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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Which one affects liver, muscle and adipose tissue?

  • Androgen

  • Insulin

  • Progesterone

  • Glucagon


Which one shows bio-luminescence?

  • Noctiluca

  • Polystomella

  • Entamoeba

  • Suctoria


Inner lining of blood vessels is formed by

  • ciliated epithelium

  • squamous epithelium

  • cubical epithelium

  • columnar epithelium


Mantle, foot and shell are the characteristics of

  • Nautilus

  • Echinus

  • Limulus

  • Euplectella


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Secretion of gastric juice is stimulated by

  • pepsin

  • gastrin

  • renin

  • secretin


Protists are

(i) unicellular and prokaryote

(ii) unicellular and eukaryote

(iii) multicellular and eukaryote

(iv) autotroph or heterotroph

  • (i), (ii) and (iii)

  • (ii), (iii) and (iv)

  • (iii), (iv)

  • (ii), (iv)


Moulting hormone is secreted by

  • corpora cardiacum

  • prothoracic gland

  • corpora allata

  • neurosecretory hormone


Nucleated RBC is present in

  • man

  • rat

  • frog

  • rabbit


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Pepsin is inactivated at pH

  • below 3

  • below 2

  • above 5

  • above 3