Multiple Choice Questions

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The main excretory organ of prawn is

  • green gland

  • flame cell

  • Malphigian tubule

  • nephridia


A.

green gland

The main excretory organs of prawn are paired green glands. They are located within the second antennae, which are the second pair of appendages, attached to the anterior part of the body. Each green gland consists of on endsac, labyrinth and a bladder.

Flame cell is a specialized excretory cell found in the simplest freshwater invertebrates, including flatworms, rotifers and nemerteans. It functions like a kidney, removing wate material.

The Malphigian tubule system is a type of excretory and osmoregulatory system found in some insects, myriapods, arachnids and tardigrades. It consist of branching tubules extending from the alimentary canal that absorbs solutes, water and wates from surrounding hemolymph.

Nephridium is an invertebrate organ which occurs in pairs and performs a function similar to the vertebrate kidney.


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A definite number of segments are found in

  • slug

  • earthworm

  • leech

  • tapeworm


The red colour of 'red sea' is due to which of the following blue-green algae?

  • Chlamydomonas nivalis

  • Anabaena

  • Microcystis

  • Trichodesmium


Which of the following is not an insect?

  • Locust

  • Lepisma

  • Termites

  • Spider


Which of the following assists in the locomotion of the organism stated

  • Epithelium of' Pheretima

  • Trichocysts of Paramecium

  • Pedicellaria of Star fish

  • Posterior sucker of Hirudinaria 


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The scientist, who described the birds as glorified reptiles, was

  • Romer

  • Huxley

  •  Mendel

  • Robert Hooke


In frog, the vertebra with an anterior convex surface (i.e., double convexties) is

  • atlas

  • urostyle

  • 8th vertebra

  • 9th vertebra


Third cleavage of frog's development is

  • equatorial

  • vertical

  • latitudinal

  • none of these


What is left when bath sponges dries up

  • Spicules

  • Spongin fibres

  • Tentacles

  • Holdfast


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Which cells are found only in sponges?

  • Amoeboid cells

  • Choanocytes

  • Pigment cells

  • Gland cells


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