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Important Questions on Diversity of Animal Life

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A jawless fish, which lays eggs in freshwater and whose larvae after metamorphosis return to the ocean is
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Which is the National Aquatic Animal of India?
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Which of the following characteristic features always holds true for the corresponding group of animals?
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Which one of the following living organisms completely lacks a cell wall?
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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
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The chitinous exoskeleton of arthropods is formed by the polymerization of:
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Which one of the following characteristics is not shared by birds and mammals?
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Select the option from the following having matching characteristics for the mentioned group without any exception:
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Match List-I with List-II.

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
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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.
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Body having meshwork of cells, internal cavities lined with food filtering flagellated cells and indirect development are the characteristics of phylum:
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Match the type of cells given in Column I with organisms given in Column II. Choose the appropriate combination from the options below.
 
Column-I Column-II
P Flame cells i Sponges
Q Collar cells ii Hydra
R Stinging cells iii Planaria
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Select the taxon that represents both marine and freshwater species.
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Which of the following characteristics is mainly responsible for the diversification of insects on land?
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In which one of the following phyla is the body segmented?
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Which of the following features is not present in the phylum Arthropoda?
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Study the following statements
A) Corallium rubrum is the precious red stone coral that belongs to Scyphozoa
B) Renette gland is an excretory gland found in round worms
C) Tubifex is an aquatic annelid
D) In chilopods, maxillae are modified into gnathochilarium

Among the above, the incorrect statements are

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Which of the following is correctly matched?
(i) Coelomates Aschelminthes
(ii) Triploblastic Sponges
(iii) Radial symmetry Coelenterates
(iv) Metamerism Molluscs