ANIMAL KINGDOM QUIZ-2

ANIMAL KINGDOM QUIZ-2

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NEET is the most famous and important medical entrance examination held in our country. This exam is an objective type, an offline test which includes 4 sections namely– Physics, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology. The maximum marks that can be scored are 720 marks and have 180 questions.

About half of the paper consists of questions from Biology, as the NEET exam essentially focuses on capacitating students to go for seats in medical courses. One of the most significant and crucial sections in the NEET exam is of Biology. It comprises of theories, descriptions, discoveries, diagrams, definitions, explanations of differences, and relations. The majority of the topics covered in the NEET syllabus are from the NCERT syllabus of Class 11 & 12 and other related sources become part of the rest of the syllabus.

Clear Exam curates a list of articles selected by professionals who recommend the highly vital topics for NEET exams. The table below takes you directly to the respective topic where the in-depth article and the MCQs are available for an easy and productive learning experience. Prior to solving NEET question papers or practicing mock tests, you must ensure to study the basic concepts in NEET and practice a few sample questions related to this exam. Students will be covered for all their studies as the topics are available from basics to even the most advanced. 

Q1. Scientific name of king cobra is

•  Naja naja
•  Bungarus coerulus
•  Naja Hannah
•  Vipera russelli

Solution
Naja hannah is the zoological name of king cobra Naja naja is commonly called the Indian cobra or Nag. Bungarus coerulus - common krait, Viper ruselli – viper.

Q2.Sea fans belongs to

• Coelenterata
• Porifera
• Echinodermata
• Mollusca

Solution
Sea fan (Gorgonia) belongs to phylum-Coelenterata.

Q3.  Which of the following are absent in snakes?

• Pectoral girdle
• Urinary bladder
• Sternum
• All of these

Solution
Snakes lack limbs, hence both pelvic and pectoral girdles are missing. Urinary bladder and the sternum bone are also missing

Q4. Choose the correct option with regards to Chondrichthyes

•  Presence of swim bladders that help them to maintain bouyancy
•  These are usually ammoniotelic animals
•  Statement (b) is true, but (a) is false
•  Both statements (a) and (b) are false

Solution
∵ Chondrichthyes lacks swim bladders, that help them to maintain bouyancy hence must swim constantly to avoid sinking. Chondrichthyes are ureotelic animals. Both statements (a) and (b) are false for Chondrichthyes

Q5.Which of the following blood vessels in the circulatory system of frog has more oxygenated blood?

•  Pulmocutaneous artery
•  Pulmocutaneous vein
•  Pulmonary artery
•  Precaval veins

Solution
 The oxygenated blood from two lungs is collected by right and left pulmonary venis, which unite to from a common pulmonary vein (pulmocutaneous vein) which open directly into the left auricle on the dorsal side.

Q6. Development of Mollusca is

•  With a larvae named trocophore
•  Always direct without larval stages
•  With larvel stage called glochidium
•   With larval stage called wriggler

Solution
Development may be direct or with larval stages called glochidium or veliger

Q7.The excretory material of bony fish is

•  Urea
•  Protein
•  Ammonia
•  Amino acid

Solution
The excretory material of bony fishes like Hippocampus is ammonia.

Q8.Which is not correct ?

•  Ovaries matured first in earthworm
•  Spermatheca present in 6-9 segments
•  Male genital apertures at 18 segment
•  One pair of ovary in 13 segment

Solution
Earthworm, Pheretima posthuma is a monoecious (hermaphrodite) animal but in them cross-fertilization takes place, male reproductive organs mature prior to female reproductive organ. This situation is known as protandry.

Q9.Which of the following is not a defence evolved by a prey to avoid predators?

•  Ejection of noxious chemicals
•  Possession of toxic hairs
•  Mimicry of inedible objects
•  Secretion of pheromones

Solution
Pheromones are the chemicals, which when released by an animal in its surrounding, affect the behavior and development of other individuals of the same species and act as a chemical messenger among them. These are meant for sexual attraction, recognition of area and individuals, alarming and communication, aggressiveness, etc but not for a defence mechanism of prey to avoid predator.

Q10. The life span of honey bee drone is

•  3-4 months
•  1-2 months
•  6-7 months
•  10-12 months

Solution
Drones are the male honey bees, developed parthenogenetically and have a life span of about five weeks (or 1-2 months).