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(3) Three pair of legs AT0226
(4) One pair compound eyes 9. Outer border of tergum bends downwards
AT0220 in cockroach and attaches with :
3. Which are the two common indian (1) Muscles (2) Sternum
cockroaches? (3) Pleura (4) Fat body cells
(1) Periplaneta americana and Blatta indica
AT0227
(2) Periplaneta indica and Blatta orientalis
10. Mandibles of cockroach are :
(3) Periplaneta orientalis and Blatta
(1) Short with grinding teeth
americana
(2) Long and pointed
(4) Periplaneta americana and Blatta
(3) short without teeth
orientalis
(4) long and coiled
AT0221
AT0228
4. Characteristic of group insecta is :
11. Head of cockroach according to its position
(1) Joined appendages
is known as :
(2) 3 pair of jointed legs
(1) Hypopharynx (2) Hypocyrebral
(3) Chitinous exoskeleton
(3) Hypognathus (4) Supragnathus
(4) Compound eyes
AT0229
AT0222
12. Number of visible sternum present at the
5. Scientist who gave the name Periplaneta is:
abdomen of female cockroach is :
(1) Linneous (2) K.N. Bahel
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8 (4) 9
(3) Burmeister (4) D. Gir
AT0230
AT0223
13. Tongue like structure in Periplaneta is :
6. Tergum is joined on the sides by :
(1) Maxilla (2) Hypopharynx
(1) Pleuron (2) Sternum
(3) Labium (4) Labrum
(3) Alimentary canal (4) Muscles
AT0231
AT0224
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14. Which structure is known as lower lip of 22. In cockroach arolium is helpful in :
cockroach ? (1) In digestion (2) Respiration
(1) Labrum (2) Labium (3) Locomotion (4) Reproduction
(3) Mantum (4) Submentum AT0240
AT0232 23. Main character for the distinction between
15. Wings of cockroach are mainly helpful in : male and female cockroach :
(1) Egg laying (2) Preying (1) Antennae (2) Mandibles
(3) Finding the mate (4) Protection (3) Anal cerci (4) Anal style
AT0233 AT0241
16. Periplaneta americana differs from Blata 24. Anal styles are found in :
orientalis in : (1) Housefly
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(1) Well developed wings
(2) Female cockroach
(2) Wings absent
(3) Male cockroach
(3) Only first pair wings developed
(4) Both male & female cockroach
(4) Second pair wing developed
AT0242
AT0234
25. Body segments are definite and well
17. Number of segments in cockroach leg :
marked in :
(1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 9
(1) Hydra (2) Taenia
AT0235
(3) Ascaris (4) Cockroach
18. Undeveloped wings are found in :
AT0243
(1) Housefly (2) Cockroach
26. In cockroach the audioreceptors are
(3) Mosquito (4) Blatta
situated on :
AT0236
(1) On legs (2) Antenna
19. Pseudopodia of Amoeba are similar to :
(3) Sensory receptor (4) Anal cerci
(1) Legs of cockroach
(2) Teeth in rabbit AT0244
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exoskeleton both ? (3) Cutting & chewing (4) Drinking
(1) In head region AT0256
(2) Thoracic region 39. Cockroach is :
(3) Abdominal region (1) Omnivorous (2) Herbivorous
(4) In head & thoracic regions
(3) Carnivorous (4) Sanguivorous
AT0249
AT0257
BODY CAVITY, BODY WALL, DIGESTION,
40. In cockroach food is crushed in which part :
RESPIRATION, CIRCULATION AND EXCRETION
(1) Crop (2) Gizzard
32. The body cavity of cockroach is called :
(3) Mesenteron (4) Oesophagus
(1) Pseudocoel (2) Coelom
(3) Hydrocoel (4) Haemocoel AT0258
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43. Maximum digestion takes place in which 49. Give the name of blood vessel, which arises
part of cockroach ? from first chamber of heart in cockroach :
(1) In crop (2) In Gizzard (1) Nephrocyte
(3) In mesenteron (4) In oesophagous (2) Fenestrae
AT0261 (3) Ostia
44. Oxygen is carried to the tissues of (4) Anterior aorta
cockroach by which organ : AT0267
(1) Skin 50. Number of chambers in the heart of
(2) Trachea cockroach :
(3) Plasma (1) 5 (2) 9 (3) 13 (4) 16
(4) Respiratory pigment AT0268
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AT0262 51. Blood circulation in insects :
45. Allary muscles in cockroach are associated (1) Flows in arteries and veins
or connected with : (2) With red blood corpuscles
(1) Trachea (2) Heart (3) Open type
(3) Legs (4) Alimentary canal (4) Absent
AT0263 AT0269
46. Number of pairs of spiracles in cockroach 52. Heart of cockroach is :
are : (1) Four chamberd
(1) 4 (2) 6 (2) Vertral to gut
(3) 8 (4) 10 (3) Longitudinal & beaded
AT0264 (4) Three chambered
47. In cockroach O2 is carried to tissue by : AT0270
(1) Haemoglobin and haemocyanin 53. The colour of haemolyph of cockroach is :
(2) Blood plasma (1) Yellow (2) Red
(3) Tracheal tubes (3) Green (4) Colourless
(4) Diffusion through integument AT0271
AT0265 54. Physiologically the heart of cockroach is :
48. Blood of cockroach does not contain
haemoglobin because : (1) Neurogenic (2) myogenic
(1) It respires through atmosphere (3) Epigenic (4) Agenic
(2) Respires through book lungs AT0272
(3) It does not respire 55. Main excretory product of cockroach is :
(4) It has some other means to carry (1) Urea (2) Ammonia
oxygen direct into the tissues (3) Uric acid (4) Amino acid
AT0266 AT0273
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56. Function of Malpighian tubules of 63. Ommatidia are units in the eyes of :
cockroach : (1) Amphibians (2) Mammals
(1) Digestion (2) Respiration (3) Insects (4) Fishes
(3) Excretion (4) Reproduction AT0281
AT0274
64. Apposition image in eye of insects is
57. Exeretory organs of cockroach are :
formed in :
(1) Trachea
(1) Dim light
(2) Kidney
(2) Bright Light
(3) Nephridia
(3) ocelli
(4) Malpighian tubules
AT0275 (4) None
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NERVOUS SYSTEM, COMPOUND EYE, AT0282
REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPEMENT 65. Eggs which have yolk in the centre
58. The nerve cord of cockroach is : surrounded by cytoplasm are called :
(1) Double, ventral and solid (1) Centrolecithal
(2) Double dorsal and hollow (2) Homolecithal
(3) Single, dorsal and solid (3) Microlecithal
(4) Single, ventral and hollow
(4) Alecithal
AT0276
AT0283
59. In cockroach which is helpful in sexual
66. Ootheca is formed in cockroach by :
attraction?
(1) Phallic Gland
(1) Hormone ecdyson (2) Pheromone
(3) Juvenile hormone (4) Anal cerci (2) Conglobate gland
(3) Binocular (4) None of them (3) 6 times (4) 3-4 times
AT0280 AT0286
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69. The type of egg in cockroach is called : 75. In the life history of cockroach
(1) Microlecithal (Periplaneta) there is:
(2) Centrolecithal (1) No Metamorphosis
(3) Isolecithal (2) Gradual metamorphosis
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71. Conglobate gland is found in the 77. Life time of cockroach in general is :
reproductive organs of : (1) Approximately 1 year
(1) Earth worm (2) 3 to 3.5 years approx
(2) Housefly (3) 5 to 7.5 years approx
(3) Male cockroach (4) 10 years approx
(4) Female cockroach AT0295
AT0289 78. In which of the following moulting is not
found ?
72. Number of moultings in cockroach after
(1) Hydra (2) Mosquito
hatching and development of complete
(3) Housefly (4) Cockroach
animal are :
AT0296
(1) Less than 7
79. Life history of cockroach represents :
(2) Upto 8
(1) Ametaboly (2) Holometaboly
(3) Upto 9 (3) Paurometaboly (4) Hypermetaboly
(4) more than 10 AT0297
AT0290 80. Common feature between cockroach and
73. How many ovarioles are found in each earthworm is :
overy of cockroach ? (1) Hermaphroditism
(1) 3 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 16 (2) Moulting of cuticle
AT0291 (3) Excretion by nephridia
74. Collaterial glands of cockroach help in : (4) Ventral nerve cord
(1) Fertilization AT0298
(2) Formation of ootheca 81. Which has/have chitinous exo-skeleton ?
(3) Copulation (1) Cockroach (2) Mosquito
(4) Formation of oothecal chamber (3) Butterfly (4) All of the above
AT0299
AT0292
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82. Cockroach is :
(1) Nocturnal and omnivorous
(2) Diurinal and omnivorous
(3) Nocturnal and carnivorous
(4) None
AT0300
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6. Which of the following structures does not
happens in the common cockroach ? open into the genital chamber of female
cockroaches?
(1) Malpighian tubules are excretory organs
(1) A single median oviduct
projecting out from the colon.
(2) Spermatheca
(2) Oxygen is transported by haemoglobin
(3) A pair of anal cerci
in blood.
(4) A pair of collateral glands
(3) Nitrogenous excretory product is urea. AT0310
(4) The food is grinded by mandibles and NEET(UG) 2018
gizzard 7. Which of the following features is used to
AT0302 identify a male cockroach from a female
cockroach ?
AIPMT 2015 (1) Presence of a boat shaped sternum on
3. The terga, sterna and pleura of cockroach the 9th abdominal segment
body are joined by : (2) Presence of caudal styles
(3) Forewings with darker tegmina
(1) Muscular tissue
(4) Presence of anal cerci
(2) Arthrodial membrane AT0311
(3) Cartilage NEET(UG) 2019
(4) Cementing glue 8. Select the correct sequence of organs in
AT0305 the alimentary canal of cockroach starting
from mouth:
Re-AIPMT 2015 (1) Pharynx Oesophagus Crop
4. The body cells in cockroach discharge their Gizzard Ileum Colon Rectum
nitrogenous waste in the haemolymph (2) Pharynx Oesophagus Gizzard
Crop Ileum Colon Rectum
mainly in the form of :
(3) Pharynx Oesophagus Gizzard
(1) Calcium carbonate (2) Ammonia Ileum Crop Colon Rectum
(3) Potassium urate (4) Urea (4) Pharynx Oesophagus Ileum Crop
Gizzard Colon Rectum
AT0306
AT0374
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NEET(UG) 2020 (1) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
9. If the head of cockroach is removed, it may (2) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(v), (d)-(ii)
live for few days because: (3) (a)-(i), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
(1) the head holds a 1/3rd of a nervous
(4) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)
system while the rest is situated along
AT0381
the dorsal part of its body.
(2) the supra-oesophageal ganglia of the NEET(UG) 2021
cockroach are situated in ventral part of 12. Which of the following characteristics is
abdomen. incorrect with respect to cockroach?
(3) the cockroach does not have nervous (1) A ring of gastric caeca is present at the
system.
junction of midgut and hind gut.
(4) the head holds a small proportion of a
(2) Hypopharynx lies within the cavity
nervous system while the rest is
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enclosed by the mouth parts.
situated along the ventral part of its
body. (3) In females, 7th - 9th sterna together form
AT0379 a genital pouch.
(4) 10th abdominal segment in both sexes,
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bears a pair of anal cerci.
10. In cockroach, identify the parts of the
AT0382
foregut in correct sequence :- NEET(UG) 2021 (Paper-2)
(1) Mouth Oesophagus Pharynx
13. Select the correct statement about
Crop Gizzard
(2) Mouth Crop Pharynx Periplenata.
Oesophagus Gizzard (1) Grinding of food is carried out by
(3) Mouth Gizzard Crop Pharynx gizzard and mandibles.
Oesophagus
(2) Six to eight hepatic caecae occurs at the
(4) Mouth Pharynx Oesophagus
Crop Gizzard junction of midgut and hindgut.
AT0380 (3) A pair of anal cerci are found only in
11. Match the following columns with males.
reference to cockroach and select the
(4) All of the above.
correct option :
AT0514
Column - I Column - II
(a) Grinding of (i) Hepatic caecal NEET(UG) 2022
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options given below:
In the light of the above statements,
(1) (a) – (iv), (b) – (i), (c) – (ii), (d) – (iii)
choose the most appropriate answer from
the option given below : (2) (a) – (iii), (b) – (ii), (c) – (i), (d) – (iv)
(1) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct (3) (a) – (ii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (i), (d) – (iii)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is (4) (a) – (i), (b) – (iv), (c) – (iii), (d) – (ii)
(3) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is 17. Excretion in cockroach is performed by all,
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2. How many filamentous malphigian tubules
(3) Pleural membrane
are in cockroach?
(1) 100 – 150 (2) 50 – 100 (4) Perichordial membrane
(3) 150 – 200 (4) 200 – 250 AT0388
AT0384 7. Match the column I and II correctly.
3. Identify the A, B, C and D in the given Column-I Column-II
diagram and choose the correct option :
(A) Ovary (i) 10th segment
(B) Gizzard (ii) Excretary organ
(A) (B) (C) Malpighian (iii) Grinding of food
tubules
(D) Anal cerci (iv) 2-6th abdominal
segment
(C) (D) (1) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv
(2) A-ii, B-iii, C-iv, D-i
(3) A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i
A B C D
(4) A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii
1 Hypopharynx Mandible Labrum Maxilla
AT0389
2 Labrum Maxilla Mandible Hypopharynx
8. How many oothecae are produced by
3 Hypopharynx Labrum Maxilla Mandible
female cockroach?
4 Mandible Hypopharynx Labrum Maxilla
(1) 14 – 16 (2) 9 – 10
AT0385
(3) 12 – 13 (4) 1 – 4
4. Choose the correct statement regarding
cockroach AT0390
(1) Sperms are store in the ootheca EXERCISE-III(B) (ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS)
(2) fertilization occurs in seminal vessicles
9. Conglobate gland in present in :
(3) Anal style found in female cockroach
(4) Pair of spermatheca present in 6th (1) Female cockroach (2) Earthworm
segment (3) male cockroach (4) honey bee
AT0386 AT0315
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10. Alary muscle is associated with 13. The genus Blatta is associated with called :
(1) Heart and circulation (1) Cockroach
(2) Malpighian tubules and excretion (2) Butterfly
(3) Mandibles (3) Mosquito
(4) Maxilla (4) Earthworm
AT0316 AT0319
11. Common feaure in earthworm and 14. Male cockroach and female cockroach can
cockroach is : be differentiated by :
(1) Cuticle (exoskeleton) (1) Ocelli
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(2) Solid and ventral nerve cord (2) Anal cerci
(3) Nephridia (3) Anal styles
(4) Malpighian tubules (4) Compound Eye
AT0317 AT0320
12. The peculiar pungent smell of cockroach is 15. Stink gland is found in :
produced by the secretions of : (1) 4th and 5th terga of cockroach
(1) Pheromones (2) 5th and 6th terga of cockroach
(2) Flame cells (3) 5th and 6th sterna of cockroach
(3) Abdominal glands (4) 4th and 5th sterna of cockroach
(4) Cervical glands AT0321
AT0318