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Earthworm and Cockroach

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Where are the genital openings of an earthworm present?

  1. Dorsal surface

  2. Ventral surface

  3. First segment

  4. Mid dorsal line

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. On the ventral surface, genital openings (pores) are present.

Earthworms burrow in the soil and make it porous. Which of the following names is given to the earthworms because of this?

  1. Digger

  2. Enemy of farmer

  3. Friends of farmer

  4. Friends of soil

  5. Friends of plants


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Earthworms are known as ‘friends of farmers’ because they make burrows in the soil and make it porous which helps in respiration and penetration of the developing plant roots.

The body of an earthworm is divided into ___________ metameres.

  1. 50-100

  2. 100-120

  3. 120-140

  4. 140-160

  5. 50


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. An earthworm is divided into 100-120 metameres, which are short similar segments.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect regarding the prostomium? (a) It is present at the anterior end. (b) It is the mouth of the earthworm. (c) It helps to open the cracks of soil. (d) It is sensory in function.

  1. a and d

  2. only b

  3. only d

  4. b and c

  5. a and c


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, this is the incorrect statement. The prostomium is the covering of mouth

Which of the following statements is not true regarding the muscular gizzard in earthworm?

  1. It helps in movement.

  2. It helps in grinding the soil particles.

  3. It helps in decaying the leaves.

  4. It helps in decaying the oragnic matter.

  5. It is present in 8th and 9th segments.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, this option is not true, hence the correct answer. Rows of S-shaped setae, embedded in the epidermal pits in the middle of each segment. Setae can be extended or retracted and thus help in movement.

Which of the following organs is/are present for respiration in an earthworm?

  1. Gills

  2. Lungs

  3. Trachea

  4. Skin

  5. Book lungs


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Earthworms exchange gases by skin.

Waste material containing ___________ are removed through nephridia in earthworm.

  1. carbon di-oxide

  2. nitrogen

  3. oxygen

  4. soil

  5. waste organic matter


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Nitrogen-containing waste materials from cell activities are removed to the outside of the body by little tubes. There are two such structures, called nephridia, in each segment except the first three and the last.

The ganglia present in earthworm is related to which of the following systems?

  1. Nervous system

  2. Blood vascular system

  3. Respiratory system

  4. Excretory system

  5. Sensory system


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Ganglia is a part of the nervous system. 

Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding the blood vascular system in an earthworm?

a. It has open blood vascular system. b. It has 5 aortic arches known as heart. c. Each segment has a small blood vessel. d. Blood is sent from dorsal blood vessel to ventral one.

  1. b and c

  2. c and d

  3. a and d

  4. b and d

  5. a and b


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is the correct answer. Statements a and d are incorrect. 

Which of the following nephridia is/are present as three paired tufts in the 4th, 5th and 6th segments? (a) integumentary (b) pharyngeal (c) septal

  1. only a

  2. only b

  3. only c

  4. a and b

  5. b and c


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. It is present as three paired tufts in the 4th, 5th and 6th segments.

Find the odd one out.

  1. Labrum

  2. Maxilla

  3. Mandible

  4. Labium

  5. Prothorax


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Yes, it is the answer as prothorax is not a part of the mouth of cockroach. It is a part of the thorax.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about cockroaches?

a. They belong to the phylum Arthropoda. b. They are nocturnal. c. They have hard chitinous outer covering. d. Their body is divided into four distinct parts.

  1. a, b and c

  2. b and c

  3. d only

  4. a and d

  5. a and c


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, this is the correct answer. Only statement d is incorrect. The body of a cockroach is segmented and divisible into three distinct regions – head, thorax and abdomen.

Which of the following statements are correct about the blood vascular system of cockroaches?

a. It is of open type. b. Blood vessels are well-developed. c. Ostia is a part of the heart. d. Haemolymph is composed of haemocytes only.

  1. a, b and c

  2. a and d

  3. b and c

  4. a and c

  5. b, c and d


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Statements b and d are incorrect. 

Match the following.

 
a. chemoreceptors 1. reproductive
b. capillaries 2. sensory
c. spermatozoa 3. nervous
d. ganglia 4. blood vascular

Select the correct option.

  1. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1, d - 4

  2. a - 4, b - 3, c - 1, d - 2

  3. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3

  4. a - 1, b - 2, c - 4, d - 3

  5. a - 1, b - 3, c - 2, d - 4


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is correct. Chemoreceptors is related to the sensory system, capillaries to the blood vascular system, spermatozoa to reproductive and ganglia to the nervous system

The abdomen in both males and females consists of 10 segments. In females the _______ sternum is boat shaped and in males genital pouch or chamber lies ventrally by the _________ sternum.

  1. 9th , 7th

  2. 7th , 9th

  3. 7th , 10th

  4. 9th , 10th

  5. 10th , 7th


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In females, the 7th sternum is boat shaped and in males, genital pouch or chamber lies ventrally by the 9th sternum.

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