1000+ Classifications of Animal Kindom Multiple Choice Question Answer [Solved]

1. The phylum arthropoda is characterised by the presence of
A. chitinous exoskeleton, external segmentation and paired appendages
B. chitinous exoskeleton, external segmentation and paired jointed appendages
C. chitinous exoskeleton and paired antennae
D. chitinous exoskeleton, antennae and compound eyes
Answer : B

2. Which one of the following sets has all hermophrodite animals ?
A. Ascaris, Hydra, Earthworm
B. Leech, Hydra, Tapeworm
C. Hydra, Man, Leech
D. Tapeworm, Toad, Starfish
Answer : B

3. 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

4. The main basis of classification of Phylum Protozoa is
A. size
B. locomotary organelles
C. shape
D. number of nuclei
Answer : B

5. Exclusively marine animals are found in group
A. Fishes and Echinodermata
B. Coelentrata and Echinodermata
C. Porifera and Coelentrata
D. Echinodermata and Protochordata
Answer : D

6. Which of the following is not a diploblas-tic group ?
A. Porifera
B. Coelentrata
C. Annelida
D. Platyhelminthes
Answer : D

7. What is common to fishes, amphibians and reptiles ?
A. Scales
B. Eggs
C. Shelled eggs
D. Gills
Answer : B

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

9. 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

10. Sepia is also known as
A. star fish
B. cartilagenous fish
C. jellyfish
D. cuttlefish
Answer : D

11. 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

12. Which one of the following is found in chordates but not in non-chordates
A. Gills
B. Spiracles
C. Post anal tail
D. Chitious skeleton
Answer : C

13. Limulus, the king-crab, is the only living representative of the order xiphosura belonging to the phylum
A. Annelida
B. Mollusca
C. Echinodermata
D. Arthropoda
Answer : D

14. According / to Whittaker, the five kingdoms into which all living beings are classified are
A. Monera, Protista, Metaphyta, Meta-zoa and Parazoa
B. Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia
C. Mpnera, Prokaryotes, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia
D. Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia
Answer : B

15. 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

16. Typhlop is a
A. true snake
B. blind worm
C. false snake
D. true worm
Answer : A

17. Largest animals belong to class
A. arthropoda
B. pisces
C. mammalia
D. reptilia
Answer : C

18. The generic name of apple snail is
A. Limax
B. Pila
C. Sepia
D. Murex
Answer : B

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

20. The taxonomic unit of any rank/category is known as
A. species
B. taxon
C. taxis
D. genus
Answer : B

21. The respiratory organs of crustaceans are
A. tracheae
B. book lungs
C. gills
D. skin
Answer : C

22. A definite number of body segments is found in
A. leech
B. tapeworm
C. earthworm
D. slug
Answer : A

23. Body segments are said to be homono-mous when
A. external segments correspond to internal segments
B. the body of an animal is made up of dissimilar units
C. all body segments along the length of the body are similar
D. none of these
Answer : C

24. The larval forms called bladder worms are characteristic of
A. intestinal parasites
B. earthworms
C. roundworms
D. tapeworms
Answer : D

25. Which of the following is a species ?
A. Mammalia
B. Carnivora
C. Canidae
D. Catiisfamilaris
Answer : D

26. Which of the following is homiother-mous ?
A. Lizard
B. Frog
C. Rabbit
D. Cuttlefish
Answer : C

27. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
A. Flame cellsplatyhelminthes
B. Stinging cellscoelenterata
C. Metameric segmentationmollusca
D. Gill slitschordata
Answer : C

28. Hair of bat and feathers of pigeon are
A. homologous structures
B. analogous structures
C. both (a) and (b
D. integumentary derivatives
Answer : A

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

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

31. Natural system of classification has the basis of
A. morphology
B. Phylogeny
C. both (a) and (b)
D. ontogeny
Answer : C

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

33. Which of the following is a matching set of groups in animal classification ?
A. Annelida, Porifera and Mammals as phyla
B. Hydrozoa, Mollusca and chordata as phyla
C. Protozoa, Reptilia and Mammalia as classes
D. Insecta, Cephalopoda and Aves as classes
Answer : D

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

35. Flame cells, parenchyma and a pair of longitudinal nerve cords are found in
A. Taenia
B. Peripatus
C. Ascaris
D. Musca
Answer : A

36. Vertebrates possess
A. well developed body cavity with alimentary canal
B. dorsal tubular nerve cord
C. ventrally situated heart
D. all of these
Answer : D

37. 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

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

39. Which of the following pairs of specific names belongs to the same genus
A. histolytica and proteus
B. histolytica and coli
C. histolytica and falciparum
D. histolytica and rocktertil
Answer : D

40. Which of the following belongs to the same phylum ?
A. Mollusca, cockroach, centipede
B. Turbellaria, cestoda, trematoda
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Answer : B

41. Biramous appendages are typically found in
A. insects
B. crustaceans
C. annelids
D. arachnids
Answer : B

42. Heart pumps only impure blood in case of
A. shark
B. whale
C. frog
D. lizard
Answer : A

43. Correct statement is :
A. Archaeopteryx is a connecting link between mammals and aves
B. Duck-bill platypus is a connecting link between reptiles and mammals
C. Sea horse is a connecting link between fish and horse
D. Hydra is a connecting link between protozoa and metazoa
Answer : B

44. Lobsters and crabs belong to the class
A. Insecta
B. Arachnida
C. Crustacea
D. Polychaeta
Answer : C

45. The term "Monera" stands for
A. all prokaryotes
B. bacterai, blue green algae and sinlge celled eukaryotes
C. bacteria, blue green algae and single celled eukaryotic animals
D. single celled eukaryotes and prokaryotes
Answer : A

46. The term 'Protista' was given by
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. E. Haeckel
C. G.L. Cuvier
D. John Ray
Answer : B

47. Presence of a vestigeal appendix in man suggests that our forebears were
A. herbivores
B. carnivores
C. omnivores
D. fruit eaters
Answer : A

48. Binomial system of nomenclature in classification was divided by Carolus Linnaeus. It provides the nmes pertaining to
A. one scientific and one popular
B. given by two taxonomists
C. one generic and one specific epithet
D. international identifying catalogue
Answer : C

49. Diploblastic acoelomate condition is found in
A. Ascaris
B. Planaria
C. Rotifer
D. Sea anemone
Answer : D

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