96 Kingdom Animalia

9. What would you call the study of fishes (a) Tail and venous heart
[CPMT 1972, Bihar MDAT 1995, KCET 1999] (b) Venous heart and gills
(a) Ichthyology (b) Herpetology (c) Epidermal scales and tail
(c) Saurology (d) Ornithology (d) Epidermal scales and gills
10. Elasmobranchs are exclusively 23. Sea horse is [RPMT 1995,CPMT
(a) Fresh water forms (b) Marine water forms 2003]
(c) Brackish water forms (d) None of these (a) Fish (b) Reptile
11. Swim bladder or air bladder is present only in (c) Mammal (d) Bird
(a) Fish (b) Amphibia 24. Which of the following are first Gnathostomes
(c) Aquatic reptilia (d) Aquatic mammals (a) Fish (b) Amphibians
12. Pristis belongs to the class (c) Aves (d) Mammalians
[JIPMER 1994] 25. Heart pumps impure blood in case of [NCERT 1983]
(a) Dipnoi (b) Telostomi (a) Shark (b) Whale
(c) Elasmobranchii (d) Holocephali (c) Frog (d) Lizard
13. Bony plates and scutes are found in addition to 26. ‘Maltase cross’ is found in
scales in
(a) Brain of shark (b) Intestine of shark
[BHU 1985]
(c) Vertebra of shark (d) Teeth of shark
(a) Hag fish (b) Eel 27. Mermaid’s purse refers to
(c) Flying fish (d) Sea horse (a) Egg capsules of sharks and skates
14. Pharyngeal gill slits are found in (b) A colony of skates and rays
[DPMT 1985] (c) Brood pouch of sea horse
(a) Shark (b) Cray fish (d) All of these
(c) Cuttle fish (d) Star fish 28. Neoceratodus is found is
15. The fish Wallago is commonly called as 'fresh (a) England (b) South America
water shark', because it is (c) Australia (d) Africa
(a) Cartilaginous 29. The fish famous for parental care is
(b) Dangerously predatory (a) Hippocampus (b) Gambusia
(c) Lives in sea (c) Labeo (d) Scoliodon
(d) Resembles shark in body form 30. The most poisonous fish is
16. True fishes possess gills and fins. Which of the (a) Porcupine fish (b) Stone fish
following is not a true fish (c) Catfish (d) Scorpion fish
[CPMT 1975, NCERT 1984; DPMT 1993, MP PMT 1994] 31. Ampulla of Lorenzini in fishes is a
(a) Silver fish (Lepisma) (a) Thermoreceptor (b) Rheoreceptor
(b) Gold fish (Carassius) (c) Phonoreceptor (d) Photoreceptor
(c) Silver carp (Hythalamictyes) 32. Which of the following structures of a fish is
(d) Sea horse (Hippocampus) homologous with the lung of a frog
17. Which of following is a true fish (a) Gill pouch (b) Swim bladder
[MDAT Bihar 1995; JIPMER (Med.) 2002] (c) Stomach (d) Booklungs
33. Catadromous fish migrates from
(a) Dog fish (b) Silver fish
(a) Sea to river (b) River to sea
(c) Star fish (d) Whale
(c) River to estuary (d) Deep sea to surface
18. Cartilaginous fishes are characterised by the water
presence of
34. Association between suckerfish (Remora) and
(a) Terminal mouth (b) Ventral mouth shark is
(c) A homocercal tail (d) A heterocercal tail [CBSE PMT 1988]
19. Heart of fishes is (a) Symbiosis (b) Commensalism
(a) One chambered (b) Two chambered (c) Parasitism (d) Predation
(c) Three chambered (d) Four chambered 35. Which one is a true fish [CPMT 1984, 88, 89]
20. Hippocampus (Sea Horse) belongs to the class (a) Whale (b) Cuttlefish
[HP PMT 2005] (c) Silverfish (d) Flying fish
(a) Agnatha (b) Chondrichtyes 36. Anadromous fishes move [CBSE PMT 1992]
(c) Osteichthyes (d) Mammalia (a) From sea to freshwater (b) From sea to
21. Fishes are [RPMT 1999] estuary
(a) Homoiothermic (b) Poikilothermic (c) From river to sea (d) From estuary to sea
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these 37. Cartilaginous fishes do not have
22. Which of the following is characteristic feature of [CBSE PMT 1992]
fishes[KCET (Med.) 2001; CBSE PMT 2002; Pb. PMT (a) Operculum (b) Scales
2004]
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(c) Gill stits (d) Pelvic fins (c) Cyclostomata (d) Gnathostomata
38. Which is viviparous [JIPMER 1986, 98] 53. The fish Lepidosiren belongs to the country
(a) Bony fish (b) Lung fish [Jharkhand CECE 2003]
(c) Frog (d) Shark (a) South Africa (b) New Zealand
39. Common name of fish Anguilla is (c) South America (d) England
[MP PMT 1994] 54. At present, the Dipnoans are distributed
(a) Eel (b) Rohu over[Manipal 2003]
(c) Hilsa (d) Bombay duck (a) Europe and North America
40. In fishes the kidney is [AFMC 1993] (b) Latin America and Australia
(a) Pronephros (b) Mesonephros (c) Europe and Latin America
(c) Metanephros (d) Holonephros (d) North America and Australia
41. In one of the following fishes, the dorsal fin is 55. Choose the cat fish from the following [KCET 2004]
modified into suckers [EAMCET 1999] (a) Cirrhina mrigala (b) Wallago attu
(a) Torpedo (b) Echeneis (c) Labeo rohita (d) Catla catla
(c) Hippocampus (d) Neoceratodus 56. Salmon is [DPMT 2004]
42. Presence of claspers in an important character in (a) Anadromous fish (b) Catadromous fish
[EAMCET 1999] (c) Mollusca (d) Insect
(a) Sphyrna (b) Echeneis 57. Which fins are paired in fishes
(c) Hippocampus (d) Exocoetus [BHU 2001]
43. A fish differs from whale in having (a) Dorsal fin and anal fin
(a) Blubber (b) Lungs (b) Pelvic fin and ventral fin
(c) Teeth (d) Gills (c) Pectoral fin and pelvic fin
44. Salmon belongs to the group of [BHU 1998, AMU (d) Caudal fin and dorsal fin
2002] 58. Which fish gives birth to young ones
(a) Bony fishes (b) Cartilaginous fishes (a) Scoliodon (b) Anabas
(c) Cod fishes (d) Trout fishes (c) Heteropneustes (d) Catla
45. One of the following is known as ‘oil sardine’
[EAMCET 1999] Class-Amphibia
(a) Atropus surtensis (b) Harpodon recherius 1. Animals of which order have tail in their larval
(c) Sardinella longiceps (d) Rastrelliger forms
kanegunta (a) Apoda (b) Urodela
46. Which of the following is a migratory fish [AFMC (c) Anura (d) None of them
2001]
2. Frogs and toads belongs to order
(a) Shark (b) Salmon
(a) Apoda (b) Anura
(c) Carp (d) Ribbon fish
(c) Stegocephalia (d) Urodela
47. Similarity between fish and tadpole is [BVP 2001]
3. Tailless amphibians are the members of the group
(a) Legs (b) Fins
(a) Salientia (Anura) (b) Gymnophiona
(c) Lateral line (d) Scales (Apoda)
48. Which of the following is known as living fossil (c) Urodela (Caudata) (d) Cyclostomata
[MP PMT 2001, 03]
4. Which one of the following is not a true amphibian
(a) Lepidosiren (b) Lepidosteus animal
(c) Latimeria (d) Neoceratodus [CBSE PMT 1988]
49. The aquatic organism with prehensile tail is
[EAMCET 2002] (a) Frog (b) Tortoise
(a) Macaca (b) Chameleon (c) Salamander (d) Toad
(c) Exocoetus (d) Hippocampus 5. The common name of necturus is
50. Cartilaginous fishes belong to the class [HP PMT [CBSE PMT 1988]
2005] (a) Cave salamander (b) Congo eel
(a) Chondrichthyes (b) Osteichthyes (c) Hell bender (d) Mud puppy
(c) Agnatha (d) None of these 6. Salamander belongs to the class
51. Freshwater bony fishes maintain water balance by [AFMC 1985; DPMT 1982; CPMT
[BHU 2002] 1982; J&K CET (Med.) 2002]
(a) Excreting hypotonic urine (a) Reptilia (b) Amphibia
(b) Excreting salt across their gills (c) Aves (d) Mammalia
(c) Drinking small amount of water 7. Midwife toad is another name for
(d) Excreting waste in the form of uric acid [MP PMT 1994]
52. Hemicyclaspsis belongs to the class [EAMCET 2003] (a) Alytes (b) Hyla
(c) Rhacophorus (d) Pipa
(a) Pisces (b) Ostracodermi
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8. Amphibians breed (c) Rana silvatica (d) Rana cyanophlyctis
(a) In crevices (b) In water 23. Retention of larval characters even after sexual
(c) On trees (d) In soil maturity is called [BHU 1993; Kerala CET 2005]
9. Capacity of amphibians to change colour is called (a) Ontogenesis (b) Parthenogenesis
(a) Metachrosis (b) Metachronous (c) Neoteny (d) Phyllogenesis
(c) Synchronous (d) None of these 24. The glands present in the skin of frog are [AFMC
10. The name of flying frog is 1993]
[EAMCET 1998] (a) Mucous and poisonous (b) Sweat and
(a) Rhacophorus (b) Bufo mammary
(c) Phyllobates (d) Necturus (c) Sweat and sebaceous (d) Mucous and sweat
11. Frog which lives on the trees 25. Frog is [CPMT 1994]
[RPMT 1999] (a) Aminotelic (b) Ammonotelic
(a) Alytes (b) Bufo (c) Ureotelic (d) Uricotelic
(c) Hyla (d) Rana
26. Axolotl is the name given to the larva of [KCET
12. An animal having pentadactyl limbs without claws 1994]
belongs to the class [CMC Vellore 1993] (a) Silkworm (b) Ambystoma
(a) Amphibia (b) Reptilia
(c) Amphioxus (d) Roundworm
(c) Aves (d) Mammalia
27. Axolotl larva belongs to the order
13. A hibernating frog respires with [EAMCET 1994]
(a) Lung (b) Diaphragm (a) Urodela (b) Anura
(c) Buccal epithelium (d) Skin (c) Apoda (d) Stegocephalia
14. Absence of thumb is characteristic of [APMEE
28. Neoteny is found in [RPMT 1995]
1981]
(a) Tadpole (b) Salamander
(a) Rabbit (b) Man
(c) Frog (d) Monkey (c) Hyla (d) Axolotl
15. Neck is absent in frog. This helps frog in [BHU 29. The functional kidney of frog tadpole is [CBSE PMT
1995]
1982]
(a) Catching prey (b) Respiration (a) Pronephros (b) Mesonephros
(c) Swimming in water (d) Jumping on ground (c) Metanephros (d) Archinephros
16. The venous system of frog differ from that of 30. Caecilians belong to the order
rabbit in the presence of [CPMT 1982] [JIPMER 1999]
(a) Sirenia (b) Squamata
(a) Hepatic portal system (b) Renal portal
system (c) Neognathae (d) Gymnophiona
(c) Three vena cavae (d) Hepatic vein 31. Which animal is surinam toad
RPMT 2000]
17. A frog lives in water or near water because [DPMT
(a) Pipa (b) Bufo
1984]
(c) Bombinator (d) Alytes
(a) It can get its food easily in water
32. Limbless amphibians belong to the order
(b) Its hindlimbs are webbed and help in
[MHCET 2000; BHU 2001; CPMT 2001]
swimming
(a) Anura (b) Urodela
(c) It can see through its transparent eyelids while
(c) Gymnophiona (d) Squamata
swimming
33. Ancestral amphibians were tetrapods that evolved
(d) It respires through the skin
during
18. Fire-belied toad is [CBSE PMT 1988] [BHU 2002]
(a) Amphiuma (b) Necturus (a) Ordovician (b) Silurian
(c) Salamandra (d) Bombinator (c) Devonian (d) Carboniferous
19. A true terrestrial animal is 34. Which of the following is a limbless amphibian
[BHU 1988] [DPMT 1985; MP PMT 1993,
(a) Tortoise (b) Toad 2002; Kerala CET 2002]
(c) Frog (d) Necturus (a) Salamander (b) Ichthyophis
20. A frog has [MP PMT 1990] (c) Amphioxus (d) Balanoglossus
(a) Hands but no fingers (b) Ears but no pinnae 35. Rana Tigerinum is the zoological name of [Orissa
(c) Eyes but no lids (d) Jaws but no teeth JEE 2004]
21. Frog has [MP PMT 1990, AFMC (a) Frog (b) Garden lizard
1991] (c) Tiger (d) Krait
(a) Five fingers and four toes(b) Four fingers and 36. The skull of frog is [Kerala CET 2005]
five toes (a) Tricondylic (b) Monocondylic
(c) Five figners and five toes (d) Four fingers and (c) Dicondylic (d) Noncondylic
four toes (e) Polycondylic
22. Common Indian bull frog is 37. Frog is called amphibian because
[CBSE PMT 1992] [Wardha 2005]
(a) Rana tigrina (b) Rana esculenta (a) It has no tail
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(b) It has got lungs (c) Salivary glands (d) Endocrine glands
(c) Its young one, tadople is aquatic in its habitat 14. Snakes receive sound vibrations by [RPMT 1999]
(d) It lives both on land and water (a) Tympanum (b) Body
(c) Internal ear (d) Earth
Class-Reptilia 15. Mark the odd member from the following
(a) Turtle (b) Lizard
1. Classification of reptilia is based on
(c) Dolphin (d) Crocodile
(a) Scales (b) Type of brain
(c) Vaccuties (d) None of these 16. Whose skin colour does not change [MP PMT 1995]
2. Typhlop is a [NCERT 1983; CBSE PMT 1988; BHU (a) Chameleon (b) Horse
2001] (c) Garden lizard (d) Two of the above
(a) True snake (b) False snake 17. Monocondylic skull, dry skin and procoelus
(c) True worm (d) Shark vertebrae are present in
3. Only poisonous lizard of the world is (a) Amphibia (b) Reptilia
(a) Draco (b) Heloderma (c) Birds (d) Mammals
(c) Sphenodon (d) Varanus 18. Which one of the following is a true terrestrial
4. The most highly advanced character in crocodile animal
(reptilia) is the presence of [CPMT 1973; CMC [BHU 1988]
Vellore 1993] (a) Frog (b) Tortoise
(a) Powerful jaws (b) Shelled eggs (c) Salamander (d) Toad
(c) Thecodont dentition (d) Four chambered 19. Study of snakes is called [BHU 1982]
heart
(a) Ichthyology (b) Enterology
5. Which one of the following is a limbless lizard
(c) Serpentology (d) Entomology
(a) Hemidactylus (b) Chamelion
20. Some reptiles show autotomy which means [CPMT
(c) Anguis (d) Phrynosoma 1984]
6. Tortoise are [EAMCET 1977] (a) Voluntary breaking tail to confuse enemy
(b) Signal for charging
(a) Viviparous (b) Oviparous
(c) Signal for courtship
(c) Bisexual (d) Parthenogenic
(d) State of starvation prior to death
7. Members of class Reptilia are
21. Common trait amongst fishes, amphibians and
(a) Homoiothermic and amniotic reptiles is
(b) Homoiothermic and anamniotic [CPMT 1986]
(c) Poikilothermic and amniotic (a) Laying of eggs (b) Shelled eggs
(d) Poikilothermic and anamniotic (c) Gills (d) Scales
8. Out of the following, reptiles and birds differ in 22. The most poisonous snake is
only one, which is it [DPMT 1986]
(a) The skin possesses scales (a) Krait (b) Tree snake
(b) They lay eggs (c) Python (d) Rat snake
(c) Capacity of laying hard shelled eggs 23. The injection of serum of horse which has been
(d) There is regulation of the body temperature repeatedly injected by cobra venom into a person
9. Carapace is present in [CPMT 1999; BHU bitten by cobra results in
2005] [MP PMT 1986]
(a) Toad (b) Bird (a) No immunity (b) Natural immunity
(c) Frog (d) Tortoise (c) Active immunity (d) Passive immunity
10. Which is a poisonous snake 24. Teeth conducting poison in a snake are called
[EAMCET 1998] [CPMT 1986]
(a) Enhydrina (b) Typhlops (a) Incisors (b) Canines
(c) Python (d) Eryx (c) Heterodont (d) Fangs
11. The important character of Cobra is 25. The reptile which glides in the air is [DPMT 1986]
[Orissa JEE 1996; BVP 2000] (a) Draco (b) Phrynosoma
(a) Presence of hood (b) Small scales on head (c) Anguis (d) Calotes
(c) Rounded tail (d) None of these 26. Poisonous fangs of a snake are modified
12. Which of the following is a non poisonous [CPMT 1986; MP PMT 1990]
viviparous snake (a) Mandible (b) Maxillary teeth
(a) Ptyas (b) Echiscarinots (c) Canines (d) Nasals
(c) Uropeltis (d) All of these 27. Which of the followig is a marine snake [MP PMT
13. Poison glands of snake are modified 1988]
[EAMCET 1995,MH CET 2004] (a) Enhydrina (b) Typhlops
(a) Sebaceous glands (b) Ceruminous glands (c) Bungarus (d) Naja
 Kingdom Animalia 100
28. Snake moulting consists of (b) Either poisonous or non-poisonous
[BHU 1988] (c) Definitely poisonous
(a) Epidermis (b) Dermis (d) Deadly poisonous
(c) Cornified cells (d) Stratum 41. Cleidoic eggs are found in
germinativum [BHU 1994]
29. Pear-shaped head, sharply separated from rest of (a) Fishes (b) Amphibia
the body and coverd with small scales is a feature (c) Reptiles (d) None of these
of [MP PMT 1989] 42. Even ventricles of reptiles are partitioned but
(a) Pythons (b) Vipers there is mixing of blood [AIIMS 1996]
(c) Kraits (d) Cobras (a) Due to common ejection and entrance of blood
30. Large size scales fully extended from side to side in lungs
on the belly are characteristics of (b) Auricles are non-partitioned
[MP PMT 1990] (c) Heart is partially four-chambered
(a) Krait and sea snake (b) Cobra and python (d) None of these
(c) Rat snake and Cobra (d) Python and Krait 43. Calotes versicolor is a [Orissa JEE 1997]
31. Gavial or gharial is found in (a) House lizard (b) Garden lizard
[Haryana PMT 1993]
(c) Flying lizard (d) Rock lizar
(a) Freshwater (b) Sea water
44. Animal which can move the upper jaw [Kerala PMT
(c) Brackish water (d) Terrestrial habitats 1997]
32. Name a nonpoisonous snake (a) Elephant (b) Crocodile
[MP PMT 1989]
(c) Clarius (d) Frog
(a) Cobra (b) Krait
45. Most dinosaurs became extinct during [BHU 1998]
(c) Viper (d) Rat snake
(a) Late Triassic (b) Late Jurassic
33. A stumpy laterally compressed tail is characteristic (c) Cretaceous (d) Early Tertiary
of
[AFMC 1991]
46. Typhlops is [CBSE PMT 1988, BHU 2001]
(a) Tree snake (b) Sea snake
(a) Sea snake (b) Grass snake
(c) Rat snake (d) Rattle snake
(c) Glass snake (d) Blind snake
34. Order Squamata consists of
[CBSE PMT 1991] 47. The snake having head shield and elongated
hexagonal vertebrals is [EAMCET 2000]
(a) Bats (b) Crocodiles
(a) Naja (b) Eryx
(c) Turtles and pangolin (d) Lizards and snakes
(c) Bungarus (d) Ptyas
35. Which is correct for Indian snakes
[MP PMT 1992] 48. Which of the following is a poisonous snake
[CBSE PMT 2000]
(a) Only sea snakes are non-poisonous
(a) Eryx (b) Natrix
(b) Only sea snakes are poisonous
(c) Tree snake (d) Russel’s viper
(c) All water snakes are poisonous
49. Which of the following snake has hind legs [CPMT
(d) All sea snakes are poisonous 2000]
36. Besides mammals, diaphragm also occurs in (a) Python (b) Bungarus
[JKCMEE 1992]
(c) Typhlops (d) King cobra
(a) Birds (b) Crocodiles
50. The reptile which lacks penis belongs to [EAMCET
(c) Fishes (d) Toads 2000]
37. The heart is 3 or 4 chambered in the vertebrate (a) Ophidia (b) Crocodilia
group (c) Gymnophiona (d) Rhynchocephalia
[JKCMEE 1992]
51. Snake has [MH CET 2000; Pb. PMT 2004]
(a) Fishes (b) Amphibia
(a) Movalbe eyelids (b) No eyelids
(c) Reptilia (d) Aves (c) Immovable eyelids (d) Eyelids placed in
38. Jacobson’s organ is related to pouches
[CPMT 1994]
52. Most favourable land adaptation for reptile is
(a) Taste (b) Sight
[CBSE PMT 2001]
(c) Touch (d) Smell (a) Moist skin (b) Scales on body
39. Golden age of reptiles is [CBSE PMT 1994]
(c) Pulmonary respiration (d) None of these
(a) Palaeozoic (b) Mesozoic 53. Post anal tail is present in
(c) Coenozoic (d) Proterozoic [CBSE PMT 2001]
40. When the tail is cylindrical and ventral scales do (a) Cobra (b) Earth worm
not extend the entire width of the belly, the snake (c) Scorpion (d) Lower invertebrate
is [BHU 1994]
54. Diapside skull is found in the following [MP PMT
(a) Non-poisonous 2001]
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(a) Natrix, Draco and Turtle (c) Mammals (d) Birds
(b) Crocodile, Turtle and Seymouria 67. Animals have the innate ability to escape from
(c) Sphenodon, Crocodile and Viper predation. Examples for the same are given below.
(d) Calotes, Cobra and Varanosaurus Select the incorrect example.
[CBSE PMT 2005]
55. Antivenin injections used for snake bite are
prepared at (a) Colour change in chameleon
[BCECE 2001] (b) Enlargement of body size by swallowing air in
puffer fish
(a) IVRI, Bareilly
(c) Poison fangs in snakes
(b) NDRI, Karnal
(d) Melanism in moths
(c) Haffkin’s Research Institute, Mumbai
68. Zoological name of common Indian Krait is
(d) IARI, New Delhi
[Orissa JEE 2005]
56. Which of the following systems in man is affected
by the bite of cobra [AFMC 2001]
(a) Bungarus coeruleus (b) Ophiopagus hannah
(a) Digestive (b) Nervous (c) Viper russeli (d) Naja naja
(c) Excretory (d) Circulatory 69. A snake can be distinguished from a lizard by the
absence of
57. Turtles are [KCET 2002]
(a) Limbs and tympanum
(a) Pisces (b) Reptiles
(b) Limbs and girdles
(c) Molluscans (d) Arthropods
(c) Limbs, girdles and tympanum
58. The type of dentition in Crocodile is [MP PMT 2002]
(d) Limbs, girdles, tympanum and sternum
(a) Acrodont (b) Bunodont
70. In suborder ophidia, the vertebrae are
(c) Pleurodont (d) Thecodont
[EAMCET 1998; BHU 1999]
59. Scientific name of king cobra is
[Orissa PMT 2002]
(a) Amphicoelus (b) Acoelus
(a) Naja naja (b) Bungarus coerulus
(c) Heterocoelus (d) Procoelus
(c) Naja hunnah (d) Vipera russelli
60. Crocodile heart is [Kerala CET 2002; RPMT 2002]
Class-Aves
(a) Single chambered (b) 2-chambered
(c) 3-chambered (d) 4-chambered 1. The branch of science dealing with the study of
61. Study of reptiles is known as birds is
[CPMT 2003] [AFMC 1985; CPMT 1986]
(a) Ichthyology (b) Ornithology (a) Herpetology (b) Ornithology
(c) Herpetology (d) Mammology (c) Onoclogy (d) Anthropology
62. Foramen of Panizzae is found in the heart of [BVP 2. Quill feathers at the base of quill wings are called
2003]
[BHU 1999]
(a) Rabbit (b) Crocodile (a) Remiges (b) Barbules
(c) Pigeon (d) Frog (c) Coverts (d) Down feathers
63. Gila Monster Heloderma occurs in [MP PMT 2004]
3. The pelvic girdle of birds is attached to a complex
(a) Africa (b) America structure formed by the fusion of last thoracic, all
(c) Central Asia (d) China lumbar and first five caudal vertebra. This
64. Which one of the following is a matching pair of an structure is called
animal and its a one of the characteristics [MP PMT 1993; AFMC
[AIEEE 2004] 2005]
(a) Chamaelon - binocular vision (a) Synsacrum (b) Symphysis
(b) Heloderma - poison gland (c) Synkaryon (d) Sympelvis
(c) Varanus - prehensile tail 4. Archaeopteryx called a connecting link, carried the
(d) House lizard- 4 chambered heart characters of
65. Which of the following feature is not common [NCRT 1975, 82 BHU 1982; CBSE PMT
between Newt & Hemidactylus 1990,93; RPMT 1999; CPMT 2003; J&K CET 2005]
[CPMT 2005] (a) Reptile and bird (b) Reptile and mammal
(a) Body is divisible into head, neck, trunk and tail (c) Fish and amphibian (d) Amphibian and
(b) Head with pair of eyes and tympanic reptile
membrane 5. Flightless bird, cassowary is found in [CBSE PMT
(c) Trunk has 2 pairs of limb for locomotion 1996]
(d) Heart is 3-chambered (a) Australia (b) Newzealand
66. To which of the following category dinosaurs (c) Indonesia (d) Mauritious
belong 6. Which animals have a beak with jaws but no teeth
[HP PMT 2005] [CPMT 1995]
(a) Reptiles (b) Amphibians (a) Aves (b) Snakes
 Kingdom Animalia 102
(c) Mammals (d) All the above (a) Reptilia (b) Birds
7. Characteristic feature of aves is (c) Amphibia (d) Mammalia
[CPMT 1995] 20. Carpo-metacarpus and tarso-metatarsus are
(a) Presence of beak and features present in
(b) Ability to lay eggs (a) Reptilia (b) Mammalia
(c) Air spaces in lungs (c) Birds (d) Both (a) and (b)
(d) All the above 21. The development of optic lobes is maximum in
8. Which of the following group of animals maintain (a) Birds (b) Reptilia
high and constant body temperature such as (c) Mammals (d) Amphibia
mammals [AFMC 2005] 22. If a bird is transfered from 30°C to 10°C. The body
(a) Reptiles (b) Amphibians temperature will change to
(c) Birds (d) Fishes [CPMT 1982]
9. Only right aortic arches are present in [Manipal (a) 10°C (b) 30°C
2005] (c) 15°C (d) Remain unchanged
(a) Reptilia (b) Mammals 23. Which one of the following is a flightless bird
(c) Birds (d) None of these [AIIMS 2001,MHCET 2003]
10. Only one ovary is present in the (a) Passer (b) Corvus
(a) Aquatic reptiles (b) Terrestrial reptiles (c) Aptenodytes (d) Pavo cristatus
(c) Birds (d) Egg laying mammals 24. Which one is an oviparous animal [CPMT 1984]
11. The study of migration of birds is known as (a) Pigeon (b) Whale
(a) Ecology (b) Nidology (c) Bat (d) Amoeba
(c) Phenology (d) Phrenology 25. Urinary bladder in birds is absent because
12. A pigeon in the absence of down feathers will not (a) Disturbs equilibrium of birds
be able to (b) Urine is absent
[NCERT 1983] (c) Solid excretory product
(a) Fly for long distance (d) All of them
(b) Protect against ectoparasites 26. Kingfisher is a bird in which the feet are [CBSE PMT
(c) Exhibit secondary sexual dimorphism 1988]
(d) Keep the body warm (a) Scratching type (b) Raptorial type
13. Pneumatic bones of birds (c) Perching type (d) Wading type
(a) Increase the respiratory rate 27. Both male and female pigeons secrete milk
(b) Increase the heart beat rate through
(c) Increase the CO2 output [CBSE PMT 1988]
(d) Increase the buoyancy (a) Mammary glands (b) Crop glands
14. Which one is characteristic for birds (c) Salivary glands (d) Gizzard glands
[CPMT 1984; Wardha 2005] 28. Birds differ from bats in the absence of
(a) They are flying animals [JIPMER 1985; CPMT
(b) They are warm blooded 1989]

(c) They are Bipedal and have feathres (a) 4-chambered heart (b) Homoiothermy
(d) They are quadruped and have scales (c) Diaphragm (d) Tracheae
15. The beak in birds is toothed in [BHU 1985; MP PMT 29. The wishbone of the birds is derived from [CBSE
1993] PMT 1989]
(a) Ostrich (b) Kiwi (a) Skull (b) Pectoral girdle
(c) Archaeopteryx (d) Pelican (c) Pelvic girdle (d) Hindlimb
16. Pneumatic bones are found in 30. Birds have bipedal locomotion as it [CPMT 1991]
[CBSE PMT 1996; AFMC 2000, 02] (a) Reduces body weight
(a) Domestic lizard (b) Tadpole of frog (b) Increases rate of locomotion
(c) Flying lizard (d) Pigeon (c) Provides more support to the body
17. The vertebrae of birds are characteristically (d) Spares forelimbs for flight
[CBSE PMT 1988; AIIMS 1999] 31. The largest egg belongs to
(a) Heterocoelous (b) Acoelous [CPMT 1994; MHCET 2000]

(c) Opisthocoelous (d) Amphicoelous (a) Elephant (b) Whale

18. Which of the following birds cannot fly [CPMT 1980] (c) Dinosaur (d) Ostrich
(a) Peacock (b) Duck 32. Bone marrow does not occur in
[BHU 1994]
(c) Emu (d) Stork
(a) Fishes (b) Amphibians
19. Monocondylic skull, warm blooded animals with air
sacs are present in (c) Birds (d) Reptiles
 103 Kingdom Animalia
33. Preen gland occurs in [RPMT 1995] (a) Syrinx (b) Glottis
(a) Pisces (b) Aves (c) Larynx (d) Oesophaagus
(c) Reptilia (d) Mammalia 48. Cleidoic egg is an adaptation for
34. Without exception, all birds are [RPMT 2001]
[CPMT 1995] (a) Aerial life (b) Marine life
(a) Omnivorous (c) Aquatic life (d) Terrestrial life
(b) Have feathers and fly 49. Flightless birds belong to
[CBSE PMT 2002]
(c) From nests and care them
(a) Ratites (b) Neornithes
(d) Have calcareous shelled egg
(c) Archaeornithes (d) None of these
35. Which of the following is merrythought bone 50. Which of the following is flightless bird [MH CET
[EAMCET 1995] 2002]
(a) Coracoid (b) Clavicle (a) Emu (b) Kiwi
(c) Scapula (d) Suprascapula (c) Ostrich (d) All of the above
36. The living wingless or flightless birds belong to the 51. Characteristic features such as four-chambered
superorder [EAMCET 1995] heart, feather and pneumatic bone is applicable to
(a) Palaeognathae (b) Odontognathae the class of vertebrate [Orissa JEE 2002]
(c) Archaeornithes (d) None of these (a) Cyclostomata (b) Aves
37. Kiwi is found in [BHU 1981; CPMT (c) Reptilia (d) Mammals
1996]
Class-Mammalia
(a) India (b) South America
(c) New Zealand (d) East Indies 1. In which order human is placed
38. A well known bird sanctuary of our country is (a) Carnivora (b) Rodentia
situated at (c) Primate (d) None of the above
[MP PMT 1996] 2. Members of which group of the followings, have
(a) Kaziranga (b) Bandipur three ossicles in their internal ear
(c) Palamu (d) Bharatpur (a) Amphibia (b) Reptilia
39. Birds fly with the help of [BCECE 1997] (c) Aves (d) Mammalia
(a) Patagium (b) Wing 3. Only left aortic arches are present in
(c) Feather (d) Limbs (a) Reptiles of order crocodilus
40. Penguin is found in [CBSE PMT 1990; BHU 1997] (b) Birds
(a) Africa (b) Australia (c) Mammals
(c) America (d) Antarctica (d) Both (a) and (c)
41. Flight muscles of bird are attached to 4. Egg-laying mammals are grouped as [Pune CET
1998]
[CBSE PMT 1989; Kerala PMT 2001]
(a) Eutheria (b) Prototheria
(a) Clavicle (b) Coracoid
(c) Rodentia (d) Metatheria
(c) Keel of sternum (d) Scapula
5. ‘Bat’ is classified as a mammal because [DPMT
42. Renal portal system is absent in
1987]
[BHU 1998]
(a) It has hairs (b) It can fly
(a) Amphibians (b) Reptiles
(c) It has pinna (d) It has testes
(c) Amphibians and reptiles (d) Birds
6. Which of the following animals is an example of
43. Birds are [AIIMS 2000]
class mammalia [MP PMT 1998]
(a) Cold blooded (b) Homoiothermal
(a) Manis (b) Planorbis
(c) Poikilothermal (d) Homeopoiesis
(c) Hydrophis (d) Psittacula
44. The presence of feathers and power of flight are
7. External ears are characteristics of
characteristic feature of [CPMT 1975; BVP
[MP PMT 1994,97]
2000]
(a) Birds (b) Mammals
(a) Aves (b) Reptilia
(c) Birds and mammals (d) Mammals and
(c) Mammals (d) Amphibians
reptiles
45. Which is not aerial adaptation of Birds [RPMT 2001]
8. Eutherian mammals are [MP PMT 1996]
(a) Single ovary (b) Pneumatic bone
(a) Oviparous
(c) Gizzard (d) Keeled sternum
(b) Viviparous
46. Who called birds are glorified reptiles [BVP 2001]
(c) Ovoviviparous
(a) Huxley (b) Romer
(d) Both oviparous and ovoviviparous
(c) Mendel (d) Robert Hooke
9. Marsupials are [CPMT 1983]
47. The special sound producing organ in birds is [BVP
2001] (a) Oviparous (b) Viviparous
(c) Ovoviviparous (d) Omniparous
 Kingdom Animalia 104
10. Which one of the following is not a mammal (c) Mammals with a single common cloacal
[DPMT 1985] opening
(a) Ant eater (b) Echidna (d) Protozoans with single flagellum
(c) Heloderma (d) Dolphin 23. Apart from mammals, other group of animals
11. Animals belonging to the order ‘rodentia’ have maintaining a high and constant body temperature
[DPMT 1985] is [DPMT 1983]
(a) Long incisors (b) long canines (a) Insects (b) Fishes
(c) short incisors (d) long molars (c) Worms (d) Birds
12. Corpora bigemina is not present in 24. Kangaroo is a native of
(a) Frog (b) Snake [AFMC 1982; BHU 1979; CPMT 1982]
(c) Birds (d) Rabbit (a) Africa (b) Australia
13. Why do mammals lack mucus glands in their skin (c) Austria (d) Mexico
[AIIMS 1993] 25. Chief distinguishing features of the mammals are
(a) The skin is not slippery [CPMT 1983]
(b) The skin is tough (a) Hairy skin and ovipary
(c) The epidermis has many layers of cells (b) Hairy skin and mammary glands
(d) The skin is not respiratory (c) Mammary glands and teeth
14. Double circulatory heart is present in (d) Pinna and teeth
(a) Birds only (b) Mammals only 26. Milk glands are found in [CPMT 1982]
(c) Reptilia only (d) Both (a) and (b) (a) All vertebrates (b) All mammals
15. Cerebellum of one of the following animals is (c) All placental mammals (d) All prototherians
provided with lateral lobes and arborvitae 27. Ruminants belongs to order
(a) Reptilia (b) Mammals [Manipal 2005]

(c) Birds (d) Amphibia (a) Proboscida (b) Artiodactyla

16. 12 pairs of cranial nerves are present in [AIIMS (c) Marsupials (d) Edentata
1993] 28. Largest animals belong to class
(a) Reptilia (b) Birds only [CPMT 1984]

(c) Mammals only (d) All the above (a) Arthropoda (b) Pisces
17. Rabbit belongs to the order (c) Mammalia (d) Reptilia
[CBSE PMT 1991] 29. The biological name of ‘domestic cat’ is [MP PMT
(a) Rodentia (b) Lagomorpha 1993]
(a) Panthera domestica (b) Felis domestica
(c) Artiodactyla (d) Perissodactyla
(c) Felis leo (d) Panthera indica
18. To which of the taxonomic group does whale
belong 30. Which of following group of mammals, the
placenta is absent
[AFMC 1985]
(a) Prototheria (b) Metatheria
(a) Fishes (b) Reptilia
(c) Eutheria (d) Theria
(c) Mammalia (d) Arthropoda
31. Which one of the following is a metatherian
19. Which one of the following is a metatherian [DPMT
mammal
1992]
[CPMT 1974]
(a) Didelphis (b) Ornithorhynchus
(a) Echidna (b) Kangaroo
(c) Tarsier (d) Hysterics
(c) Shrew (d) Pangolin
20. The mammal which possesses both the reptiles
32. Which pair of the animal groups, has oxygenated
and mammalian characters
and de-oxygenated blood in the heart separately
[DPMT 1993]
(a) Amphibians and reptiles (b) Birds and
(a) Marsupials (b) Monotremes
Mammals
(c) Equus (d) Oryctolagus
(c) Reptiles and Birds (d) Reptiles and
21. Kangaroo is a member of which order Mammals
[RPMT 1995; MP PMT 33. Bats are included in the same taxonomial group as
2000]
(a) Birds (b) Butterflies
(a) Monotremata (b) Marsupialia
(c) Flying lizards (d) Whales
(c) Prototheria (d) Insectivora
34. The class of phylum chordata to which bat belongs
22. Monotremata is a group of animals which includes
(a) Mammalia (b) Reptilia
[CPMT 1971]
(c) Aves (d) Amphibia
(a) Fishes with a single gill aperature
35. The following mammal lays eggs
(b) Insects with a single pair of functional spiracles [KCET 1998; J&K CET 2005]
(a) Porcupine (b) Platypus
(c) Kangaroo (d) Koala
 105 Kingdom Animalia
36. Double Vagina are found in (a) Man, chimpanzee, monkey
[RPMT 1999] (b) Cuttle fish, jelly fish, silver fish
(a) Monotremata (b) Eutheria (c) Bat, pigeon, crow
(c) Marsupials (d) All of the above (d) Oyster, octopus, star fish
37. Which of the following is not viviparous [HP PMT
49. Constant body temperature is found in [DPMT
2005]
1985]
(a) Mole (b) Platypus
(a) Earthworm (b) Snake
(c) Kangaroo (d) Shrew
(c) Frog (d) Cow
38. The order Cetacea includes
[CPMT 1973] 50. Which one is different from others
[DPMT 1982]
(a) Monkey, gorilla and man
(a) Whale (b) Porpoise
(b) Cat, dog, wolf and lion
(c) Bat (d) Fish
(c) Whale, dolfin and porpoise
(d) Hippopotamus, pig and giraffe 51. Dolphins are
39. Which of the following mammals have cloaca (a) Fishes (b) Amphibians
(a) Prototheria (b) Metatheria (c) Reptiles (d) Mammals
(c) Eutheria (d) Theria 52. Which animal eats its own faeces
40. Lingulates or odd-toed mammals (Horse, Ass and [CPMT 1985]
Zebra) belong to the order (a) Pig (b) Goat
(a) Artiodactyla (b) Perissodactyla (c) Rabbit (d) Elephant
(c) Lagomporpha (d) Edentata 53. The sweat glands in mammals are primarily
41. Which of the following mammals, has scrotal concerned with
testes [CPMT 1986]
(a) Prototherians (b) All placental (a) Regulation of water content
mammals (b) Regulation of body heat
(c) Elephant (d) Man (c) Killing of skin bacteria
42. All the carnivores have (d) Removal of excess of salt
(a) Short incisors (b) Long incisors 54. Ornithorhynchus is a [BHU 1986]
(c) Short canines (d) Long canines (a) A fossil bird (b) Duck
43. Which of the following is prototherian [BHU 1999]
(c) Monotreme mammal (d) Dinosaur
(a) Platypus (b) Macropus
55. The mammals evolved from the reptile in the
(c) Opposum (d) Bradypus [CPMT 1987]
44. Sub class Prototheria is related with egg laying (a) Cretaceous (b) Triassic
mammal such as
(c) Devonian (d) Carboniferous
(a) Kangaroo (b) Echidna
56. Hairs occur in all mammals except those of
(c) Primate (d) None
[CBSE PMT 1988]
45. When embryo develops in the body of female but
(a) Chiroptera (b) Rodentia
it does not obtain nutrients from the mother [RPMT
1999] (c) Cetacea (d) Primates
(a) Ovo-viviparous (b) Viviparous 57. The sweat gland are scanty in
[CPMT 1988]
(c) Oviparous (d) None of these
(a) Elephant (b) Man
46. Correct Statement is
(c) Rabbit (d) Polar bear
(a) Archaeopteryx is connecting link between aves
and mammals 58. “Sea lion” belongs to [BHU 1989]
(b) Duck-billed platypus is connecting link (a) Class Reptilia (b) Subcless Prototheria
between mammals and reptiles (c) Superclass Pisces (d) Order Carnivora
(c) Sea horse is connecting link between horse 59. The Zoological name of ‘Lion-tailed macaque’ is
[BHU 1989]
and fish
(a) Macaca rhesus (b) Macaca silenus
(d) Hydra is connecting link between protozoa and
metazoa (c) Macaca mulatta (d) None of these
60. Locomotion in Kangaroo is
47. Which of the following is rightly matched [CPMT
[AFMC 1991]
1995]
(a) Saltatorial (b) Volant
(a) Mammalia - Human beings
(c) Cursorial (d) Creeping
(b) Mollusca - Centipede
61. Pinna is absent in [EAMCET 1994]
(c) Pisces - Silver fish
(a) Sirenia (b) Primates
(d) Echinoderm - Echidna (c) Rodentia (d) All of these
48. Which of the following is a matching set in 62. Which one has a poison gland
taxonomy [RPMT 1995]
[CPMT 1975, 82]
 Kingdom Animalia 106
(a) Wall lizard (b) Scoliodon (c) Dermaptera (d) Cetacea
(c) Rat snake (d) Male platypus 75. A group of animals having marsupium
63. In mammals, few vertebrae join to form [EAMCET [MP PMT 2001; CBSE PMT 2001,
1995] MHCET 2001,BVP 2001]
(a) Humerus (b) Femur (a) Monotremata (b) Eutheria
(c) Synsacrum (d) Atlas
(c) Metatheria (d) Prototheria
64. Whale is air breather but can live under water for
a long time because it possesses 76. Echidna is found in [BHU 2001]
[CPMT 1997] (a) India (b) Africa
(a) Large lungs (b) Small lungs (c) Malaysia (d) Australia
(c) Blubber (d) Retea mirabile 77. Which one of the following is egg-laying mammal
65. Only poisonous mammal is [RPMT 2001; MP PMT 2001]
[BHU 1986; CBSE PMT 1989, 92, 93; RPMT 1995; (a) Pangolin (b) Tachyglossus
CPMT 1997; BCECE 1997] (c) Porcupine (d) Bat
(a) Ornithorhynchus (b) Echidna 78. Order primata contains [CPMT 2001]
(c) Guinea pig (d) Snake (a) Shrew and hedge hog (b) Bats and vampire
66. Which will not affect echolocation in bats [AFMC
(c) Monkeys and man (d) Horses and zebra
1997]
79. The order insectivora comes under [KCET 2001]
(a) Covering eyes only
(b) Covering the whole head (a) Class mammalia (b) Class insecta
(c) Covering the ears (c) Phylum echinodermata (d) Phylum
arthropoda
(d) Covering the eyes and ears
80. Diaphragm is found in [MH CET 2001]
67. Most primitive living mammals which provide an
evidence of organic evolution from geographical (a) Crocodile (b) Kangaroo
distribution are found in [AIIMS 1998] (c) Ostrich (d) Snake
(a) Afrcia (b) Australia 81. Arboreal mammals have [MH CET 2001]
(c) China (d) India (a) Flying character (b) Burrowing character
68. The zoological name of lion is (c) Climbing character (d) None of the above
[MP PMT 2000] 82. A fat called blubber could be obtained from
(a) Felis leo (b) Panthera tigris [Kerala PMT 2001]
(c) Panthera pardus (d) Panthera leo persica (a) Bat (b) Dolphin
69. Which of the following mammals lacks corpus (c) Shark (d) Blue whale
callosum 83. Which pair of characters are found without
[MP PMT 2000] exception in all mammals
(a) Macaca (b) Macropus [RPMT 2001]
(c) Balaenoptera (d) Ornithorhynchus (a) Hair and viviparity
70. Vestigial pelvic girdle and bones of hind limbs are (b) Viviparity and mammary glands
characteristic of [Haryana PMT 2000] (c) Viviparity and internal fertilization
(a) Whales (b) Otters (d) Mammary glands and internal fertilization
(c) Rodents (d) Sharks 84. Which of the following is not a mammalian
71. Which of the following exist in maximum number character
of terms of genera and species [MH CET 2002]
[AFMC 2000] (a) Hairy skin (b) Muscular diaphragm
(a) Aquatic mammals (b) Carnivore mammals (c) 3-chamberd heart (d) RBCs enucleated
(c) Herbivore mammals (d) Terrestrial mammals 85. Which one of the following is an exclusive
72. Which of the following is largest mammals [MH CET character of class mammalia [BHU 2000; RPMT
2000] 2002]
(a) Whale (b) Elephant (a) Presence of a completely 4-chambered heart
(c) Camel (d) Dinosaur (b) Homoiothermy
73. Without teats, mammary glands are found in (c) Presence of muscular diaphragm
[EAMCET 1998; BHU 2000; CBSE PMT 2001; (d) Internal fertilization
MH CET 2000] 86. Echolocation is found in [Kerala CET 2002]
(a) Prototheria (b) Metatheria (a) Insects (b) Birds
(c) Eutheria (d) Theria (c) Bats (d) Monkeys
74. Bats belong to which order 87. Jaw suspension characteristic of mammals is [MP
[MP PMT 1994; CBSE PMT 2000,BVP 2001] PMT 2002]
(a) Carnivora (b) Chiroptera (a) Amphistylic (b) Craniostylic
 107 Kingdom Animalia
(c) Autodiastylic (d) Hyostylic [AMU 2005]
88. Most animals domesticated by man belong to the (a) Hepatic portal system
order (b) Hypophysial portal system
[BHU 2002] (c) Renal portal system
(a) Carnivora (b) Rodentia (d) Hepatic and Hypophysial portal system
(c) Ungulata (d) Lagomorpha 99. Egg laying mammals are found in
89. All mammals [AMU 2002] [AFMC 1985]

(a) Give birth to live young (a) India (b) South Africa
(c) Africa (d) Australia
(b) Have a thick coat of hair
100. Bat can travel with [AFMC 1997]
(c) Nourish their young with milk
(a) Eyes open
(d) Have a uterus
(b) Eyes plugged and ears open
90. Which character is not same in aves and mammals
(c) Ears plugged and eyes open
[RPMT 2002]
(d) Ears closed and eyes plugged
(a) Single systemic arch (b) Metanephric kidney
101. Whale is included among mammals because it has
(c) Seven cervical vertebrae (d) Homoiotherms a
91. Select the correct set of animals of class- [CPMT 1979]
mammalia
(a) Pair of lungs
[Orissa PMT 2002]
(b) Pair of nostrils
(a) Lion, hippopotamus, penguin, bat
(c) Four chambered heart
(b) Lion, bat, whale, ostrich (d) Diaphragm between thorax and abdomen
(c) Hippopotamus, penguin, whale, kangaroo
(d) Whale, bat, kangaroo, hippopotamus
92. One of the following is a very unique feature of the
mammalian body [CPMT 1987; CBSE PMT 2004]
(a) Four chambered heart (b) Rib cage
(c) Homeothermy (d) Presence of
diaphragm 1. Porocytes cells are [CPMT 1984]
93. The zoological name of common hare found in (a) Excretion and located in the body of flat worms
northern India is [MP PMT 2001; CPMT 2004]
(b) Outgoing water current an located at summit
(a) Oryctolagus cuniculus (b) Lepus of sponges
ruficaudatus (c) Incomming water current and located in body
(c) Dasypus sexcinctus (d) Alactaga indica wall of sponge
94. The feet with two toes forming cloven hoof is seen (d) Sweat and located in mammalian skin
in 2. Internal bud for overcoming unfavourable
[Kerala PMT 2004] conditions in Leucosolenia is
(a) Horse (b) Zebra [CPMT 1996]
(c) Rhinoceros (d) Elephant (a) Budding (b) Regeneration
(e) Sheep (c) Gemmule (d) Parenchymula
95. Flippers of seal are modified 3. An animal having diploblastic acoelomic condition
[AFMC 2004] is
(a) Fins (b) Hind limb [DPMT 1982]
(a) Ascaris (b) Sea Anemone
(c) Forelimb (d) Gills
(c) Planaria (d) Periplaneta
96. Which of the following structures is present
characteristically only in mammalian brain 4. The term for body cavity present in triploblastic
[MP PMT 2004] animals is
(a) Corpus fibrosum (b) Corpus striatum [NCERT 1990]

(c) Corpus luteum (d) Corpus callosum (a) Haemocoel (b) Pseudocoelom
(c) Coelom (d) All the above
97. Which one of the following characters is not typical
of the class Mammalia [CBSE PMT 2005] 5. Coelom is cavity found between
[JIPMER 2000]
(a) Thecodont dentition
(a) Ectoderm and Endoderm
(b) Alveolar lungs
(b) Mesoderm and Endoderm
(c) Ten pairs of cranial nerves
(c) Body wall and ectoderm
(d) Seven cervical vertebrae
(d) Mesoderm and body wall
98. Which of the following is not found in mammals 6. In Hydra, both pseudopodia and flagella occur in
 Kingdom Animalia 108
[CPMT 1986, 88] (c) Collecting in first thirteen segments and
(a) Nutritive cells (b) Epithelio-muscular distributing in the rest
cells (d) Distributing in first thirteen segments and
(c) Sensory cells (d) Gland cells collecting in the rest
7. Common between trichocysts of Paramecium and 15. Blood glands of Pheretima take part in [APMEE
nematocysts of Hydra is [CPMT 1994] 2001]
(a) Attachment and defence (b) Defence only (a) Formation of red blood corpuscles
(c) Sensitivity (d) Food capturing (b) Formation of phagocytes
8. In Hydra, egestion of undigested food and (c) Maintenance of blood volume
excretion of nitrogenous wastes occur through (d) Maintenance of blood circulation
[CBSE PMT 2001]
16. A student has identified a triploblastic coelomate
(a) Mouth and tentacles (b) Mouth and body wall segmented animal as an arthropod. Which
(c) Mouth and mouth (d) Body wall and body additional character the student should have
wall varified before identifying that animal as an
9. Which one of the following is a matching set of the arthropod [AIIMS 1983]
class and some of its main distinguishing features (a) Presence of wings (b) Presence of antenna
(a) Sporozoa - Infection by sporozoites, (c) Type of coelom (d) Type of symmetry
transmision by intermediate host and a 17. Weberian ossicles are found in
contractile vacuole [AIIMS 1999]
(b) Trematoda - Well developed suckers, flat (a) Frogs (b) Snakes
unsegmented body (c) Fishes (d) Birds
(c) Arachnida - 3 pairs of legs, chitinous 18. In which of the following groups the members are
exoskeleton and poisonous sting exclusively marine
(d) Insecta - Compound eyes, segmented body (a) Aquatic vertebrates (b) Tetrapoda
and nephridia (c) Pisces (d) Protochordata
10. Taenia saginata differs from Taenia solium in 19. Which of the following group of characters is
present in all chordates in some or other stage in
[CBSE PMT 1990]
their life [CPMT 1982]
(a) Absence of scolex hooks
(a) Mammary glands, hair and gill slits
(b) Absence of scolex hooks and uterine branching (b) Notochord, gill slits and dorsal tubular nervous
(c) Absence of scolex hooks and presence of both system
male and female reproductive organs (c) Notochord, scales and dorsal tubular nervous
(d) Presence of scolex hooks system
11. During its journey through the body, the juvenile (d) Gill slits, vertebral column and notochord
Ascaris passes through [CPMT 1992] 20. Characteristic features of cyclostomata are
(a) Spleen (b) Kidney (a) Elongated cylindrical body
(c) Skeletal muscles (d) Lung (b) Round mouth
12. Sites of first, second and third moulting of Ascaris (c) Round mouth without jaws and paired
larva are appendages
[AIIMS 2002] (d) Round mouth with jaw and unpaired
appendages
(a) Soil, lung, intestine (b) Soil, alveoli, lung
21. Gnathostomata is divided into 2 super classes,
(c) Soil, intestine, lung (d) Liver, stomach, these are
intestine (a) Acrania and craniata
13. Find out the correct sequence in body ball of (b) Pisces and tetrapoda
Ascaris (c) Amniota and bipedal
(a) Cuticle, epidermis, longitudinal muscles and (d) Tetrapoda and gnathostomata
circular muscles 22. Heterodont, thecodont and diphydont are the
(b) Cuticle, epidermis and longitudinal muscles characteristics of
(c) Epidermis, cuticle, longitudinal muscles and (a) Egg laying mammals (b) Viviparous mammals
circular muscles (c) Carnivorous mammals (d) All of the above
(d) Epidermis, longitudinal muscles, cuticle and 23. Which is living fossil [MP PMT 2000]
circular muscles (a) Coelacanth (b) Limulus
14. Dorsal vessel of Earthworm is (c) Sphenodon (d) All of these
[APMEE 1996; Pb. PMT 1999] 24. The group ‘amniota’ includes
[DPMT 1982, 85; CPMT 1984; EAMCET 1998;
KCET 1999; Wardha 2005]
(a) Distribution (a) Birds and reptiles
(b) Collecting (b) Birds and mammals
 109 Kingdom Animalia
(c) Reptiles and mammals 36. Reptiles share which of the following character
(d) Reptiles, birds and mammals with birds and mammals [Pb. PMT 2000; CBSE PMT
2002]
25. The animal group, where the adults are
degenerated but larvae are well developed, is (a) Amnion (b) Diaphragm
[CPMT 1999] (c) Homeothermy (d) All of these
(a) Agnatha (b) Tunicates 37. In which of the following subclasses of reptiles, the
(c) Amphibians (d) Cephalo chordates skull has a solid roof [MP PMT 2002]
26. Temperature regulation is founds in [DPMT 1983] (a) Anapsida (b) Diapsida
(a) Rat (b) Fish (c) Synapsida (d) Parapsida
(c) Frog (d) Lizard 38. Which of the following bird is viviparous [RPMT
1999]
27. Which one is a poikilothermic (cold blooded)
animal (a) Penguin (b) Humming bird
[CPMT 1984] (c) Albatross (d) None of these
(a) Penguin (b) Whale 39. Which of the following sets is of flightless birds
(c) Otter (d) Tortoise (a) Penguin, Pecock, Fowl, Rhea, Kiwi, Moa,
28. Heterocercal tail is found in Ostrich
[RPMT 2002] (b) Emu, Penguin, Rhea, Kiwi, Moa, Cassowary
(a) Cartilaginous fishes (b) Bony fishes (c) Albatros, Humming bird, Falcon, Hawk, Emu
(c) Whale (d) Amphibians (d) Ostrich, Emu, Kiwi, Falcon, Albatros
29. Stenohaline fishes are represented by [MP PMT 40. Which is the common character between all the
2002] mammals
(a) Fresh water fishes only [CPMT 1981; BHU 1999]
(b) Marine fishes only (a) They are oviparous
(c) Those which can tolerate a narrow range of (b) They are herbivorous
salinity in water only (c) They are carnivorous
(d) Those which can tolerate a wide range of (d) They have seven cervical vertebrae
salinity in water 41. In mammals, the name ‘‘Innominate’’ has been
30. Fishes having swim bladder, which do not have applied to
direct communication with the exterior and where (a) A nerve and an artery
resorbent and secretory part is not sharply (b) A part of skeleton and an artery
separated from one another are called as
[MP PMT 2002]
(c) A bone and a nerve
(a) Physostomes (b) Physoclists (d) A vein and a kidney tubule
(c) Euphysoclists (d) Paraphysoclists 42. A rabbit shows resemblance with frog in [CPMT
1984]
31. Which one of the following combination is
(a) Nucleated RBC (b) Oval RBC
generally recommended for composite fish
(c) Renal portal system (d) Dorsal tubular nerve
farming in India
cord
[MP PMT 2001]
43. Metanephros are present in
(a) Catla, Cyprinus, Clarias
(a) Birds (b) Reptilia
(b) Catla, Labeo, Cirrhinus
(c) Mammals (d) All of the above
(c) Cirrhinus, Cyprinus, Channa
44. During its life cycle, Fasciola hepatica (Liver Fluke)
(d) Clarias, Chanos, Cyprinus
infects its intermediate host and primary host at
32. Which type of coelom is found in frog [RPMT 2001] the following larval stages respectively
(a) Enterocoel (b) Schizocoel [CBSE PMT 2003]
(c) Pseudocoel (d) Haemocoel (a) Redia and miracidium
33. Wall lizard can run efficiently on vertical surfaces (b) Cercaria and redia
because of (c) Metacercaria and cercaria
(a) Tetrapod condition (d) Miracidium and metacercaria
(b) Pentadactyle condition 45. Sea cows are aquatic mammals included under
(c) Lamellae present under digits [MP PMT 2001]
(d) Tip of digits are rounded (a) Lagomorpha (b) Pinnipedia
34. Which of the following snake is not poisonous (c) Cetacea (d) Sirenia
[AIIMS 2000; CPMT 2001] 46. Given below are four matchings of an animal and
(a) Naja naja (b) Python its kind of respiratory organ
(c) Bungarus (d) Hydrophis [CBSE PMT 2003]
35. Limbless lizard is [MP PMT 2000] 1. Silver Fish -- trachea, 2. Scorpion - book lung,
(a) Draco (b) Ophisaurus 3. Sea squirt - pharyngeal gills, 4. Dolphin -- skin
(a) 3 and 4 (b) 1 and 4
(c) Amblyrhynchus (d) Moloch
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 4
 Kingdom Animalia 110
47. Sycon belongs to a group of animals, which are (d) Respire by lungs in the adult stage
best described as [CBSE PMT 2003] 57. Most important criteria used for the present day
(a) Multicellular having tissue organization, but classification of living organisms is based on
not body cavity (a) Presence and absence of notochord
(b) Unicellular or acellular (b) Resemblances in external features
(c) Multicellular without any tissue organization (c) Breeding habits
(d) Multicellular with a gastrovascular system
(d) Anatomical and physiological characteristics
48. The larva of Ascaris undergoes the migration in
58. Body cavity surrounding alimentary canal but it is
which of the following course
[BHU 1999]
not lined by cellular layer in which of the following
[BHU 2003]
(a) Alimentary canal, liver, intestine
(a) Nematodes (b) Platyhelminthes
(b) Alimentary canal, heart, lungs, trachea,
(c) Annelids (d) Echinoderms
intestine
(c) Alimentary canal, heart, liver, lungs, trachea, 59. In bioluminesence storage, energy changes into
mouth, intestine [AFMC 2002]
(d) Alimentary canal, liver, heart, lungs, trachea, (a) Light energy (b) Radiant energy
pharynx, intestine (c) Chemical energy (d) Mechanical energy
49. Roundworms differ from flatworms in having a 60. Phylum annelida resembles mollusca in embryonic
(a) Circulatory system (b) Pseudocoel features because both have
[MP PMT 1999]
(c) Dorsal nerve cord (d) Circular muscle layer
(a) Spiral cleavage and mesoderm formation
50. Fertilization in earthworm is
[RPMT 1999] (b) Identical conspicuous segmentation in body,
(a) Cross fertilization (b) Mutual fertilization muscles and nervous system
(c) Self fertilization (d) None of these (c) Meroblastic cleavage and ectoderm formation
51. A myriapoda has [NCERT 1983] (d) Special type of mouth parts
(a) Chitinous exoskeleton, dorsal nerve cord, three 61. Choose the correct combination of the following
body segments and one pair of antennae [CPMT 2000]
(b) Chitinous exoskeleton, ventral nerve cord, (a) Annelida and porifera-phyla
three body segments and two pair of antennae (b) Aves and chordata-classes
(c) Soft body, ventral nerve cord, numerous body (c) Mollusca and hydrozoa-classes
segments and two pair of antennae (d) Oligochaeta and arthropoda-phyla
(d) Chitinous exoskeleton, ventral nerve cord, 62. Cockroach and earthworm have common type of
numerous body segments and one pair of [Pb. PMT 2004]
antennae
(a) Heart (b) Nerve cord
52. Which of them is in tracheate group [MP PMT 1995]
(c) Nephridia (d) Spermathecae
(a) Crab-Centipede-Cockroach
(b) King crab-Scorpion-Housefly
(c) Spider-Peripatus-Mosquito
(d) Bedbug-Sandfly-Silkworm
53. Systematic position of echinoderms is between
(a) Arthropods and Molluscs
(b) Molluscs and Chordates Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the
(c) Invertebrates and Chordates correct option out of the options given below :
(d) None of these (a) If both the assertion and the reason are true and
the reason is a correct explanation of the
54. The group that does not fit into this category [MP
assertion
PMT 1993]
(b) If both the assertion and reason are true but the
(a) Amphibia (b) Reptiles reason is not a correct explanation of the
(c) Aves (d) Mammals assertion
55. In amphibians the heart is (c) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
(a) Venous (d) If both the assertion and reason are false
(b) With double circulation (e) If the assertion is false but reason is true
(c) With open circulation 1. Assertion : Sponges have tissue level of
organization.
(d) With arterial and venous circulation
56. The main difference between Gymnophiona Reason : Sponges are multicellular.
(Apoda) and Urodela is that Urodela 2. Assertion : Porocytes are present in sponge.
[MP PMT 1986] Reason : Porocytes are the part of canal
(a) Have two auricles and one ventricle system.
(b) Have smooth moist skin 3. Assertion : Leucosolenia shows ascon type of
(c) Have a cloaca canal system.
 111 Kingdom Animalia
Reason : In Leucosolenia water passes Reason : The modification in liver fluke is to
through ostia  spongocoel  suit its existence as an endoparasite
osculum. in the bile duct of sheep.
4. Assertion : Sponges do not show any animal 19. Assertion : Scolex with hooks are present in
nature. Taenia.
Reason : Sponges are sessile with no Reason : The uterus is present is gravid
apparent way of capturing food or proglottid.
eliminating water. 20. Assertion : Hydatid vesicle is the characteristic
5. Assertion : Sponges are less specialized ones. of Echinococcus.
Reason : Hydatid cyst can remain for several
Reason : Sponges show a high power of
years within human body.
regeneration.
21. Assertion : Nematodes are different from
6. Assertion : Only a few sponges are really
flatworms.
harmful.
Reason : Nematodes are commonly called
Reason : Sponges may kill other trophic level.
round worms.
22. Assertion : Rhabditoid larva is the stage of
7. Assertion : Coelenterates are known as Radiata. Ascaris.
Reason : Coelenterates are bilaterally Reason : The name rhbditoid is derived from
symmetrical. another nematode genus Rhabditis.
8. Assertion : Hydra is green coloured. 23. Assertion : Telogonic is a condition of ovary.
Reason : Green colour is due to the presence Reason : The telogonic gonad is found in
of chlorophyll in their body wall. Ascaris.
9. Assertion : Nerve cells in coelenterata have 24. Assertion : Copulatory bursa is present is male
complete co-ordination in their Ancylostoma.
body. Reason : Copulatory bursa helps in
Reason : True nerve cells occur for the first copulation.
time in coelenterate. 25. Assertion : Microfilariae can be detected from
10. Assertion : Nematocysts are present in peripheral human blood only during
coelenterates. night.
Reason : Nematocysts are specialized cells. Reason : Microfilariae remain in active
11. Assertion : Desmoneme is a volvent.’ throughout day time.
Reason : Desmoneme is useful in capturing 26. Assertion : A parasitic disease elephantiasis can
prey. be identified with enormous growth
in different body parts specially in
12. Assertion : Hydra undergo regeneration.
limbs.
Reason : Regeneration is one type of
Reason : Elephantiasis is caused by the
reproduction.
excess secretion of growth
13. Assertion : Obelia is dimorphic in nature. hormone.
Reason : Obelia shows polyp and gonangia 27. Assertion : Rupturing of skin causes the release
form. of tiny coiled embryos of
14. Assertion : Coelenterates show alternation of Dracunculus, in water.
generation. Reason : Dracunculus medinensis lives in the
Reason : In coelenterates, asexual generation skin.
is followed by sexual generation. 28. Assertion : ‘Calabar swelling’ is caused by ‘eye
15. Assertion : F.hepatica has incomplete worm’.
alimentary canal. Reason : Loa loa is called the ‘eye worm’.
Reason : Fasciola lacks anus. 29. Assertion : Metamerism is the characteristic of
16. Assertion : F.hepatica undergoes both aerobic annelida.
and anaerobic respiration. Reason : Metamerism is one type of body
Reason : Fasciola respire only in absence of segmentation.
oxygen. 30. Assertion : Blood is red in annelida.
17. Assertion : Survival of F. hepatica outside the Reason : RBCs are absent in them.
hosts body is not so easy. 31. Assertion : Chloragogen cells behave like
Reason : Encysted body can survive outside ‘vertebrate liver’.
the host body irrespective of the Reason : Chloragogen cells are present in
environment. annelida.
18. Assertion : Liver fluke has undergone great 32. Assertion : Spermathecae are the main part of
modification to adapt itself with the reproductive system of annelida.
parasite life.
 Kingdom Animalia 112
Reason : Spermathecae help in sperm 49. Assertion : ‘Chain-saw movement’ is found in
transfer. mollusca.
33. Assertion : Cattle leech Hirudinaria is Reason : ‘Chain saw movement’ helps in
sanguivorous. feeding or ingestion of food.
Reason : Cattle leech possesses an 50. Assertion : Torsion can be seen in ctenidium.
anticoagulant hirudin. Reason : Ctenidium acts as the respiratory
34. Assertion : Pygidium is present in clamworm. organ.
Reason : Pygidium help in reproduction. 51. Assertion : All Pila are ammonotelic.
35. Assertion : Epitoky is seen in Nereis. Reason : Pila excretes uric acid.
Reason : Individual showing epitoky is called 52. Assertion : Keber’s organ in Unio is situated in
heteronereis. front of the pericardium.
36. Assertion : Annelids are ureotelic. Reason : Keber’s organ has an important role
Reason : Only excretory product of annelids is in circulation.
uric acid. 53. Assertion : Glochindium larva rapidly disperse
37. Assertion : Palaemon undergoes autotomy. to a great distance.
Reason : Autotomy helps them to reproduce. Reason : Glochindium is parasitic on fish.
38. Assertion : Palaemon possess hepatopancreas. 54. Assertion : A particular mollusc is known as
Reason : Palaemon is so named because of seafoam.
the presence of pancreas near liver. Reason : The mollusc produces foam when
39. Assertion : Gill covers act as the respiratory comes in contact with water.
surface in Palaemon. 55. Assertion : Detorsion is the characteristic of
Reason : Gill cover is Palaemon is thin in mollusca.
nature. Reason : Detorison is an arrested stage of
40. Assertion : Casting of covering occurs in torsion.
Palaemon. 56. Assertion : Tube feet are characteristic organs
Reason : Casting helps in excretion. of echinodermata.
41. Assertion : Rhabdome is present in Palaemon. Reason : Tube feet have an important role in
respiration.
Reason : Rhabdome has an important role in
digestion. 57. Assertion : Pedicellariae are minute structure
found in echinoderms.
42. Assertion : Palaemon maintains orientation and
equilibrium by statocysts. Reason : Pedicellariae help in locomotion.
58. Assertion : Asterias has a small intestine.
Reason : Statocysts are supplied by nerves.
Reason : Asterias takes predigested food
43. Assertion : Arthropods possess only true
material from the host body.
coelom.
59. Assertion : Autotomy occurs in Sea star.
Reason : Haemocoel in arthropods is not lined
by the mesodermal epithelium. Reason : Sea stars have great power of
regeneration.
44. Assertion : The Palaemon female is sometimes
said to be “in berry”. 60. Assertion : Water vascular system is the
characteristic of echinoderms.
Reason : Palaemon female remains in the
nest like berry. Reason : Main function of water vascular
system is locomotion.
45. Assertion : Parasitism prevails in several groups
of crustacea. 61. Assertion : Aristotle’s lantern is an echinoderm.
Reason : Parasites however, are not known Reason : Aristotle’s lantern resembles ship
among the Branchiopoda and lantern.
Ostracoda. 62. Assertion : Hemichordata was previously
46. Assertion : Peripatus has no economic considered as the class of phylum
importance, but it is zoologically chordata.
very interesting. Reason : Hemichordates is supposed to have
Reason : Peripatus exhibits both atropod and some affinities with chordata.
annelid characteristic as well as 63. Assertion : Balanoglossus is often considered as
peculiarities of its own. “acorn worms”.
47. Assertion : Pila has dual mode of respiration. Reason : The word ‘acorn worm’ has no
meaning.
Reason : Pila leads an amphibious life.
64. Assertion : In Balanoglossus notochord is
48. Assertion : Pila sometimes undergoes summer
replaced by pygochord.
sleep or aestivation.
Reason : Pygochord supports adbominal
Reason : Pila have to adapt themselves for region.
unfavourable environment.
 113 Kingdom Animalia
65. Assertion : Metamorphosis in hemichordates is Reason : Lateral line canal is a system of
an important event. sense organ concerned with life in
Reason : In metamorphosis, the larva water.
gradually changes into the adult. 80. Assertion : Enamel is present only in vertebrate
66. Assertion : Urochordata is often known as teeth.
tunicata. Reason : Enamel is secreted by the ectoderm.
Reason : Tunicin is present in its alimentary 81. Assertion : Ampullae of lorenzini are found
canal. beneath the skin of head region in
67. Assertion : Herdmania are sensitive to all types fishes.
of changes in the environment. Reason : Ampullae of lorenzini acts as
Reason : Herdmania possesses a number of receptors.
receptors in their body. 82. Assertion : In fishes, heart is venous.
68. Assertion : Herdmania has digestion Reason : Only veins are present in the heart
mechanism like higher group of of fishes.
animals. 83. Assertion : Torpedo is commonly known as
Reason : Liver of Herdmania possess several electric ray.
enzymes required for digestion. Reason : Torpedo possesses electric organs.
69. Assertion : Ascidians undergo retrogressive 84. Assertion : Amphibians are poikilothermal.
metamorphosis. Reason : Amphibians often undergoes
Reason : Metamorphosis involves summer sleep.
transformation of an active form
85. Assertion : In frog, the tongue can be thrown
into inert, sedentary form.
out and retracted suddenly.
70. Assertion : Amphioxus is a fish.
Reason : Retraction in frog’s tongue occurs
Reason : Amphioxus has dorsal, ventral as due to a sudden flow of lymph.
well as caudal fin.
86. Assertion : In frog, most of the absorption takes
71. Assertion : Endostyle is present at the
place in intestine.
pharyngeal groove of the midventral
wall of the pharynx of Amphioxus. Reason : The intestine in frog is the coiled
Reason : Endostyle has an important role in structure.
respiration. 87. Assertion : “Lymph heart” is present in frog.
72. Assertion : Respiration in Amphioxus is done by Reason : Lymph in frog is circulated by lymph
both water and blood. heart.
Reason : Amphioxus is aquatic and possesses 88. Assertion : In frogs, the entire skin serves as
blood. tangoreceptors.
73. Assertion : Amphioxus has a simple Reason : Tactile organs and patches are
organization compared to present throughout the skin of frog.
vertebrates.
89. Assertion : Bidder’s organs is present in toad.
Reason : Many important craniate structures
are lacking in Amphioxus. Reason : Bidder’s organ has no such
significance in toad.
74. Assertion : The digestive system is
undifferentiated in lampreys. 90. Assertion : Parental care is seen in amphibians.
Reason : All digestive glands are present in Reason : Amphibians have taken several
the digestive glands of lampreys. method to protect their eggs and
75. Assertion : After spawning the cyclostome offspring.
parents die. 91. Assertion : Reptilia possess amphicoelous
Reason : Cyclostome loose their reproductive vertebra.
capacity after spawning. Reason : The stout centrum of amphicoelous
76. Assertion : Characters of cyclostomes show an vertebra is concave in front and
advance over Amphioxus. convex behind.
Reason : Cyclostomes have some 92. Assertion : In reptiles, hemipenes is present.
degenerated characters.
Reason : Hemipenes is the combination of
77. Assertion : Ovotestis is the characteristics of both ovary and penis.
Myxine.
93. Assertion : The fangs of snake is the maxillary
Reason : In Myxine, testis remains hidden
teeth.
within the ovary.
78. Assertion : Scoliodon has cloaca at the Reason : The poison apparatus in snake
posterior end. consists of poison gland, ducts and
fangs.
Reason : In Scoliodon, abdominal pores
function as cloaca. 94. Assertion : In snakes, the transference of
79. Assertion : Lateral line canal is one of the main venom is controlled by muscles.
characteristics of fishes.
 Kingdom Animalia 114
Reason : The poison apparatus in snake is Reason : Taste buds act as the
associated with three types of gustatoreceptors.
muscles. 110. Assertion : The sense of smell in mammals is
95. Assertion : The terms precocial and altricial is very acute.
related with birds. Reason : The free ends of the olfactory cells
Reason : Precocial and altricial types of bear numerous fine olfactory hairs.
development can seen in young 111. Assertion : Man has stereoscopic vision.
birds.
Reason : When each eye covers a different
96. Assertion : Birds have no mammary gland. field of vision with no overlapping, it
Reason : Pigeons secrete ‘pigeon’s millk’. is known as monolocular vision.
97. Assertion : In birds some feathers can produce 112. Assertion : Some mammals possess
powdery fragments. echoapparatus or radar system.
Reason : The feathers secreting powdery Reason : Radar system is a special type of
fragments are powder down sense organ.
feathers. 113. Assertion : Baleen is an example of aquatic
98. Assertion : Moulting or ecdysis occurs only in adapation.
in- vertebrates. Reason : Baleen is a balloon like structure
Reason : In birds, moulting usually takes an present beneath the skin of
average time of six weeks. mammals.
99. Assertion : The birds can maintain a constant 114. Assertion : Lophodont dentition is also found in
body temperature. the mammals.
Reason : Birds possess feathers covering Reason : Lophodont type of dentition is
their body. specially for herbivore mammals.
100. Assertion : Bursa Fabricii lies on the dorsal side 115. Assertion : Hippopotamus is completely aquatic
of the cloaca in birds. mammals.
Reason : Bursa Fabricii is also known as Reason : Hippopotamus lives on land but go
cloacal thymus. into water for food and shelter.
101. Assertion : Syrinx is the characteristic of birds. 116. Assertion : Presence of tooth is the most
Reason : Syrinx helps in swallowing food. important feature of mammals.
102. Assertion : The young birds are called squabs. Reason : The great anteater has no teeth.
Reason : Squabs are altricial in nature. 117. Assertion : Blood is colourless in the insects.
103. Assertion : Cutaneous glands help in regulation Reason : Insect blood has no role in O2
of body temperature. transport.
Reason : Cutaneous glands are produced [AIIMS 1994]
from stratum germinativm. 118. Assertion : Cephalization is advantageous to an
104. Assertion : Blubber is present in some animal. [AIIMS 1994]
mammals. Reason : It improves the appearance of the
Reason : Bubbles are present in blubber. animal.
105. Assertion : Both true ribs and floating ribs are 119. Assertion : The skeleton of sponges is made up
present in mammals. of spicules. [AIIMS 1995]
Reason : By nature, sternal ribs are true ribs Reason : Composition of spicules help in
as, they possess all the characters classification of sponges.
of ribs.
120. Assertion : Acraniata is a group of organisms
106. Assertion : Liver helps in destruction of germs. which do not have distinct cranium.
Reason : Liver has some components which [AIIMS 1997]
help in killing of germs. Reason : It includes small marine forms
107. Assertion : Coprophagy is the characteristic of without head.
mammal. 121. Assertion : Cold blooded animals do not have
Reason : Coprophagy is found in all fat layer. [AIIMS 1997]
mammals.
Reason : Cold blooded animals use their fat
108. Assertion : Double circulation is the for metabolic process during
characteristic of mammals. hibernation.
Reason : Mammals have four chambered 122. Assertion : There is no chance of malaria to a
heart. man on the bite of male Anopheles
109. Assertion : Gustatoreceptors are present in the mosquito.
mammalian tongue. Reason : It carries a non-virulant strain of
Plasmodium. [AIIMS 1998]
 115 Kingdom Animalia
123. Assertion : Sponges belong to Porifera. [AIIMS Important terms and classification of animals
1998]
Reason : Sponges have canal system.
1 a 2 d 3 a 4 d 5 c
124. Assertion : A shark can stay at a desired level
6 b 7 c 8 d 9 b 10 d
in water without swimming. [AIIMS
1999] 11 c 12 a 13 b 14 c 15 b
Reason : It has a buoyancy-regulating organ 16 c 17 c 18 c 19 b 20 d
called as the swim bladder. 21 d 22 a 23 c 24 b 25 a
125. Assertion : Birds have one ovary. [AIIMS 1999] 26 d 27 b 28 a 29 a 30 b
Reason : This reduces the body weight for 31 d 32 b 33 c 34 c 35 c
flight.
36 b 37 a 38 d 39 a 40 c
126. Assertion : Plasmodium vivax is responsible for
malaria. [AIIMS 2001] 41 d 42 c 43 b 44 c 45 b

Reason : Malaria is caused by polluted water. 46 d 47 d 48 a 49 b 50 b

127. Assertion : Lateral line system is found in fishes 51 b 52 c 53 d 54 d 55 c

and aquatic larval amphibians. 56 d 57 b 58 c 59 b 60 b
[AIIMS 2002]
61 a 62 b 63 c 64 d 65 c
Reason : Lateral line system has receptor of
66 a 67 d 68 c 69 a 70 a
sensory cells derived from
ectoderm. 71 d 72 d 73 c 74 d
128. Assertion : Systematics is the branch of biology
that deals with classification of Phylum-Porifera
living organisms.
Reason : The aim of classification is to group
1 a 2 d 3 d 4 c 5 c
the organisms. [AIIMS 2002]
6 a 7 c 8 a 9 b 10 c
129. Assertion : All birds, except the ones like koel
(cuckoo) build nests for retiring and 11 b 12 d 13 d 14 a 15 b
taking rest during night time (day 16 a 17 d 18 b 19 a 20 a
time for nocturnal).
21 c 22 b 23 b 24 d 25 c
Reason : Koel lays its eggs in the nests of
26 a 27 d 28 a 29 a 30 c
tailor bird.
[AIIMS 2003] 31 d 32 b 33 c 34 a 35 c

130. Assertion : Bats and whales are classified as 36 b 37 a 38 b 39 a 40 c

mammals. 41 d 42 a 43 c 44 b 45 a
Reason : Bats and whales have four- 46 b 47 c 48 b 49 d 50 d
chambered heart. [AIIMS 2003] 51 d 52 b 53 d 54 b 55 a
131. Assertion : Tapeworm, roundworm and pinworm 56 b 57 b 58 a 59 a 60 b
are endoparasites of human
intestine. 61 a 62 b 63 a 64 c 65 b

Reason : Improperly cooked food is the

source of all intestinal infections. Phylum-Coelenterata
[AIIMS 2004]
132. Assertion : The duck-billed Platypus and the 1 b 2 b 3 c 4 a 5 b
spiny ant-eater, both are egg-laying
animals yet they are grouped under 6 c 7 a 8 b 9 c 10 b
mammals. 11 b 12 c 13 d 14 c 15 b
16 b 17 d 18 b 19 d 20 a
[AIIMS 2005]
21 c 22 a 23 d 24 a 25 b
Reason : Both of them have seven cervical
vertebrae and 12 pairs of cranial 26 b 27 d 28 d 29 c 30 a
nerves. 31 c 32 d 33 d 34 a 35 b
[AIIMS 2005] 36 b 37 d 38 c 39 b 40 d
41 a 42 d 43 b 44 a 45 b
46 a 47 c 48 d 49 b 50 a
51 d 52 c 53 d 54 c 55 b
56 d 57 b 58 a 59 d 60 b
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61 b 62 c 63 c 64 b 65 a 6 b 7 b 8 b 9 c 10 a
66 d 67 d 68 a 69 d 70 a 11 c 12 c 13 a 14 b 15 c
71 b 72 a 73 d 74 d 75 a 16 c 17 d 18 b 19 a 20 c
76 b 77 a 78 c 79 a 80 c 21 d 22 b 23 a 24 a 25 a

81 d 82 d 83 c 84 b 85 d 26 b 27 c 28 b 29 a 30 c

86 b 87 a 88 a 89 d 90 c 31 d 32 c 33 b 34 d 35 c

91 a 92 a 93 c 94 c 95 a 36 d 37 b 38 d 39 a 40 b
41 d 42 c 43 a 44 b 45 b
96 c 97 c
46 d 47 b 48 c 49 c 50 a

Phylum-Platyhelminthes 51 b 52 b 53 c 54 a 55 a
56 d 57 b 58 a 59 b 60 b
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 61 d 62 b 63 b 64 d 65 c
6 b 7 c 8 a 9 b 10 d 66 b 67 b 68 d 69 c 70 d
11 d 12 b 13 a 14 c 15 d 71 a 72 c 73 a 74 d 75 a
16 c 17 d 18 a 19 a 20 a 76 c 77 b 78 a 79 d 80 a
21 c 22 c 23 a 24 a 25 c 81 a 82 a 83 d 84 a 85 c
26 c 27 c 28 d 29 b 30 d 86 b 87 b 88 a 89 b 90 c
31 a 32 b 33 b 34 b 35 c 91 d 92 a 93 a 94 b 95 c
36 b 37 a 38 c 39 a 40 d 96 a 97 d 98 d 99 a 100 c
41 a 42 a 43 d 44 c 45 c 101 c 102 a 103 d 104 c 105 b
46 a 47 a 48 d 49 b 50 d 106 c 107 d 108 a 109 d 110 b
51 b 52 a 53 c 54 b 55 c 111 a 112 b 113 a 114 d 115 b
56 b 57 a 58 d 59 b 60 b 116 b 117 b 118 b 119 a 120 a
61 c 62 d 63 b 64 c 65 d
66 a 67 d 68 a 69 b 70 b Phylum-Arthropoda
71 a 72 d 73 a 74 a 75 d
76 b 77 a 1 c 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 c
6 c 7 d 8 a 9 a 10 c
11 b 12 a 13 b 14 a 15 d
Phylum-Nemathelminthes
16 c 17 c 18 b 19 b 20 a
21 b 22 b 23 a 24 c 25 b
1 d 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 a
26 c 27 d 28 b 29 c 30 b
6 a 7 b 8 b 9 a 10 c
31 a 32 a 33 c 34 c 35 c
11 d 12 a 13 a 14 c 15 a
36 a 37 c 38 b 39 d 40 b
16 c 17 d 18 d 19 b 20 a 41 b 42 a 43 b 44 d 45 a
21 a 22 a 23 a 24 d 25 d 46 d 47 b 48 a 49 c 50 a
26 b 27 c 28 c 29 c 30 c 51 b 52 b 53 d 54 c 55 b
31 c 32 a 33 b 34 d 35 a 56 a 57 c 58 d 59 d 60 d
36 c 37 c 38 d 39 a 40 c 61 a 62 c 63 a 64 d 65 b
41 a 42 d 43 a 44 c 45 d 66 c 67 b 68 a 69 a 70 b
46 b 47 a 48 d 49 b 50 c 71 c 72 c 73 d 74 a 75 d

51 a 52 d 53 d 54 d 55 c 76 d 77 c 78 b 79 b 80 d
81 c 82 d 83 b 84 c 85 d
56 b 57 c 58 b 59 d 60 a
86 b 87 d 88 c 89 b 90 b
61 c 62 b 63 c 64 d 65 a
91 a 92 a 93 d 94 c 95 d
66 a 67 b 68 c 69 c 70 b
96 b 97 b 98 d 99 c 100 a
71 c 72 d 73 d
101 a 102 d 103 c 104 c 105 a
106 b 107 b 108 b 109 c 110 c
Phylum-Annelida 111 a 112 a 113 b 114 b 115 d
116 d 117 a 118 b 119 c 120 c
1 d 2 a 3 d 4 c 5 a 121 b 122 b 123 c 124 d 125 b
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126 c 127 b 128 a 129 b 130 d 36 a 37 c 38 c 39 b 40 c
131 d 132 b 133 a 134 c 135 b 41 a 42 c 43 a 44 d 45 c
136 b 137 b 138 d 139 b 140 b 46 d 47 b 48 c 49 b 50 a
141 b 142 a 143 d 144 c 145 a 51 a 52 b 53 c 54 e 55 b
146 b 147 b 148 c 149 a 150 b
56 a 57 a 58 c
151 b 152 a 153 b 154 c 155 b
156 a 157 c 158 a 159 b 160 a
161 a 162 c 163 c 164 c 165 b
Class-Pisces
166 c 167 b 168 a 169 d 170 c
1 a 2 b 3 a 4 d 5 d
171 d 172 d 173 b 174 a 175 d
6 d 7 a 8 a 9 a 10 b
176 d 177 b 178 b 179 d 180 d
11 a 12 c 13 d 14 a 15 d
181 a 182 c 183 b 184 b 185 b
16 a 17 a 18 b 19 b 20 b
186 d 187 a 188 d 189 b 190 c
21 b 22 b 23 a 24 a 25 a
191 a 192 a 193 b 194 b 195 a
26 c 27 a 28 c 29 a 30 b
196 c 197 c 198 b 199 a
31 a 32 b 33 b 34 b 35 d
36 a 37 a 38 d 39 a 40 b
Phylum-Mollusca 41 b 42 a 43 d 44 d 45 c
46 b 47 c 48 c 49 d 50 c
1 d 2 d 3 c 4 c 5 c 51 a 52 b 53 c 54 b 55 b
6 a 7 d 8 c 9 c 10 a 56 a 57 c 58 a
11 c 12 c 13 c 14 c 15 d
16 d 17 b 18 a 19 b 20 c
Class-Amphibia
21 b 22 c 23 b 24 d 25 a
1 c 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 d
26 c 27 c 28 a 29 b 30 a 6 b 7 a 8 b 9 a 10 a
31 c 32 b 33 d 34 c 35 b 11 c 12 a 13 d 14 c 15 d
36 a 37 d 38 b 39 a 40 a 16 b 17 d 18 d 19 a 20 b
41 b 42 d 43 d 44 a 45 c 21 b 22 a 23 c 24 a 25 c
26 b 27 a 28 d 29 a 30 d
46 b 47 a 48 a 49 c 50 a
31 a 32 c 33 c 34 b 35 a
51 c 52 c 53 a
36 c 37 d

Phylum-Echinodermata Class-Reptilia

1 d 2 d 3 d 4 d 5 c 1 c 2 a 3 b 4 d 5 c
6 a 7 b 8 d 9 c 10 b 6 b 7 c 8 d 9 d 10 a
11 a 12 b 13 c 14 c 15 a 11 a 12 a 13 c 14 b 15 c
16 c 17 b 18 d 19 d 20 b 16 b 17 b 18 b 19 c 20 a
21 c 22 c 23 d 24 d 25 b 21 a 22 a 23 d 24 d 25 a
26 b 27 a 28 c 29 c 30 a 26 b 27 a 28 c 29 b 30 c
31 a 32 d 33 b 34 d 35 d
31 a 32 c 33 d 34 d 35 d
36 b 37 c 38 d 39 b 40 a
36 b 37 d 38 a
41 c 42 c 43 b 44 b 45 c
46 d 47 c 48 d 49 a 50 d
Phylum-Chordata 51 c 52 b 53 a 54 c 55 c
56 b 57 b 58 d 59 c 60 d
1 d 2 a 3 b 4 d 5 b 61 c 62 b 63 b 64 b 65 a
6 c 7 b 8 c 9 a 10 c 66 a 67 c 68 a 69 d 70 d
11 c 12 b 13 b 14 d 15 a
16 d 17 b 18 b 19 b 20 c Class-Aves
21 d 22 c 23 a 24 b 25 b
26 a 27 b 28 b 29 d 30 a 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 a 5 a
31 a 32 a 33 c 34 b 35 b 6 a 7 d 8 c 9 c 10 c
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11 c 12 a 13 d 14 c 15 c
16 d 17 a 18 c 19 b 20 c Assertion and Reason
21 a 22 d 23 c 24 a 25 a
26 d 27 b 28 c 29 b 30 d 1 e 2 b 3 a 4 e 5 b
31 d 32 c 33 b 34 d 35 b 6 a 7 c 8 c 9 a 10 c
36 a 37 c 38 d 39 b 40 d 11 b 12 c 13 a 14 a 15 a
41 c 42 d 43 b 44 a 45 c 16 c 17 c 18 a 19 c 20 b
46 a 47 a 48 d 49 a 50 d 21 b 22 a 23 e 24 a 25 c
51 b 26 c 27 a 28 b 29 b 30 b
31 b 32 a 33 b 34 c 35 b

Class-Mammalia 36 c 37 c 38 c 39 b 40 a
41 c 42 b 43 e 44 c 45 b
1 c 2 d 3 c 4 b 5 a 46 a 47 a 48 a 49 b 50 b
6 a 7 b 8 b 9 c 10 c 51 b 52 c 53 a 54 c 55 b
11 a 12 d 13 d 14 d 15 b 56 c 57 c 58 c 59 a 60 b
16 d 17 b 18 c 19 a 20 b 61 e 62 a 63 c 64 d 65 b
21 b 22 c 23 d 24 b 25 b 66 c 67 a 68 a 69 a 70 e
26 b 27 b 28 c 29 b 30 a 71 c 72 a 73 a 74 b 75 b
31 b 32 b 33 d 34 a 35 b 76 b 77 c 78 c 79 a 80 e
36 c 37 b 38 c 39 a 40 b 81 b 82 c 83 a 84 a 85 a
41 d 42 d 43 a 44 b 45 a 86 b 87 d 88 a 89 c 90 a
46 b 47 a 48 a 49 d 50 d 91 e 92 c 93 b 94 a 95 a
51 d 52 c 53 b 54 c 55 b 96 b 97 a 98 e 99 a 100 b
56 c 57 d 58 d 59 b 60 a 101 c 102 b 103 b 104 c 105 b
61 a 62 d 63 c 64 d 65 a 106 a 107 c 108 b 109 a 110 b
66 a 67 b 68 d 69 d 70 a 111 b 112 b 113 c 114 b 115 e
71 d 72 a 73 a 74 b 75 c 116 b 117 b 118 c 119 b 120 b
76 d 77 b 78 c 79 a 80 b 121 b 122 c 123 b 124 d 125 a
81 c 82 d 83 d 84 c 85 c 126 c 127 a 128 b 129 b 130 b
86 c 87 b 88 c 89 c 90 c 131 b 132 a
91 d 92 d 93 b 94 e 95 c
96 d 97 c 98 c 99 d 100 b
101 d

Critical Thinking Questions

Important terms and classification of animals
1 c 2 c 3 b 4 c 5 a
6 a 7 b 8 b 9 b 10 a 2. (d) Annelids are characterised by metameric
11 d 12 c 13 b 14 d 15 b segmentation. The body is divided externally
16 b 17 c 18 d 19 b 20 c by ring like grooves the annulei and internally
by transverse septa. Segments are called
21 b 22 b 23 d 24 d 25 b
metameres.
26 a 27 d 28 a 29 c 30 b
12. (a) Sponges are “multicellular grade” animales
31 b 32 a 33 c 34 b 35 b
but exhibit cellular level of organization.
36 a 37 a 38 d 39 b 40 d
13. (b) The cell aggregate plan is seen in simplest
41 b 42 d 43 d 44 d 45 d animals, such as spong. This plan exhibits
46 c 47 c 48 c 49 b 50 a essentially cluster of cells with rudimentary of
51 d 52 d 53 c 54 a 55 d labour amongst them.
56 b 57 d 58 a 59 a 60 a 15. (b) When anus of digestive tract develops first
61 a 62 d from blastopore and the mouth is formed later.
This type of body plan is known as
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deuterostomic which is found in echinoderms 44. (c) Metamerism is a condition in which the body is
and chordates. composed of a linear series of similar body
16. (c) In tube-with in a tube plan the body of animal segments called metameres or somites. It is
has two tube, one formed by the body wall and found in Annelida, Arthorpoda and chordata.
second formed within it by the digestive traet. 48. (a) Veliger, trochophore or glochidium larva are
This type of body plan in found in characterstic of mollusca.
Aschelminthes upto chordata. 50. (b) Double layered embryo of hydra called
18. (c) Blind sac body plan is found in coelenterates hydrula.
and flat worms. In this type of body plan 54. (d) True coelom is present in Annelid while
animals has a single opening that act as both platyhelminthes have pseudo (false) coelom
mouth and anus. called pseudocoelomate animals.
19. (b) When digestive tract of animals has two 55. (c) All sponges are aquatic, mostly marine rarely
separate opening mouth and anus. Such fresh water (e. g. spongilla)
digestive tract is termed complete. It is found 60. (b) Whole animals kingdom is classified into two
from round worm to mammales. sub-kingdom protozoa and metazoa.
21. (d) Sponges, coelenterates, ctenophorans and flat Unicellular animals are placed in protozoa
worms do not have coelom, called acoelomate while multicellular are included in metazoa.
animals.
22. (a) From evolutionary point of view
platyhelminthes are first triploblastic animals
but do not contain coelom.
23. (c) In echinoderms and chordates, true coelom
develops from an outgrowth of enteron or
embryonic gut called enterocoelom.
26. (d) In spherical symmetry, body of organism can
be divided into equal halves by any plan
passing through centre. The animals exhibit
spherical symmetry having spherical shape.
e.g. volvox
29. (a) Most of sponges are a symmetrical some are
radially symmetrical.
31. (d) When the body can be divided into two similar
halves by one or two vertical planes only, the
radial symmetry is called biradial symmetry. It
is present in the sea anemone.
36. (b) Body wall of porifera and coelenterata is
consist of two layer and do not have any type
of coelom so these are diploblastic and
acoelomate.
38. (d) In Arthropoda and mollusca true coelom is
reduced. The blood filled with spaces between
the viscera grow merge and form a large
cavity called haemocoel.
39. (a) In nemathelminthes or round worm, coelom is
present but it is derived from blastocoel. It is
not lined by peritonium. This type of coelom is
known as pseudocoelom.
41. (d) True coelom is lined by peritonium, which
formed by splitting of mesoderm called
schizocoelom and found in Arthropoda,
Annelida and mollusca.
43. (b) Anus absent in fasciola hepatica. Indigestible
food materials is either probably ejected
through the mouth or diffused into excretory
system.