Animal Kingdom Questions and Answers Part-15

1. Which of the following is correct about reproduction in hemichordata?
a) Internal fertilization
b) Usually direct development
c) Sexes are separate
d) Monoecious organism

Answer: c
Explanation: Sexes are separate

2. The body which is cylindrical and composed of anterior proboscis and a collar and a long trunk is found in
a) Ascidia
b) Salpa
c) Doliolum
d) Saccoglossus

Answer: d
Explanation: Saccoglossus

3. The excretory organ of proboscis gland is present in
a) Ascidia
b) Salpa
c) Doliolum
d) Saccoglossus

Answer: d
Explanation: The excretory organ of proboscis gland is present in saccoglossus.

4. The fundamental character of chordate is
a) Notochord
b) Dorsal hollow nerve cord
c) Paired pharyngeal gill slits
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

5. Which is not a distinctive character of non-chordata?
a) Notochordal is absent
b) Ventral and double nerve cord
c) Heart is ventral
d) Post-anal tail is absent

Answer: c
Explanation: Heart is ventral

6. Which of the following are the features of chordates?
(1) Notrchord is present.
(2) CNS is dorsal, hollow and single.
(3) Pharynx is perforated by gill slits.
(4) Heart is ventral.
(5) A post-anal is present
a) All except (4)
b) All except (2)
c) All of these
d) All except (5)

Answer: c
Explanation: All of these

7. Animal belonging to phylum chordata shows
a) Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic and the coelom
b) Organ system level of organization
c) Closed circulatory system
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

8. Urochordata and cephalochordate are referred as
a) Non-chordates
b) Vertebrates
c) Protochordates
d) All of these

Answer: c
Explanation: Urochordata and cephalochordate are referred as Protochordates.

9. In which subphyla, the notochord is present in tail of larva only?
a) Hemichordata
b) Urochordata
c) Cephalochordata
d) All of these

Answer: b
Explanation: Urochordata

10. Notochord is extended from head to tail region and is persistent throughout their life in
a) Hemichordata
b) Urochordata
c) Cephalochordata
d) All of these

Answer: c
Explanation: Cephalochordata