Animal Kingdom


  1. The simplest type of canal system in Porifera is









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    Presence of canal system - a network of channels for water transport - is an important feature in sponges. Ascon type of canal is simplest in Porifera which brings in food, oxygen and carries away CO2 and nitrogenous waste.

    Correct Option: A

    Presence of canal system - a network of channels for water transport - is an important feature in sponges. Ascon type of canal is simplest in Porifera which brings in food, oxygen and carries away CO2 and nitrogenous waste.


  1. What is true about Taenia saginata?









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    Rostellum and hooks are absent in Taenia saginata.

    Correct Option: C

    Rostellum and hooks are absent in Taenia saginata.



  1. Budding is a normal mode of asexual reproduction in









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    Budding is an asexual mode of reproduction in Hydra & sponges. Bud is formed as an outgrowth on the body surface, then detached to form new animal.

    Correct Option: B

    Budding is an asexual mode of reproduction in Hydra & sponges. Bud is formed as an outgrowth on the body surface, then detached to form new animal.


  1. In contrast to Annelids the Platyhelminths show:









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    Platyhelminthes includes flat warms. There is no body cavity. The animals are therefore acoelomates. Annelids also have bilateral symmetry. They are coelomate having a perivisceral cavity divided into compartments.

    Correct Option: A

    Platyhelminthes includes flat warms. There is no body cavity. The animals are therefore acoelomates. Annelids also have bilateral symmetry. They are coelomate having a perivisceral cavity divided into compartments.



  1. Sycon belongs to a group of animals, which are best described as









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    Sponges show cellular grade of organization. They do not have tissue system. Sycon is a sponge.

    Correct Option: C

    Sponges show cellular grade of organization. They do not have tissue system. Sycon is a sponge.