MCQs ON ANIMAL KINGDOM & CLASSIFICATION

Animal Kingdom and Classification:

Dear Friends, here I will provide 14 important MCQs on Animal Kingdom & Classification. It is an important topic for all the aspirant who are preparing for competitive job and want to score more marks on biology: Animal Kingdom and Classification. It will help in the exam of UPSC, PSC , BANK, Railway, WBP etc.
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  • Important MCQs on Animal Kingdom & Classification

1. Most Fossils are found in 

a) Granite                b) Sedimentary rocks

c) Black Soil                 d) Lava Flow

2. Which one of the following is a reptile ?

a) Salamander                 b) Turtle 
c) Newt                           d) Shark
    Imp:
  • Shark- Fish with cartilaginous backbone (Chondrichthyes).
  • Newt- Only salamander found in India.
  • Salamander – intermediate between reptile and amphibia (Salamander is an amphibian).

3. Which one of the following is a protozoa?

a) Pea mosaic                 b)  Entamoeba hystolytica
c) Yeast                           d) Variola
      Imp:

  • Peamosaic-Virus.
  • Yeast- Fungi ( used to produce alcohol and used in Bakery industry. Source of vitamin B complex ) .
  • Variola- Poxvirus.
4. According to Darwin the unit of Natural Selection is –
 

a) Individual                 b) Family    

c) Gene                         d)Species

     Imp:

  • Darwin’s Book – Origin of Species by means of natural selection 
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5. Which one of the following animal posses least number of body segments?

a) Flat Worm                 b) Earth Worm

c) Prawn                        d) Cockroach

6.Which one is not a protozoa ?

a) Hydra                        b) Euglena 

c) Amoeba                     d) Paramoecium

   Imp:

  • Hydra- Tnedaria or Coelenterata  
  • Euglena- Only photosynthetic animal
  • Amoeba – Unicellular

7. Which one of the following is a polymorphic species?

a) Garden Lizard               b) Spider

c) Gorilla                             d) Ant

8. The animal group that is not found in marine water –

a) Mammals                        b) Amphibia

c) Reptiles                            d) Aves

      Imp:

  • Marine birds (aves) albatros, seagul

9. The number of cervical vertebrae in mammal is –

a) Seven                             b) Seventeen 

c) Seventy Seven                d) Eleven    

      Imp:

  • Thorasic – 12 pairs 
  • Lumber – 5  pairs 
  • Sacral – 1 ( 5 fused in 1)
  • Coccygeal – 1 ( 4 fused in 1)

10. Limbless  Amphibia belongs to the order –

a) Urodela                         b) Anura

c) Gymnophiona              d)None of the above

      Imp:

  • Example of Gymnophiona – Ichthyofish

11. Birds differ from bat in the absence of –

a) Warm Blood                 b) Four chambered heart 

c) Trachea                        d) Diaphragm

     Imp: 

  • Diaphragm is a muscle that seperates thoracic cavity from abdominal cavity .

12. Grub is the larva of – 

a) Insects                         b) Crustacea

c) Beetle                           d) Sponges 

13. Which one of the following animal phylum is latest by discovery ?

a) Pogonophora                 b)Kinorhyncha

c) Loricifera                        d) Ctenophora

14. A mammal that lays eggs –

a) Talpa                             b) Echidna    

c) Pteropus                       d)Lemur

 

 

 

         

 Answer Sheet :

1. b) ,2. b), 3. b) , 4. d), 5. d), 6.a) , 7. d), 8. b), 9. a), 10. c) , 11. d) , 12. c) , 13. c) , 14. b)

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