Which of the following represents the correct combination without any exception?

Characteristic Class
1. Mammary gland; hair on body; pinnae; two pairs of limbs Mammalia
2. Mouth ventral; gills without operculum; skin with placoid scales; persistent notochord Chondrichthyes
3. Sucking and circular mouth; jaws absent; integument without scales; paired appendages Cyclostomata
4. Body covered with feathers; skin moist and glandular; lungs with air sacs; fore limbs from wings Aves

Subtopic:  Comparative study of Cartilagenous & Bony Fishes |
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In which one of the following, the genus name, its two characters and its phylum are not correctly matched, whereas the remaining three are correct? 

Genus Name Two Characters Phylum
1. Pila (i)
(ii)
Body segmented
Mouth with Radula
Mollusca
2. Asterias (i)
(ii)
Spiny skinned
Water Vascular System
Echinodermata
3. Sycon (i)
(ii)
Pore bearing
Canal system
Porifera
4. Periplaneta (i)
(ii)
Jointed appendages
Chitinous exoskeleton
Arthropoda
Subtopic:  Phylum Mollusca |
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Consider the given two statements:
Statement 1: Hemichordates were earlier considered as a sub-phylum under Phylum Chordata but are now placed separately in a phylum under non-Chordata.
Statement 2:  Hemichordates have a rudimentary structure in the collar region called stomochord, a structure homologous to the notochord.
 
1.  Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct but Statement 2 does not explain Statement 1.
2.  Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect.
3.  Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect.
4.  Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct and Statement 2 explains Statement 1.
Subtopic:  Phylum Hemichordata |
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Which of the following is not an Echinoderm?
1. Sea Urchin 2. Sea lily
3. Brittle star 4. Brain coral
Subtopic:  Phylum Echinodermata |
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Unlike Arthropods, Annelids:
1. have a true coelom lined by embryonic mesoderm
2. have a closed circulatory system
3. do not reproduce by sexual methods
4. have a complete digestive system
Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida |
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Metamerism evolved for the first time in the members of the Phylum:
1. Annelida 2. Platyhelminthes
3. Aschelminthes 4. Chordata
Subtopic:  Phylum Annelida |
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Members of the Phylum Platyhelminthes differ from animals belonging to Phylum Annelida and Phylum Arthropoda in:
1. having two germ layers instead of three
2. lacking a coelom
3. showing bioluminescence
4. having a complete digestive system
Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes |
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The structure shown in the given figure helps flatworms in:
           
1. Catching food and digesting it
2. Exchange of gases 
3. Excretion and Osmoregulation
4. Regeneration of lost body parts
Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes |
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In Ctenophora:
a: body bears eight external rows of ciliated comb plates, which help in locomotion.
b: reproduction takes place only by asexual means.
c: digestion is both extracellular and intracellular.
d: sexes are separate.
The correct statements are:
1. a and c only 2. b and d only
3. a, b and c only 4. a, b and d only
Subtopic:  Phylum Ctenophora & Platyhelminthes |
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The collared flagellated cell shown in the given figure is called as a:
1. Choanocyte and helps sponges in movement of water through their canal system
2. Choanocyte and helps sponges in reproducing asexually under favourable conditions
3. Cnidocyte and helps sponges in catching their prey by paralyzing them
4. Colloblast and helps sponges in sticking to a surface
Subtopic:  Phylum Porifera |
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