Which one of the followings in birds, indicates their reptilian 

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81.

The figure shows four animals (A),(B) (C) and (D). Select the correct answer with respect to common characteristics of two animals.

  • (A) and (D) respire mainly through the body wall

  • (B) and (C) shows radial symmetry

  • (A) and (B) have cnidoblasts for self -defence

  • (A) and (B) have cnidoblasts for self -defence

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82.

One example of animals having a single opening to the outside that serves both as mouth as well as anus is 

  • Octopus

  • Asterias

  • Ascidia

  • Ascidia

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83.

Which one of the following statements about all the four of Spongilla, leech, dolphin and penguin is correct?

  • Penguin is homoiothermic while the remaining three are poikilothermic 

  • Leech is a fresh water from while all other are marine

  • Spongilla has special collared cells called choanocytes, not found in the remaining three

  • Spongilla has special collared cells called choanocytes, not found in the remaining three

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84.

Which one of the following statements about certainly given animals is correct?

  • Roundworms (Aschelminthes) are pseudocoelomates

  • Molluscs are acoelomates

  • insects are pseudocoelomates

  • insects are pseudocoelomates

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85.

Which one of the following kinds of animals are tribalistic?

  • Flatworms

  • Sponges

  • Ctenophores

  • Ctenophores

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86.

Crocodile and penguin are similar to whale and dogfish in which one of the following features?

  • possess a solid single -stranded central nervous system

  • lay eggs and guard them till they hatch

  • possess a bony skeleton

  • possess a bony skeleton

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87.

Which one onf the following groups of animals is bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic?

  • Coelenterates (cnidarians)

  • Aschelminthes (roundworms)

  • ctenophores

  • ctenophores

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88.

A change in the amount of yolk and its distribution in the egg will effect

  • formation of a zygote

  • the pattern of cleavage

  • number of blastomeres produced

  • number of blastomeres produced

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89.

Which one of the following pairs of animal comprises' jawless fishes'

  • Lampreys and eels

  • Mackerels and rohu

  • Lampreys and hag fishes

  • Lampreys and hag fishes

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90.

Which one of the followings in birds, indicates their reptilian ancestry?

  • Scales on their hind limbs

  • Four chambered heart

  • Two special chambers crop and gizzard in their digestive tract


C.

Two special chambers crop and gizzard in their digestive tract

Nearly a century ago, T H Huxley called birds 'glorified reptiles' thereby meaning that birds have evolved from some reptilian ancestor. Both birds and reptiles lay the same type of eggs, which are deposited outside water. Eggs are large and telolecithal. The ovum is surrounded by albumen, an egg membrane and a thick hard calcareous shell, which are all secreted by special glands located in the walls of the oviduct. 

Birds like mammals have a completely four-chambered heart with double circulation, in which there is no mixing of pure and impure blood., All birds have horny epidermal scales confined to the lower parts of their legs and feet, which are exactly like the epidermal scales of the reptiles. Besides birds are covered by feathers, which are homologous to the reptilian horny scales as they have a similar origin and develop from similar germ buds.

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