NEET Biology Animal Kingdom MCQs Set 30

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Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1: Life cycle of Taenia is
(a) monogenetic
(b) digenetic
(c) polygenetic
(d) hexogenetic
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Answer: (b) digenetic

Explanation:
1. The Taenia life cycle needs two hosts, the pig and man, so it is digenetic.
2. Monogenetic life cycles have one host.

Teacher's Note:
1. Man is the primary host and pig the secondary host.

Question 2: Pigment haemocyanin is found in
(a) chordata
(b) annelida
(c) porifera
(d) mollusca
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Answer: (d) mollusca

Explanation:
1. The copper-containing respiratory pigment haemocyanin is found in the blood of molluscs and some arthropods.
2. Annelids, chordates and sponges lack it.

Teacher's Note:
1. Among the options mollusca is correct.

Question 3: Antedon belongs to which of the following class?
(a) Asteroidea
(b) Ophiuroidea
(c) Crinoidea
(d) Echinoidea
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Answer: (c) Crinoidea

Explanation:
1. Antedon (feather star or sea lily) belongs to class Crinoidea of phylum Echinodermata.
2. Asterias is an asteroid and sea urchin is an echinoid.

Teacher's Note:
1. Crinoids are attached or free-swimming forms.

Question 4: Scales in Chondrichthyes are
(a) placoid
(b) ctenoid
(c) cycloid
(d) all of these
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Answer: (a) placoid

Explanation:
1. Chondrichthyes have placoid scales.
2. Ctenoid and cycloid scales are found in bony fishes.

Teacher's Note:
1. Placoid scales are tooth-like.

Question 5: Which of the following snake is not poisonous?
(a) Naja- Naja
(b) Python
(c) Hydrophis
(d) Bungarus
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Answer: (b) Python

Explanation:
1. Python is a non-poisonous snake.
2. Naja naja, Hydrophis (sea snake) and Bungarus (krait) are poisonous.

Teacher's Note:
1. Python kills its prey by constriction.

Question 6: Birds are
(a) cold blooded
(b) homeothermal
(c) poikilothermal
(d) homeopoiesis
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Answer: (b) homeothermal

Explanation:
1. Birds are warm blooded (homeothermal) and keep a constant body temperature.
2. Poikilothermal means cold blooded.

Teacher's Note:
1. Mammals and birds are the two homeothermal classes.

Question 7: How many ovaries are found in birds ?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Many
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Answer: (a) One

Explanation:
1. Birds have only one functional ovary, the left one, which reduces body weight for flight.
2. The right ovary degenerates.

Teacher's Note:
1. Mammals have two.

Question 8: Gemmule formation in sponges are useful in
(a) asexual reproduction
(b) sexual reproduction
(c) parthenogenesis
(d) parthenocarpy
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Answer: (a) asexual reproduction

Explanation:
1. Gemmules are internal buds in sponges formed to survive unfavourable seasons, so they serve in asexual reproduction.
2. Parthenocarpy is a plant term.

Teacher's Note:
1. Fragmentation is another asexual method.

Question 9: What is left, when bath sponges dries up?
(a) Spicules
(b) Hold fast
(c) Spongin fibres
(d) Tentacles
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Answer: (c) Spongin fibres

Explanation:
1. When a bath sponge dries only the spongin fibre skeleton remains.
2. Spicules are in other sponges.

Teacher's Note:
1. Hold fast and tentacles are not sponge structures.

Question 10: Hydra receives impulses and stimuli through
(a) nerve cells
(b) sensory cells
(c) neuron cell
(d) nematocysts
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Answer: (b) sensory cells

Explanation:
1. Hydra has a diffuse nerve net, and stimuli are received by the sensory cells scattered in the epidermis.
2. Nematocysts are for defence.

Teacher's Note:
1. The nerve cells carry the impulses.

Question 11: Just as Xenopsylla is a Yersenia pestis, so is
(a) Glossina palpalis to Wuchereria bancrofti
(b) Culex to Plasmodium falciparum
(c) Homo sapiens to Taenia solium
(d) Phlebotomus to Leishmania donovani
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Answer: (d) Phlebotomus to Leishmania donovani

Explanation:
1. Xenopsylla (rat flea) transmits Yersinia pestis, so the pair is vector and pathogen.
2. In the same way Phlebotomus (sand fly) transmits Leishmania donovani.

Teacher's Note:
1. The other pairs have the vector and pathogen wrongly matched.

Question 12: Which of the following feature is common to leech, cockroach and scorpion?
(a) Nephridia
(b) Ventral nerve cord
(c) Cephalization
(d) Antennae
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Answer: (b) Ventral nerve cord

Explanation:
1. Leech, cockroach and scorpion are protostomes with a solid double ventral nerve cord.
2. Nephridia are not present in the cockroach or scorpion.

Teacher's Note:
1. Antennae are absent in leech and scorpion.

Question 13: Which one of the following groups of structures/organs have similar function?
(a) Typhlosole in earthworm, intestinal villi in rat and contractile vacuole in Amoeba.
(b) Nephridia in earthworm, Malpighian tubules in cockroach and urinary tubules in rat.
(c) Antennae ofcockroach, tympanum of frog andclitellum ofearthworm.
(d) Incisors of rat, gizzard (proventriculus) of cockroach and tube feet of starfish.
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Answer: (b) Nephridia in earthworm, Malpighian tubules in cockroach and urinary tubules in rat.

Explanation:
1. Nephridia of earthworm, Malpighian tubules of cockroach and urinary tubules of rat are all excretory organs.
2. The other groups have different functions.

Teacher's Note:
1. Match organs on function, not on structure.

Question 14: Which one of the following features is common in silverfish, scorpion, dragonflyand prawn?
(a) Three pairs of legs and segmented body.
(b) Chitinous cuticle andtwopairs ofantennae.
(c) Jointed appendages and chitinous exoskeleton.
(d) Cephalothorax and trachae.
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Answer: (c) Jointed appendages and chitinous exoskeleton.

Explanation:
1. Silverfish, scorpion, dragonfly and prawn are arthropods and have jointed appendages and a chitinous exoskeleton.
2. They differ in legs, antennae and respiration.

Teacher's Note:
1. The common feature is the arthropod one.

Question 15: Which one ofthe following animals is correctly matched with its one characteristic and the taxon? Animal Characteristic Taxon
(a) Millipede Ventral nerve Arachnida cord
(b) Duckbill Oviparous Mammalia platypus
(c) Silverfish Pectoral & Chordata Pelvic fins
(d) Sea anemone Triploblastic Cnidaria
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Answer: (b) Duckbill Oviparous Mammalia platypus

Explanation:
1. Duck-billed platypus is an oviparous mammal.
2. Millipede is a myriapod, silverfish is an insect and sea anemone is diploblastic.

Teacher's Note:
1. Only option (b) is correct.

Question 16: All mammals without any exception are characterized by
(a) viviparity and biconcave red blood cells.
(b) extra-abdominal testes and a four- chambered heart.
(c) heterodont teeth and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.
(d) a muscular diaphragm and milk producing glands.
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Answer: (d) a muscular diaphragm and milk producing glands.

Explanation:
1. All mammals have a muscular diaphragm and mammary glands.
2. Viviparity, a four-chambered heart and heterodont teeth are not universal (monotremes lay eggs).

Teacher's Note:
1. Cranial nerves are twelve pairs but only (d) has two sure features.

Question 17: Which of the following does not come under the class mammals?
(a) Flying fox
(b) Hedgehog
(c) Manatee
(d) Lamprey
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Answer: (d) Lamprey

Explanation:
1. Lamprey is a jawless fish of class Cyclostomata.
2. Flying fox is a bat, hedgehog is an insectivore and manatee is an aquatic mammal.

Teacher's Note:
1. All of them are mammals except lamprey.

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