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Animal Kingdom -III

Description: practice questions for AIPMT.Chapter The Living World,animal kingdom andanimal morphology.
Number of Questions: 25
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Which of the following organisms is correctly matched with its particularly named taxonomic category?

  1. Human - Homo, an order

  2. Tiger - Carnivora, a class

  3. Housefly - Musca, a genus

  4. Devil fish - Mollusca, a class


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Musca is the genus name of housefly.

ICBN stands for

  1. International Code for Biological Nomenclature

  2. International Code for Botanical Nomenclature

  3. International Class for Botanical Nomenclature

  4. International Council for Biological Nomenclature


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

ICBN stands for International Code for Botanical Nomenclature.

A limbless amphibia is

  1. salamander

  2. icthyophis

  3. heloderma

  4. racophorus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Icthyophis is a limbless amphibian.

The zoological name of cockroach is

  1. apis mellifera

  2. bombyx mori

  3. periplaneta americana

  4. laccifer lacca


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Periplaneta americana is cockroach.

Which of the following organism has neurons, but no brain?

  1. Spongilla

  2. Periplaneta

  3. Hydra

  4. Euspongia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hydra has neurons, but no brain.

Which of the following is not a living fossil?

  1. Peripatus

  2. Archaeopteryx

  3. Limulus

  4. Sphenodon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Archaeopteryx is not a living fossil. It is a missing link between reptiles and birds.

Green glands are the excretory organs in

  1. insects

  2. annelids

  3. flatworms

  4. crustaceans


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Green glands are the excretory organs in crustaceans like prawn, crab, etc.

Which of the following is a fish?

  1. Antfish

  2. Cuttlefish

  3. Silverfish

  4. Flyingfish


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Flyingfish or exocoetus is a fish.

Which of the following is a matching set of a phylum and its two examples?

  1. Porifera - scypha, hydra

  2. Ctenophora - pleurobrachia, physalia

  3. Mollusca - sepia, octopus

  4. Annelida - earthworm, antedon


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Both sepia and octopus are molluscan.

Anal style is present in

  1. female cockroach

  2. male cockroach

  3. male frog

  4. female frog


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Anal atyle is present in male cockroach.

Radial symmetry is found in

  1. molluscans

  2. annelids

  3. cnidarians

  4. flatworms


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Radial symmetry is found in cnidarians.

Which of the following fishes has a cartilaginous endoskeleton?

  1. Betta

  2. Rohu

  3. Catla

  4. Scoliodon


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Scoliodon has a cartilaginous endoskeleton.

An animal with metameric segmentation or metamerism is

  1. hookworm

  2. earthworm

  3. roundworm

  4. tapeworm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Earthworm shows metameric segmentation or metamerism.

Which of the following is a warm-blooded animal?

  1. Exocoetus

  2. Rana

  3. Struthio

  4. Chelone


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Struthio is a bird and is a warm-blooded animal, with a constant body temperature.

Which of the following is the sandworm?

  1. Megascolex

  2. Taenia

  3. Ancylostoma

  4. Nereis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Nereis is called the sandworm.

The male genital pore in pheretima is located in

  1. 14th segment

  2. 15th segment

  3. 18th segment

  4. the last segment


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The male genital pore in pheretima is located in 18th segment.

The arthropod exoskeleton is composed of a

  1. mixture of several kinds of polysaccharides

  2. mixture of several kinds of proteins

  3. single-complex polysaccharide called chitin

  4. single-complex protein called arthropodin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The arthropod exoskeleton is composed of a single-complex polysaccharide called chitin.

Which of the following is an example of Agantha?

  1. Petromyzon

  2. Amphioxus

  3. Ascidia

  4. Balanglossus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Petromyzon is an example of Agantha.

The book 'Historia Generalis Plantarum' was written by

  1. Lamarck

  2. Darwin

  3. Aristotle

  4. John Ray


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The book 'Historia Generalis Plantarum' was written by John Ray.

Comb plates of ctenophores possess

  1. cilia for locomotion

  2. cilia for filter feeding

  3. teeth for crushing

  4. teeth for filtering


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ctenophores have eight comb-like rows of fused plates of cilia, called ctenes.

Which of the following is not a taxonomic category?

  1. Class

  2. Genus

  3. Aves

  4. Species


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Aves is not a taxonomic category. It is a class that includes birds.

Total number of spiracles in cockroach is

  1. 12 pairs

  2. 10 pairs

  3. 8 pairs

  4. 2 pairs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

There are 10 pairs of spiracles in a cockroach.

Which animal is known as 'Panthera pardus'?

  1. Tiger

  2. Lion

  3. Leopard

  4. Cat


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Panthera pardus' is leopard.

Compound eyes are found in

  1. earthworms

  2. cockroaches

  3. frogs

  4. rats


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct answer.

Ommatidia helps photoreception in

  1. frogs

  2. tigers

  3. cockroaches

  4. rats


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ommatidia help in photoreception in cockroaches.

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