CSS Zoology Questions & Answers - Set 21

1)   Both crocodiles and alligators have respiratory organs to breath in:

a. Water only
b. Air only
c. Water and accessory breathing
d. Air and accessory water breathing
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Air only

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Animals giving birth to young ones are called:

a. Oviparous
b. Beoterde
c. Viviparous
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Viviparous

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Which one of the following is not a true statement:

a. Fishes are mostly oviparous animals
b. Nematocysts are found only in coelentrates
c. All mammals have hairs and mammary glands
d. All insects have six pairs of legs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All insects have six pairs of legs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   A true gut cavity is found in:

a. Porifera
b. Coelentrata
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Syncitial hypodermis and muscle layers in:

a. Annelids
b. Molluscs
c. Nematodes
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nematodes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Archaeocytes and interstitial cells are found respectively in:

a. Sponges and coelentrates
b. Annelids and molluscs
c. Molluscs and arthropods
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sponges and coelentrates

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Sponges have skeleton of:

a. Spicules
b. Spongius fibres
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Lion is found

a. Only in Zoos
b. Only in India
c. Only in Africa
d. Both (b) & (c)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (b) & (c)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Platyhelminthes are characterized by:

a. Absence of coelom due to development of parenchyma
b. Totally parasitic mode of life
c. Presence of well developed and branched intestine
d. None of these characters
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Absence of coelom due to development of parenchyma

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   All eumetazoa are:

a. Diploblastic
b. Triploblastic
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Triploblastic

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Which of the following group is not bilaterally symmetrical group of animals:

a. Mollusca
b. Arthropods
c. Annelids
d. Echinodermata
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Echinodermata

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   In which of the following animals radial symmetry is seen:

a. Earthworm
b. Starfish
c. Tape-worm
d. Mussel
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Starfish

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Which of the following groups of animals are caracterized by "soft-body":

a. Annelids
b. Arthropods
c. Molluscs
d. Echinoderms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Molluscs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Flame cells are characteristic of:

a. Platyhelminthes
b. Annelids
c. Molluscs
d. Arthropods
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Platyhelminthes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Septal nephridia are found in:

a. Earthworm
b. Cockroach
c. Starfish
d. Housefly
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Earthworm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Nervous system in form of nerve net was first studied in:

a. Sponges
b. Coelentrates
c. Annelids
d. Molluscs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Coelentrates

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Archaeocyte cells are characteristically found in:

a. Protozoans
b. Sponges
c. Coelentrates
d. Helminthes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sponges

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Gizzard is found in the alimentary canal of:

a. Frog
b. Earthworm
c. Tape-worm
d. Round-worm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Earthworm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Earth worms and tape-worms differ in one of the following respects:

a. Tape-worms have segmented body but earthworms have strobilation
b. Earthworms have segmentation but tape-worms are not longer than the tape-worms
c. Earthworms are not longer than the tape-worms
d. Earthworms are coelomates and tape worms are pseudocoelomates
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Earthworms have segmentation but tape-worms are not longer than the tape-worms

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Which of the following animals uses setal for locomotion:

a. Cockroach
b. Earthworm
c. Starfish
d. Jellyfish
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Earthworm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   In which of the following animals eggs develop inside cocoons:

a. Earthworm
b. Leech
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Which of the following feature is characteristic mark for identification of an arthropod:

a. Hairs, external segmentation and 3 pairs of legs
b. Scales, antennae and segmented body
c. Chitinous exoskeleton, external segmentation and paired as well as jointed appendages
d. External segmentation, pair of chelicerae and a pair of pedipalpi
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chitinous exoskeleton, external segmentation and paired as well as jointed appendages

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Which of the following arthropods are totally equatic:

a. Crustaceans
b. Insects
c. Millipedes
d. Centipedes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Crustaceans

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Which of the following annelids is aquatic animal:

a. Neanthes
b. Pheretima
c. Eutypheous
d. Lumbricus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Neanthes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Which of the following animals is terrestrial animal:

a. Arenicola
b. Neanthes
c. Lumbricus
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lumbricus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Scientist making significant contribution in the field of animal taxonomy by introducing the system of binomial nomenclature was:

a. Carolus Linnaeus
b. Victor Hugo Devries
c. Charles Darwin
d. George Curier
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Carolus Linnaeus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Which is true among following statements:

a. All insects have powerful wings of fly
b. All insects have 3 pairs of legs
c. All insects carry diseases to man
d. All insects have cephalothorax and two pairs of antennae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All insects have 3 pairs of legs

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Which of the following parasitic animals has two hosts in life cycle:

a. Ascaris
b. Taenia
c. Entamoeba histolytica
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Taenia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Plasmodium vivax is parasite in the:

a. Blood of man and blood of Anopheles
b. Blood of man and gut of Anopheles
c. Gut of man and blood of Anopheles
d. Gut of man and gut of Anopheles
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Blood of man and gut of Anopheles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Integument of arthropods is covered with:

a. Cuticle
b. Chitinous cuticle
c. Epicuticle
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chitinous cuticle

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Millipedes and centipedes differ in:

a. Having two pairs and one pair of legs per segment respectively
b. Having 2 pairs of eyes and one pair of eyes respectively
c. Having small and large size respectively
d. None of these features
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Having two pairs and one pair of legs per segment respectively

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Which of the following molluscs has shell made up of 8 calcareous plates:

a. Chiton
b. Pila
c. Lamellidens
d. Octopus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chiton

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Double ventral nerve cord is found in:

a. Earthworm
b. Cockroach
c. Prawn
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Which of the following gastropod molluscs has religious importance:

a. Pila
b. Turbinella
c. Limax
d. Patella
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Turbinella

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Rudula is found in the buccal cavity of:

a. Pila
b. Lamellidens
c. Chiton
d. Octopus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pila

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Which of the following animals is called a "Ship-worm":

a. Solen
b. Teredo
c. Oyster
d. Pinctada
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Teredo

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Which of the following molluscs produces pearl:

a. Lamellidens
b. Solen
c. Pinctada
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pinctada

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   In our neighbouring country India the lions are now found in:

a. Jungles of Madhya Pradesh
b. Forests of Western Ghats
c. Gir forests of Gujrat and Kathiawar
d. Kaziranga forests
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gir forests of Gujrat and Kathiawar

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   In which of the following places the egg-laying mammals are confined:

a. America
b. Australia
c. Africa
d. India
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Australia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Dorsal tubular nerve cord is characteristics of:

a. Some chordates
b. Some non-chordates
c. All non-chordates
d. All chordates
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All chordates

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   Which of the following groups of characteristics of sponges could justify their animals nature by Ellis:

a. Branched, colonial and sessile life
b. Presence of skeleton in the body
c. Constant water current through their body
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Constant water current through their body

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Which of the following groups of characters are confined exclusively to Chordates:

a. Notochord, ventral nerve cord, dorsal heart
b. Notochord, dorsal tutular nerve cord, pharyngeal slits
c. Notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord open circulatory system
d. Notochord, double solid ventral nerve cord, red blood cells
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Notochord, dorsal tutular nerve cord, pharyngeal slits

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Which of the following systems is found in the chordates:

a. Renal-portal system
b. Hepatic-portal system
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hepatic-portal system

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   External ears are characteristic of:

a. Fishes
b. Amphibians
c. Reptiles
d. Mammals
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mammals

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Which group of character of a whale justifies its inclusion in the class mammalia:

a. Lungs, 4 chambered heart, kidneys
b. Lungs, 4 chambered heart vertebral column
c. Hairs, mammary glands, viviparity
d. Gills, fins, viviparity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hairs, mammary glands, viviparity

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Blood in chordates and non-chordates is different in which of the following respects:

a. Chordates have haemoglobin but non-chordates do not
b. Respiratory pigment in chordates is present in plasma but inside the definite cells in non-chordates
c. Respiratory pigment in chordates is present inside definite cells but dissolved in plasma in non-chordates
d. Blood of chordates is colourless but coloured in non-chordates
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Respiratory pigment in chordates is present inside definite cells but dissolved in plasma in non-chordates

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Arthropods may have blood which:

a. Resembles human blood
b. Circulates in arteries and veins
c. Has haemoglobin in cells
d. Circulates through an open system
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Circulates through an open system

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   To which group do snakes belong to:

a. Annelids
b. Reptilia
c. Amphibia
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Reptilia

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   An operculum covering gills is characteristic of:

a. Bony-fishes
b. Cartilagenous fishes
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bony-fishes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   Sepia and Octopus are two common marine animals. Their active swimming is affected by:

a. Adhering with their suckers, to other fast moving animals
b. Characteristic undulation of their lateral fins
c. Lashing movements of their cephalic arms
d. Expelling water in a gut through siphons
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Expelling water in a gut through siphons

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


51)   In which of the following Indian states, the lion are found:

a. M.P.
b. U.P.
c. Gujrat
d. West Bengal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gujrat

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


52)   Some times different authors give different names to same species. In such a situation:

a. Name under which species was first described is valid
b. Latest name under which species has been described is valid
c. People are at liberty to use any one of the name of species
d. All known names are discarded and new name is given to it
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Name under which species was first described is valid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


53)   Animals living at the bottom of the sea are known as:

a. Leutic
b. Lotic
c. Benthic
d. Pelagic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Benthic

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


54)   Animals living at the surface of the sea are called:

a. Leutic
b. Lotic
c. Benthic
d. Pelagic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pelagic

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


55)   A new species is formed when:

a. An individual with a new genotype is formed due to exchange of chromosome segments during crossing over in gametogenesis
b. Genotypic changes accumulates in a population resulting in its reproductive isolation from other populations
c. Variants with new phenotypes are produced due to new combination of genes during reproduced due to new combination of genes during reproduction
d. Homologous chromosomes exchanges segments during crossing over
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Genotypic changes accumulates in a population resulting in its reproductive isolation from other populations

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


56)   A new species is formed when:

a. An individual is a product of phenotype and environment
b. Individual variations reflect reproductive isolation amongst them
c. Phenotypes and genotypes are not related
d. Different species may have same genotype
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Individual variations reflect reproductive isolation amongst them

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


57)   In "Binomial Nomenclature" each organism has:

a. Two names - one scientific and other popular
b. One name proposed by two scientists
c. One double scientific name having first generic and second one of species
d. Two names - one Latinized name of place and other of person who determined it
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: One double scientific name having first generic and second one of species

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


58)   All the four limbs in a tetrapod are basically equal and similar. If their digits are webbed mode of locomotion will be :

a. Gliding
b. Flying
c. Crawling
d. Jumping
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gliding

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


59)   Myrlapods are characterized by:

a. Chitinous exoskeleton, three body segments notochord and one pair of antennae
b. Chitinous exoskeleton, ventral nerve cord, several body segments and two pairs of antennae
c. Chitinous exoskeleton, ventral nerve cord, three body segments and two pairs of antennae
d. Chitinous exoskeleton, ventral nerve cord, several body segments and one pair of antennae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chitinous exoskeleton, ventral nerve cord, several body segments and one pair of antennae

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


60)   Pearls are produced in "Pearl Ovster" around the:

a. Tears of sea-mermaids falling into the oyster
b. First drop of rains falling into the oyster in a particular month
c. Eggs of oster which fail to leave its body
d. Some external particles becoming embedded in the skin of oyster
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Some external particles becoming embedded in the skin of oyster

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!