NEET Biology Animal Kingdom MCQs Set 05

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Question 1: High regeneration capacity is possessed by
(a) Aurelia
(b) Pheretima
(c) Bombyx
(d) Planaria
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Answer: (d) Planaria

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (4) Planaria.
2. Regeneration is ability of organism to replace its lost or damaged part or ability to develop complete and normal individual from a part of body. Planaria (Dugesia) have high regeneration power.

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2. The point to remember: Planaria.

Question 2: The aschelminthes are commonly called roundworms because
(a) They have a round body
(b) Their body is circular in cross-section
(c) They have bilaterally symmetric body
(d) Their body have a round visceral hump
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Answer: (b) Their body is circular in cross-section

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (2) Their body is circular in cross-section.
2. In aschelminthes body is commonly cylindrical and elongated, tapering at both ends. In a cross section, body appears round or circular. Because of this body form, the animals are called round worms.

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2. The point to remember: Their body is circular in cross-section.

Question 3: All of the following are monoecious, except
(a) Fasciola
(b) Spongilla
(c) Ascaris
(d) Ctenoplana
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Answer: (c) Ascaris

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (3) Ascaris.
2. Animals having both female and male sex organs in same organism are called monoecious, bisexual, hermaphrodite. Spongilla (fresh water sponge), ctenoplana (ctenophora) and Fasciola (liver fluke) are monoecious or bisexual organisms. Ascaris are dioecious (unisexual), where male and females are distinct or different from each other.

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2. The point to remember: Ascaris.

Question 4: Hookworm is the common name of
(a) Wuchereria
(b) Ancylostoma
(c) Taenia
(d) Fasciola
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Answer: (b) Ancylostoma

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (2) Ancylostoma.
2. Common name for Wuchereria is filarial worm Common name for Ancyclostoma is hook worm Common name for Taenia soluim is pork tapeworm Common name for Fasciola is liver fluke.

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2. The point to remember: Ancylostoma.

Question 5: Mesoderm is present as scattered pouches in between the ectoderm and endoderm in
(a) Annelids
(b) Echinoderms
(c) Molluscs
(d) Aschelminthes
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Answer: (d) Aschelminthes

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (4) Aschelminthes.
2. Aschelminthes are pseudocoelomate where body cavity is present but it is not completely lined by mesoderm, but mesoderm is present as scattered pouches between ectoderm and endoderm.

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2. The point to remember: Aschelminthes.

Question 6: In Aschelminthes the excretory tube removes body wastes from the body cavity through
(a) Excretory pore
(b) Malpighian tubules
(c) Flame cells
(d) Diffusion from body surface
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Answer: (a) Excretory pore

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (1) Excretory pore.
2. An excretory tube is present in aschelminthes, which removes body waste through excretory pore. This excretory tube collects body waste from body cavity and removes it out through excretory pore.

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2. The point to remember: Excretory pore.

Question 7: The only phylum bearing pseudocoelom is
(a) Annelida
(b) Porifera
(c) Aschelminthes
(d) Platyhelminthes
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Answer: (c) Aschelminthes

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (3) Aschelminthes.
2. Only phylum aschelminthes are pseudocoelomate animals where body cavity is present but it is not completely lined by mesoderm, but mesoderm is present as scattered pouches between ectoderm and endoderm.

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2. The point to remember: Aschelminthes.

Question 8: Ascaris has all of the following features, except
(a) Complete digestive system
(b) Separate sexes (dioecious)
(c) External fertilisation
(d) Parasitic life
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Answer: (c) External fertilisation

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (3) External fertilisation.
2. Ascaris belong to phylum Aschelminthes. Ascaris have complete oligestive system with two openings, mouth and anus. Development is indirect with rhabditoid or rhabditiform larvae. Ascaris is common endoparasite in small intestine of man and undergo internal fertilisation only. There is no external fertilisation in Ascaris. Phylum : Annelida.

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2. The point to remember: External fertilisation.

Question 9: Metameric segmentation is exhibited by which of the following animal?
(a) Adamsia
(b) Euspongia
(c) Ascaris
(d) Pheretima
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Answer: (d) Pheretima

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (4) Pheretima.
2. In metameric segmentation animal body is devided both externally and internally into distinct portions callled metameres or segments. In annelida phylum both external and internal segmentation is present i.e. body of annelids is metamerically segmented. Pheretima commonly called earthworm is are annelid belonging to class oligochaeta.

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2. The point to remember: Pheretima.

Question 10: ________ in the earthworm perform the function similar to flame cells in Taenia.
(a) Parapodia
(b) Nephridia
(c) Metameres
(d) Ganglia
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Answer: (b) Nephridia

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (2) Nephridia.
2. As Taenia (platyhelminthes) have specialized flame cells for excretion, similarly earthworm have coiled specialized cells called nephridia for excretion of wastes.

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2. The point to remember: Nephridia.

Question 11: Notochord in earthworm is ______ and nerve cord is _____.
(a) Dorsal, Ventral
(b) Absent, Ventral
(c) Ventral, absent
(d) Absent, Dorsal
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Answer: (b) Absent, Ventral

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (2) Absent, Ventral.
2. Notochord is a supporting structure, part of internal skeleton found only in chordates. Nervecord is part of nervous system, mesodermal in origin and is found in both chordates and non-chordates. Notochord is formed on dorsal side in chordate while nerve cord is ventral in non-chordates and dorsal in chordates. Earthworm belong to phylum annelid, i.e. non-chordate. So earthworm does not have notochord and nerve cord is ventral in position.

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2. The point to remember: Absent, Ventral.

Question 12: The body segments in earthworm are called
(a) Comb plates
(b) Spicules
(c) Metameres
(d) Ganglia
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Answer: (c) Metameres

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (3) Metameres.
2. Earthworm (Annelid) have metamerically segmented body, where body is externally and internally divided into segments. These repeated segments are called metameres or somites. Phylum : Arthropoda.

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2. The point to remember: Metameres.

Question 13: The chitinous exoskeleton is possessed by
(a) Annelids
(b) Arthropods
(c) Molluscs
(d) Echinoderms
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Answer: (b) Arthropods

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (2) Arthropods.
2. Arthropods possess exoskeleton of chitin reinforced with protein or calcium carbonate. Presence of chitin exoskeleton favours survival of arthropod in different environment and supports their universal occurrence.

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2. The point to remember: Arthropods.

Question 14: Honey is the commercial product of which of the following animal?
(a) Bombyx
(b) Laccifer
(c) Apis
(d) Aedes
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Answer: (c) Apis

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (3) Apis.
2. Apis-honeybee, produces two main products honey and beewax. Honey is used as food as well as in medicines.

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2. The point to remember: Apis.

Question 15: The statement which does not stand true for arthropods is
(a) They have an open circulatory system
(b) Their body is divided into head, thorax and abdomen
(c) They are segmented and coelomate animals
(d) Fertilisation is usually external in them
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Answer: (d) Fertilisation is usually external in them

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (4) Fertilisation is usually external in them.
2. Arthropods have open circulatory system, possess true coelom and are schizocoelomate (body cavity is formed by splitting of mesoderm). Arthropods have segmented body, fertilisation is usually internal in Arthropods.

Teacher's Note:
1. Link this question to the matching NCERT topic and revise it.
2. The point to remember: Fertilisation is usually external in them.

Question 16: The phylum Arthropoda is named so because of presence of
(a) Jointed appendages
(b) Segmentation
(c) Chitinous exoskeleton
(d) Organ-system level of organisation
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Answer: (a) Jointed appendages

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (1) Jointed appendages.
2. Arthro means jointed and Poda means appendages. So arthropoda have jointed appendages which is characteristic feature of all arthropods and gives the phylum its name.

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2. The point to remember: Jointed appendages.

Question 17: Statocysts are the
(a) Lateral locomotory appendages in annelids
(b) Suckers present in parasitic platyhelminthes
(c) Balance organs in arthropods
(d) Stinging capsules in cnidarians
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Answer: (c) Balance organs in arthropods

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (3) Balance organs in arthropods.
2. Statocysts are the sense organs, which are meant for sense of balance in arthropods.

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2. The point to remember: Balance organs in arthropods.

Question 18: Match Column-I with Column-II Column-I Column-II a. A vector of disease (i) Bombyx b. A gregarious pest (ii) Limulus c. A living fossil (iii) Locusta d. An economically important insect (iv) Culex
(a) a(iii), b(ii), c(i), d(iv)
(b) a(i), b(ii), c(iii), d(iv)
(c) a(ii), b(iv), c(iii), d(i)
(d) a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)
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Answer: (d) a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (4) a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i).
2. a. A vector of disease – Culex mosquito – (Vector of filarial worm causes filariasis) b. A gregarious pest – Locusta – (Live in group, but not help each other) c. A living fossil – Limulus – Limulus (king crab or horse shoe crab) d. An economically – Bombyx – Produces silk important insect Phylum : Mollusca.

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2. Check every option separately before choosing a combined answer.

Question 19: Body of molluscs is
(a) Unsegmented
(b) Covered by a calcareous shell
(c) Divided into distinct head, muscular foot and visceral hump
(d) All of these
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Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (4) All of these.
2. Molluscs have unsegmented body, can be covered by shell made of calcium carbonate. Body of mollusc is normally divided into head, foot and visceral mass.

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2. Check every option separately before choosing a combined answer.

Question 20: Which of the following structure helps in excretion and respiration in molluscs?
(a) Nephridia
(b) Feather-like gills
(c) Flame cells
(d) Tentacles
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Answer: (b) Feather-like gills

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (2) Feather-like gills.
2. The mantle cavity of molluscs, encloses feather like gills which help in respiration as well as excretion.

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2. The point to remember: Feather-like gills.

Question 21: Precious pearls are obtained from which of the following animals?
(a) Pinctada
(b) Dentalium
(c) Sepia
(d) Aplysia
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Answer: (a) Pinctada

Explanation:
1. The correct option is (1) Pinctada.
2. Pinctada belonging to class Pelecypoda (Bivalvia) of phylum mollusca are famous for pearl formation. Pinctada is also called as pearl oyster.

Teacher's Note:
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2. The point to remember: Pinctada.

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