinaria
b) These are all unicellular protists
a) A & B b) B & C
c) They have flagella
c) C & D d) A & D
d) They produce spores
7. In which one of the following sets of
2. Which one of the following is a
animals all the four give birth to young
matching set of a phylum and its three
ones ?
examples ?
a) Kangaroo, Hedgehog, Dolphin,
a) Porifera : Spongilla, Euplectella,
Loris
Pennatula
b) Lion, Bat, Whale, Ostrich
b) Cnidaria : Bonellia, Physalia, Aurelia
c) Platypus, Penguin, Bat,
c) Platyhelminthes : Planaria,
Hippopotamus
Schistosoma, Enterobius
d) Shrew, Bat, Cat, Kiwi
d) Mollusca : Loligo, Teredo, Octopus
3. Metameric segmentation is the
AIPMT 2007
characteristic of
8. Which one of the following is a
a) Mollusca and Choradata
matching pair of a body feature and the
b) Platyhelminthes and Arthropoda
animal possessing it ?
c) Echinodermata and Annelida
a) Ventral heart - Scorpion
d) Annelida and Arthropoda
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b) Post-anal tail - Octopus AIPMT 2008

c) Ventral central nervous system- 13. Which one of the following is not a
Leech characteristic of phylum Annelida?
d) Pharyngeal gill slits absent in embryo a) Closed circulatory system
- Chamaeleon b) Segmentation
9. What is true about Nereis, Scorpion, c) Pseudocoelom
Cockroach and Silver fish ? d) Ventral nerve cord
a) They all belong to the same phylum 14. Which one of the following phyla is
b) They all have paired jointed correctly matched with its two general
appendages characteristics ?
c) They all possess dorsal heart a) Arthropoda : Body divided into head,
d) None of them is aquatic thorax and abdomen and respiration
10. Which one of the following pairs is by tracheae
mismatched? b) Chordata : Notochord at some stage
a) Bombyx mori - Silk and separate anal and urinary
b) Pila globosa - Pearl openings to the outside
c) Apis indica - Honey c) Echinodermata : Pentamerous radial
d) Kenia lacca - Lac symmetry and mostly internal
11. Which of the following pairs are fertilization
correctly matched ? d) Mollusca : Normally oviparous and
Animals Morphological development through a
features trochophore or veliger larva
A) Crocodile 4-chambered heart 15. Ascaris is characterized by :
B) Sea Urchin Parapodia a) absence of true coelom but presence
C) Obelia Metagenesis of metamerism
D) Lemur Thecodont b) presence of neither true coelom nor
a) Only A and B b) A, C and D metamerism
c) B, C and D d) Only A and D c) presence of true coelom but absence
12. What is common between parrot, of metamerism
platypus and kangaroo ? d) presence of true coclom and
a) Ovoparity metamerism
b) Homoiothermy 16. Which one of the following groups of
c) Toothless jaws the three animals each is correctly
d) Functional post-anal tail

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matched with their one characteristic d) Lampreys and hag fishes

morphological feature?
Animals Morphological AIPMT (Pre.) 2010
feature
20. One example of animals having a single
a) Liver fluke, Sea - Bilateral
opening to the outside that serves both
anemone, Sea symmetry
as mouth as well as anus is :-
cucumber
a) Fasciola b) Octopus
b) Centipede, - Joined
c) Asterias d) Herdmania
Prawn, Sea appendages
21. Which one of the following statement
urchin
about all the four of Spongilla, Leech,
c) Scorpion, - Ventral solid
Dolphin and Penguin is correct ?
Spider, central nervous
a) All are bilaterally symmetrical
Cockroach system
b) Penguin is homoiothermic while the
d) Cockroach, - Metameric
remaining three are poikilothermic
Locust, Taenia segmentation
c) Leech is a fresh water form while all
others are marine
AIPMT 2009 d) Spongilla has special collared cells
17. Which one of the following groups of called choanocytes, not found in
animals is bilaterally symmetrical and the remaining three.
triploblastic? 22. Which one of the following animals are
a) Sponges triploblastic?
b) Coelenterates (Cnidarians) a) Corals b) Flat worms
c) Aschelminthes (round worms) c) Sponges d) Ctenophores
d) Ctenophores 23. Which one of the following statement
18. Peripatus is a connecting link between :- about certain given animals is correct ?
a) Coelenterata and Porifera a) Flat worms (Platyhelminthes) are
b) Ctenophora and Platyhelminthis coelomates
c) Mollusca and Echinodermata b) Round worms (Aschelminthes) are
d) Annelida and Arthropoda pseudocoelomates
19. Which one of the following pairs of c) Molluscs are acoelomates
animals are 'jawless fishes' ? d) Insects are pseudocoelomates
a) Guppies and hag fishes
b) Lampreys and eels
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AIPMT (Mains) 2010 Genus Two Class /

24. Crocodile and Penguin are similar to Name characters Phylum

a) Ascaris (a) Body Annelida
Whale and Dogfish in which one of the
segmented
following features ?
(b) Males and
a) Lay eggs and guard them till they
females distinct
hatch
b) (a) A Amphibia
b) Possess bony skeleton
Salamendra tympanum
c) Have gill slits at some stage represents ear
d) Possess a solid single stranded central (b)Fertilization
nervous system is external
c) Pteropus (a) Skin Mammalia
possesses hair
AIPMT (Pre.) 2011
(b) Oviparous
25. Which one of the following groups of
d) Aurelia (a) nidoblasts Coelenterata
animals is correctly matched with its
(b) Organ level
one characteristic feature without even a
of organization
single exception ?
a) Reptilia : possess 3-chambered heart
AIPMT (Mains) 2011
with one incompletely divided
28. The figure shows four animals (a), (b),
ventricle
(c) and (d). Select the correct answer
b) Chordata : possess a mouth provided
with respect to a common characteristics
with an upper and a lower jaw
of two of these animals.
c) Chondrichthyes : possess
(a) b)
cartilaginous endoskeleton
d) Mammalia : give birth to young ones
26. Which one of the following animals is
correctly matched with its particular
named taxonomic category ? c) d)
a) Tiger - tigris, the species
b) Cuttlefish - Mollusca, a class
c) Humans - Primata, the family
d) Housefly - Musca, an order
27. In which one of the following the genus
name, its two character and its a) c) and d) have a true coelom
class/phylum are correctly matched?

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b) a) and d) respire mainly through body AIPMT (Mains) 2012

wall
c) b) and c) show radial symmetry
d) a) and b) have cnidoblasts for self
defence.
AIPMT (Pre.) 2012
29. In which one of the following, the genus
name, its two characters and its phylum
are not correctly matched, whereas the
30. Which one of the following organisms is
scientifically correctly named, correctly
printed according to the International
Rules of Nomenclature and correctly
described?
a) Felis tigris - The Indian tiger, well
protected in Gir forests.
b) E.coli - Full name Entamoeba coli, a
commonly occuring bacterium in human

remaining three are correct? intestine.

Genus Two Phylum c) Musca domestica - The common house

Name characters lizard, a reptile.

a) Sycon a) Pore Porifera d) Plasmodium falciparum - A

bearing protozoan pathogen causing the most

b) Canal serious type of malaria.

system 31. Which one of the following categories

b) a) Jointed Arthropda of animals, is correctly described with

Periplaneta appendages no single exception in it?

b) Chitinuous a) All sponges are marine and have

exoskeleton collared cells

c) Pila a) Body Mollusca b) All mammals are viviparous and

segmented possess diaphragm for breathing

b) Mouth c) All reptiles possess scales, have a

with three chambered heart and are cold

Radula blooded (poikilothermal)

a) Asterias a) Spiny Echino- d) All bony fishes have four pairs of

skinned dermata gills and an operculum on each side

b) Water 32. Which one of the following pairs of

vascular animals are similar to each other

system pertaining to the feature stated against

them?
a) Ascaris and Ancylostoma –
Metameric segmentation

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b) Sea horse and Flying fish - Cold d) House fly, butterfly, tsetsefly,
blooded (poikilothermal) silverfish - Insecta
c) Pteropus and Ornithorhyncus - 37. Match the name of the animal (column
Viviparity I), with one characteristics (column II),
d) Garden lizard and Crocodile - Three and the phylum/class (column III) to
chambered heart which it belongs :
Column I Column II Column III
a) Adamsia radially Porifera
NEET-UG 2013
symmetrical
33. One of the representatives of Phylum
b)Petromyzon ectoparasite Cyclostomata
Arthropoda is :
c) Ichthyophis terrestrial Reptilia
a) flying fish b) cuttlefish
d) Limulus Body Pisces
c) silverfish d) pufferfish
covered by
34. Which group of animals belong to the chitinous
same phylum? exoskeleton
a) Sponge, Sea anemone, Starfish
b) Malarial parasite, Amoeba, Mosquito
AIPMT 2014
c) Earthworm, Pinworm, Tapeworm
38. Which one of the following living
d) Prawn, Scorpion, Locusta
organisms completely lacks a cell wall?
35. Infection of Ascaris usually occurs by :
a) Cyanobacteria
a) mosquito bite
b) Sea-fan (Gorgonia)
b) drinking water containing eggs of
c) Saccharomyces
Ascaris
d) Blue-green algae
c) eating imperfectly cooked pork.
39. Select the Taxon mentioned that
d) Tse-tse fly
represents both marine and fresh water
36. Which of the following are correctly
species :-
matched with respect to their taxonomic
a) Echinoderms
classification ?
b) Ctenophora
a) Spiny anteater, sea urchin, sea
c) Cephalochordata
cucumber - Echinodermata
d) Cnidaria
b) Flying fish, cuttlefish, silverfish -
40. Planaria possess high capacity of :-
Pisces
a) Metamorphosis
c) Centipede, millipede, spider, scorpion
b) Regeneration
- Insecta
c) Alternation of generation
d) Bioluminescence
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41. A marine cartilaginous fish that can pinnae; two pairs

produce electric current is :- of Limbs
a) Pristis b) Torpedo 44. The active form of Entamoeba
c) Trygon d) Scoliodon histolytica feeds upon:
a) mucosa and submucosa of colon only

AIPMT 2015 b) food in intestine

42. Which of the following animals is not c) blood only

viviparous? d) erythrocytes; mucosa and

a) Elephant b) Platypus submucosa of colon

c) Whale d) Flying fox (Bat) 45. Which of the following endoparasites of

43. Which of the following represents the humans does show viviparity ?

correct combination without any a) Enterobius vermicularis

exception? b) Trichinella spiralis

c) Ascaris lumbricoides
Characteristics Class
d) Ancylostoma duodenale
a) Mouth ventral, Chondrichthyes
gills without
operculum; skin Re-AIPMT 2015
with placoid 46. Metagenesis refers to :
scales; persistent a) Presence of a segmented body and
notochord parthenogenetic mode of
b) Sucking and Cyclostomata reproduction
circular mouth; b) Presence of different morphic forms
jaws absent, c) Alternation of generation between
integument asexual and sexual phases of an
without scales; organism
paired appendages d) Occurrence of a drastic change in
c) Body covered with Aves form during post-embryonic
feathers; skin development
moist and 47. Which one of the following animals has
glandular; fore- two separate circulatory pathways ?
limbs form wings; a) Shark b) Frog
lungs with air sacs c) Lizard d) Whale
d) Mammary gland; Mammalia 48. Body having meshwork of cells, internal
hair on body; cavities lined with food filtering

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flagellated cells and indirect NEET-II 2016

development are the characteristics of 52. Choose the correct statement.
phylum : a) All reptiles have a three–chambered
a) Protozoa b) Coelenterata heart.
c) Porifera d) Mollusca b) All pisces have gills covered by an
49. A jawless fish, which lays eggs in fresh operculum.
water and whose ammocoetes larvae c) All mammals are viviparous.
after metamorphosis return to the ocean d) All cyclostomes do not possess jaws
is : and paired fins.
a) Petromyzon b) Eptatretus
c) Myxine d) Neomyxine
NEET(UG) 2017
53. An important characteristic that
NEET-I 2016 Hemichordates share with Chordates is :
50. Which of the following characteristic a) Ventral tubular nerve cord
features always holds true for the b) Pharynx with gill slits
corresponding group of animals? c) Pharynx without gill slits
a) Cartilaginous Chondrichthyes d) Absence of notochord
endoskeleton 54. Which among these is the correct
b) Viviparous Mammalia combination of aquatic mammals ?
c) Possess a mouth Chordata a) Dolphins, Seals, Trygon
with an upper and b) Whales, Dolphins, Seals
a lower jaw c) Trygon, Whales, Seals
d) 3 - chambered Reptilia d) Seals, Dolphins, Sharks
heart with one 55. In case of poriferans, the spongocoel is
incompletely lined with flagellated cells called:
divided ventricle a) oscula
51. Which one of the following b) choanocytes
characteristics is not shared by birds and c) mesenchymal cells
mammals ? d) ostia
a) Ossified endoskeleton
b) Breathing using lungs NEET(UG) 2018
c) Viviparity
56. Which of the following animals does
d) Warm blooded nature
not undergo metamorphosis ?
a) Earthworm b) Tunicate
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c) Moth d) Starfish a) Organ system level of organisation

57. Identify the vertebrate group of animals b) Bilateral symmetry
characterized by crop and gizzard in its c) True coelomates with segmentation
digestive system. of body
a) Amphibia b) Reptilia Select the correct option of animal
c) Aves d) Osteichthyes groups which possess all the above
58. Which one of these animals is not a characteristics.
homeotherm? a) Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata
a) Macropus b) Chelone b) Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca
c) Camelus d) Psittacula c) Arthropoda , Mollusca and Chordata
59. Ciliates differ from all other protozoans d) Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata
in
a) using flagella for locomotion NEET(UG) 2019 (Odisha)
b) having a contractile vacuole for
62. Match the following genera with their
removing excess water
respective phylum:
c) using pseudopodia for capturing prey
a) Ophura (i) Mollusca
d) having two types of nuclei
b) Physalia (ii) Platyhelminthes
c) Pinctada (iii) Echinodermata
NEET(UG) 2019 d) Planaria (iv) Coelenterata
60. Match the following organisms with Select the correct option:
their respective characteristics :- a) a)-(iv), b)-(i), c)-(iii), d-(ii)
a) Pila (i) Flame cells b) a)-(iii), b)-(iv), c)-(i), d-(ii)
b) Bombyx (ii) Comb plates c) a)-(i), b)-(iii), c)-(iv), d-(ii)
c) Pleurobrachia (iii) Radula d) a)-(iii), b)-(iv), c)-(ii), d-(i)
d) Taenia (iv) Malpighian 63. Which of the following animals are true
tubules coelomates with bilateral symmetry?
Select the correct option from the a) Adult Echinoderms
following :- b) Aschelminthes
(a) (b) (c) (d) c) Platyhelminthes
a) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) d) Annelids
b) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
c) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
d) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
61. Consider following features:

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Level III (Analytical Questions) Which of the above characteristics

Level III(A)- NCERT BASED regarding bony fishes are correct?

QUESTIONS a) A, B and C b) C and D

1. Which one of the following is a radially c) A, B and D d) B alone

symmetrical, blind sac body plan and 5. Identified the correct statement from the

diploblastic animal? following with reference to

a) Spongilla b) Euspongia Amphibians:-

c) Asterias d) Physalia a) They have internal fertilisation and

2. Which one is not a platyhelminthes? development is direct.

a) Tapeworm b) Liver fluke b) Amphibian skin is moist and without

c) Planaria d) Hookworm scales

3. Consider the following statements :- c) Their body is divisible into head

A) Protochordates are exclusively and trunk

marine d) They have three chambered heart

B) In cephalochordates, Notochord Select the correct answer :-

extends from head to tail region. a) A and D b) A and B

C) In urochordates, Notochord is c) B, C and D d) D alone

present only in larval tail. 6. Which of the following pairs are

D) Cranium and vertebral column are correctly matched?

bony in cyclostomates. a) Poikilothemous - Birds and mammals

Which of the above statement is/are b) Agnath - Petromyzon and Myxine

correct? c) Tunicates - Ascidia, Salpa and

a) A alone b) B, C and D Doliolum

c) A, B and C d) All d) Cartilaginous fishes - Betta and

4. Consider the following characteristic of Labeo

fishes :- a) A and B b) A, B and C

A) They have four pairs of gills which c) B and C d) A, B and D

are covered by an operculum. 7. Water vascular system is found in :-

B) They have air bladder which a) Porifera b) Echinodermata
regulates buoyancy c) Mollusca d) Elasmobranch
C) They are mostly viviparous and 8. Match the column :-
development is direct a) Dentalium (i) Brittlestar
D) Their body is streamlined and b) Ophiura (ii) Cuttle fish
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d) Echinus (iv) Tusk shell d) Asterias (Star fish)

e) Sepia (v) Sea lily 13. Mark the incorrectly matched pair
a) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iv), d-(ii), e-(iii) a) Petromyzon - Body devoid of
b) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(v), d-(iii), e-(ii) scales and paired fins
c) a-(i), b-(iv), c-(v), d-(iii), e-(ii) b) Scoliodon - Operculum present
d) a-(iv), b-(i), c-(iii), d-(v), e-(ii) but air bladder is
9. True coelom and metameric absent
segmentation in the body is first c) Exocoetus - Heart two chamered
observed in which of the following with sinus venosus
phylum d) Rana - Cold blooded with
a) Platyhelminthes b) Aschelminthes 10 pairs of cranial
c) Annelida d) Arthropoda nerves and
10. Read the following statements (a to e) mesonephric kidneys
carefuly :- 14. Match list 'A' and List 'B' correctly and
A) Triploplastic find your answer from the code given
B) Bilateral symmetric below :-
C) Organ system organisation List-A List-B (Common
D) Pseudocoelomate (Animal) name)
E) Metameric segmentation
Which of the above statement(s) is/are (i) Physalia A) Brain coral
correct for phylum Aschelminthyes (ii) Pennatula B) Sea fan
a) A and B only b) A, B, C and E (iii) Gorgonia C) Sea pen
c) A, B, C and D d) A, B, C, D and E (iv) Meandrina D) Portuguese man
11. Which of the following coelenterate of war
exist in both forms polyp and medusa Code :
and exhibit metagenesis. a) (i)-A, (ii)-B, (iii)-C, (iv)-D
a) Hydra b) Adamsia b) (i)-D, (ii)-C, (iii)-B, (iv)-A
c) Obelia d) Gorgonia c) (i)-C, (ii)-D, (iii)-B, (iv)-A
12. Which of the following animal is d) (i)-D, (ii)-C, (iii)-A, (iv)-B
radially symmetrical but has a 15. Which of the following is gregarious
bilaterally symmetrical larva. pest :-
a) Ascaris (Round worm) a) Bed bug b) Rat
b) Nereis (Ring worm) c) Cockroach d) Locusta
c) Pila (Apple snail) 16. Pick the odd pair out :-

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a) Cellular level : Porifera b) Pterophyllum and Scoliodon

b) Tissue level : Aschelminthes c) Pristis and Carcharodon
c) Organ level : Platyhelminthes d) Petromyzon and Myxine
d) Organ system level : Annelida 23. Which of the following fishes is also
17. Select the group of organisms given known as "Great white shark'?
below those have diploblastic members a) Pristis b) Trygon
only :- c) Clarias d) Carcharodon
a) Ctenoplana, Taenia, Fasciola 24.
b) Euspongia, Physalia, Meandrina
c) Wuchereria, Culex, Limulus
d) Aedes, Ascaris, Hydra
18. Fresh water sponge is :- A schematic representation of a
a) Spongilla b) Scypha chordate's embryo is shown in the above
c) Euspongia d) Leucosolenia figure.
19. The symmetry found in an animal which The structures maked A, B, C and D are
can be divided into indentical left and respectively :-
right halves in only one plane is:- a) Notochord, Nerve cord, Intestine and
a) Spherical b) Bilateral gill slits
c) Radial d) Biradial b) Postanal part, Gill slits, Nerve cord
20. Select the pseudocoelomates from the and Notochord
list of organisms given below :- c) Postanal part, nerve cord, Notochord
a) Ascaris, Fasciola, Taenia and Gill
b) Culex, Locusta, Limulus d) Post anal part, Notochord,
c) Wuchereria, Ascaris, Ancylostoma Nervecord and Gill slits.
d) Nereis, Hirudinaria, Wuchereria 25. In which one of the following
21. Which of the following pairs of animals protochordates notochord present only
comprise 'Combjellies'? in the tail of larva ?
a) Balanoglossus and Saccoglossus a) Ascidia b) Balanoglossus
b) Pleurobranchia and Ctenoplana c) Myxine d) Branchiostoma
c) Sea anemone and sea pen 26. In which of the following group
d) Sea lily and brittle star notochord present in whole life?
22. Which one of the following pairs of a) Hemichordata
animals comprise 'Cartilaginous fishes'? b) Urochordata
a) Labeo and Catla
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d) Vertebrata Level-III b) - ANALYTICAL

27. Match the column-I with the column-II QUESTIONS
and find out the correct answer : 31. Which one of the following is a
Column-I Colum-II matching pair of an animal and a certain
a) Spongocoel i) Arthropoda phenomenon it exhibits :-
b) Dorso-ventrally ii) Cnidaria a) Pheretima - Sexual dimorphism
flattened body
b) Musca - Complete metamorphosis
c) Coelenteron cavity iii) Porifera
c) Chameleon - Mimicry
d) Chitinous vi) Platyhelminthes
d) Taenia -- Polymorphism
exoskeleton
32. The greatest evolutionary change that
a) A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
enabled the land vertebrates to be
b) A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i
completely free from water, was the
c) A-iii, B-iv, C-ii, D-i
development of -
d) A-ii, B-iv, C-iii, D-i
a) four appendages
28. Which of the following is a matching
b) lungs
pair ?
c) cleidoic eggs
a) Ophiura - Sea lily
d) four chambered heart
b) Octopus - Cuttle fish
33. During its life-cycle, Fasciola hepatica
c) Torpedo - Electric ray
(liver fluke) infects its intermediate host
d) Aptenodytes - Ostrich
and primary host at the following larval
29. Which one is not the charater of
stages respectively :-
Osteichthyes?
a) Redia and miracidium
a) Terminal mouth
b) Cercaria and redia
b) Gills with operculum
c) Metacercaria and cercaria
c) Body covered by placoid scales
d) Miracidium and metacercaria
d) Air bladder regulate buoyancy.
34. A mammal in which milk is squirted
30. Which one of the following pairs is not
down to the throat of the baby by
correctly matched?
muscular contraction of mother is :-
a) Choetopleura - Chiton
a) Bear b) Camel
b) Ascaris - Round worm
c) Whale d) Rhinoceros
c) Wuchereria - Filaria worm
35. Which of the following does not make a
d) Enterobias - Hook worm
nest of its own ?
a) Crow b) Parrot
c) Cuckoo (Koel) d) Sparrow

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36. Identify the correct match from the

column I, II and III
Column I Column II Column III
1. Leishmania a. Sleeping i. Termites
donovani sickness
2. Trichonympha b. Kala-azar ii. Silk worm
3. Nosema c c. Glucos- iii. Tse-tse
idases fly
4. Trypanosoma d. Pebrine iv. Sand fly
Options :-
Sand fly
Fig. Name of Taxonomic Common
Options :-
animal group Name
a) 2-a-i, 1-b-iv, 3-d-ii, 4-c-iii
a) B Adamsia Ctenophora Star
b) 1-b-iv, 2-c-i, 3-d-ii, 4-a-iii
coral
c) 1-b-iii, 2-c-ii, 3-d-i, 4-a-iv
b) D Spongilla Porifera Fresh
d) 2-b-iv, 1-c-i, 3-a-ii, 4-d-iii
water
37. How many in the given examples of
sponge
animals are Coelentrates.
c) C Aurelia Coelenterata Jelly fish
Physalia, Obelia, Plannaria, Pennatula,
d) A Euspongia Porifera Bath
Gorgonia, Pleurobrachia, Meandrina
sponge
and Nereis
39. How many organism are releated with
a) Three b) Four
Echinodermata phylum
c) Five d) Six
Star fish, Sea-urchin, Sea-lily, Sea-
38. Identify the following four animals (A,
mouse, Sea-hare, Sea-cucumber, Brittle
B, C and D) given below. Which one of
star, Sea-potato, Sea-squirt, Sea-fan,
these is not correctly identified in the
Sea-pen
option given along with its correct
a) 4 b) 5
taxonomic group and their common
c) 6 d) 7
name ?
40. Which of the following unicellular
organism has a macronucleus for trophic
function and one or more micronuclei
for reproduction -
a) Trypanosoma b) Paramoecium
c) Euglena d) Amoeba

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41. Which one of the following features is a) Typhlosole in earthworm, intestinal

common in - sil-verfish, scorpion, villi in rat and contractile vacuole in
dragonfly and prawn ? Amoeba
a) Three pairs of legs and segmented b) Nephridia in earthworm,
body Malpighian tubules in cockroach
b) Chitinous cuticle and two pairs of and urinary tubules in rat
antennae c) Antennae of cockroach, tympanum of
c) Jointed appendages and chitinous frog and clitellum of earthworm
exoskeleton d) Incisors of rat, gizzard
d) Cephalothorax involves (proventriculus) of cock-roach and
42. Adult Wuchereria bancrofti attacks - tube feet of starfish
a) Nervous system 48. The evidence for the origin of birds
b) Lymph vessels from reptiles is the presence in them of -
c) Muscular system a) feathers b) scales
d) Blood vessels c) claws d) hairs
43. In which animal nerve cell is present but 49. In which one of the following groups all
brain is absent :- animals are hermaphrodite :
a) Sponge b) Earthworm a) Hydra, Ascaris, Pheretima
c) Cockroach d) Hydra b) Hydra, Homo sapiens, Leech
44. Which group of vertebrates comprises the c) Tapeworm, Toad, Starfish
highest number of endangered species :- d) Hydra, Leech, Tapeworm
a) Mammals b) Fishes 50. Which of the following shows the
c) Reptiles d) Birds sexual dimorphism :
45. Annual migration does not occur in the a) Hydra & Ascaris
case of - b) Hydra & Macaca
a) Arctic tern b) Salmon c) Ascaris & Pheretima
c) Siberian crane d) Salamander d) Ascaris & Macaca
46. Which one of the following is not a
living fossil ?
a) Peripatus b) King crab
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c) Sphenodon d) Archaeopteryx
47. Which one of the following groups of
structures/ organs have similar function:

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