1.

Given below are two statements:

one is labelled as assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Animals in which the cells are arranged in two embryonic layers, an external
ectoderm and an internal endoderm, are called diploblastic animals Reason
(R) : Platyhelminthes are diploblastic In the light of the above statements, choose the most
appropriate answer from the options given below
(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(b) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(c) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
(d) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

2.In Platyhelminthes
(a) Mesoglea is present
(b) The body is asymmentrical
(c) There is tissue level of organization
(d)) The body cavity or coelom is absent

3.Which of the following characters are incorrect about mammals?

I. External ears or pinnae are present
II. Different types of teeth are present in the jaw
III.Heart is four chambered
IV.Poikilothermic
a) I and II
b) I, II and II
c) II, III and IV
d) IV only

4.Which animal is umbrella-shaped and free-swimming

a) Aurelia
b) Euspongia
c) Hydra
d) Spongilla

5.Read the following statements : i. Heart of bird is 4 chambered ii. Lizards and snakes shed
their scales as skin cast iii. Struthio is a flightless bird iv. Crocodilus belong to class aves v. Naja,
Bungarus and Vipera are poisonous snakes Which of the above statements are correct?
a) (ii), (iii), (iv)
b) (i), (v)
c) (iii), (iv), (v)
d) (i), (ii), (iii) & (v)

6.Given below are two statements :

Statement I : Those cnidarians which exist in both forms exhibit alternation of generation
(Metagenesis), i.e., polyps produce medusae asexually and medusae form the polyps sexually
(e.g., Obelia)
Statement II : Cnidarians exhibit tissue level of organisation and are diploblastic In the light of
the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
a) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
b) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
c) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
d) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

7.Select the correct arrangement of neural organisation, according to the increasing degree of
compelxity
a) Lower invertebrates  Vertebrates  Insects
b) Lower invertebrates  Insects  Vertebrates
c) Vertebrates  Insects  Lower invertebrates
d) Vertebrates  Lower invertebrates  Insect

8.Which of the following is incorrect for the class chondrichthyes?

a) Fertilization is commonly external
b) Some of them like Torpedo have electric organs
c) Some of them like Trygon possess poison sting
d) Are cold blooded animals

9.Complete digestive system is present in

a) Coelenterates
b) Platyhelminthes
c) Aschelminthes (nemathelminthes)
d) Porifera

10.Identify the correct pair of aquarium fishes :

a) Pterophyllum, Exocoetus
b) Betta, Pterophyllum
c) Hippocampus, Betta
d) Betta, Clarias

11.Match the column and choose the correct option : Column A Column B i. Scoliodon a. Sting
ray ii. Pristis b. Great white shark iii. Carcharodon c. Dogfish iv. Trygon d. Sawfish
a) (i) - (a); (ii) - (b); (iii) - (d); (iv) - (c)
b) (i) - (b); (ii) - (a); (iii) - (c); (iv) - (d)
c) (i) - (c); (ii) - (d); (iii) - (a); (iv) - (b)
d) (i) - (c); (ii) - (d); (iii) - (b); (iv) - (a)

12.________ have a sucking and circular mouth without jaws

a) Chondrichthyes
b) Osteichthyes
c) Cyclostomes
d) All of the above
13.Select the correct statement with respect to Hippocampus
a) It belongs to class osteichthyes and is freshwater
b) It belongs to class osteichthyes and is marine
c) It belongs to class chondrichthyes and is freshwater
d) It belongs to class chondrichthyes and is marine

14.You have discovered an animal having following characters like a. Triploblastic b. Bilateral
symmetry c. Chitinous exoskeleton d. Head, thorax and abdomen as body parts e. Jointed
appendages You would like to place the animal under –
a) Mollusca
b) Arthropoda
c) Annelida
d) Hemichordata

15.In which phylum, the larva is bilaterally symmetrical and adult have radial symmetry?
a) Arthropoda
b) Mollusca
c) Hemichordata
d) Echinodermata

16.Select the incorrect matching

a) Loligo – Squid
b) Sepia – Cuttlefish
c) Antedon – Sea lily
d) Apis – Lac insect

17.In molluscs, the space between the visceral hump and mantle is called ........ in which .........
are present
a) Mantle cavity; fether like gills
b) Body cavity; shells
c) Viscera; shells
d) Shell; viscera

18.Which of the following is incorrect w.r.t. non-chordate

a) Notochord absent
b) Central nervous system is ventral, solid and double
c) Gill slits are absent
d) A post-anal part (tail) is present

19.Choose the odd one out w.r.t. Petromyzon :

a) Cranium and vertebral column are cartilaginous
b) Are freshwater organisms but migrate for spawning to sea water
c) After spawning, within few days, they die
d) Their larvae, after metamorphosis, return to the ocean
20.The neural system consists of paired ganglia connected by lateral nerves to double _ in
Annelida
(a) ventral nerve cord
(b) dorsal nerve cord
(c) Anterior nerve cord
(d) posterior nerve cord

21.Blood sucking animal is

(a) Neris
(b) Earthworm
(c) a & b
(d) Leech

22.__ which help in swimming in Annelida.

(a) parapodia
(b) Nephridia
(c) sucker
(d) seaments

23.This is the largest phylum of Animals on the earth

(a) Mollusca
(b) Amphibia
(c) Arthropoda
(d) Aves

24.The body of arthropods is covered by _ exoskeleton

(a) calcium carbonate
(b) calcium sulphate
(c) chitiarous
(d) conchin

25.The respiratory organ in Arthropoda

(a) gill
(b) book gill
(c) tracheal system
(d) all of given

26.The excretory organ in cockroach is

(a) green gland
(b) malpighian tubules
(c) nephridia
(d) kidney

27.The mouth contains a file-like rasping organ for fooding, called _ in Molluscs.
(a) radulla
(b) medulla
(c) Gizzard
(d) teeth

28.Match the following columns and select the correct option.

Column I Column II
(p) pila (i) Devil fish
(q) Dentalium (ii) ctsiton
(r) chaetopleura (iii) Applo smail
(s) octopus (iv) Tusk shell
(a) p – (ii), q – (iii), r – (iii), s – (iv)
(b) p – (iii), q – (iv), r – (ii), s – (i)
(c) p – (ii), q – (iv), r – (i), s – (iii)
(d) p – (i), q – (ii), r – (iii), s – (iv)

29.In which of the following phyla, while the adult shows radial symmetry, the larva shows
bilateral symmetry?
(a) Mollusca
(b) Echinodermata
(c) Arthropoda
(d) Annelida

30.Choose correct option for in Hemichordata

(a) circulatory system – open
Respiration – gills
Excretory system – proboscis gland
(b) circulatory system – close
Pespiration – gills
Excretory system – green gland
(c) circulatory system – open
Respiration – gills
Excretory system – kideny
(d) circulatory system – open
Respiration – lungs
Excretory system – proboscis gland

31.Into how many sub-phylum Chordata is divided?

(a) two
(b) four
(c) six
(d) three

32.The notochord is replaced by a __ vertebral column in chordata

(a) cartilaginous
(b) bony
(c) both of a & b
(d) none of those

33.Notochord is present only in larval tail

(a) urochordata
(b) cephalochordata
(c) vertebrata
(d) protochordates

34.The body cavity formed by the splitting of the mesoderm is called

(a) pseudocoelom
(b) coelom
(c) haemocoel
(d) blastocoel

35.Pseudocoelom is found in
(a) cnidaria
(b) Platyhelminthes
(c) nematodes
(d) annelids

36.Vertebrates have a ventral muscular heart with _ chambers

(a) two
(b) three
(c) four
(d) all above

37.Which mammalian have adapted to fly?

(a) fox
(b) penguin
(c) ostrich
(d) all of the above

38.Different types of teeth are present in the jaw in _

(a) crocodile
(b) snake
(c) Frog
(d) Human

39.When any plane passing through the central axis of the body divides the organism into two
identical halves, it is called
(a) asymmetrical
(b) radial symmetry
(c) bilateral symmetry
(d) all of the above
40.The radial symmetry is observed in
I. Platyhelminthes
II. Coelenterates
III. Aschelminthes
IV. Annelids
V. Echinoderms
(a) II, III, and V
(b) I, II, III, V
(c) II, III, I
(d) II and V

41.Gorilla, chimpanzee, monkeys, and humans belong to the same

(a) species
(b) genus
(c) family
(d) order

42.The common name of Sepia is

(a) dogfish
(b) silverfish
(c) cuttlefish
(d) flyingfish

43.The radially symmetrical, diploblastic animals belong to the phylum

(a) Porifera
(b) Coelenterata
(c) Platyhelminthes
(d) Echinodermata

44.Excretion in flatworms is by
(a) malpighian tubule
(b) nephridia
(c) flame cells
(d) nephrons

45.Which of the following does not have a medusa stage?

(a) jellyfish
(b) hydra
(c) obelia
(d) corals