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 GENERAL BIOLOGY II
BIO 102 :- DIVERSITY OF LIFE
1. Literally, Biology deals with the study of__________ (a) living organisms (b) Non-living organisms (c) a &
b (d) none of the above

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2. Biodiversity simply means (a) diversity of life (b) diversity of water (c) diversity of air (d) diversity of soil

3. About one million of currently known species are _________ (a) insects (b) plants (c) Molluscs (d)

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Annelids

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4. Whittaker in 1969 classify living organisms into ____________ kingdom (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

5. Prokaryotes is collectively known as ___________ (a) fungi (b) bacteria (c) protozoa (d) algae

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6. Eukaryotes appeared about 2,000 million years ago and probably evolved from __________ (a) eukaryotic
cells (b) prokaryotes (c) biogenesis (d) none of the above

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7. Eukaryotic organisms are non-photosynthetic multicellular organisms with coordination. This is the
characteristic of _________ (a) kingdom fungi (b) kingdom animalia (c) kingdom protoctista (d) kingdom
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prokaryotae

8. A microbiologist, Carl Woese classify living organisms into ___________ domains (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
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9. The Domain Archaea includes member of _________ as well as organisms that live in hot springs and
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environments with high salts content (a) secondary producers (b) producers (c) primary producers (d)
tertiary producers
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10. The mode of Nutrition in kingdom plantae is __________ (a) Autotrophic (b) Heterotrophic (c) parasitic
(d) none of the above
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11. Algae are also called ____________ (a) green thallophytes (b) green bryophytes (c) green pteridophytes
(d) green spermatophytes
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12. All algae have _________ (a) thalloids (b) chlorophyll (c) spermatophyte (d) sporophyte

13. All algae synthesize their own food from organic substances by means of ___________ (a)
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photosynthesis (b) chemosynthesis (c) spore formation (d) vegetative

14. All the following are common methods of reproduction in algae (a) vegetative (b) asexual (c) sexual (d)
parthogenesis
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15. The yellow pigment in Brown algae is known as ____________ (a) Fucoxanthin (b) phycocyanin (c)
phycoerythrin (d) chloroerythrin

16. Phycocyanin mask the green pigment in ____________ (a) red algae (b) blue algae (c) yellow algae (d)
green algae

17. ___________ are the only prokaryotic algae that have primitive type of cell without organization (a)
mycobacteria (b) cyanobacteria (c) fucobacteria (d) xanthobacteria
 18. All algae are ____________ (a) prokaryotes (b) eukaryotes (c) fungi (d) plantae

19. Fungi belong to ___________ kingdom (a) mycota (b) mycology (c) fungicota (d) fungicology

20. The scientific study of fungi is called ___________ (a) mycota (b) mycology (c) haematology (d)
dermatology

21. __________ is the only unicellular form of fungi that lack haphae (a) rhizopus (b) yeasts (c) moulds (d)
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22. __________ is the only multicellular form of fungi that has haphae (a) moulds (b) yeasts (c) rhizomes (d)

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mucous

23. The association between algae and fungi is Known as __________ (a) algaegenesis (b) Lichen (c) Lichin

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(d) epiphytes

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24. All the following are classifications of fungi based on the reproductive structures except (a)
Chytridiomycota (b) Deuteromycota (c) Spheriomycota (d) Basidiomycota

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25. The most primitive type of fungi I known as ___________ (a) Zygomycota (b) chytridiomycota (c)
Basidiomycota (d) Ascomycota

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26. Rhizophydium spherotheca is an example of ____________ (a) Ascomycota (b) Zygomycota (c)
Chytridiomycota (d) Basidiomycota
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27. Basidiomycota is also known as ___________ (a) zygote fungi (b) cup fungi (c) fungi imperfect (d) club
fungi
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28. One of the following is an example of Deuteromycota (a) Aspergillus spp (b) Rhizopus spp (c)
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Rhizophydium spp (d) Spherotheca

29. ___________ is the fusion of nuclei (a) plasmogamy (b) syngamy (c) karyogamy (d) cytogamy
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30. ___________ are seedless plants (a) spermatophytes (b) Bryophytes (c) Pteridophytes (d) Thallophytes

31. Pteridophytes possess some characters of seed plant such as ____________ (a) spore (b) vascular
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bundles (c) flowers (d) a & b

32. All the following are features of Bryophytes except ____________ (a) they have vascular bundles (b) they
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reproduce and disperse by means of spores (c) they are thalloids (d) they are no tree size bryophytes

33. Bryophytes are classify into __________ and __________ (a) mosses (b) liverworts (c) A & B (d) fern and
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liverworts

34. In Bryophytes, _____________ stage Is dormant over ____________ stage (a) sporophyte over
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spermatophyte (b) spermatophyte over sporophyte (c) sporophyte over gametophyte (d) gametophyte
over sporophyte

35. ____________ occupy the intermediate position between bryophytes and seedling plants (a) Bryophytes
(b) Thallophytes (c) Pteridophytes (d) Spermatophytes

36. During Carboniferous period (300 million years ago), the lycopods and horsetails are sometimes called
___________ (a) living tissues (b) living fossils (c) living cells (d) living fosseals
 37. The name gymnosperm means __________ (a) closed-seed (b) naked-seed (c) seedling plants (d)
seedless plants

38. One of the following is a characteristics of gymnosperm (a) they produce fruits (b) the pollen grains
and ovules are produce in a cones (c) they are closed seed plant (d) none of the above

39. Ginkgoes is an example of ____________ (a) Angiosperm (b) Gymnosperm (c) all of the above (d) none
of the above

40. One of the following is a characteristics of Angiosperm (a) the pollen grains and ovules are produce in

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flowers (b) the pollen grains and ovules are produce in a cones (c) they do not produce fruits (d) they

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are seedless plants

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41. ___________ are animals that get their food from dead plants and animals (a) insectivorous (b)
saprophytes (c) scavengers (d) parasites

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42. ___________ animals are animals that are active during night time (a) Diurnal (b) Nocturnal (c) zolozoic
(d) predator

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43. All the following are example of diurnal animals except ___________ (a) tiger (b) deer (c) cow (d) horse

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44. The type of fertilization for aquatic species is ____________ (a) internal (b) external (c) all of the above
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45. One of the following animals exhibit asexual reproduction (a) lizard (b) toad (c) ants (d) snake

46. Animals that have both male and female reproductive systems is called ____________ (a) hermafrodites
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(b) hermaphrodites (c) hamaphrodites (d) monoecious
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47. All the following are examples of hermaphrodites except____________ (a) snails (b) earthworms (c) bees
(d) tapeworm

48. Which one of the following does not undergoes parthogenesis (a) snails (b) ants (c) bees (d) wasps
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49. ___________ are animals with two germ layers (a) diploblasts (b) dibloblasts (c) dibloplasts (d)
diploplasts
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50. ___________ are animals with three germ layers (a) triploplasts (b) triploblasts (c) tribloblasts (d)
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tribloplasts

51. Animals develops an internal cavity derived from mesoderm is called ___________ (a) coelom (b)
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acoelomates (c) coelomates (d) pseudocoelomates

52. Animals that do not develops a coelom is called ___________ (a) acoelomates (b) coelom (c)
coelomates (d) pseudocoelomates
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53. Animals with a true coelom are called ____________ (a) coelomates (b) acoelomates (c) coelom (d)
pseudocoelomates

54. Animals has a body cavity that is derived partly from mesoderm and partly from endoderm tissue are
called _____________ (a) coeloms (b) coelomates (c) acoelomates (d) pseudocoelomates

55. Members of the phylum_____________ are acoelomate (a) annelida (b) platyhelmenthes (c) Mollusca (d)
echinodermata
 56. ____________ lack vascular tissues (a) Bryophytes (b) pteridophytes (c) spermatophyte (d) thallophytes

57. ___________ is an example of pseudocoelomates (a) flatworms (b) roundworms (c) snails (d) man

58. Members of the phylum platyhelmenthes are (a) coelom (b) acoelomate (c) coelomate (d)
pseudocoelomate

59. All the following are shape and size of protozoa except ____________ (a) irregular (b) bell-shape (c)
flattened (d) regular

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60. All the following are types of Mastigophora except ____________ (a) Stichonematic (b) Pantonematic (c)

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Filopodia (d) simple flagellum

61. Which of the following animal used cilia for locomotion (a) amoeba (b) paramecium (c) euglena (d)

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chlamydomonas

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62. The word Porifera meaning ___________ (a) seed-bearing (b) pore-bearing (c) flower-bearing (d)
fruit-bearing

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63. ___________ is fusing of similar gametes (a) isogamy (b) anisogamy (c) Oogamy (d) zoospores

64. The basic sponges body plans include all of the following except ___________ (a) Ostia (b) Medusa (c)

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spongocoel (d) Osculum

65. The members of Porifera are ____________ (a) amebas (b) sponges (c) volvox (d) spirogyra
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66. The engulfing particles of food or droplet with Pseudopodia is called ____________ (a) pinocytosis (b)
Phagocytosis (c) cytostome (d) food vaccine
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67. Fertilization in sponge is ___________ (a) external (b) internal (c) extracellular (d) none of the above
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68. All the following are classes of Porifera except ____________ (a) Calcarea (b) Hexactinellida (c)
Homoscleromorpha (d) Ustilagomorpha
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69. The phylum Cnidaria is formerly called ____________ (a) Coelentrates (b) platyhelmenthes (c) annelids
(d) molluscs
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70. Annelids are derived from Greek words ___________ meaning ringed. (a) annulatus (b) small ring (c)
annellus (d) annelidus
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71. "Nerve net" in Cnidaria, function in ___________ (a) sensory cells and to contractile cells (b) contractile
cells and to muscular cells (c) sensory cells and to mitochondrial cells (d) mitochondria cells and to
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nerve cells

72. ____________ cavity takes part both in digestion and water circulation (a) molyp or stalk (b) coelentron or
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gastrovascular (c) medusa or bell (d) Cnida or nematocyst

73. Which of the following paired display body plans in Cnidaria (a) molyp and Cnidae (b) molyp and
medusa (c) medusa and Cnidae (d) Cnidae and coelentron

74. The word platyhelmenthes means ___________ (a) roundworms (b) flatworms (c) earthworms (d)
planaria

75. ___________ is a free-living flatworm that has an incomplete digestive system (a) tapeworm (b) planaria
 (c) flatworm (d) earthworm

76. Flatworms have __________ embryonic germ layers (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

77. Hydra is a typical example of the following classification of Cnidaria (a) Anthozoa (b) Cubozoa (c)
Hydrozoa (d) Scyphozoa

78. One of the following is an example of Turbellaria classification of platyhelmenthes (a) tapeworm (b)
planaria (c) parasitic flukes (d) river flukes

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79. A human diseases caused by Schistosoma is called __________ (a) Schistosomia (b) Schistosomiasis

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(c) Schistosogenesis (d) Schistosomiacyst

80. The causative agent of Schistosomiasis is called __________ (a) Schistosoma (b) Schistosomia (c)

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chistosoma (d) chistosomia

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81. Tapeworm are example of the following classification of platyhelmenthes (a) Turbellaria (b) Cestoda
(c) Trematoda (d) Monogenea

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82. The name Nematoda is derived from the Greek word ___________ (a) nemas (b) nemos (c) nemes (d)
nomes

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83. The word nemos means ___________ (a) threads (b) tapes (c) ropes (d) lines

84. The scientific name of roundworm is ____________ (a) Ascaris lumbricoides (b) Ancylostoma duedenale
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(c) Enterobius vermicularia (d) Perenosclerospora sacchari

85. All The following are features of Secerenantea classification of Nematoda except _________ (a) they
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have plasmid (b) they lack plasmid (c) male have two spindles (d) excretory system present and well
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developed

86. All the following are examples of Secerenantea classification of Nematoda except_________ (a)
Wuchereria (b) Onchocerca (c) Trichuris (d) Rhabiditis
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87. Earthworms, leeches, sandworms and tubeworms belong to which of the following phylum (a)
nematoda (b) annelida (c) platyhelmenthes (d) Mollusca
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88. __________ describing an animals in which the mouth develops first during embryogenesis and a second
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opening developing into the anus (a) protostomic regeneration (b) protostogenesis (c) protostomic
development (d) protostomic membrane
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89. The body plan in annelids is metamerism meaning ___________ (a) having body of dissimilar segments
(b) having body of elastic segments (c) having body of similar segments (d) having body of rigid
segments
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90. Pheretima posthuma belong to which of the following classes of annelida (a) Oligochaeta (b)
Polychaeta (c) Hiruchaeta (d) Hirudinea

91. __________ provides water proofing to the arthropods (a) chitin (b) lipoprotein (c) chaetae (d)
exoskeleton

92. The respiratory organ of arthropods is called ____________ (a) Trachid (b) Tracheae (c) spiracle (d)
hemocoel
 93. The chelicerae are mostly used for feeding, but in ____________, they are modified to inject venom into
their prey (a) centipedes (b) millipedes (c) spiders (d) scorpions

94. The excretory organ of the phylum insecta is ____________ (a) lung books (b) malpighian tubules (c)
flame cell (d) trachea

95. The respiratory organ of insects is ___________ (a) malpighian tubules (b) trachea (c) lung gills (d) flame
cell

96. The class bivalvia includes all of the following except ____________ (a) Oyster (b) octopus (c) clams (d)

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97. The word Cephalopod means ___________ (a) headfoot (b) headprint (c) headstep (d) headshape

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98. All the following are members of Cephalopoda except ____________ (a) Octopus (b) squids (c) oysters

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(d) cuttlefishes

99. One of the following is not a characteristics of echinodermata that are not shared by any other phylum

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(a) most echinoderms have a radial symmetry (b) most echinoderms have a radial asymmetry (c) they
possess an endoskeleton of calcarous plates (d) they have many small tube-feet which aid in
movement, feeding, respiration and excretion

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100. Which of the following phylum have sign of Cephalization (a) mollusca (b) echinodermata (c)
platyhelmenthes (d) annelida
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101. Cephalization simply means the presence of ___________ (a) head (b) tail (c) waist (d) stomach
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102. All chordates have the following number of structures in common except ____________ (a) they
have notochord (b) they have pharangeal slits (c) they have postnatal tail (d) they have a postanal tail
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103. All the following are subphylum that make up the phylum chordata except _____________ (a)
vertebrata (b) cephalochordata (c) urochordata (d) hiruchordata
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104. The Cartilageneous fishes belong to which of the following class of phylum chordata (a)
Osteichthyes (b) Chondrichthyes (c) Gnathostomes (d) Agnatha
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105. The jawed fishes belong to which of the following classes of phylum chordata (a)
Gnathostomes (b) Agnatha (c) Osteichthyes (d) Chondrichthyes
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106. The word reptili from reptiles means __________ (a) somersaulty (b) scraping (c) creeping (d)
scrawling
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1. (a) living organisms

2. (a) diversity of life

3. (a) insects

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4. (d) 5

5. (b) bacteria

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6. (b) prokaryotes

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7. (b) kingdom animalia

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8. (b) 3

9. (b) producers

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10. (a) Autotrophic

11. (a) green thallophytes

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12. (b) chlorophyll
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13. (a) photosynthesis
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14. (d) parthogenesis

15. (a) Fucoxanthin

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16. (b) blue algae

17. (b) cyanobacteria

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18. (b) eukaryotes

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19. (a) mycota

20. (b) mycology

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21. (b) yeasts

22. (a) moulds

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23. (b) Lichen

24. (c) Spheriomycota

25. (b) chytridiomycota

26. (c) Chytridiomycota

 27. (d) club fungi

28. (a) Aspergillus spp

29. (c) karyogamy

30. (b) Bryophytes

31. (d) a & b

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33. (c) A & B

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34. (d) gametophyte over sporophyte

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35. (c) Pteridophytes

36. (c) living fossils

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37. (b) naked-seed

38. (b) the pollen grains and ovules are produce in a cones

39. (b) Gymnosperm

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40. (a) the pollen grains and ovules are produce in flowers

41. (c) scavengers

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42. (b) Nocturnal
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43. (a) tiger

44. (b) external

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45. (c) ants

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46. (b) hermaphrodites

47. (c) bees

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48. (a) snails

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49. (a) diploblasts

50. (b) triploblasts

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51. (a) coelom

52. (a) acoelomates

53. (a) coelomates

54. (d) pseudocoelomates

55. (b) platyhelmenthes

 56. (a) Bryophytes

57. (b) roundworms

58. (b) acoelomate

59. (d) regular

60. (c) Filopodia

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61. (b) paramecium

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62. (b) pore-bearing

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63. (a) isogamy

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64. (b) Medusa

65. (b) sponges

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66. (b) Phagocytosis

67. (b) internal

68. (d) Ustilagomorpha

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69. (a) Coelentrates

70. (a) annulatus

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71. (a) sensory cells and to contractile cells
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72. (b) coelentron or gastrovascular

73. (b) molyp and medusa

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74. (b) flatworms

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75. (b) planaria

76. (b) 3
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77. (c) Hydrozoa

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78. (b) planaria

79. (b) Schistosomiasis

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80. (a) Schistosoma

81. (b) Cestoda

82. (b) nemos

83. (a) threads

84. (a) Ascaris lumbricoides

 85. (b) they lack plasmid

86. (c) Trichuris

87. (b) annelida

88. (c) protostomic development

89. (c) having body of similar segments

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90. (a) Oligochaeta

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91. (b) lipoprotein

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92. (b) Tracheae

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93. (c) spiders

94. (a) malpighian tubules

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95. (b) trachea

96. (b) octopus

97. (a) headfoot

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98. (c) oysters

99. most echinoderms have a radial asymmetry

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100. (a) mollusca
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101. (a) head

102. (c) they have postnatal tail

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103. (d) hiruchordata

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104. (b) Chondrichthyes

105. (a) Gnathostomes

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106. (c) creeping

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