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Important Questions on Diversity in Living Organisms

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The chitinous exoskeleton of arthropods is formed by the polymerization of:
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Which of the following features is not present in the phylum Arthropoda?
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Metagenesis refers to:
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An important characteristic that Hemichordates share with Chordates is
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Which of the following is not a member of phylum Arthropoda:
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Which of the following characteristics is mainly responsible for the diversification of insects on land?
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Which of the following features is not present in Periplaneta americana?
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Which one of the following living organisms completely lacks a cell wall?
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Nematoblasts or stinging cells are found in which phylum of animals
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_____ is not an example of Echinodermata.
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In the case of Poriferans, the spongocoel is lined with flagellated cells called
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Find the odd one out:
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Match the following organisms with their respective characteristics:
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(a) Pila (i) Flame cells
(b) Bombyx (ii) Comb plates
(c) Pleurobrachia (iii) Radula
(d) Taenia (iv) Malpighian tubules

Select the correct option from the following:
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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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Planaria possess high capacity of:
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Match the following columns and select the correct option.

  Column-I   Column-II
(a) Gregarious, polyphagous pest (i) Asterias
(b) Adult with radial symmetry and larva with bilateral symmetry (ii) Scorpion
(c) Book lungs (iii) Ctenoplana
(d) Bioluminescence (iv) Locusta
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Select the taxon that represents both marine and freshwater species.
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Which of the following statements is not correct
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A taxonomist during his voyage found a solitary marine animal with spines on skin made of calcium carbonate. However, its coelom was made of pouches pinched off from endoderm. Assign the specimen to the most appropriate Phylum.
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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