CBSE Class 11 Biology Animal Kingdom MCQs Set B

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MCQ for Class 11 Biology Chapter 4 Animal Kingdom

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Chapter 4 Animal Kingdom MCQ Questions Class 11 Biology with Answers

Question : Which one of the following animals possesses nerve cells but no nerves? 
a) Hydra
b) Tapeworm
c) Earthworm
d) Frog’s tadpole
Answer : Hydra

 
Question : Budding is a normal mode of asexual reproduction in 
a) starfish and Hydra
b) Hydra and sponges
c) tapeworm and Hydra
d) sponge and starfish
Answer : Hydra and sponges
 
Question : Give the correct matching of causative agent/ germ and disease 
a) Anopheles—malaria
b) Leishmania—sleeping sickness
c) Glossina—kala-azar
d) Wuchereria—filariasis
Answer : Wuchereria—filariasis
 
Question : Which one assists in locomotion? 
a) Trichocysts in Paramecium
b) Pedicellariae of starfish
c) Clitellum in Pheretima
d) Posterior sucker in Hirudinaria
Answer : Posterior sucker in Hirudinaria
 
Question : Coelom derived from blastocoel is known as
a) enterocoelom
b) schizocoelom
c) pseudocoelom
d) haemocoelom
Answer : pseudocoelom
 
Question : Radial symmetry is often exhibited by animals having 
a) one opening of alimentary canal
b) aquatic mode of living
c) benthos/sedentary
d) ciliary mode of feeding
Answer : benthos/sedentary
 
Question : Point out a non-parasite 
a) tapeworm
b) mosquito
c) leech
d) sea anemone
Answer : sea anemone
 
Question : Tube feet occur in 
a) cockroach
b) starfish
c) cuttle fish
d) cat fish
Answer : starfish
 
Question : Special character of coelenterates is 
a) polymorphism
b) nematocysts
c) flame cells
d) hermaphroditism
Answer : nematocysts
 
Question : Closed circulatory system occurs in 
a) snail
b) cockroach
c) cuttle fish
d) All of these
Answer : cuttle fish
 
Question : Which one belongs to Platyhelminthes?
a) Schistosoma
b) Trypansoma
c) Plasmodium
d) Wuchereria 
Answer : Schistosoma
 
Question : A chordate character is 
a) gills
b) spiracles
c) post-anal tail
d) chitinous exoskeleton
Answer : post-anal tail
 
Question : Fish which can be used in biological control of mosquitoes/larvicidal fish is 
a) eel
b) carp
c) cat fish
d) Gambusia
Answer : Gambusia
 
Question : Eutherians are characterised by 
a) hairy skin
b) true placentation
c) ovoviviparity
d) glandular skin
Answer : true placentation
 
Question : Flight muscles of bird are attached to
a) clavicle
b) keel of sternum
c) scapula
d) coracoid
Answer : keel of sternum
 
Question : Wish bone of birds is formed from
a) pelvic girdle
b) skull
c) hindlimbs
d) pectoral girdle/clavicles
Answer : pectoral girdle/clavicles
 
Question : Skin is a respiratory organ in 
a) lizards
b) birds
c) primitive mammals
d) frog
Answer : frog
 
Question : Penguin occurs in
a) Australia
b) Antarctica
c) Africa
d) America
Answer : Antarctica
 
Question : Kidney of adult rabbit is
a) pronephros
b) metanephros
c) mesonephros
d) opisthonephros
Answer : metanephros
 
Question : Bull frog of India is
a) Rana tigrina
b) R. sylvatica
c) R. Catesbiana
d) R. esculenta
Answer : Rana tigrina
 
Question : An egg laying mammal is
a) kangaroo
b) platypus
c) koala
d) whale
Answer : platypus
 
Question : Sound box of birds is called
a) pygostyle
b) larynx
c) syrinx
d) synsacrum
Answer : syrinx
 
Question : Gorilla, chimpanzee, monkeys and human belong to the same 
a) species
b) genus
c) family
d) order
Answer : order
 
Question : What is common in whale, bat and rat?
a) Absence of neck
b) Muscular diaphragm between thorax and abdomen
c) Extra-abdominal testes to avoid high temperature of body
d) Presence of external ears
Answer : Muscular diaphragm between thorax and abdomen
 
Question : Mucus helps frog in forming 
a) thick skin
b) dry skin
c) smooth skin
d) moist skin
Answer : moist skin
 
Question : All vertebrates possess 
a) renal portal system
b) dorsal, hollow central nervous system
c) four chambered ventral heart
d) pharyngeal gill slits
Answer : dorsal, hollow central nervous system
 
Question : What is common between ostrich, penguin and kiwi? 
a) Running birds
b) Migratory birds
c) Flightless birds
d) Four toed birds
Answer : Flightless birds
 
Question : Golden era/age of reptiles is
a) Palaeozoic
b) Mesozoic
c) Recent
d) Proterozoic
Answer : Mesozoic
 
Question : A common characteristic of all vertebrates is 
a) presence of skull
b) division of body into head, neck, trunk and tail
c) presence of two pairs of functional appendages
d) body is covered with an exoskeleton
Answer : presence of skull
 
Question : Closed circulatory system occurs in 
a) cockroach
b) tadpole/fish
c) mosquito
d) house fly
Answer :  tadpole/fish
 
Question : All chordates possess 
a) exoskeleton
b) limbs
c) skull
d) axial skeletal rod of notochord
Answer : axial skeletal rod of notochord
 
Question : Besides Annelida and Arthropoda, the metamerism is exhibited by 
a) Cestoda
b) Chordata
c) Mollusca
d) Acanthocephala
Answer : Chordata
 
Question : Which one of the following is an exotic Indian fish? 
a) Catla catla
b) Heteropneustes fossilis
c) Cyprinus caprio
d) Labeo rohita
Answer : Cyprinus caprio
 
Question : Pneumatic bones are expected to be found in 
a) pigeon
b) house lizard
c) frog’s tadpole
d) flying fish
Answer : pigeon
 
Question : The flightless bird Cassowary is found in 
a) Mauritius
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) Indonesia
Answer : Australia
 
Question : The long bones are hollow and connected by air passage. They are the characteristics of 
a) Aves
b) mammals
c) Reptilia
d) land vertebrates
Answer : Aves
 
Question : Which of the following is not found in birds?
a) Hindlimb
b) Pectoral girdle
c) Pelvic girdle
d) Forelimb
Answer : Forelimb
 
Question : In which of the following animal, post-anal tail is found?
a) Earthworm
b) Lower invertebrate
c) Scorpion
d) Snake
Answer : Snake
 
Question : In which of the following notochord is present in embryonic stage ? 
a) All chordates
b) Some chordates
c) Vertebrates
d) Non-chordates
Answer :
 
Question : Presence of gills in the tadpole of frog indicates that 
a) fishes were amphibious in the past
b) fishes evolved from frog like ancestors
c) frogs will have gills in future
d) frogs evolved from gilled ancestors
Answer : fishes were amphibious in the past
 
Question : A terrestrial animal must be able to 
a) excrete large amounts of water in urine
b) conserve water
c) actively pump salts out through the skin
d) excrete large amounts of salts in urine
Answer : conserve water
 
Question : Which one of the following characters is not typical of the class-Mammalia ? 
a) Seven cervical vertebrae
b) Thecodont dentition
c) Ten pairs of cranial nerves
d) Alveolar lungs
Answer : Ten pairs of cranial nerves
 
Question : Which one of the following is not a living fossil ? 
a) King crab
b) Sphenodon
c) Archaeopteryx
d) Peripatus
Answer : Archaeopteryx
 
Question : In which one of the following sets of animals do all the four give birth to young ones?
a) Lion, bat, whale, ostrich 
b) Platypus, penguin, bat, hippopotamus
c) Shrew, bat, cat, kiwi
d) Kangaroo, hedgehog, dolphin, loris
Answer : Kangaroo, hedgehog, dolphin, loris
 
Question : What is common between parrot, platypus and kangaroo ? 
a) Homeothermy
b) Toothless jaws
c) Functional post-anal tail
d) Oviparity
Answer : Homeothermy
 
Question : Which of the following pairs are correctly matched ? 
    Animals            Morphological features
(i) Crocodile      — 4-chambered heart
(ii) Sea urchin   — Parapodia
(iii) Obelia         — Metagenesis
(iv) Lemur         — Thecodont
a) (i), (iii) and (iv)
b) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
c) Only (i) and (iv)
d) Only (i) and (ii)
Answer : (i), (iii) and (iv)
 
Question : What is common to whale, seal and shark ?
a) Seasonal migration 
b) Thick subcutaneous fat
c) Convergent evolution
d) Homeothermy
Answer : Convergent evolution
 
Question : Which one of the following in birds, indicates their reptilian ancestry? 
a) Scales on their hind limbs
b) Four chambered heart
c) Two special chambers crop and gizzard in their digestive tract
d) Eggs with a calcareous shell
Answer : Scales on their hind limbs
 
Question : Which one of the following pairs of animals comprises ‘jawless fishes’ ? 
a) Lampreys and hag fishes
b) Guppies and hag fishes
c) Lampreys and eels
d) Mackerals and Rohu
Answer : Lampreys and hag fishes
 
Question : Crocodile and Penguin are similar to Whale and Dogfish in which one of the following features ? 
a) Lay eggs and guard them till they hatch.
b) Possess bony skeleton
c) Have gill slits at some stage
d) Possess a solid single stranded central nervous system.
Answer : Have gill slits at some stage
 
Question : What will you look for to identify the sex of the following ? 
a) Female Ascaris-Sharply curved posterior end
b) Male frog-A copulatory pad on the first digit of the hind limb.
c) Female cockroach-Anal cerci
d) Male shark-Claspers borne on pelvic fins
Answer : Male shark-Claspers borne on pelvic fins

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