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Diversity in Living Organisms - 2

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Which of the following organisms possesses pseudocoelom?

  1. Liverfluke

  2. Tapeworm

  3. Nereis

  4. Ascaris


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Elephantiasis refers to a parasitic infection that causes extreme swelling in arms and legs. This disease is caused by filarial worm.

Match the following:

 
a. Genus 1. An assemblage of families resembling one another in a few characters
b. Order 2. A principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family
c. Phylum 3. A principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to division in botany
  1. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1

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

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

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

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


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Genus is a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family. Order is an assemblage of families resembling one another in a few characters. Phylum is a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom, equivalent to division in botany.

Who among the following introduced binomial nomenclature?

  1. John Ray

  2. Aristotle

  3. A. P. de Candolle

  4. Carolus Linnaeus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

0 Carolus Linnaeus is also known as the ‘Father of Binomial Nomenclature’.

Which of the following organisms respires through gills?

  1. Seahorse

  2. Lizard

  3. Turtle

  4. Pigeon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

There are many kinds of fish, some with skeletons made entirely of cartilage, such as sharks, and some with a skeleton made of both bone and cartilage, such as tuna or rohu.

Which of the following is a flowering plant?

  1. Ipomoea

  2. Marsilea

  3. Cycas

  4. Pinus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Angiosperms are called flowering plants. Ipomoea is an example of angiosperms.

Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of platyhelminthes?

  1. Bilateral symmetry

  2. True coelom

  3. Triploblastic

  4. Dorsoventrally flattened body


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Flatworms are acoelomates. There is no true internal body cavity or coelom in which well-developed organs can be accommodated. 

Which of the following plants bears naked seeds?

  1. Spirogyra

  2. Cladophora

  3. Pinus

  4. Funaria


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cycas is a gymnosperm. This term is derived from two Greek words: Gymno – meaning naked and Sperma – meaning seed. The plants of this group bear naked seeds and are usually perennial, evergreen and woody.

Which of the following correctly distinguishes monocots from dicots?

  1. Flowers of monocots are pentamerous, whereas flowers of dicots are trimerous.

  2. Leaves of monocots show parallel venation, whereas leaves of dicots show reticulate venation.

  3. Roots of monocots are adventitious, whereas roots of dicots are fibrous.

  4. Vascular bundles in the stem of monocots are arranged in a ring, whereas in the stem of dicots, they are scattered.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cotyledons represent a bit of pre-designed plant in the seed. There can either be one cotyledon or two cotyledons.

Which of the following organisms is classified as coelenterate?

  1. Euplectella

  2. Spongilla

  3. Jelly fish

  4. Planaria


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sycon belongs to Porifera, which have pores all over the body. 

To which of the following kingdoms does Amoeba belong?

  1. Animalia

  2. Protista

  3. Plantae

  4. Monera

  5. Fungi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Amoeba belongs to kingdom Protista.

Which of the following is the term given to the science of naming an organism?

  1. Taxonomy

  2. Classification

  3. Nomenclature

  4. Identification

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct option as the science of naming an organism is called nomenclature.

Which of the following is not a fungus?

  1. Vibrio

  2. Rhizopus

  3. Saccharomyces

  4. Neurospora

  5. Morchella


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Vibrio is not a fungus. It is a form of bacteria.

Which of the following is not an example of Ciliata, which is a class phylum Protozoa?

  1. Paramecium

  2. Ephelota

  3. Opalina

  4. Nyctotherus

  5. Vorticella


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the correct option. Ephelota belongs to class Suctoria, and is not an example of Ciliata, a class phylum Protozoa.

Match the following:

a. Kingdom Monera 1. Unicellular eukaryotic organisms
b. Kingdom Protista 2. Eukaryotic multicellular organisms
c. Kingdom Fungi 3. Prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae
  1. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2

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

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

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

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


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Kingdom Monera consists of prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae. Kingdom Protista consists of unicellular eukaryotic organisms. Kingdom Fungi consists of eukaryotic multicellular organisms.

Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of reptiles?

  1. Cold-blooded

  2. Scaly skin

  3. Laying eggs in water

  4. Breathing through lungs


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Reptiles do not lay eggs in water.

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