iQuanta ZOOLOGY- (11Th)

Topic: Animal Kingdom (Up to Phylum Ctenophora)

1. Which of the following statement is correct

(a) Sponges are generally found in freshwater and are mostly asymmetrical animals
(b) Sponges are generally marine and mostly asymmetrical animals
(c) Water enters spongocoel through osculum and leaves the body through ostia.
(d) Digestion is extracellular in sponges.

2. Which of the following is not a member of Porifera

(a) Sycon (b) Spongilla (c) Euspongia (d) Pleurobrachia

3. Match the following :

Column I Column II
A. Sycon D. Bath sponge
B. Spongilla E. Scypha (Crown sponge)
C. Euspongia F. Fresh water sponge
(a) A − (E), B − (F), C − (D) (b) A − (F), B − (D), C − (E)
(c) A − (D), B − (E), C − (F) (d) A − (F), B − (E), C − (D)

4. Which of the following statement is correct about cnidarians

(a) Only few members of this phylum are found in marine water
(b) These have special type of stinging cells called choanocytes
(c) These exhibit tissue level of body organization and are diploblastic
(d) Digestion is exclusively extracellular

5. Which of the following is incorrect statement for the figure illustrated below?

(a) The organism illustrated is Pleurobrachia, an example of ctenophora

(b) Sexes are not separate, it is dioecious
(c) Reproduction takes place only by sexual means fertilization is external with indirect
development
(d) Digestion takes place in the gastrovascular cavity and intracellularly

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6. Match the following:
(A) Physalia (D) Sea pen
(B) Adamsia (E) Portuguese man of war
(C) Pennatula (F) Sea anemone
(a) A − (E), B − (F), C − (D) (b) A − (F), B − (D), C − (E)
(c) A − (D), B − (E), C − (F) (d) A − (F), B − (E), C − (D)

7. Match the following :

(P) Aurelia (S) Brain coral
(Q) Gorgonia (T) Jelly fish
(R) Meandrina (U) Sea fan
(a) P − (S), Q − (T), R − (U) (b) P − (T), Q − (S), R − (U)
(c) P − (T), Q − (U), R − (S) (d) P − (S), Q − (U), R − (T)
8. Which one is correct match?
l. Sponges : Cellular level of organization
ll. Cnidaria : Tissue level of organization
lll. Platyhelminthes : Organ level of organization
lV. Annelids, Arthropods, Molluscs, Echinoderms and Chordates : Organ system level of
organization
(a) All are correct (b) II and IV are correct
(c) II and III are correct (d) I and II are correct
9. Diploblastic and Triploblastic are terms that describe
(a) The number of invaginations during development
(b) The number of heads during development
(c) The number of tissue layers during embryonic development
(d) The number of cell types during development
10. Given below is a diagrammatic view of a cell. Identify the cell and the correct option w.r.t.
animals which possess this cell

(a) They are terrestrial or aquatic, mostly fresh water, sessile or free swimming, radially
symmetrical animals
(b) They have a central cavity called paragastric cavity
(c) They exhibit organ level of organization and are diploblastic
(d) Some of the members have a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate

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11. Sponges are
(a) Mostly asymmetrical and usually marine
(b) Primitive multicellular animals with cellular grade of organization
(c) Members of phylum porifera
(d) All of the above

12. I. Tissues absent

II. Internal fertilization
Ill. Development is indirect (larval stage is present)
IV. Spongocoelate with ostia (many) and single osculum and canal system
V. Hermaphrodite.
The above characteristics are of animals belonging to phylum-
(a) Cnidaria (b) Porifera (c) Platyhelminthes (d) Ctenophora

13. Given below are four statements A – D each with one or two blanks, Select the option which
correctly fills up the blanks in two statements
A. Members of kingdom animalia are _(i)_, all of them do not exhibit the same pattern of
organization of cells. Sponges exhibit _(ii)_ level of organization.
B. For sessile animals, _(i)_ symmetry is advantageous, as it allows the food to be gathered
from all sides.
C. Bilateral symmetry arose when animals on the ocean floor became mobile. A crawling
D. Notochord is a _(i)_ derived rod-like structure formed on the _(ii)_ side during embryonic
development in some animals.
Options :
(a) A. (i) Unicellular or Multicellular
(ii) Cellular
B. (i) Radial
(b) B. (i) Bilateral
C. (i) Cephalisation
(c) A. (i) Muticellular
(ii) Cellular
D. (i) Mesodermally
(ii) Dorsal
(d) B. (i) Bilateral
D. (i) Ectodermally
(ii) Dorsal

14. Spongocoel and canals are lined by

(a) Porocytes (b) Choanocytes /Collar cells
(c) Spicules (d) Amoebocytes

15. Water → Ostia → Spongocoel → Osculum

The above pathway of water helps in
(a) Food gathering (b) Respiratory exchange
(c) Removal of wastes (d) All of the above

16. Fresh water sponge is

(a) Sycon (Scypha) (b) Spongilla (c) Euspongia (Bath sponge) (d) All of the above

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17. Sponges show
(a) Intracellular digestion
(b) A skeleton made up of spicules or spongin fibres
(c) Asexual reproduction by fragmentation
(d) All of the above

18. Examine the figures A, B and C. ln which one of the four options all the items, A, B and C are
correct?

A B C
(a) Spongilla Euspongia Sycon
(b) Sycon Euspongia Spongilla
(c) Euspongia Spongilla Sycon
(d) Spongilla Sycon Euspongia

19. Which of the following characteristics is not associated with members of

Cnidaria / Coelenterata?
(a) Alternation of generation (metagenesis between polyp and medusa)
(b) Nematocysts, Gastrovascular cavity, extracellular as well as intracellular digestion
(c) Nematocyst / Cnidoblast
(d) Triploblastic body condition

20. Metagenesis is related to life cycle of

(a) Obelia (b) Aurelia (c) Physalia (d) Taenia

21. Which of the following is not a characteristic of cnidarians?

(a) A central gastrovascular cavity with a single opening
(b) Mostly marine, sessile or free swimming, radially symmetrical
(c) Show cellular level of organization
(d) Diplobalstic body condition

22. Which of the following is true about the cnidoblasts / cnidocytes?

(a) They are present on tentacles and the body
(b) They are used for anchorage, defence and for capturing the prey
(c) They contain stinging capsules or nematocysts
(d) All of the above

23. In some cnidarians like coral Meandrina (Brain coral) exoskeleton is composed of
(a) Silica (b) Calcium carbonate (c) Chitin (d) Proteins

24. Polyp is cylindrical and sessile. It is seen in

(a) Hydra (b) Adamsia (c) Both a and b (d) Aurelia
25. Medusa is umbrella shaped and free swimming. Which one has no medusa?
(a) Hydra (b) Adamsia (c) Both a and b (d) Aurelia

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26. Metagenesis is seen in
(a) Hydra (b) Adamsia (c) Aurelia (d) Obelia
27. The incorrect match is
(a) Portuguese man of war- Physalia (b) Pennatula - Sea pen
(c) Gorgonia - Sea Fan (d) Hydra - Sea cucumber

28. Select the correct one(s) for ctenophora

(a) They have similarities with cnidaria
(b) They have 8 external rows of ciliated comb plates for locomotion
(c) Bioluminescene
(d) All of the above

29. Boring sponge is

(a) Chalina (b) Cliona (c) Ciona (d) Grantia

30. l. Extracellular and intracellular digestion

ll. Exclusively marine, radially symmetrical, diploblastic, tissue level of organization
Ill. Bisexual, fertilization external and indirect development
IV. No asexual reproduction
V. Presence of 8 comb plates
The above characters are shown by
(a) Cnidaria (b) Porifera (c) Ctenophora (d) Echinodermata

31. Pleurobrachia and Ctenoplana are

(a) Sponges (b) Ctenophores (c) Flatworms (d) Roundworms

32. Examine the figures A, B, C and D. ln which one of the four options all the items, A, B, C and D
are correct?

A B C D
(a) Pleurobrachia Cnidoblast Aurelia Adamsia
(b) Aurelia Adamsia Cnidoblast Pleurobrachia
(c) Cnidoblast Pleurobrachia Adamsia Aurelia
(d) Adamsia Aurelia Pleurobrachia Cnidoblast

33. Members of phylum ctenophora are commonly called.

(a) Jelly fishes (b) Comb plates (c) Comb jellies (d) Sponges
34. The property of some members of ctenophora phylum to emit light is called
(a) Metagenesis (b) Bioluminescence (c) Metastasis (d) Metamorphosis
35. Which of the following statement is true about ctenophores
(a) Members of phylum ctenophora are exclusively marine
(b) Their body has ten external rows of ciliated comb plates
(c) Fertilization is internal and development is direct
(d) All of the above

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36. Identify the incorrect statement about sea walnuts
(a) Reproduction takes place only by sexual means
(b) Digestion is both extracellular and intracellular
(c) Radially symmetrical diplobastic organisms
(d) Sexes are separate

37. An animal given as wedding gift in Japan is

(a) A member of phylum cnidaria (b) A member of phylum protozoa
(c) A member of phylum porifera (d) A member of phylum ctenophora

38. Most sensitive part of nematoblasts is

(a) Lasso (b) Thread tube (c) Cnidocil (d) Operculum

39. Sponges have evolved from

(a) Ciliates (b) Colonial choanoflagellates
(c) Coelenterates (d) Sarcodines

40. Totipotent cells of sponges are

(a) Thesocytes (b) Archaeocytes (c) Solenocytes (d) Porocytes
41. Which of the following statement is false about cnidarians
(a) Gastrovascular cavity has a single opening called hypostome.
(b) Polyp and medusa are two alternate forms in their life cycle
(c) Metagenesis is alternation of generation in cnidarians
(d) Polyps produce medusa sexually and medusa forms polyps asexually
42. Gastrovascular cavity has a single opening called
(a) Osculum (b) Hypostome (c) Madreportie (d) Nephridopore

43. Bilaterally symmetrical triploblastic pseudocoelomate animals belong to ______ phylum

(a) Annelida (b) Arthopoda (c) Aschelminthes (d) Mollusca
44. Sponges differ from rest of the animal groups because
(a) These are unicellular (b) These have radial symmetry
(c) Their simple body structure has no tissues
(d) These don’t have flagellated cells
45. Mark the statement regarding metagenesis?
(a) It is the characteristic feature of all the coelenterates.
(b) It is alternation of generation between haploid and diploid phases.
(c) It is related to alternation of polyp and meduase form in some of the coelenterates
(d) It is the process of conversion of larvae into adult.

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 Topic: Animal Kingdom (Upto Phylum Ctenophora)
ANSWER KEY

1. (b) 16. (b) 31. (b)

2. (d) 17. (d) 32. (b)
3. (a) 18. (b) 33. (c)
4. (c) 19. (d) 34. (b)
5. (b) 20. (a) 35. (a)
6. (a) 21. (c) 36. (d)
7. (c) 22. (d) 37. (c)
8. (a) 23. (b) 38. (c)
9. (c) 24. (c) 39. (b)
10. (d) 25. (a) 40. (b)
11. (d) 26. (d) 41. (d)
12. (b) 27. (d) 42. (b)
13. (c) 28. (d) 43. (c)
14. (b) 29. (b) 44. (c)
15. (d) 30. (c) 45. (c)