1.

Match the following list of animals with c) True coelomates with segmentation of
their level of organisation body
Division of labour Animal
Select the correct option of animal groups
A. Organ level i. Pheretima
which possess all the above characteristics.
B. Cellular level ii. Fasciola
C. Tissue level iii. Spongilla 1) Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata
D. Organ system level iv. Obelia 2) Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca
3) Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata
Choose the correct match showing division of
4) Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata
labour with animal example
a) i-B, ii-C, iii-D, iv-A 7. Choose the correct pair.
b) i-B, ii-D, iii-C, iv-A
c) i-D, ii-A, iii-B, iv-C a) Radial symmetry - Coelenterates
d) i-A, ii-D, iii-C, iv-B b) Coelomates - Aschelminthes
c) Metamerism - Molluscs
2. Tissue level of organisation is not found d) Triploblastic - Sponges
in- e) Metagenesis - Echinoderms

a) Ctenophora 8. Which one of the following animal phyla

b) Coelenterata possesses spicules?
c) Porifera
d) both a and c a) Annelida
b) Mollusca
3. Which one of the following kinds of c) Porifera
animals are triploblastic? d) Platyhelminthes

a) Flatworms 9. In most simple type of canal system of

b) Sponges Porifera, water flows through which one of
c) Ctenophora the following ways?
d) Corals
a) Ostia  Spongocoel  Osculum 
4. Which of the following is diploblastic? Exterior
b) Spongocoel  Ostia  Osculum 
a) Fasciola Exterior
b) Pheretima c) Osculum  Spongocoel  Ostia 
c) Palaemon Exterior
d) Hydra d) Osculum  Ostia  Spongocoel 
Exterior
5. Which of the following phyla has members
with a true coelom? 10. Select the taxon mentioned that represents
both marine and fresh water species.
a) Aschelminthes
b) Platyhelminthes a) Echinoderms
c) Arthropoda b) Ctenophora
d) Coelenterata c) Cephalochordata
d) Cnidaria
6. Consider following features:
11. Stinging capsule (nematocysts) are found
a) Organ system level of organisation in-
b) Bilateral symmetry
a) wasp and honeybee
b) scorpion and cobra 17. Flame cells are excretory structures of-
c) sea pen and sea fan
d) cactus and Venus flytrap a) Schistosoma
b) Enterobius
12. Which of the following animals lack c) Aphrodite
alimentary canals (complete digestive d) Julus
systems)?
18. Flame cells of flatworms help in
a) Earthworm I. Osmoregulation
b) Jellyfish II. Digestion
c) Insect III. Reproduction
d) Fish IV. Excretion
V. Bioluminescence
13. Metagenesis refers to:
a) ii only correct
a) The presence of different morphic forms b) i and iv are correct
b) Alternation of generation between sexual c) iii only correct
and asexual phases of an organism d) i and v are correct
c) Occurrence of drastic change in form e) iv and v are correct
during post-embryonic development.
d) The presence of a segmented body and 19. Bilaterally symmetrical and acoelomate
pathogenic mode of reproduction. animals are exemplified by:

14. Match the following and choose the a) Aschelminthes

correct option. b) Annelida
i. Physalia A) Sea anemone c) Ctenophora
ii. Meandrina B) Brain coral d) Platyhelminthes
iii. Gorgonia C) Sea fan
iv. Adamsia D) Portuguese man-of-war 20. The kind of coelom represented in the
diagram given below is characteristics of-
a. i – C, ii – B, iii – A, iv – D
b. i – D, ii – C, iii – B, iv – A
c. i – D, ii – B, iii – C, iv – A
d. i – B, ii – C, iii – A, iv - D
e. i – A, ii – B, iii – C, iv – D

15. Which one of the following groups of

animals reproduces only by sexual means? a) round worm
b) earthworm
a) Cnidaria c) tapeworm
b) Porifera d) cockroach
c) Protozoa
d) Ctenophora 21. Identify the phylum from the statement
given below?
16. Planaria possesses high capacity of – 1. Their body is circular in cross section
2. They may be free living, aquatic and
a) Metamorphosis terrestrial or parasitic in plants and animals
b) Regeneration 3. They are bilaterally symmetrical,
c) alternation of generation triploblastic and pseudocoelomate
d) bioluminescence
a) Cnidaria
b) Aschelminthes a) 1-A-ii, 2-B-v, 3-E-iii, 4-C-i, 5-D-iv
c) Annelida b) 1-B-iii, 2-A-iv, 3-E-v, 4-C-ii, 5-D-i
d) Arthropoda c) 1-C-ii, 2-D-i, 3-E-iii, 4-B-v, 5-A-iv
e) Platyhelminthes d) 1-D-i, 2-C-ii, 3-A-iv, 4-B-iii, 5-E-v
e) 1-C-ii, 2-A-v, 3-D-iv, 4-B-i, 5-E-iii
22. Which one of the following is not a
characteristic of phylum annelida? 27. One of the representatives of phylum –
arthropoda is
a) Pseudocoelom
b) ventral nerve cord a) silver fish
c) closed circulatory system b) puffer fish
d) segmentation c) flying fish
d) cuttle fish
23. Which of the following feature is not
present in the phylum arthropoda? 28. Find the odd example

a) Chitinous exoskeleton a) sea lily

b) Metameric segmentation b) sea fan
c) Parapodia c) sea cucumber
d) Jointed appendages d) sea urchin

24. Assertion: Anopheles, Limulus, prawn 29. Match the following organisms with their
and scorpion are arthropods. respective characteristics:-
Reason: All have jointed appendages and
chitinous exoskeleton. a. Pila (i) Flame cells
b. Bombyx (ii) Comb plates
a) Both assertion and reason are true and
c. Pleurobrachia (iii) Radula
reason is the correct explanation of
d. Taenia (iv) Malpighian tubules
assertion.
b) Both assertion and reason are true but Select the correct option from the following:
reason is not the correct explanation of
(a) (b) (c) (d)
assertion.
1) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
2) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
d) Both assertion and reason are false.
3) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
4) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
25. Periplaneta belongs to phylum-
30. Which of the following animal belongs to
a) Annelida
the phylum mollusca?
b) Mollusca
c) Echinodermata
a) Devil fish
d) Arthropoda
b) Dog fish
c) Silver fish
26. Match Column I with Column II and
d) Jelly fish
Column III. Choose the correct option.
Column I Column II Column III 31. The members of which of the following
1) Cnidocytes (A) Ctenoplana (i) Balancing phyla are exclusively marine?
2) Statocyst (B) Faciola (ii) Defence
3) Radula (C) Pennatula (iii) Feeding a) Arthropoda
4) Flame cells (D) Locusta (iv) Locomotion b) Echinodermata
c) Mollusca
Options:-
d) Mollusca
32. Read the statements regarding b) Lampreys and eels
echinoderms and choose the correct option c) Mackerels and rohu
1) All are marine with organ system level of d) Lampreys and hag fishes
organisation
2) Adults are bilaterally symmetrical 38. Venous heart is found in-
3) They are dioecious
4) Fertilization is internal and indirect a) Amphibians
development is observed b) Reptiles
5) Triploblastic and acoelomate animals c) Fishes
d) Birds
a) 1 and 3 are correct
b) 5 alone is correct 39. Which of the following belongs to Class
c) 1, 3 and 5 are correct Osteichthyes?
d) 1 and 5 are correct
e) 1 and 2 are correct a) Trygon
b) Scoliodon
33. An important characteristic that c) Pristis
Hemichordates share with chordates is: d) Clarias

a) absence of notochord 40. Ichthyophis is a

b) ventral tubular nerve cord
c) pharynx with gill slits a) Limbless amphibian
d) pharynx without gill slits b) limbless reptile
c) Worm
34. Chordates differ from non-chordates in d) limbless mammal
having-
41. Identify the aquatic mammal(s) from the
a) Notochord following:
b) dorsal hollow nerve cord I. Balaenoptera
c) pharyngeal gill slits II. Equus
d) all of these III. Delphinus
IV. Pteropus
35. Retrogressive metamorphosis occurs in- V. Felis

a) Hemichordata a) (i) and (iii)

b) Cephalochordata b) (ii) and (iv)
c) Urochordata c) (v) only
d) Vertebrata d) (iv) and (v)

36. Common character of all vertebrates

without exception is-

a) body divided into head, trunk and tail.

b) two pairs of limbs
c) exoskeleton
d) presence of skull

37. Which one of the following pairs of

animals comprises ‘jawless fishes’?

a) Guppies and hag fishes