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Characteristics of vertebrates - class-XI

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Common name of Petromyzon is

  1. Lancet

  2. Hagfish

  3. Acornworm

  4. Lamprey


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sea Lamprey or Petromyzon is an agnathan. It is a marine organism. It lacks jaws and resembles an eel. It has a sucker-like mouth that is involved in filter feeding. It has seven brachial openings behind its eyes. They are anadromous and are usually found at depths of around 4000 m and can tolerate temperature ranges from 1.0 and 20 °C.

So, the correct answer is 'Lamprey'.

Vertebrates without jaws belong to 

  1. Urochordata

  2. Hemichordata

  3. Agnatha

  4. Gnathostomata


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Agnathans are basically primitive jawless fishes. They include lampreys and hagfishes. They usually have soft, cylindrical bodies that lack scales. In some species, separate external gill slits are present, while they open via a single pore in others. They have a suctorial or a filter-feeding mouth and they lack jaws.

So, the correct answer is 'Agnatha'.

Which one of the following pairs of animals are jaw-less fishes?

  1. Lampreys and hag fishes

  2. Guppies and hag fishes

  3. Lampreys and eels

  4. Mackerels and rohu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The class Agnatha consists of a group of animals, that lack jaws and paired fins. There are two living groups of Agnatha, the lampreys, and the hagfish. 

So, the correct answer is option A.

The type of tail seen in Cyclostomata is 

  1. Isocercal.

  2. Homocercal.

  3. Heterocercal.

  4. Protocercal.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cyclostomata is a group of chordates comprising of living jawless fishes, the lampreys, and hagfishes. Their tail is protocercal in cyclostomes, having a caudal fin extending around the end of the vertebral column. The protocercal tail is formed by the division of tail into two equal lobes supported by fins.

Hence, option D is correct.

The jawless vertebrate is 

  1. Crocodile

  2. Loris

  3. Hyla

  4. Fox

  5. Petromyzon


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Out of the given options, only Petromyzon is a jawless vertebrate, that is, it is an agnathan. In physical appearance, it resembles an eel. It has a sucker-like mouth that is involved in filter feeding. The rest of the examples are all gnathostomes or jawed vertebrates. 

So, the correct answer is 'Petromyzon'.

The larva of cyclostomates is known as 

  1. Lamprey

  2. Amphioxus

  3. Ascridian

  4. Ammocoete


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cyclostomata is a group of chordates that comprises the living jawless fishes, the lampreys, and hagfishes. They lay numerous eggs, about 1mm in diameter and lodge in the gravel around the nest. The egg hatches into an ammocoete larva, which is a blind, worm-like animal that burrows in the slit.

So, the correct answer is option D.

Petromyzon cannot be called as fish, as

  1. It lacks median fins

  2. It lacks paired fins

  3. It lacks an operculum

  4. It has acicular mouth


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Petromyzon is the scientific name of the sea lamprey. It is long and slender snake like organism. This organism is not called as the true fish. The organism lacks the paired fins. The organism have well developed dorsal and ventral finfolds. This finfolds helps in swimming and locomotion. 
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

In which one of the following jaws are absent?

  1. Petromyzon

  2. Hagfish

  3. Hippocampus

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Petromyzon is the sea lamprey, which lacks bony teeth and jaws. Hagfish is eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish. Along with lampreys, they are jawless and are living fossils.

So, the correct answer is option D.

The lamprey is included in same taxonomic class as 

  1. Anolis 

  2. Myxine 

  3. Ambystoma

  4. Neoceratodus 


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lamprey and hagfish or Petromyzon and Myxine are both agnathans as they are jawless fishes. They are sometimes considered as the earliest vertebrates. They also lack paired fins or stomach. They have a pineal eye. The adults and larvae usually have a notochord.

So, the correct answer is 'Myxine '.

Earliest jawed vertebrates were

  1. Ostracoderms

  2. Placoderms

  3. Crossopterygians

  4. Elasmobranchs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vertebrates are the subphylum of a Chordata. Placoderms were among the first jawed fish. The jaws are considered to evolve from the gill arches. Placoderms are the extinct class of armoured prehistoric fishes, known from fossils, which lived from the Silurian to the end of the Devonian period. Their head and thorax were covered by articulated armoured plates and the rest of the body was scaled or naked.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Kidney of fish is of type ......................

  1. Pronephros

  2. Opisthonephros

  3. Metanephros

  4. Nephridia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cyclostomes are the organisms which belong to the group of chordates. These are the jawless fishes. The group also includes the lampreys and hagfishes. They have rounded mouths that lack jaws. The water keeps on cycling through the open mouth which cannot be closed due to lack of jaws. 

The opisthonephros is the kidney present in adults of these organisms. It is formed from the extended mesonephros along with the tubules from the posterior nephric ridge. 
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Lamprey (Petromyzon) is included in 

  1. Gnathostomata.

  2. Cyclostomata.

  3. Chondrichthyes.

  4. Osteichthyes.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Lampreys are one of the jawless fishes of the order Petromyzontiformes. Petromyzon is the scientific name of the sea lamprey. Chordates are characterized by the presence of notochord. Cyclostomata is a type of Chordate, that comprises the living jawless fishes, like the lampreys and hagfishes. It is long and slender snake-like organism. This organism is not called as the true fish. The organism lacks the paired fins. The organism has well developed dorsal and ventral fin folds. These fin folds help in swimming and locomotion. The adult stage is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

True fish possess gills and fins. Which one of the following is not a true fish?

  1. Carassius

  2. Hythalamincthyes

  3. Hippocampus

  4. Lepisma


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Carassius is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae.
Hippocampus is the name of marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus.
While Lepisma is a genus of primitive insects.
So, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following is a jawless fish?

  1. Hippocampus

  2. Torpedo

  3. Petromyzon

  4. Mystus


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The hippocampus is the name of marine fishes.
Torpedo is the group of flattened cartilaginous fishes, also called an electric ray.
Mystus is a genus of small to medium-sized bagrid catfishes.
Petromyzon is the 'sea lamprey', which is parasitic lamprey. It is a 'jawless' fish.

So, the correct answer is option C.

Which strucutres is seen cyclostomes?

  1. Pineal eye

  2. Jaws

  3. Pectoral fin

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In cyclostomes, the pineal gland is a photoreceptor. The endocrine nature of the gland's function has not been definitely established. As it's activity diminishes with age, the gland turns into rudimentary organ containing mineral deposits.

So, the correct answer is option A.

The single median nostril is characteristic of 

  1. Birds

  2. Cyclostomes

  3. Bony fishes

  4. Protochordates


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cyclostomes are animals with a circular mouth, eel-shaped body with jaw less mouth, single median nostril and no paired fins. So, the correct answer is option B.

Petromyzon and Myxine are not regarded as true fishes, because

  1. They lack unpaired fins

  2. They have circular mouth

  3. In them operculum is absent

  4. There is absence of paired fins and jaws


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Myxine is a genus of hagfish, which are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish. 
Petromyzon is a parasitic lamprey found in the northern Atlantic ocean along shores of Antartica and North America, in the western Mediterranean sea and in the shores of the Great lakes. It is brown, gray, or black on its back and white or gray on the underside and can grow up to 90 cm long. 

These animals are the only living representatives of ancient creatures. They also lack jaws.
So, the correct answer is option D.

Ammocoete larva belongs to 

  1. Petromyzon

  2. Myxine

  3. Amphioxus

  4. Balanoglossus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ammocoete larva is the larval stage of the primitive jawless fish, called as the lamprey or Petromyzon. Adult lampreys spawn in rivers and then die. The young larvae, ammocoetes, spend several years in the rivers, where they live burrowed in fine sediment, filter feeding on detritus and microorganisms. Then, ammocoetes undergo a metamorphosis lasting several months. 

So, the correct answer is option A.

Match the name of the animal (Column I), with one characteristics (Column II), and the phylum/class (column III) to which it belongs :

  1. Column I : Petromyzon, Column II : ectoparasite, Column III : Cyclostomata

  2. Column I : Ichthyophis, Column II : terrestrial, Column III : Reptilia

  3. Column I : Limulus, Column II : body covered by chitinous exoskeleton, Column III : Pisces

  4. Column I : Adamsia, Column II : radially symmetrical, Column III : Porifera


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
L imulus belongs to phylum Arthropoda. Adamsia belongs to phylum Coelenterata. Petromyzon (lamprey) (cyclostomata) is a sanguivorous ectoparasite of larger fishes. Ichthyophis is a limbless amphibian and belongs to class Amphibia.

So, the correct answer is 'A'.

Which of the following classes doesn't belong to the superclass Agnatha?

  1. Ostracoderm

  2. Cyclostomata

  3. Placodermi

  4. Chondrictheyes


Correct Option: C,D
Explanation:
  • Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fish i.e these animals have no jaws.
  • They come under the phylum chordata, subphylum vertebrata and includes the Cyclostomes and extinct Ostracoderm species.
  • Placodermi is a class of armoured prehistoric fish having plated skin belonging to the superclass Gnathostomata (having jaws).
  • Chondrichthyes is a class which contains cartilaginous fishes and belong to the superclass Gnathostomata.
  • So the correct answer is 'Placodermi and Chondrichthyes'.

In which of the following animal only one single median nostril is present?

  1. Salamander

  2. Petromyzon

  3. Labeo

  4. Rana


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Petromyzon or Lamprey is an example of jawless fish belonging to class- Cyclostomata. They have one nostril on the top of their head.
Salamander, Lobeo and Rana have 2 nostrils.
So, the correct option is 'Petromyzon'.

Which of the following is a circular mouthed fish?

  1. Myxine

  2. Torpedo

  3. Trygon

  4. Scoliodon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Cyclostomata is a group of jawless living fishes which belong to the superclass Agnatha.
  • Eg- the lampreys and hagfishes.
  • The name Cyclostomata means circular mouths.
A. Myxine is a genus of hagfish.
B. Torpedo is a flattened cartilaginous fish which is also known as electric fish.
C. Trygon is a cartilaginous fish which is also known as stingfish.
D, Scoliodon is cartilaginous fish which is also known as dogfish.
  • All the cartilaginous fishes belong to Gnathostomata i.e they have jaws.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Myxine'.

The notochord is present throughout the life in organisms belonging to which of the following group?

  1. Agnatha

  2. Cephalochordata

  3. Urochordata

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cephalochordates are a group of organisms in which the notochord extends from head to tail region and is persistent throughout their life. Agnatha is a group of vertebrates that lacks jaw and notochord is present in both larvae and adult forms. While in Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) notochord is replaced by a vertebral column in adults.

In Urochordata, the notochord is present only in the larval tail. 
So, the correct option is 'Agnatha and Cephalochordata'.

What is the fate of notochord in an adult organism which belongs to Gnathostomata?

  1. Notochord extincts

  2. Notochord is replaced by the vertebral column

  3. Notochord becomes vestigial

  4. Notochord continues same as in larval stage


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Phylum Chordata can be divided into two categories:-
1) Protochordata- The notochord is present in the larval stage of these animals and it is rudimentary in adults.
2) Vertebrata- The notochord is replaced by a vertebral column in adults.
  • Gnathostomata is a superclass which includes jawed vertebrate fishes.
  • They come under the subphylum vertebrata i.e the notochord is replaced by a vertebral column in adults.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Notochord is replaced by the vertebral column'.

In which of the following haemocyanin pigment is found?

  1. Armada

  2. Echinodermata

  3. Insecta

  4. Lower invertebrates


Correct Option: A

Which among the following is the lowest grade vertebrate?

  1. Agnatha

  2. Cyclostomata

  3. Echinodermates

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fishes in the phylum Chordata. These are ectothermic, meaning they do not regulate their own body temperature. They show slow metabolism in cold water. They do not have a proper stomach rather they have a long homogenous gut. They are lowest grade vertebrates. The notochord is persistent in them. 

Cyclostomata is a group of chordates that comprises the living jawless fishes - the lampreys and hagfishes. These fishes are a parasite as well as scavengers. The body is long, then tubular and tail is flat. They are also known as false fish.
So, the correct answer is option D.

Petromyzon is included under

  1. Cephalochordata

  2. Agnatha

  3. Tetrapoda

  4. Pisces


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a parasitic lamprey found in the northern Atlantic Ocean along shores of Europe and North America, in the western Mediterranean sea and in the shores of the Great Lakes. It belongs to superclass Agnatha (It is a superclass of jawless fishes). It is brown, gray, or black on its back and white or gray on the underside. The lamprey uses its suction cup-like mouth to attach itself to the skin of a fish and rasps away tissue with its sharp, probing tongue and keratinized teeth.

So, the correct answer is option B.

........... is a living fossil.

  1. Drepanaspis

  2. Lamprey

  3. Cephalaspis

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Petromyzen or Lamprey is a living fossil. The sea lamprey lacks bony teeth and jaws. It has an oral armament of conical teeth made of keratin. The lamprey even has teeth on its tongue. The oral apparatus of the adult lamprey is a sucking disk lined with whorls of over 100 of these teeth. 

So, the correct answer is option B.

Which among the following are known as false fishes?

  1. Pisces

  2. Cyclostomata

  3. Ostracodermi

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cyclostomata is a group of chordates that comprises the living jawless fishes - the lampreys and hagfishes. These fishes are a parasite as well as scavengers. The body is long, then tubular and tail is flat. They are also known as false fish.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth seen in

  1. Lamprey

  2. Myxine

  3. Ostracodermi

  4. Hilsa


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adult lamprey may be characterised by toothed, funnel like sucking mouth. The common name 'lamprey' is probably derived from latin, 'lampetro' which may mean stone licker.

Circular and suctorial mouth is present in

  1. Labeo

  2. Petromyzon

  3. Scolidon

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Petromyzon (lampreys) are all carnivorous and are true predators. The method of attack is very peculiar. It attack fishes, turtles etc and it attach themselves by suctorial mouth which is circular in shape. Mouth acts a sucker, it rasps the flesh of the prey with its tongue. Teeth which are situated around the mouth sink into the flesh of the prey and serve it to hold properly. 

So, the correct answer is option B.

Kingdom Animalia is also known as

  1. Metazoa

  2. Protozoa

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Metazoa is the term given to the fully developed complex organism having tissue level organization. Kingdom Animalia is considered as metazoa. All the members of this kingdom are multicellular, eukaryotes. They are heterotrophs, they depend on other organisms directly or indirectly for food. Most of the organisms are motile which means they can move independently and spontaneously. 

So, the correct answer is option A.

Vertebrata consist of which classes from the following?

  1. Bony fish

  2. Amphibians

  3. Reptiles

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vertebrata is the most important part of chordate and is distinguished by a backbone (made either of bone or cartilage) having bones known as vertebrae and a skull enclosing a brain. The nervous system is entirely protected by these structures and also maintains the shape of the body.

The subphylum vertebrata is divided into seven classes: jawless fish, cartilaginous fish, bony fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. 
So, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following is the most important part of chordate?

  1. Hermichordate

  2. Vertebrata

  3. Mollusca

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vertebrata is the most important part of chordate and is distinguished by a backbone (made either of bone or cartilage) having bones known as vertebrae and a skull enclosing a brain. The nervous system is entirely protected by these structures and also maintains the shape of the body.

So, the correct answer is option B.

In bioluminesence storage, energy changes into _____________.

  1. Light energy

  2. Radiant energy

  3. Chemical energy

  4. Mechanical energy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In bioluminescence, stored chemical energy on oxidation emits lights.

Petromyzon belongs to class

  1. Osteichthyes

  2. Chondrichthyes

  3. Cyclostomata

  4. Amphibia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A. Class Osteichthyes comes under the superclass Pisces and includes lungfishes, lobbed finned fishes and ray-finned fishes.
B. Class Chondrichthyes comes under the superclass Pisces. Most fishes are marine and a few live in the tropical rivers.
C. Class Cyclostomata comes under superclass Agnatha which is a paraphyletic superclass of jawless fishes.
D. Class Amphibia comprises the animals that inhabit both land and water.
Petromyzon belongs to class Cyclostomata.
So, the correct answer is 'Cyclostomata'.

Which is true?

  1. All living members of class cyclostomata are parasites on some fishes

  2. There are about 2000 species in the class osteichthyes

  3. Ciona belongs to subphylum cephalo chordata

  4. Arthropods are diploblastic animals

  5. Ascaris lumbricoides is a flatworm


Correct Option: A

Which one pair comprises jawless fishes?

  1. Mackerels and Rohu

  2. Lampreys and Hag Fishes

  3. Lampreys and Eels

  4. Guppies and Hag Fishes


Correct Option: B

Agnatha or Cyclostomata are characterised by

  1. Absence of jaws and presence of suctorial mouth.

  2. Presence of suctorial mouth, the absence of jaws, the presence of single nostril and unpaired fins.

  3. Absence of mouth, presence of single nostril.

  4. Round mouth with triradiate lips.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Agnatha is a paraphyletic super class of jawless fish. It includes class Cyclostomata and an extinct class Ostracodermi. Characteristics of fishes of Agnatha are:
  • They are jawless.
  • They have a single median nostril.
  • Their mouth is suctorial and circular.
  • Body is elongated but no paired appendages or fins are present i.e. fins are unpaired.
Hence, statement B is correct. So, the correct answer is 'Presence of suctorial mouth, absence of jaws, presence of single nostril and unpaired fins'.

Fish vertebrates are

  1. Ostractodermi

  2. Placodermi

  3. Cyclostomates

  4. Choanochthyes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A. Ostractodermi is the extinct class under the superclass Agnatha which are called jawless vertebrates.
B. Placodermi is an extinct class of armoured freshwater fishes which are known as fossils.
C. Cyclostomates are the round mouthed fishes. The class Cyclostomata comes under the superclass Agnatha.
Hence, fish veretbrates are Ostracodermi.
So, the correct answer is 'Ostracodermi'.

Unpaired external naris occurs in

  1. Petromyzon

  2. Torpedo

  3. Anabas

  4. Solea


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A. Petromyzon, known as Lamprey, belong to class Cyclostomata under superclass Agnatha (jawless vertebrates).
B. Torpedo, known as an electric ray, is a bottom-living marine fish which is famous for discharging electricity.
C. Anabas, known as climbing perch is a common freshwater fish that can also live out of water for some time.
D. Solea, known as a common sole, is a flatfish that is prized for food.
Unpaired external naris (nostrils) occur in Petromyzon. So, the correct answer is 'Petromyzon'.

An example of Agnatha (jawless vertebrate)/cyclostomata is

  1. Labeo rohita

  2. Scoliodon

  3. Rana tigrina

  4. Petromyzon


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
A. Labeo rohita belongs to class Osteichthyes.
B. Scoliodon belongs to class Chondrichthyes.
C. Rana tigrina belongs to class Amphibia.
D. Petromyzon belongs to class Cyclostomata under superclass Agnatha (the Jawless vertebrates).
So, the correct answer is 'Petromyzon'.

A jawless fish which lays eggs in fresh water and whose ammocoete larvae after metamorphosis return to ocean is _____________.

  1. Entatretus

  2. Myxine

  3. Neomyxine

  4. Petromyzon


Correct Option: D

Jawless vertebrates belong to the group

  1. Agnatha

  2. Gnathostomata

  3. Lagomorpha

  4. Prototheria


Correct Option: A

Choose the correct statement.

  1. All pisces have gills covered by an operculum

  2. All mammals are viviparous

  3. All cyclostomata do not possess jaw and paired fins

  4. All reptiles have a three chambered heart


Correct Option: C

Match the columns and select the correct option.

  Column I    Column II
a Cyclostomates p Hemichordata
b Aves q Urochordata
c Tunicates r Agnatha
d Batanoglossus s Pisces
e Osteichthyes t Tetrapod
  1. a - p, b - q, c - r, d - s, e - t

  2. a - q, b - r, c - s, d - p, e - t

  3. a - r, b - p, c - t, d - q, e - s

  4. a - r, b - t, c - q, d - p, e - s

  5. a - t, b - r, c - q, d - p, e - s


Correct Option: C

Myelin sheath is not found around nerve fibres of.

  1. Fishes

  2. Egg laying mammals

  3. Frog

  4. Cyclostomates


Correct Option: D

Air bladder is present in _________.

  1. Petromyzon

  2. Scoliodon

  3. Labeo

  4. Frog


Correct Option: A

Find out the correct match in the three columns.

  1. Adamsia - Radially symmetrical - Porifera

  2. Petromyzon - Ectoparasite - Cyclostomata

  3. Ichthyophis - Terrestrial - Reptilia

  4. Isimutus - Body covered by chitinous exoskeleton - Pisces


Correct Option: B

This class of animals are all ectoparasites on some fishes ______________.

  1. Amphibia

  2. Osteichthyes

  3. Reptilia

  4. Cyclostomata

  5. Chondrichthyes


Correct Option: D

Choose the correct statement

  1. All mammals are viviparous

  2. All cyclostomes do not possess; jaws and paired fins

  3. All reptiles have a three-chambered heart

  4. All Pisces have gills covered by an operculum


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  1. All mammals are not Viviparous. Four species of Echidna and the Platypus are oviparous.
    2. All cyclostomes are jawless and lack paired fins.
    3. Crocodile is a reptile but has a four chambered heart unlike all other reptiles.
    4. Only the member of osteichthyes have gills covered by operculum while members of chondrichthyes lack operculum.
    So, the correct option is 'All cyclostomes do not possess; jaws and paired fins'.

How many animals in the following are Gnathostomates?
Myxine, Laligo, Pristis, Salamander, Calotes, Laxelets.

  1. 2

  2. 1

  3. 5

  4. 3


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Gnathostomata consists of species of fishes which have jaws (jawed vertebrates).
  • Myxine is a genus of hagfishes which are jawless (superclass- Agnatha).
  • Loligo is a genus of squids belonging to the phylum Mollusca.
  • Pristis is a genus of sawfish which is cartilaginous and belongs to the superclass Gnathostomata.
  • Salamanders are animals having a slender body, blunt snout and short limbs which belong to the class- Amphibia.
  • Calotes is a genus of lizards belonging to the class- Amphibia.
  • Lancelets are fish-like marine chordate animals which are also known as amphioxi.
  • So, the correct answer is 1.

Internal nares are absent in

  1. Agnatha

  2. Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes

  3. Chindrichthyes

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Agnatha is a class of Chordata phylum. These are the jawless vertebrates. They have two nostrils but nares are absent. Chondrichthyes are the class of cartilaginous fishes. They are jawed vertebrates. In this, external nares are present whereas internal nares are absent. Osteichthyes are the class of bony fishes. They are jawed vertebrates. In this, external nares are present whereas internal nares are absent. 

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

Jawless fishes are included in

  1. Chondricthyes

  2. Osteichthyes

  3. Cyclostomata

  4. Lung fishes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cyclostomata is characterized by round mouths. It is a group of chordates that comprises the living jawless fishes, examples are lampreys and hagfishes. They lack jaws which are replaced by retractable horny teeth. Their mouths cannot close due to the lack of a jaw, so they have to constantly cycle water through the mouth.

So, the correct answer is option C.

Only one semicircular canal is present in

  1. Bony fish

  2. Cartilaginous fish

  3. Hagfish

  4. Amphibians


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The jawed animals have three semicircular canals which are mainly statoreceptors which help to maintain the balance. Hagfish has a single semicircular canal which contains both stereocilia and the second class of hair cells, whereas other vertebrates have stereocilia only. Because the inner ear of hagfish has two forms of sensory ampullae, their single semicircular canal is assumed to be a result of two semicircular canals, that have merged into just one.

So, the correct answer is option C.

Nasal aperture in Petromyzon is

  1. Single

  2. Paired

  3. Many

  4. Absent


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Petromyzon, sea lamprey has a simple nasal aperture is present on the top of the head between the eyes. Nasal aperture is single and median. Hence, option A is correct answer.

Scales in Cyclostomata are

  1. Cycloid type

  2. Ctenoid type

  3. Placoid type

  4. Absent


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The class Cyclostomata is characterized by circular mouth without jaws. They have retractable horny teeth. Also, the scales and fins are absent in these members of the class. They are ectoparasites and don't have mucus glands on their skin.

So, the correct answer is option D.

First vertebrates animals belongs to class

  1. Ostracodermi

  2. Cyclostomata

  3. Placodermi

  4. Osteichthyes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ostracoderms refers to the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic era. They lived in what is now North America, Europe, and Russia from the Middle Silurian to Upper Devonian. They were the first fish to use gills just for respiration. This is the first class of vertebrates. 

So, the correct answer is option A.

The chordates without jaw are placed in

  1. Agnathostomes

  2. Gnathosomes

  3. Vertebrates

  4. Euchordates


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Agnatha which means 'no jaws' is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, consisting of both present (cyclostomes) and extinct species like ostracoderms. The body is covered in skin, with neither dermal or epidermal scales. Hagfish and Lampreys are a very common example. 

So, the correct answer is options A.

Petromyzon is ectoparasite on

  1. Rat and squirrel

  2. Fishes and turtles

  3. Cattles

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Petromyzon (lampreys) are all carnivorous and are true predators. The method of attack is very peculiar. It attack fishes, turtles etc and it attach themselves by suctorial mouth which is circular in shape. Mouth acts a sucker, it rasps the flesh of the prey with its tongue. Teeth which are situated around the mouth sink into the flesh of the prey and serve it to hold properly. 

So, the correct answer is option B.

1) The body is long, eel like. It shows trunk and compressed tail.
2) Paired fins are absent. Median fin is supported by cartilaginous fin-rays.
3) The skin is soft and smooth. It is slimy. It has scale less.
4) Z shaped myomeres are present in the trunk and tail protractor and retractor muscles move the tongue.
5) In this group, a true coelome is seen.
These characteristics are seen in the class

  1. Cyclostomata

  2. Pisces

  3. Reptilia

  4. Aves


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Cyclostomes' are jawless vertebrates, They are primitive vertebrates. The cyclostomes are marine or fresh-water vertebrates.

It includes the lampreys and hag fishes.
1) The body is long, eel like. It shows trunk and compressed tail.
2) Paired fins are absent. Median fin is supported by cartilaginous fin-rays.
3) The skin Is soft and smooth. It is slimy. It as scale less.
4) Z shaped myomeres are present in the trunk and tail Protractor and retractor muscles move the tongue.
5) In this group, a true coelome is seen.
6) These vertebrates will not have jaws, hence called Agnatha.
7) The mouth is circular. It works like a sucker. It is surrounded by tentacles.
8) Tongue bears teeth.
9) Stomach is absent and oesophagus leads into the intestine.
10) Endoskeleton is present.
11) Skull is simple and primitive.
12) Notochord presists throughout life.
13) Vertebrae are represented by neural arches, around the notochord.
14) Five to sixteen pairs of gills are present in sac like pouches
15) The heart is two chambered. Sinus venousus is present, but conus arterlcsus is absent.
16) Blood contains leucocytes and Irregular nucleated erythrocytes..
17) Brain is seen.
18) Ten pairs or less number of cranial nerves are present.
19) Nasal sac is single and median.
20) Lateral line sense organ is present.
21) Excretory system includes a pair of mesonephric kidneys.
22) Sexes are separate.
23) Gonad is single and without a gonoduct.
24) Development may be direct or with a long larval stage.

Fishes which are parasite as well as scavanger are

  1. Ostracoderm

  2. Cyclostomata

  3. Tetrapoda

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cyclostomata is a group of chordates that comprises the living jawless fishes: lampreys and hagfishes. Both groups have round mouths that lack jaws but have retractable horny teeth. The name Cyclostomata means "round mouths". These fishes are parasites and as well as scavengers. They feed off dead and wounded organisms in the ocean. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Jawless circular and suctorial mouth are characteristic feature of 

  1. Agnathe animals

  2. Gnathostomes

  3. Cyclostomes animals

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The subphylum vertebrae are  classified into Agnatha or Agnathostomata- includes vertebrates without jaws. Further, this group has only one class the Cyclostomata. The Cyclostomes are jawless vertebrates with a circular mouth and suctorial funnel.

So, the correct answer is option D.

Petromyzon attaches to the host body with the help of

  1. Suckers

  2. Hookes

  3. Both A and B

  4. Suctorial mouth


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Petromyzon (lampreys) are all carnivorous and are true predators. The method of attack is very peculiar. It attack fishes, turtles etc and it attach themselves by suctorial mouth which is circular in shape. Mouth acts a sucker, it rasps the flesh of the prey with its tongue. Teeth which are situated around the mouth sink into the flesh of the prey and serve it to hold properly. Hence, option D is correct answer.

Which of the following are jawless animals?

  1. Gnathostomata

  2. Agnatha

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fishes in the phylum Chordata. These are ectothermic, meaning they do not regulate their own body temperature. They show slow metabolism in cold water. They do not have a proper stomach rather they have a long homogenous gut.
So, the correct answer is option B.

Hag fish is another name for

  1. Petromyzon

  2. Lamprey

  3. Myxine

  4. Cephalaspis


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Myxine is scientific name of hagfish. They are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish. They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column. Classification of Myxine is

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Cyclostomata
Class: Myxini
Order: Myxiniformes
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Lamprey (Petromyzon) belongs to

  1. Chondrichthyes

  2. Osteichythes

  3. Agnatha

  4. Amphibia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A. Class Chondrichthyes comes under the superclass Pisces. Most fishes are marine and a few live in the tropical rivers.
B. Class Osteichthyes comes under the superclass Pisces and includes lungfishes, lobbed finned fishes and ray-finned fishes.
C. Agnatha is a paraphyletic superclass of jawless fish and includes two class, Cyclostomata, and an extinct class Ostracodermi.
D. Class Amphibia comprises the animals that inhabit both land and water.
Lamprey (Petromyzon) belongs to class Cyclostomata under superclass Agnatha.
So, the correct answer is 'Agnatha'.

Humans fall into which kingdom Animalia category?

  1. Hemichordata

  2. Mollusca

  3. Chordata

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Humans are categorized as vertebrates in the phylum Chordata. The phylum Chordata contains all animals that possess, at some point during their lives, a hollow nerve cord, and a notochord, a flexible rod between the nerve cord and the digestive track. The phylum Chordata is an extremely diverse phylum and the one most recognizable to us. 

So, the correct answer is option C.

Pancreas is absent in

  1. Amphibia

  2. Osteichthyes

  3. Chondrichthyes

  4. Cyclostomata


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
A. Amphibians are the cold-blooded, freshwater vertebrates which can live both on land and in water.
B. Osteichthyes is the class of bony fishes which include lungfishes, ray-finned fishes and lobe-finned fishes.
C. Chondrichthyes is a class of Cartilaginous fishes which include sharks, rays and Chimaeras.
D. Cyclostomata is a class of round mouthed fishes under the superclass Agnatha which is known as Jawless vertebrates. The digestive system of Cyclostomata lacks stomach and pancreas.
So, the correct answer is 'Cyclostomata'.
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