Q. No.Read the following statements.
(a)
Metagenesis is observed in Helminths.
(b)
Echinoderms are triploblastic and coelomate animals.
(c)
Round worms have organ-system level of body organization.
(d)
Comb plates present in ctenophores help in digestion.
(e)
Water vascular system is characteristic of Echinoderms.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. (a), (d) and (e) are correct
2. (b), (c) and (e) are correct
3. (c), (d) and (e) are correct
4. (a), (b) and (c) are correct
Which one of the following organisms bears hollow and pneumatic long bones?
1. Macropus
2. Ornithorhynchus
3. Neophron
4. Hemidactylus
Match the following
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (a) | Physalia | i. | Pearl oyster |
| (b) | Limulus | ii. | Portuguese Man of War |
| (c) | Ancylostoma | iii. | Living fossil |
| (d) | Pinctada | iv. | Hookworm |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | ii | iii | iv | i |
| 2. | i | iv | iii | ii |
| 3. | ii | iii | i | iv |
| 4. | iv | i | iii | ii |
Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (a) | Metamerism | (i) | Coelenterata |
| (b) | Canal system | (ii) | Ctenophora |
| (c) | Comb Plates | (iii) | Annelida |
| (d) | Cnidoblasts | (iv) | Porifera |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | iii | iv | ii | i |
| 2. | iv | i | ii | iii |
| 3. | iv | iii | i | ii |
| 4. | iii | iv | i | ii |
The similarity between Ascaris lumbricoides and Anopheles stephensi is:
| 1. | Sexual dimorphism |
| 2. | Metamerism |
| 3. | Anaerobic respiration |
| 4. | Endoparasitism |
The figure shows four animals (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the correct answer with respect to a common characteristic of two of these animals:
| (a) |  |
(b) |  |
| (c) |  |
(d) |  |
| 1. | (c) and (d) have a true coelom |
| 2. | (a) and (d) respire mainly through body wall |
| 3. | (b) and (c) show radial symmetry |
| 4. | (a) and (b) have cnidoblasts for self-defence |
All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates, why?
| 1. | Notochord is replaced by a vertebral column in the adults of some chordates. |
| 2. | The ventral hollow nerve cord remains throughout life in some chordates. |
| 3. | All chordates possess a vertebral column. |
| 4. | All chordates possess notochords throughout their lives. |
Match the following columns and select the correct option :
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| (a) | Aptenodytes | (i) | Flying fox |
| (b) | Pteropus | (ii) | Angel fish |
| (c) | Pterophyllum | (iii) | Lamprey |
| (d) | Petromyzon | (iv) | Penguin |
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| 2. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| 3. | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
| 4. | (ii) | (i) | (iv) | (iii) |
Match the following group of organisms with their respective distinctive characteristics and select the correct option:
|
Organisms |
Characteristics |
||
|
(a) |
Platyhelminthes |
(i) |
Cylindrical body with no segmentation |
|
(b) |
Echinoderms |
(ii) |
Warm blooded animals with direct development |
|
(c) |
Hemichordates |
(iii) |
Bilateral symmetry with incomplete digestive system |
|
(d) |
Aves |
(iv) |
Radial symmetry with indirect development |
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| 2. | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| 3. | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
| 4. | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
Which of the following options correctly represent the characteristic features of phylum Annelida?
| 1. | Triploblastic, unsegmented body, and bilaterally symmetrical. |
| 2. | Triploblastic, a segmented body, and bilaterally symmetrical. |
| 3. | Triploblastic, flattened body, and acoelomate condition. |
| 4. | Diploblastic, mostly marine and radially symmetrical. |
© 2026 GoodEd Technologies Pvt. Ltd.