Animal Kingdom Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) The distal parts of Malpighian tubules in Cockroach

[A] open into haemolymph

[B] open into coelomic cavity

[C] float freely in haemolymph

[D] are attached to alimentary canal

Answer: float freely in haemolymph

(2) The nitrogenous waste in cockroach is mainly excreted as

[A] Urea

[B] Uric acid

[C] Ammonia

[D] Urea and uric acid

Answer: Uric acid

(3) A common feature between cockroach and earthworm is

[A] nephridia

[B] ommatidia

[C] coccon formation

[D] ventral nerve cord

Answer: ventral nerve cord

(4) The male and female cockroach can be distinguished by their

[A] size

[B] wings

[C] anal styles

[D] colour

Answer: anal styles

(5) True and complete metamorphosis is found in

[A] Silver fish

[B] grass hopper

[C] cockroach

[D] moth and mosquito

Answer: moth and mosquito

(6) The communication in bees by special body movements (dances) was discovered by

[A] T.H. Morgan

[B] Karl Von Frisch

[C] Robert Koch

[D] I.Pavlov

Answer: Karl Von Frisch

(7) A photosensitive part of insect ommatidium is

[A] crystalline connes

[B] pigment cells

[C] rhabdome

[D] sensory neuron

Answer: rhabdome

(8) The mouth parts of house fly are of

[A] piercing and sucking type

[B] biting and chewing type

[C] sucking and sponging type

[D] biting, sucking and lapping type

Answer: sucking and sponging type

(9) Metamerically segmented, bilaterally symmetrical animals bearing jointed appendages. These are characteristic of

[A] Helminthes

[B] Annelida

[C] Mollusca

[D] Arthropoda

Answer: Arthropoda

(10) Pronounced cephalisation is a characteristic

[A] Echinoderms

[B] Annelida

[C] Mollusca

[D] Arthropoda

Answer: Arthropoda

(11) Hemocoelic body cavity is a characteristic of

[A] Ascaris

[B] Leech

[C] Cockroach

[D] Snails

Answer: Cockroach

(12) Division of the body into head, thorax and abdomen is a characteristic of

[A] Insecta

[B] Insecta and Archnida

[C] Insecta and Crustacea

[D] Insecta and Myriapoda

Answer: Insecta

(13) Most primitive arthropods belong to the class

[A] Archnida

[B] Insecta

[C] Onychophora

[D] Myriapoda

Answer: Onychophora

(14) Lung books are the respiratory organs of

[A] Insects

[B] Crustaceans

[C] Archnids

[D] None of these

Answer: Archnids

(15) The organs of taste in cockroach are present in

[A] epipharynx only

[B] hypopharynx

[C] pharynx

[D] palps and epipharynx

Answer: palps and epipharynx

(16) The distal parts of Malpighian tubules in Cockroach