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Which of the following is a species ?

A. Mammalia

B. Carnivora

C. Canidae

D. Catiisfamilaris

Correct Answer :

D. Catiisfamilaris


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The beak of birds is toothed in

A. Ostrich

B. Kiwi

C. Archaeopteryx

D. Pelican

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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

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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

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Which one of the animals does not have a segmented body ?

A. Shipworm

B. Glowworm

C. Earthworm

D. Tapeworm

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Physalia, the "Portugese man of War" belongs to class

A. Coelenterata

B. Hydrozoa

C. Scyphozoa

D. Anthozoa

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The biggest phylum in regard to the number of species is

A. Arthropoda

B. Platyhelminthes

C. Chordata

D. Protozoa

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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

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Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

A. Flame CellsPlatyhelminthes

B. Metametric segmentationMollusca

C. Gill-slitChordata

D. Stininging cellsCoelenterata

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Animals belonging to order Rodentia have

A. long incisors

B. long canines

C. short canines

D. short incisors

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One of the following is considered as a living and connecting link between Annelida and Arthropoda:

A. Peripatus

B. Limulus

C. Balanoglossus

D. Sphenodon

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Heart pumps only impure blood in case of

A. shark

B. whale

C. frog

D. lizard

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A triploblastic animal in which I mesenchyme fills the space between ectoderm and endoderm is

A. Sea anemone

B. Planarian

C. Pheretima

D. Starfish

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Dolphins are classified under

A. Pisces

B. Amphibia

C. Reptile

D. Mammals

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Which of the protozoan is considered as connecting link between animals and plants ?

A. Entamoeba

B. Paramecium

C. Euglena

D. Monocystis

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Brain coral is

A. fungia

B. meandria

C. astia

D. none of these

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Taenia, Periplaneta and Pheretima are non-chordates because

A. their body is segmented

B. they do not possess a post-anal tail

C. they do not have a coelom

D. all of these

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Which of the following does not show J metamerism ?

A. Roundworms

B. Earthworms

C. Amphibian blind worms

D. Limbless lizards

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Which of the following is not a correct taxonomic match ?

A. Platyhelminthessolenocytes

B. Molluscametamerism

C. Mammaliadiaphragm

D. Chordatadorsal tubular nerve cord

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Structures built on a common plan, but modified during the course of evolution : to serve particular function in different animals are regarded as

A. homologous

B. analogous

C. both homologous and analogous

D. phylogenetically related

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Which one of the following sets of animals are homeothermic ?

A. Salamandar, lizard, penguin and bat

B. Tortoise, crocodile, crow and bat

C. Crow, penguin, bat and rat

D. Turtle, ostrich, spiny ant eater and dog

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Taxon is the

A. name of a taxonomy journal

B. name of a branch of taxonomy

C. a rank of classification as phylum, class, order, species

D. group of similarly constituted species

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'Systema Naturae' was written by

A. Carolus Linnaeus

B. Charles Darwin

C. Lamarck

D. Wallace

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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

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These species inhabiting different geographical areas are

A. allopatric

B. sibling species

C. morphospecies

D. sympatric

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Which one of the following is a matching set in animal classification based on correct sequence of phylum ?

A. Liver fluke, tapeworm, roundworm, guinea worm

B. Oyster, ship-worm, octopus, cuttle fish

C. Prawn, neries, crab, millipede

D. Sea urchin, sea fan, sea lily, sea pen

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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

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A cuttle fish belongs to

A. teleostei

B. mollusca

C. pisces

D. echinodermata

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Bony plates are found in addition to scales in

A. hag fish

B. eel

C. flyingfish

D. seahorse

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The system of classification proposed by Linnaeus is regarded by modem biologists as

A. an artificial system of classification

B. a natural system of classification

C. a system based on phylogeny

D. none of these

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Euplectella (Venus flower basket) is a

A. porifer

B. protozoan

C. coelentrate

D. nematode