1000+ Classifications of Animal Kindom MCQ for SBI PO [Solved]

1. Match the species :
A. Scorpion, Spider
B. Scorpion, Obelia, Hydra
C. Star fish, Obelia, Hydra
D. Cockroach, Earthworm, Taenia solium
Answer : A

2. Viviparous animal is
A. shark
B. mud puppy
C. bony fish
D. fish
Answer : A

3. Amphixous is a marine animal belonging to the sub-phylum
A. Urochordata
B. Cephalochordata
C. Vertebrata
D. Hemichordata
Answer : B

4. Which of the following is a correct hierar-chial sequence in systematics ?
A. Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum
B. Species, genus, order, family, class, phylum
C. genus, species, order, family, class, phylum
D. genus, family, order, class, species, phylum
Answer : B

5. Duck bill platypus is
A. primitive burrowing egg laying mammal
B. advanced egg laying reptile
C. primitive egg laying reptile
D. primitive aquatic egg laying animal
Answer : D

6. Which of the following has no segmentation?
A. Hydra
B. Earthworm
C. Centipede
D. Cockroach
Answer : A

7. Glass snake is a
A. lizard
B. tree snake
C. nematode
D. fish
Answer : A

8. Ophiosaurus commonly known as glass snake is a
A. limbless amphibian
B. limbless snake
C. limbless lizard
D. limbless fish
Answer : C

9. Animals belonging to order Rodentia have
A. long incisors
B. long canines
C. short canines
D. short incisors
Answer : A

10. Only poisonous lizard of the world is
A. Ophiosaurs
B. Heloderma
C. Varanus
D. None of these
Answer : A

11. Which of the following animals has a ventral nerve cord
A. Frog
B. Cockroach
C. Hydra
D. Earthworm
Answer : B

12. Which of the following sets belongs to the same class ?
A. Hydra, jelly fish, cray fish
B. Bat, pigeon, whale
C. Spider, scorpion, centipede
D. Whale, otter, kangaroo
Answer : D

13. Archaeopteryx called a connecting link, carried the characters, of
A. reptile and bird
B. reptile and mammals
C. fish and amphibia
D. reptile and amphibia
Answer : A

14. A pearl oyster belongs to class
A. mollusca
B. bivalvia
C. scaphopoda
D. gastropoda
Answer : B

15. Egg laying mammals are found in
A. India
B. Australia
C. Africa
D. South America
Answer : B

16. Monotremata is a group of animals which includes
A. fishes with a sinlge gill aperture
B. insects with a single pair of functional spiracles
C. mammals with a single common cloacal opening
D. protozoans with single flagellum
Answer : C

17. In flat worms, annelids, mollusca and arthropods the mouth develops from blastopore, such animals should be called J
A. protostomes
B. deuterostomes
C. cyclostomes
D. blastostomes
Answer : A

18. One of the following is not a true fish :
A. Saw fish
B. Silver fish
C. Dogfish
D. Pipefish
Answer : A

19. Whale, monkey and bat have seven cervical vertebrae. Which one has the same number of cervical vertebrae ?
A. Giraffe
B. Crocodile
C. Shark
D. Ostrich
Answer : A

20. Which one of the following is a coelenterate ?
A. Tea cucumber
B. Sea urchin
C. Sea horse
D. Sea pen
Answer : D

21. Whale belongs to the taxonomic group
A. Fishes
B. Reptilia
C. Echinodermata
D. Mammalia
Answer : D

22. An insect differs from a spider in the following ways :
A. Insect has 6 pairs of legs and one pair of wings while spider has 4 pairs of legs and no wings
B. Insect has 4 pair of legs and two pairs of wings while spider has 3 pairs of legs and no wings
C. Insect has 3 pairs of legs and two pairs of wings and spider has 4 pairs of legs and no wings
D. Insect has 3 pairs of legs and generally no wings while spider has 5 pairs of legs and generally one pair of wings
Answer : C

23. One of the following is not an animal:
A. Ant eater
B. Dolfin
C. Heloderma
D. Echidna
Answer : B

24. Branchiostonta is an example of
A. Cephalochordata
B. Agnatha
C. Urochordata
D. Gnathostomata
Answer : A

25. The body of Hydra is
A. asymmetrical
B. symmetrical
C. bilaterally symmetrical
D. radially symmetrical
Answer : D

26. Canal system is characteristic of
A. hydra
B. sponge
C. sea anemone
D. sea urchin
Answer : B

27. Which of the following is the correct pairing of the classification groups and common example ?
A. Porifera - Sea fan
B. Crustacea - Cuttle fish
C. Platyhelminthes - Neries
D. Martigophora - Volvox
Answer : D

28. Which of the following does not show J metamerism ?
A. Roundworms
B. Earthworms
C. Amphibian blind worms
D. Limbless lizards
Answer : A

29. Spider is not included under class insects because of
A. absence of walking legs
B. absence of mandibles
C. absence of wings
D. presence of walking legs
Answer : B

30. Which of the group has no member having gliding or flying appendages ?
A. Cydostomata
B. Fishes
C. Reptiles
D. Mammals
Answer : A

31. Brain coral is
A. fungia
B. meandria
C. astia
D. none of these
Answer : B

32. In which of the following sets, groups are not correctly matched ?
A. Onychophora, Myriapoda, Arachnida
B. Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa
C. Polychaeta, Hirudiniea, Oligochaeta
D. Gastropoda, Rhizopoda, Scaphopoda
Answer : D

33. Which of the following groups of characters is present in all chordates in some or other stage in their life ?
A. Mammary glands, hairs, gill slits
B. Notochord, gill slits and dorsal ! tubular nervous system
C. Notochord, scales and dorsal tubular nervous system
D. Gill slits, vertebral column and notochoitl
Answer : B

34. Bony plates are found in addition to scales in
A. hag fish
B. eel
C. flyingfish
D. seahorse
Answer : D

35. A cuttle fish belongs to
A. teleostei
B. mollusca
C. pisces
D. echinodermata
Answer : D

36. Birds and bats are good fliers. The bat differs from a bird in having
A. diaphragm
B. four-chambered heart
C. wings
D. small brain
Answer : A

37. Which one of the following sets of animals belongs to class cydostomata
A. Amphioxus and Balangolossus
B. Petromyzon and Myxine
C. Herdmania and Myxine
D. Herdmania and Amphioxus
Answer : B

38. The insects of the class Diptera include
A. termites
B. beetles
C. mosquitoes
D. grasshoppers
Answer : C

39. Echis carinata is known as
A. coral snake
B. brain coral
C. tree snake
D. none of these
Answer : C

40. Which of the following is not a deuteros-tome phylum ?
A. Mollusca
B. Echinodermata
C. Hemichordata
D. Urochordata
Answer : A

41. Ornithorhynchus is a
A. dinosaur
B. duck
C. fossil bird
D. monotreme mammal
Answer : D

42. In fishes, lobed fins are found in
A. marine fishes
B. fresh water fishes
C. lung fishes
D. none of these
Answer : C

43. A suctorial mouth is present in
A. leech
B. cockroach
C. housefly
D. butterfly
Answer : A

44. Aside from a three chambered heart, reptiles are characterised by the presence of
A. limb girdles
B. dermal scales
C. lungs
D. dorsal nerve cord
Answer : B

45. The group amniota includes
A. birds and mammals
B. birds and reptiles
C. reptiles and mammals
D. reptiles, birds and mammals
Answer : D

46. All mammals have hair, but these are absent in order
A. Cetacea
B. Primates
C. Rodentia
D. Chiroptera
Answer : A

47. Histological differentiation is absent in
A. Amoeba
B. Hydra
C. Earthworm
D. Cockroach
Answer : A

48. Diploblastic body with cellular grade of organisation and cellular mesogloea is characteristic of
A. protozoal
B. porifera
C. coelenterata
D. annelid a
Answer : C

49. Euplectella (Venus flower basket) is a
A. porifer
B. protozoan
C. coelentrate
D. nematode
Answer : A

50. The most important characteristic of class aves is
A. homeothermous animals
B. exoskeleton of feathers
C. bipedal vertebrates
D. none of these
Answer : B