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
