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Animal and plant kingdom - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    Which of the following is NOT a member of the Arthropoda phylum?
    1. Locust
    2. Butterfly
    3. Prawn
    4. Pila
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  2. Question 2

    Which of the following statements most accurately describes the Cyclostomata group?
    1. They are characterised by having an elongated eel-like body, circular mouth, slimy skin and are scaleless.
    2. They are ectothermic animals having mucus glands in the skin, and a three-chambered heart.
    3. They are warm-blooded, oviparous, bipedal, feathered, winged and toothless vertebrates.
    4. Their skin is covered with scales/plates and their hearts have only two chambers.
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  3. Question 3

    Which of the following is NOT a Protozoan?
    1. Euglena
    2. Amoeba
    3. Scypha
    4. Plasmodium
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  4. Question 4

    Identify the third germinal layer found in triploblastic animals.
    1. Coelom
    2. Endoderma
    3. Ectoderma
    4. Mesoderma
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  5. Question 5

    Which of the following is a roundworm?
    1. Ascaris
    2. Planaria
    3. Liver fluke
    4. Taenia
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  6. Question 6

    Which of the following organisms belongs to phylum Apicomplexa?
    1. Physalia
    2. Plasmodium
    3. Hydra
    4. Sponge
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  7. Question 7

    Which of the following pairs is INCORRECTLY matched?
    1. Wuchereria - Filaria worm
    2. Ancylostoma - Pinworm
    3. Taenia - Tapeworm
    4. Ascaris - Roundworm
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  8. Question 8

    What is Typhlops?
    1. Blind snake
    2. Sea snake
    3. Glass snakes
    4. Grass snake
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  9. Question 9

    Which from the following is a phylum of animals found in freshwater ponds, lakes, and swamps that provides setae or parapodia for locomotion?
    1. Ctenophora
    2. Porifera
    3. Annelida
    4. Platyhelminthes
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  10. Question 10

    Which type of liverwort forms umbrella-shaped structures that raise gametangia above the main gametophyte body and sporophytes develop below these structures?
    1. Polytrichum
    2. Funaria
    3. Sphagnum
    4. Marchantia
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  11. Question 11

    Meandrina is the generic name of which Coelenterata animal having soft tube-shaped bodies that live together in large groups?
    1. Brain coral
    2. Sea anemone
    3. Sea-fan
    4. Medusa
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  12. Question 12

    Plants with green and tender stems are called:
    1. Shrubs
    2. Trees
    3. Canopy
    4. Herbs
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  13. Question 13

    Which among the following is Phanerogams, flowering and seed-bearing plants?
    1. Gymnosperms
    2. Pieridophyta
    3. Bryophyta
    4. Thallophyta
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  14. Question 14

    Which phylum of the plant kingdom consists of vascular plants, leaves (known as fronds), roots, and sometimes true stems and entire trunks in tree ferns?
    1. Angiosperm
    2. Pieridophyta
    3. Bryophyta
    4. Gymnosperm
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  15. Question 15

    Which among the following plant kingdoms are divided into liverworts and mosses?
    1. Pieridophytes
    2. Spermatophyte
    3. Sphenopsida
    4. Bryophytes
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  16. Question 16

    What do you call the water holding compounds produced in large quantities by marine brown and red algae?
    1. Lipids
    2. Carbohydrates
    3. Hydrocolloids
    4. Gelatin
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  17. Question 17

    Which among the following plant kingdoms are divided into Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons?
    1. Angiosperms
    2. Pieridophytes
    3. Bryophytes
    4. Gymnosperms
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  18. Question 18

    Which of the following is not a subgroup of the plant kingdom?
    1. Thallophyta
    2. Angiosperms
    3. Pieridophyta
    4. Hemichordata
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  19. Question 19

    Select the incorrect statement about Gymnosperms.
    1. Gymnosperms are found as woody shrubs, trees, or lianas and include no true aquatics and few epiphytes.
    2. Gymnosperms are seedless flowering plants.
    3. Gymnosperms are typically slow in terms of reproduction; up to a year may pass between pollination and fertilization, and seed maturation may require 3 years.
    4. Gymnosperms exhibit cones or strobili and naked seeds, but not flowers.
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  20. Question 20

    Which of the following statements is correct?
    1. The transport of male gametes in cryophytes and peridophytes occurs through water.
    2. The transport of male gametes in angiosperms occurs through water.
    3. The transport of male gametes in cryophytes and peridophytes occurs through air.
    4. he transport of male gametes in Gymnosperms occurs through water.
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