NEET Biology Animal Kingdom MCQs Set 09

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Question 1: Select the distinguish able charact ers of Echinodermates from Hemichordates :-
(a) These animals have an endoskeleton of calcareous ossicles
(b) They have water vascular system
(c) The adult echinoderms are radially symmetrical
(d) All of the above
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Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation:
1. Calcareous ossicles, a water vascular system and radial adults separate echinoderms from hemichordates.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 2: An observer collect some sample like Pheretima, Herudinaria and Bombyx, Select the common characters among them :-
(a) Ventral Nerve chord
(b) They show metamerism
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Open circulatory system
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Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

Explanation:
1. Earthworm, leech and silkworm are metameric with a ventral nerve cord.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 3: Which of the following may be considered as the unique feature of members of phylum arthropoda?
(a) They have ventral nerve cord
(b) They have open circulatory system
(c) They have jointed appendages
(d) Development may be direct or indirect
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Answer: (c) They have jointed appendages

Explanation:
1. Jointed appendages are the unique feature of arthropods.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 4: Nereis and Pheretima are similar to Sepia and Octopus in which one of the following features?
(a) Dorsal nerve cord
(b) They are dioecious
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Closed circulatory system
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Answer: (d) Closed circulatory system

Explanation:
1. Annelids and cephalopod molluscs both have a closed circulatory system.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 5: In which one of the following organism its respiratory organs are correctly matched ?
(a) Starfish - Pharyngeal Gills
(b) King crab - Book gills
(c) Cuttle fish - Book lungs
(d) Earthworm - Tracheal system
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Answer: (b) King crab - Book gills

Explanation:
1. King crab (Limulus) breathes by book gills.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 6: Which one of the following is not a characteristic of phylum mollusca ?
(a) Coelomates
(b) Segmentation
(c) Mantle
(d) Shell
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Answer: (b) Segmentation

Explanation:
1. Molluscs are unsegmented, so segmentation is not a molluscan feature.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 7: Which of the following pair of animals comprise 'Comb jellies'?
(a) Balanoglossus and Saccoglossus
(b) Pleurobranchia and Ctenoplana
(c) Sea anemone and sea pen
(d) Sea lily and brittle star
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Answer: (b) Pleurobranchia and Ctenoplana

Explanation:
1. Pleurobrachia and Ctenoplana are comb jellies (Ctenophora).

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 8: What is common to Pheretima, Culex and Limulus?
(a) Ventral nerve cord
(b) Metamerism
(c) Coelomate
(d) All of the above
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Answer: (d) All of the above

Explanation:
1. Earthworm, Culex and Limulus have a ventral nerve cord, are metameric and coelomate.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 9: Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? (A) Flame cells - Taenia, Fasciola (B) Notochord - Balanoglossus (C) Metagenesis - Physalia and Obelia (D) Open circulatory system - Apis, Pila and Laccifer
(a) A, B and C
(b) A and C
(c) A, C and D
(d) A and B
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Answer: (c) A, C and D

Explanation:
1. Flame cells occur in flatworms, metagenesis in Physalia and Obelia and an open circulation in Apis, Pila and Laccifer; Balanoglossus has a stomochord, not a notochord.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 10: What is true about Neries, Apis, Columba, Macropus and Chelone?
(a) Dorsal hollow nerve cord
(b) Ventral solid nerve cord
(c) Closed circulatory system
(d) Metamerism
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Answer: (d) Metamerism

Explanation:
1. Nereis, Apis, Columba, Macropus and Chelone all show metamerism (as the term is used for these phyla).

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 11: Which one of the following is a living fossil?
(a) Echinus
(b) Pinctada
(c) Hirudinaria
(d) Limulus
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Answer: (d) Limulus

Explanation:
1. Limulus (king crab) is a living fossil.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 12: Which one of the following is a matching pair of an animal and a certain phenomenon it exhibits :-
(a) Octopus - Metamerism
(b) Hydra - Metagenesis
(c) Ascaris - Sexual dimorphism
(d) Pheretima - Indirect development
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Answer: (c) Ascaris - Sexual dimorphism

Explanation:
1. Ascaris shows sexual dimorphism; females are longer than males.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 13: Which one of the following group of animals is correctly matched with their two characteristic morphological features?
(a) Pavo, Camelus, Delphinus - Dorsal hollow nerve cord and poikilothermous
(b) Ast erias, o phiu ra , Balanoglossus an d Saccoglossus - Enterocoelomate and Deute rostomic
(c) Ascaris, Ancylostoma and Pheretima - Pseudocoelomates and metamerism
(d) Pila, Octopus, Apis and Bombyx - Open circulatory system and Dorsal nerve cord Chordata
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Answer: (b) Ast erias, o phiu ra , Balanoglossus an d Saccoglossus - Enterocoelomate and Deute rostomic

Explanation:
1. Asterias, Ophiura, Balanoglossus and Saccoglossus are enterocoelomate deuterostomes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 14: Which one of the following pair of animals belongs to 'Cartilaginous fishes'?
(a) Labeo and Catla
(b) Pterophyllum and Scoliodon
(c) Pristis and Carcharodon
(d) Petromyzon and Myxine
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Answer: (c) Pristis and Carcharodon

Explanation:
1. Pristis (saw fish) and Carcharodon (great white shark) are cartilaginous fishes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 15: Select the incorrect statement from the following :
(a) Cyclostomates have an elongated body bearing 6-15 pairs of gill slits
(b) All chordates are vertebrates
(c) Bony fishes have four pairs of gills with operculum
(d) Reptiles are poikilotherms.
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Answer: (b) All chordates are vertebrates

Explanation:
1. Chordates include protochordates, so all chordates are not vertebrates.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 16: Which one of the following is a correct matching set of class and its examples?
(a) Mammalia - Ornithorhynchus, Pteropus and Aptenodytes.
(b) Reptilia - Chameleon, Calotes, Neophron
(c) Amphibia - Rana, Ichthyophis, Crocodilus
(d) Osteichthyes - Clarias , Pterophyllum, Catla
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Answer: (d) Osteichthyes - Clarias , Pterophyllum, Catla

Explanation:
1. Clarias, Pterophyllum and Catla are bony fishes (Osteichthyes).

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 17: Which one of the following characters is not typical of the class Aves ?
(a) The long bones are hollow with air cavities.
(b) They are oviparous and development is direct.
(c) Air sacs connected to lungs supplement respiration
(d) The Avian skin is moist with scales.
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Answer: (d) The Avian skin is moist with scales.

Explanation:
1. Bird skin is dry, without glands except the oil gland; the legs bear scales, so moist skin is not avian.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 18: Reptiles are considered as the first amniote animals.They possess which of the following common characters?
(a) Tympanum represents ear. They do not have external ear opening
(b) Heart is usually four chambered.
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) They are oviparous and development is indirect.
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Answer: (a) Tympanum represents ear. They do not have external ear opening

Explanation:
1. Reptiles have a tympanum for the ear and no external ear openings; the heart is usually three chambered.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 19: Rana and Hyla are the members of class-Amphibia bearing which of the following characters?
(a) A tympanum represents the ear.
(b) These are cold blooded animals.
(c) They have moist skin without scales.
(d) All of these
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Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation:
1. Frogs and Hyla are cold blooded amphibians with moist skin, no scales and a tympanum.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 20: The biological name and their popular common name of animals are given below, select the correctly matched among the following ?
(a) Trygon - Saw Fish
(b) Carcharodon - Great white shark
(c) Ornithrohynchus - Penguin
(d) Clarias - Fighting Fish
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Answer: (b) Carcharodon - Great white shark

Explanation:
1. Carcharodon is the great white shark.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 21: The members of class osteichthyes are called bony fishes having numerous distinguishable character but which of the following can not be considered as their character?
(a) Skin is covered with cycloid / Ctenoid scales.
(b) Air bladder is present which regulates buoyancy.
(c) In males pelvic fins bear claspers
(d) Mouth is mostly terminal
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Answer: (c) In males pelvic fins bear claspers

Explanation:
1. Claspers occur in male cartilaginous fishes, not in bony fishes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 22: Members of class Reptilia, Aves and mammalia are amniotes and have a lot of common feature, but they differ from each other remarkably, select the common features among them :-
(a) They have 12-Pairs of cranial nerves.
(b) One pair of metanephric kidney help in excretion
(c) They are dioecious and fertilization is internal
(d) All of these
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Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation:
1. Reptiles, birds and mammals have 12 pairs of cranial nerves, metanephric kidneys, separate sexes and internal fertilisation.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 23: Corvus, Psittacula and Pavo are the members of class Aves. Select the characters those are exclusively found in class-Aves :-
(a) A cover of soft feathers is present all over the body of all the birds.
(b) They are warm-blooded.
(c) They are oviparous and development is direct.
(d) They have 4-chambered heart
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Answer: (a) A cover of soft feathers is present all over the body of all the birds.

Explanation:
1. A body covering of feathers is exclusive to birds; the other features occur in mammals too.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 24: Distinguishing characters of mammals are :-
(a) Diaphragm is present in the body cavity.
(b) Mammary glands are found in females for baby feeding.
(c) Their body is covered by a coat of hair.
(d) All of these
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Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation:
1. Diaphragm, mammary glands and hair are all distinguishing mammalian features.

Teacher's Note:
1. Learn each phylum by level of organisation, symmetry, germ layers, coelom type and one distinguishing feature.
2. Examples help: Porifera Spongilla, Cnidaria Hydra, Platyhelminthes Taenia, Aschelminthes Ascaris, Annelida Nereis, Arthropoda Apis, Mollusca Pila, Echinodermata Asterias.

Question 25: Select the distinguishable characters of Reptiles from Amphibians ?
(a) Cranial nerves are 12 pairs
(b) Monocondylic skull
(c) An amniotes
(d) All of these
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Answer: (d) All of these

Explanation:
1. Reptiles differ from amphibians in having 12 pairs of cranial nerves, a monocondylic skull and amniote eggs.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

Question 26: Which one of the following statements about all the four of Bufo, Rana, Rattus and Camelus is correct?
(a) All are poikilotherms
(b) All have 12 pairs of cranial nerve
(c) All have dicondylic skull
(d) Sexes are separate and fertilisaion is internal
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Answer: (c) All have dicondylic skull

Explanation:
1. Amphibians and mammals have a dicondylic skull; Bufo and Rana are poikilotherms, Rattus and Camelus are not.

Teacher's Note:
1. Pairs of animal and common name or group are frequent questions.
2. Make a list of one example for each class so you can match quickly.

Question 27: Which of the following pair are correctly matched? (A) Protochordates - Lancelet (B) Amniotes - Struthio, Aptenodytes, Chelone, Equus (C) Cartilaginous Fishes - Scoliodon, Trygon, Hippocampus (D) Tunicates - Salpa, Doliolum, Ascidia
(a) A, B and D
(b) A, C and D
(c) A, B and C
(d) Only A and B
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Answer: (a) A, B and D

Explanation:
1. Lancelet is a protochordate, Struthio, Aptenodytes, Chelone and Equus are amniotes, and Salpa, Doliolum and Ascidia are tunicates; Hippocampus is a bony fish.

Teacher's Note:
1. Chordates are separated into protochordates and vertebrates, and vertebrates into Agnatha and Gnathostomata.
2. For classes of vertebrates, compare heart chambers, skin covering, body temperature and mode of development.

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