Biology : Animal Kingdom

Branch of zoology dealing with the study of fishes is called

• Arthrology

• Ichthyology

• Saurology

• Herpetology

Theory of continuity of germplasm was propounded by

• Mendel

• Lamarck

• Weismann

• Haeckel

Food storage in Leucosolenia occur by

• Ostia

• Osculam

• Thesocyte

• Spongocoel

The structure present in all adult vertebrates is

• Notochord

• Dorsal tubular nerve cord

• Pharyngeal gill slits

• All of these

Which one of the following is not a vertebrate?

• Sea cow

• Sea lion

• Sea horse

• Sea hare

Consider the following statements and Choose correct ones from given options.

(I) Shark do not have any bone in its body.

(II) Water snake and salamander belongs to same class and have largest RBC.

(III) Silver fish is a true fish while cuttle and star fishes are mollusks and echinoderms respectively.

(IV) Ornithorhynchus is a connecting link between reptiles and mammals.

• I, II and IV

• I and IV

• I, II and III

•  III and IV

A horse and a donkey can breed to produce mule which is an infertile animal. The infertility is because horse and donkey belong to different.

• Class

• Order

• Species

• Genus

 Match the following Columns.

Column I (organism)	Column II (Connecting Link)
A. Echina	1. Between Annelida and Mollusca
B. Peripatus	2. Between Reptiles and Mammals
C. Neopilina	3. Between Annelida and Arthropoda
D. Protopterus	4. Between Pisces and Amphibian

• A – 4; B – 3; C – 2; D – 1

• A – 2; B – 3; C – 1; D – 4

• A – 3; B – 1; C – 2; D – 4

• A – 4; B – 2; C – 1; D – 3

Slime-mould belongs to

• kingdom-Protista

•  Kingdom-Monera

• Kingdom-Fungi

• Kingdom-Plantae

 A connecting link between plant and animal kingdom is

• Paramecium

• Chlamydomonas

• Chlorella

• Euglena