CBSE Questions for Class 9 Biology Diversity In Living Organisms Quiz 11 - MCQExams.com

Vertebrates with their forelimbs modified for flight are:
  • Birds
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
  • Mammals
Hollow bones are found in:
  • Whale
  • Dolphin
  • Sparrow
  • Snake
Which one is not a specific trait of birds?
  • Bipedal locomotion
  • Toothless beak
  • Wings
  • Feathers
Which is a flightless bird?
  • Albatross
  • Emu
  • Crane
  • Flamingo
In which group, the animals have hollow bones:
  • Mammals
  • Birds
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
Cassowary occurs in
  • S.W.Australia
  • New Guinea
  • New Zealand
  • Africa
The only true skin gland of the birds is:
  • Sweat gland
  • Sebaceous gland
  • Uropygial gland
  • Femoral gland
Select the odd one from the list.
  • Bubo bubo
  • Varanus bengalensis
  • Gallus gallus
  • Pavo cristatus
Diameter of Ostrich egg is
  • 7 cm
  • 17 cm
  • 27 cm
  • 37 cm
Urinary bladder is present in
  • Rat snake
  • Ostrich
  • Pigeon
  • King Fisher
A monkey with prehensile tail is
  • Bonnet Monkey
  • Rhesus Monkey
  • Spider Monkey
  • Semnopithecous
Feathers present over nestlings are
  • Down
  • Contour
  • Filoplumes
  • Quill
Which one is not exclusively marine ?
  • Seal
  • Walrus
  • Whale
  • Dolphin
Kangaroo is a ________ animal.
  • Viviparous
  • Oviparous
  • Ovoviviparous
  • All of the above
Which is not correct about circulatory system of aves
  • Heart is four chambered
  • Well developed renal portal system
  • Sinus venosus and truncus arteriosus are lacking
  • RBCs are nucleated
Which of the following is not a bird?
  • Himalayan Quail
  • Albatross
  • Bufo
  • Magpie
They give birth to young ones.
  • Kangaroo, Hedgehog, Dolphin, Loris
  • Lion, Bat, Whale, Ostrich
  • Platypus, Pengiun, Bat, Hippopotamus
  • Shrew, Bat, Cat, Kiwi
Number of cervical vertebrae in Camel / Whale / Giraffe is
  • 9
  • 7
  • 6
  • 8
Whale is mammal because it has
  • Diaphragm
  • Protruded scrotum
  • Vivipary
  • All of the above
A mammal devoid of corpus callosum is 
  • Ornithorhyncus
  • Balaenoptera
  • Macropus
  • Macaca
Which of the following are the features of mammals?
  • Warm-blooded
  • Viviparous animals
  • Presence of mammary glands
  • All of the above
In Horse, the single large hoof represents
  • Third digit
  • First digit
  • Fourth digit
  • All the above
Which is not an odd digitate pentadactylous ?
  • Rhinoceros
  • Zebra
  • Camel
  • Donkey
Marsupials occur in
  • Africa
  • North America
  • Asia
  • Australia
Which one of the following is not a viviparous ?
  • Mole
  • Platypus
  • Kangaroo
  • Shrew
Which is correct?
  • Platypus lays eggs
  • Camel has biconcave RBCs
  • Rat has cloaca
  • Bat has feathers
Which one is correctly matched?
  • Animal - Millipede , Characteristic - Ventral nerve cord , Taxon - Arachnida
  • Animal - Silverfish , Characteristic - Pectoral and pelvic fins , Taxon - Chordata
  • Animal - Duck billed Platypus, Characteristic - Oviparous , Taxon - Mammalia
  • Animal - Sea Anemone , Characteristic - Triploblastic , Taxon - Cnidaria
Baleen (hanging horny plates) occurs in
  • Dolphin
  • Archaeopteryx
  • Blue whale
  • Shark
All mammals without any exception, are characterised by
  • Viviparity and biconcave red blood cells.
  • Extra-abdominal testes and a four-chambered heart.
  • Heterodant teeth and 12 pairs of cranial nerves.
  • A muscular diaphragm and milk producing glands.
Number of Pheretima species found in India is
  • 7
  • 13
  • 25
  • 31
Which is not a characteristic feature of mammals ?
  • Diphyodont teeth
  • Ten pairs of carnial nerves
  • Seven cervical vertebrae
  • Left aortic arch in the circulatory system
Which among the following exhibits vivipary?
  • Frog, Kangaroo
  • Whale, Rabbit
  • Snake, Lizard
  • Cockroach, Aves
Dolphin found in Chilka lake is
  • Ganges Dolphin
  • Irrawaddy Dolphin
  • Narwhal Dolphin
  • Porpoise
Which is not trait of prototherians ?
  • Ovipary
  • Lack of teeth
  • Absence of corpus collosum
  • Extra - abdominal testes
The marsupial mammal amongst the following animals is
  • Gibbon
  • Kangaroo
  • Lemur
  • Spiny Anteater
Coelomic fluid of Pheretima is
  • Acidic
  • Watery
  • Oily
  • Alkaline
Which of the following species of earthworm is used in vermicomposting?
  • Lumbricus terrestris
  • Eisenia fetida
  • Aporrectodea limicola
  • Arctiostrotus vancouverensis
Compound eyes are found in ____________.
  • Earthworm
  • Cockroach
  • Roundworm
  • Flatworm
Muscles connected with working of insect heart are
  • Alary
  • Pericardial
  • Striped
  • Radial
Earthworm is highly useful as:
  • Their burrows make the soil loose.
  • They make the soil porous, leave their castings and take organic debris in the soil.
  • They are used as fish meal.
  • They kill the birds due to biomagnification of chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Periplaneta belongs to phylum:
  • Annelida
  • Mollusca
  • Echinodermata
  • Arthropoda
Separated cells of two vertebrates are mixed up. They will
  • Aggregate species-wise
  • Aggregate tissue-wise
  • Aggregate species-wise and then tissue-wise
  • Aggregate species-wise and then reconstruct the animals.
Which of the following is mainly used in the movement of snakes?
  • Vertebrates
  • Ribs
  • Limbs
  • Both A and B
Which one of the following statements is correct?
  • Flatworms have a true coelom.
  • Fishes are radially symmetrical.
  • Birds are cold-blooded animals.
  • Body of earthworm is segmented.
In Nereis, gaseous exchange occurs through:
  • Parapodia
  • Gills
  • Lungs
  • Skin
  • Book lungs
Snakes belongs to reptiles because
  • It can crawl
  • It is oviparous
  • It has feather
  • None of the above
Platyhelminthes have:
  • Three layers of germ cells
  • No coelom
  • Flattened body
  • All of the above features
Which one of the following is typically terrestrial in nature?
  • Lyngbya
  • Fritchiella
  • Volvox
  • Polysiphonia
Ovules are not found enclosed within the ovary in:
  • Gymnosperms
  • Spermatophytes
  • Dicotyledons
  • Monocotyledons
Of the following, the most recent ancestors of vascular plants were probably
  • Mosses
  • Red algae
  • Pteridophyte
  • Green algae
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