BIOLOGY NMDCAT EARLIER PREP

PMC UNIT WISE TEST Unit-5

TOPICS:
✓ Diversity among Animals
✓ Diversity among Plants
Q.1 Which of the following statement is true?
A. Animal cells possess a cell wall B. Animals are unicellular eukaryotes
C. Animals have autotrophic nutrition D. Animals require O2 for aerobic respiration
Q.2 The pore by which the water leaves the body of sponges is called:
A. Ostia B. Mouth
C. Anus D. Osculum
Q.3 Protostomes and deuterostomes differ in:
A. Type of cleavage B. Origin of mouth and anus
C. Mode of coelom formation D. All A, B, C
Q.4 The cylindrical body of a sea-anemone can be cut in two equal halves vertically in:
A. One plane only B. Four planes
C. Two planes D. Any plane
Q.5 Animals showing maximum complexity are:
A. Triploblastic with radial symmetry B. Triploblastic with pseudocoelom
C. Triploblastic with bilateral symmetry D. Triploblastic with true coelom
Q.6 Which one of the following are coelomates?
A. Flatworms B. Segmented worms
C. Roundworms D. Unsegmented worms
Q.7 Triploblastic, unsegmented, acoelomates exhibiting bilateral symmetry and
reproducing both asexually and sexually, with some parasitic forms. This
description is related to the phylum?
A. Annelida B. Arthropoda
C. Cnidaria D. Platyhelminthes
Q.8 The pouched mammals are:
A. Prototheria B. Metatheria
C. Eutheria D. Egg laying mammals
Q.9 All of the following phyla of sub-kingdom eumetazoa show triploblastic
organization except:
A. Phylum Porifera B. Phylum Platyhelminthes
C. Phylum Cnidaria D. Phylum Echinodermata
Q.10 Corals are actually resulting of a combination of plant and animal life. Animals
involved in its construction are:
A. Polyps B. Gonozooids
C. Medusae D. Seagrasses
Q.11 A sponge can be distinguished by the presence of:
A. Tentacles B. Ceoleteron
C. Choanocytes D. Calcareous skeleton
Q.12 Its movement causes intense itching of anus, inflammation of mucous membrane of
colon and appendix resulting in insomnia and loss of appetite:
A. Ancylostoma duodenale B. Fasciola hepatica
C. Hirudo medicinalis D. Enterobius vermicularis
Q.13 Exoskeleton of which of the following consists of a chitinous cuticle?
A. Arthropoda B. Porifera
C. Echinodermata D. Annelida
Q.14 Vector for spread of malaria can be:
A. Anopheles B. Common house fly
C. Tse-tse fly D. Honey bee
Q.15 Flatworms belong to:
A. Pseudocoelomates B. Coelomates
C. Acoelomates D. Radiates
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Q.16 Most of vectors for important human diseases belong to:
A. Radiates B. Pseudocoelomates
C. Acoelomates D. Coelomates
Q.17 Mesoglea is ________ in nature.
A. Acellular B. Mesodermal
C. Cellular D. Multicellular
Q.18 Most developed animals of all coelomates are:
A. Echinoderms B. Annelids
C. Chordates D. Insects
Q.19 Highest degree of regeneration is present in sponges because of:
A. Undifferentiated cells B. Ability to reproduce
C. Simplest organization D. Simple tissue formation
Q.20 Coral reefs are mostly formed of:
A. Calcium chloride B. Sodium carbonate
C. Calcium silicate D. Calcium carbonate
Q.21 It is commonly known as hookworm:
A. Enterobius vermicularis B. Fasciola hepatica
C. Ancylostoma duodenale D. Ascaris lumbricoides
Q.22 Which one of these structures is formed from mesoderm?
A. Intestinal lining B. Brain
C. Skin D. Muscles
Q.23 In earthworm, the surface/structure responsible for the gaseous exchange is:
A. Skin B. Gills
C. Ctenidia D. Tracheae
Q.24 Disinfestation of tape worm is possible by:
A. Eating improperly cooked meat B. Use of antibiotics
C. Use of enema D. Vaccination
Q.25 Endoderm is involved in formation of:
A. Intestinal lining B. Brain
C. Vascular system D. Vertebral column
Q.26 Which of the following group is not related to Bryophyta?
A.Hepaticopsida B. Bryopsida
C. Anthoceropsida D. Psilopsida
Q.27 The first plants to colonize land were:
A. Spermatophytes B. Amphibious plants
C. Vascular plants D. Angiosperms
Q.28 Bryophytes are thought to be evolved from:
A. Brown algae B. Red algae
C. Euglenoids D. Green algae
Q.29 Conduction of water and minerals in bryophytes occurs through:
A. Xylem B. Phloem
C. Diffusion D. Vascular tissues
Q.30 Gamete production in plants is by:
A. Amitosis B. Mitosis
C. Meiosis D. Reduction division
Q.31 The simplest of all bryophytes are:
A. Mosses B. Hornworts
C. Liver worts D. Whisk
Q.32 Gametophyte is main generation of:
A. Bryophytes B. Tracheophytes
C. Algae D. Spermatophyte
Q.33 Which one of the following is character of all tracheophytes?
A. Root B. Flower
C. Leaves D. Vascular tissue
Q.34 __________ were first plants that formed true leaves and roots.
A. Psilopods B. Lycopods
C. Sphenopods D. Pteropsids
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Q.35 Unequal development of various branches is called:
A. Overtopping B. Planation
C. Webbing D. Fusion
Q.36 Angiosperms differ from gymnosperms in body:
A. Female gametophyte B. Friut
C. Male gametophyte D. Seeds
Q.37 A flower is a modified:
A. Root B. Leaf
C. Shoot D. Rhizoid
Q.38 Following are features of monocots except:
A. Single cotyledon B. Petals 3 or their multiple
C. Scattered vascular bundle D. Net veins in leaf
Q.39 Which has vascular tissue, produces spores but not seeds:
A. Bryophytes B. Pteridophytes
C. Gymnosperms D. Angiosperms
Q.40 Double fertilization is a characteristic feature of:
A. Gymnosperms B. Angiosperms
C. Bryophytes D. Ferns
Q.41 Gymnosperms are naked seeded plants as they lack:
A. Nucellus and integument B. Closed megasporophylls or closed carple
C. Megasporengia D. Testa
Q.42 Microspore of seed plants containing microgametophyte is called:
A. Ovule B. Archegonia
C. Pollen grain D. Microsporangium
Q.43 Ovary wall in angiosperms is converted into:
A. Testa B. Tegmen
C. Pericarp D. Seed coat
Q.44 In Flowering plants, ovary wall develops into:
A. Seed B. Fruit
C. Flower D. Seed Coat
Q.45 Which adaptation is shown by bryophytes for absorption and conservation of water?
A. Compact multicellular plant body B. Presence of cuticle
C. Presence of rhizoids D. All A,B, C
Q.46 Female sex organ of bryophytes is called?
A. Oogonium B. Archegonium
C. Carpogonium D. Ascogonium
Q.47 Gymnosperms constitute about ____________ of world forest.
A.1/2 B. 1/3
C. 1/4 D. 3/4
Q.48 All bryophytes are:
A. Strictly heterosporous B. Strictly diocious
C. Strictly homosporous D. Strictly monoecious
Q.49 Paraphyses are not related with:
A. Musci B. Club-mosses
C. Bryopsida D. Mosses
Q.50 Bryophytes do not produce:
A. Non-ciliated antherzoids and independent sporophyte
B. Vascular tissues and dependent sporophyte
C. Archigonium and archisporium
D. Independent gametophyte and ciliated sperms

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