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Cnidaria

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The gonads of hydra grow from

  1. epitheliomuscular cells

  2. nerve cells

  3. gland cells

  4. interstitial cells


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

These cells form gonads.

How are polyps and medusae forms of cnidarians similar?

  1. Both can be motile.

  2. Both have mature gonads.

  3. Both have poorly developed muscular system.

  4. Both are diploblastic.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the characteristic of all cnidarians. So, in this respect polyps and medusae are similar.

Which of the following phylums forms coral reefs?

  1. Mollusca

  2. Cnidaria

  3. Annelida

  4. Echinodermata


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Members of the class anthozoa form corals by secretion of polyps.

What kind of symmetry and how many body layers are possessed by cnidarians?

  1. Radial or biradial symmetry, and diploblastic

  2. Radial symmetry and triploblastic

  3. Bilateral symmetry and diploblastic

  4. Bilateral symmetry and triploblastic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cnidarians possess radial symmetry in which an organism can be divided into similar halves by any plane that contains the main axis.They are also diploblastic, i.e. body is derived from two germ layers.

Which type of larva is found in cnidarians?

  1. Planula

  2. Oncosphere

  3. Rhabditiform

  4. Cysticercus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Planula larva is found in cnidarians.

Which of the following has nerve cells but no brain?

  1. Cockroach

  2. Protozoans

  3. Sponge

  4. Hydra


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It has nerve cells but no brain.

True alternation of generations is shown by cnidarians. It is known as

  1. metagenesis

  2. metamorphosis

  3. metachrosis

  4. metaboly


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In cnidarians, there is regular alternation of sexual and asexual phases that is called metagenesis.

Cnidarians are considered as more advanced than poriferans because of

  1. the presence of true germ layers

  2. muscle cells

  3. the presence of nematocysts

  4. an indefinite symmetry


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nematocysts are the exclusive cells of  cnidarians, which are multifunctional such as used for offence, defence, locomotion etc that are not present in the poriferans.

Which of the following does not belong to phylum cnidaria?

  1. Sea pen

  2. Sea flower

  3. Sea cucumber

  4. Sea fur


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It belongs to phylum echinodermata.

The stored food in hydra is

  1. oil globule

  2. starch

  3. glycogen

  4. cellulose


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It is the stored food in hydra.

Which of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Portuguese man-of-war - Adamsia

  2. Red coral - Gorgonia

  3. Sea anemone - Aurelia

  4. Sea fan - Gorgonia


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is correctly matched.

Which of the following is a specialised characteristic of only cnidarians?

  1. Presence of nmateocysts

  2. Polymorphism

  3. Hermaphroditism

  4. Flame cells


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 It is a specialised chracteristic of cnidarians as nematocysts are not found in any other phylum.

Nematocysts of hydra are derived from

  1. digestive cells

  2. interstitial cells

  3. musculo-epithelial cells

  4. mesoglea


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

These cells give rise to nematocysts.

The alga that is found in the body of a hydra is a

  1. symbiont

  2. parasite

  3. hydrophyte

  4. epiphyte


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The green alga present in the digestive cavity of hydra is zoochlorella, which is a symbiont.

Corals can be best described as

  1. the most poor fauna

  2. the most rich fauna

  3. fresh water fauna

  4. free living ctenophorans


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Corals provide ideal habitat for various animals. Therefore, it is considered as the richest marine biome.

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