Consider the following sets of some animals. The set that consists of all animals belonging to the same phylum is:
1. Pinctada, Aplysia, Chaetopleura
2. Dentallium, Pila, Echinus
3. Asterias, Antedon, Ascidia
4. Adamsia, Gorgonia, Pleurobrachia
Identify the option where all the columns are not correctly matched:
Animal | Phylum | Features | |
1. | Pleurobrachia | Ctenophora | Comb plates, Only sexual reproduction |
2. | Loligo | Mollusca | Radula, Dioecious |
3. | Balanoglossus | Hemichordata | Respiration by gills, Proboscis gland |
4. | Ascidia | Chordata | Marine, Notochord persistent throughout life |
Which of the following is not an Echinoderm character?
1. Exclusively marine
2. Radial symmetry in adults
3. Protostome embryonic development
4. Water vascular system
Birds are not characterized by:
1. Forelimbs modified into wings
2. Fully ossified endoskeleton
3. Skin dry without glands except for oil gland
4. Oviparous and external fertilization
Echinoderms are not characterized by:
1. An absence of excretory system
2. Bisexual animals
3. Usually external fertilization
4. Indirect development with free swimming larva
Operculum and an air bladder are present in :
1. Clarias
2. Pristis
3. Trygon
4. Carcohrodon
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
Animals | Feature present in both | |
1. | Balanoglossus and Pinctada | Open circulatory system |
2. | Branchiostoma and Ascidia | Persistent notochord |
3. | Aplysia and Pheretima | True coelom |
4. | Gorgonia and Pennatula | Cnidoblasts |
Pteropus is a/an:
1. | Limbless amphibian |
2. | Extinct reptile that evolved into mammals |
3. | Bony fish that migrates from sea water to fresh water for breeding |
4. | Mammal with flight |
Which of the following is not an arthropod characteristic?
1. Jointed appendages
2. Non-segmented bodies
3. Periodic moulting
4. Articulated exoskeleton
Amniotes include all except:
(1) Amphibians
(2) Reptiles
(3) Birds
(4) Mammals