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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Oxygen carrying blood pigment of Earthworm is [Kerala 2000] |
| A. | Haemocyanin |
| B. | Haemoglobin |
| C. | Haemoerythrin |
| D. | Chlorocruorin (e) Pinnaglobin |
| Answer» C. Haemoerythrin | |
| 2. |
Nephridia of Pheretima are [RPMT 2000] |
| A. | Protonephridia |
| B. | Solenocytes |
| C. | Micrometanephridia |
| D. | Meganephridia |
| Answer» D. Meganephridia | |
| 3. |
Enteronephric nephridia of earthworm are concerned with [CBSE PMT 2000] |
| A. | Excretion |
| B. | Respiration |
| C. | Digestion |
| D. | Osmoregulation |
| Answer» B. Respiration | |
| 4. |
In Pheretima, septa are absent [CPMT 2000] |
| A. | 5/6, 10/11 |
| B. | 5/6, 7/8 |
| C. | 6/7, 7/8 |
| D. | First four segments |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
In Earthworm, neurons are [CPMT 2000] |
| A. | Sensory |
| B. | Motor |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | Mixed |
| Answer» D. Mixed | |
| 6. |
Leeches are [AMU 2000] |
| A. | Phytophagous animals |
| B. | Blood sucking animals |
| C. | Insectivorous animals |
| D. | Soil eating animals |
| Answer» C. Insectivorous animals | |
| 7. |
A mismatch is [CET Chd. 2000] |
| A. | Odd toe-Horse |
| B. | Pheretima-parapodia |
| C. | Hydra-Cnidaria |
| D. | Cartilaginous Fish-Shark |
| Answer» C. Hydra-Cnidaria | |
| 8. |
In Earthworm, mouth is situated on [APMEE 1999] |
| A. | Prostomium |
| B. | Peristomium |
| C. | Stomium |
| D. | Protostomium |
| Answer» C. Stomium | |
| 9. |
Closed circulatory system occurs in [Manipal 1999] |
| A. | Earthworm |
| B. | Cockroach |
| C. | Grasshopper |
| D. | Housefly |
| Answer» B. Cockroach | |
| 10. |
Movement of coelomic fluid helps in locomotion of [JIPMER 1999] |
| A. | Hydra |
| B. | Frog |
| C. | Starfish |
| D. | Earthworm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Animals having multiple or numerous setae are included under [RPMT 1998] |
| A. | Polychaeta |
| B. | Oligochaeta |
| C. | Hirudinea |
| D. | Onychophora |
| Answer» B. Oligochaeta | |
| 12. |
Nephrostome occurs in [RPMT 1998] |
| A. | Septal nephridia |
| B. | Integumentary nephridia |
| C. | Pharyngeal and septal nephridia |
| D. | Pharyngeal and integumentary nephridia |
| Answer» B. Integumentary nephridia | |
| 13. |
Pheritima posthuma and Periplanata are similar in which aspect [CPMT 1995] |
| A. | Both have nephredia as excretory organs |
| B. | Both have ventral nerve cord |
| C. | Both belong to same taxonomical group |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Both belong to same taxonomical group | |
| 14. |
Typhlosole found in Pheretima occurs in [CPMT 1996] |
| A. | Oesophagus |
| B. | Stomach |
| C. | Gizzard |
| D. | Intestine |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Spermathecal pores of Pheretima are present in [CPMT 1996, 98] |
| A. | 5/6, 6/7 7/8 and 8/9 |
| B. | 6/7, 7/8. 8/9 and 9/10 |
| C. | 1/2, 2/3, 3/4 and 4/5 |
| D. | 14/15, 15/16, 16/17 and 17/18 |
| Answer» B. 6/7, 7/8. 8/9 and 9/10 | |
| 16. |
Name the animal having both setae and nephridia [DPMT 1996] |
| A. | Sea Urchin |
| B. | Sea Mouse |
| C. | Sea Anemone |
| D. | Sea Pen |
| Answer» C. Sea Anemone | |
| 17. |
In Earthworm [APMEE 1996] |
| A. | Ovaries are larger than testes |
| B. | Testes are larger than ovaries |
| C. | Both are equal |
| D. | Right testes are larger the ovaries |
| Answer» B. Testes are larger than ovaries | |
| 18. |
Nephridia of Earthworm are analogous to [CBSE PMT 1996] |
| A. | Nematoblasts of Hydra |
| B. | Tracheae of insects |
| C. | Flame cells of Planaria |
| D. | Gills of Prawn |
| Answer» D. Gills of Prawn | |
| 19. |
In Pheretima nepheridia occur in [APMEE 1996] |
| A. | All segment except 1 - 4 and 10 - 14 |
| B. | 1 - 2, 4 - 6, 15 to last segments |
| C. | Meganephridia in pre-clitellar and micronephridia in post-clitellar segments |
| D. | Micronephridia in alll segments meganephridia from clitellar region to end |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Copulation period of Earthworm is [APMEE 1996] |
| A. | One hour |
| B. | Two hours |
| C. | Four hours |
| D. | About one week |
| Answer» B. Two hours | |
| 21. |
Life span of Earthworm is [RPMT 1996] |
| A. | 1 - 3 years |
| B. | 2 - 8 years |
| C. | 3.5 - 10.5 years |
| D. | 6 - 8 years |
| Answer» D. 6 - 8 years | |
| 22. |
Haemoglobin is dissolved in blood plasma of [BHU 1985; CPMT 1998] |
| A. | Frog |
| B. | Rabbit |
| C. | Cockroach |
| D. | Earthworm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
In Earthworm, the effective organ for food digestion is [RPMT 1995] |
| A. | Pharynx |
| B. | Buccal cavity |
| C. | Mouth |
| D. | Stomach |
| Answer» B. Buccal cavity | |
| 24. |
Which one of the following is not hermaphrodite animal [HP PMT 2005] |
| A. | Leeches |
| B. | Polychaetes |
| C. | Flatworms |
| D. | Earthworm |
| Answer» C. Flatworms | |
| 25. |
Chloragogen cells are involved in [RPMT 1995; APMEE 1995; DPMT 1999] |
| A. | Digestion |
| B. | Excertion of water |
| C. | Respiration |
| D. | Fat storage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
In Earthworm, testes occur in segments [CPMT 1994, Orissa 1997] |
| A. | 12 and 13 |
| B. | 10 and 11 |
| C. | 14 and 15 |
| D. | 17 and 18 |
| Answer» C. 14 and 15 | |
| 27. |
In Earthworm, arrangment of blood vessels is [BHU 1994, 2000, 01] |
| A. | Different in last fifteen segments |
| B. | Different in first thirteen segments |
| C. | Same throughout |
| D. | Different in middle thirteen segments |
| Answer» C. Same throughout | |
| 28. |
Trait common amongst Earthwarmn Leech and Centipede is [CBSE PMT 1993] |
| A. | Absence of legs |
| B. | Hermaphrodite nature |
| C. | Ventral nerve cord |
| D. | Malpighian tubules |
| Answer» D. Malpighian tubules | |
| 29. |
Which one assists in locomotion [CBSE PMT 1993; DPMT 1995] |
| A. | Trichocysts in Paramecium |
| B. | Pedicellariae of Star Fish |
| C. | Clitellum in Pheretima |
| D. | Posterior sucker in Hirudinaria |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
Earthworm found in India is [BHU 1992] |
| A. | Lumbricus |
| B. | Pheretima |
| C. | Drawida |
| D. | Megascolex |
| Answer» C. Drawida | |
| 31. |
Blood of Earthwarm is red because its haemoglobin is [BHU 1992; RPMT 1995] |
| A. | Intracellular |
| B. | Intercellular |
| C. | Oxidised |
| D. | Reduced |
| Answer» C. Oxidised | |
| 32. |
Specialised respiratory organs are absents in [CPMT 1988, 2000] |
| A. | Mosquito larva |
| B. | Tadpole |
| C. | Cockroach |
| D. | Earthworm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
One of the oldest uses of earthworm is as [MP PMT 1986] |
| A. | Food for poultry |
| B. | Bait for catching fish |
| C. | Curring gout |
| D. | Source of manure. |
| Answer» C. Curring gout | |
| 34. |
One direct use of earthwarms to farmers is [MP PMT 1986] |
| A. | Allowing sunlight to pass in upper layers of soil |
| B. | Enrichment of soil by nephridial excretions |
| C. | Removal of dead leaves |
| D. | Killing of some harmful insects |
| Answer» C. Removal of dead leaves | |
| 35. |
Suctorial mouth occurs in [AFMC 1983, 2000; CPMT 1991] |
| A. | Butterfly |
| B. | Leech |
| C. | Taenia |
| D. | Cockroach |
| Answer» C. Taenia | |
| 36. |
Blood of Pheretima is [CBSE PMT 1990] |
| A. | Blue with haemocyanin in corpuscles |
| B. | Blue with haemocyanin in plasma |
| C. | Red with haemglobin in corpuscles |
| D. | Red with haemoglobin in plasma. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
In earthworm, ovary is situated in segment [AFMC 19881, 93; AIIMS 1993] |
| A. | 13 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 26 |
| Answer» B. 9 | |
| 38. |
Enteronephric nephridia of Earthworm are [CPMT 1993] |
| A. | Pharyngeal and septal |
| B. | Pharyngeal |
| C. | Septal |
| D. | Integumentary |
| Answer» B. Pharyngeal | |
| 39. |
Earthworm possesses hearts [CBSE PMT 1991] |
| A. | 6 pairs |
| B. | 4 pairs |
| C. | 2 pairs |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» C. 2 pairs | |
| 40. |
Pheretima posthuma is highly useful as [CBSE PMT 1990] |
| A. | Their burrows make the soil loose |
| B. | They make the soil porous, leave their castings and take organic debris in the soil |
| C. | They are used as fish meal |
| D. | They kill the birds due to biomagnification of chlorinated hydrocarbons. |
| Answer» C. They are used as fish meal | |
| 41. |
The parasite found in the seminal vesicle of earthworm [RPMT 1999] |
| A. | Monocystis |
| B. | Nosema |
| C. | Sarcocystis |
| D. | Nyctotherus |
| Answer» B. Nosema | |
| 42. |
Photoreceptors of Earthworm occur on [CPMT 1989] |
| A. | Clitellum |
| B. | Anal segment |
| C. | Dorsal surface |
| D. | Lateral sides. |
| Answer» D. Lateral sides. | |
| 43. |
Earthworm has [CPMT 1989] |
| A. | Two eyes |
| B. | Many eyes |
| C. | No eyes |
| D. | One eyes |
| Answer» D. One eyes | |
| 44. |
In Pheretima oxygen carrying haemoglobin occurs in [CPMT 1988, 90] |
| A. | Corpuscles |
| B. | Plasma |
| C. | Both corpusscles and plasma |
| D. | The statement is wrong |
| Answer» C. Both corpusscles and plasma | |
| 45. |
Trochophore larva is found in [CPMT 2005] |
| A. | Chiton |
| B. | Nereis |
| C. | Aphrodite |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Copulation in Earthworm occurs during [BHU 1985] |
| A. | Night in water |
| B. | Night in rainy season |
| C. | Night in summer season |
| D. | Day in rainy season |
| Answer» C. Night in summer season | |
| 47. |
Clitellum of Pheretima is thick girdle that is [CPMT 1980, 87, 90; BHU 1996; MH-CET 2003] |
| A. | Nonglandular around 14-16 segments |
| B. | Glandular around 14-16 segments |
| C. | Glandular arond 16-18 segments |
| D. | Nonglandular around 16-18 segnments |
| Answer» C. Glandular arond 16-18 segments | |
| 48. |
Occurrence of Earthworm in soil is indicated is [MP PMT 1986] |
| A. | Heaps of small rounded pellets |
| B. | Heaps of dry powder soil |
| C. | Holes |
| D. | Cast skin |
| Answer» B. Heaps of dry powder soil | |
| 49. |
Major nitrogenous excertory material of Earthworm by [MP PMT 1986] |
| A. | Uric acid |
| B. | Ammonia |
| C. | Urea |
| D. | Amino acids. |
| Answer» D. Amino acids. | |
| 50. |
Earthworm shows locomotion by means of [AFMC 1982] |
| A. | Muscles |
| B. | Settae |
| C. | Parapodia |
| D. | Setae, muscles and coelomic fuild |
| Answer» E. | |