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A senentary sea anemone gets attached to the shell lining of hermit crab. The association is 

  • ectoparasitism

  • symbiosis

  • commensalism

  • commensalism


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commensalism

This type of mutualisn to called protocooperation. In this type, the sea anemone grows on the back of the hermit crab.  It protects the crab with the help of its nematocysts. Ectoparasites live on the outside of host., e.g., Human body louse. In this interaction, the parasite gets the benefits at the expense of the host.

Commensalism is an association between organisms in which one or both the species are benefitted and neither species is harmed. In amensalism, one species is harmed whereas the other is unaffected. Predation parasitism and commensalism share a common characteristic, the interacting species live closely together.

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Which of the following characteristic features always holds true for the corresponding group of animals?

  • Viviparous Mamalia
  • Posess a mouth with an upper and lower jaw Chordata
  • 3-chmbered heart with one incompletely divided ventricle Reptilia
  • Cartiliginous- endoskeleton Chondrichthyes
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Which one of the following characteristics is not shared by birds and mammals?

  • Breathing using lungs

  • Viviparity

  • Warm-blooded nature

  • Warm-blooded nature

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Which of the following features is not present in the phylum-Arthropoda?

  • Metameric segmentation

  • Parapodia

  • Jointed appendages

  • Jointed appendages

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Which of the following features is not present in Periplaneta americana?

  • Indeterminate and radical cleavage during embryonic development

  • Exoskeleton composed of N-acetylglucosamine

  • Metamerically segmented body

  • Metamerically segmented body

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The eyes of Octopus and eyes of cat show different patterns of structure, yet they perform a similar function. This is an example of 

  • homologous organs that have evolved due to convergent evolution

  • homologous organs that have evolved due to divergent evolution

  • analogous organs that have evolved due to convergent evolution

  • analogous organs that have evolved due to convergent evolution

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A jawless fish, which lays eggs in fresh water and whose ammocoetes larvae after metamorphosis return to the ocean is:

  • Eptatretus

  • Myxine

  • Neomyxine

  • Neomyxine

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The chitinous exoskeleton of arthropods is formed by the polymerisation of

  • Keratin sulphate and chondraitin sulphate

  • D-glucosamine

  • N-acetyl glucosamine

  • N-acetyl glucosamine

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Metagenesis refers to

  • Presence of different morphic forms

  • Alternation of generation between asexual and sexual phases of an organism

  • Occurrence of a drastic change in form during post-embyonic development

  • Occurrence of a drastic change in form during post-embyonic development

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Five Kingdom system of classification suggested by RH Whittaker is not based on

  • presence or absence of a well-defined nucleus

  • mode of reproduction

  • Mode of nutrition

  • Mode of nutrition

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