CBSE Questions for Class 9 Biology Diversity In Living Organisms Quiz 17 - MCQExams.com

Which one of the following does not have radial symmetry?
  • Hydra
  • Starfish
  • Spider
  • Aurelia
Annelida do not have the following character
  • Triploblastic
  • Enterocoelic coelom
  • Metamerism
  • Bilateral symmetry
Which is sanguivorous?
  • Male cockroach
  • Pila
  • Female mosquito
  • Prawn
Which one is the group of bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic animals?
  • Sponges
  • Coelenterates
  • Ctenophores
  • Aschelminthes
One example of animals having a single opening to the outside that serves both as mouth as well as the anus is?
  • Asterias
  • Ascidia
  • Fasciola
  • Octopoda
Coprophagous animals are
  • Blood feeder
  • Dung feeder
  • Eating faeces
  • Eating members of own species.
Which of the following type of mouth parts do housefly have?
  • Sponging
  • Siphoning
  • Piercing and sucking
  • Biting and chewing
Beef Tapeworm attaches itself to the wall of intestine by means of
  • Hooks
  • Hooklese rostellum
  • Suckers
  • Minute spines
Which of the following is a correct term used for itch mite in related to scabies?
  • Pathogen
  • Vector
  • Parasite
  • Intermediate host.
Flame cells of flatworms help in
(i) Osmoregulation
(ii) Digestion
(iii) Reproduction
(iv) Excretion
(v) Bioluminescence
  • (ii) only is correct
  • (i) and (iv) are correct
  • (iii) only is correct
  • (i) and (v) only are correct
  • (iv) and (v) are correct
An insect commonly available from book shelves is
  • Silver fish
  • Drosophila
  • Cockroach
  • Mosquito
Encapsulated embryos of Taenia contained in gravid proglottides are
  • Eggs
  • Onchospheres
  • Capsules
  • Both B and C
Amphids for olfacto-reception are present in Ascaris on
  • Pre-anal papilla
  • Post-anal papilla
  • Dorsal lip
  • Ventrolateral lips
Which parasite is responsible for causing gigantism in its intermediate host?
  • Plasmodium vivax
  • Ascaris lumbricoides
  • Sacculina
  • Fasciola hepatica
In human beings, hydatid worm is
  • Secondary parasite
  • Periodic parsite
  • Incidental parasite
  • Ectoparasite
Bilharziasis is the infection of
  • Echinococcus
  • Schistosoma
  • Opisthorchis
  • Fasciola
Which type of mouth parts do butterfly have?
  • Sponging
  • Siphoning
  • Piercing and sucking
  • Chewing and sucking.
Rice bug emits unpleasant odour from its scent glands located in
  • Thorax
  • Head
  • Abdomen
  • Legs
The home of white ant is known as
  • Mole hill
  • Hive
  •  Termitarium
  • Sanatorium
Ecdysone/moulting hormone is produced by
  • Prothoracic gland
  • Corpora allata
  • Corpora cardiaca
  • Abdominal gland
Epitoke of heteronereis represents:
  • Anterior half with enlarged eyes
  • Anterior half with swollen parapodia
  • Swollen posterior part
  • Depressed upper part
Which of the following type of mouth parts do Leptocorisa varicornis have?
  • Cutting and chewing
  • Piercing and sucking
  • Sponging
  • Siphoning
Barnacles are pests of
  • Crop plants
  • Fruit trees
  • Marine plants
  • Ships and hard shelled animals
In Squilla, respiration occurs through
  • Book lungs
  • Tracheae
  • Gills
  • Book gills
In mosquitoes, sex determination can be done on the basis of
  • Size of wings
  • Antennae
  • Antennae and maxillary palps
  • Ocelli.
Hemimetabolus insect which is noctural and sanguivorous is
  • Cimex

  • Musca

  • Anopheles

  • Apis

Which are correctly matched to their taxonomic classification?
  • Spiny Anteater, Sea Urchin, Sea Cucumber- Echinodermata
  • Flying Fish, Cuttle Fish, Silver Fish - Pisces
  • Centipede, Millipede, Spider, Scorpion - Insecta
  • Housefly, Butterfly, Tsetse fly, Silver Fish - Insecta
Select the option with the correct exception

OrganismsCategoryException
(A)Cacti, Venus Fly, TrapPlantsCacti
(B)Penicillium, Aspergillus, MucorFungiMucor
(C)Ascaris, Nereis, WuchereriaAschelminthesNereis
(D)Scorpion, Prawn, AnophelesArthropodaPrawn
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
Johnston's organ is found in
  • Antenna of mosquito
  • Head of cockroach
  • Abdomen of housefly
  • Abdomen of spider
Which of the following is a flightless bird?
  • Fowl
  • Passer
  • Kiwi
  • None of the above
Identify the correct combinations.
(a) Housefly-labellum-pseudotrachea
(b) Moth-labellum-Dutton's membrane
(c) Butterfly-first maxillae-galea
(d) Tsetse fly-rostrum-haustellum
  • a and b
  • a and c
  • b and c
  • b and d
Statement (S). Arthropods are the most successful of all known animal groups.
Reason (R). Arthropoda exhibits the greatest adaptive radiations and has adapted to diverse habitats.
  • Both S and R are true, and R explains S.
  • Both S and R are true, but R cannot explain S.
  • Only S is correct, R is wrong.
  • Both S and R are wrong.
Fish which can be used in biological control of mosquitoes/larvicidal fish is
  • Eel
  • Carp
  • Cat Fish
  • Gambusia
Match the columns and choose the correct options
IIIIII
(1) Cnidocytes(a) Ctenoplana(i) Balancing
(2) Statocyst(b) Fasciola(ii) Defense
(3) Radula(c) Pennatula(iii) Feeding
(4) Flame cells(d) Locusta(iv) Locomotion
(5) Comb plates(e) Pila(v) Osmoregulation
  • 1-a-ii, 2-b-v, 3-e-iii, 4-c-i, 5-d-iv
  • 1-b-iii, 2-a-iv, 3-e-v, 4-c-ii, 5-d-i
  • 1-c-ii, 2-d-i, 3-e-iii, 4-b-v, 5-a-iv
  • 1-d-i, 2-c-ii, 3-a-iv, 4-b-iii, 5-e-v
  • 1-c-ii, 2-a-v, 3-d-iv, 4-b-i, 5-e-iii.
9 - banded Armadillo has
  • Elongated snout and only molar teeth
  • Bony plates
  • Cleavege polyembryony
  • All the above
An ape having ischial callosities is
  • Gibbon
  • Orang Utan
  • Gorilla
  • Chimpanzee
Broader inter-nasal septum occurs in
  • Rhesus Monkey
  • Baboon
  • Spider Monkey
  • Loris
Apposition image is formed in the eye of insect
  • Aedes

  • Culex

  • Musca

  • Periplaneta

In Bubo the head bears
  • Large ears
  • A tuft of feathers
  • Two tufts of feathers
  • Comb and Wattle
Ecdysone, the hormone controlling moulting in insects, is secreted by ______
  • Corpora allata
  • Prothoracic glands
  • Corpora cardiaca
  • Both A and B
Identify the animal belonging to the phylum Arthropoda.
  • Flying fish
  • Cuttlefish
  • Silverfish
  • Pufferfish
In Gallus domesticus, the male is
  • Larger
  • With larger comb and wattles
  • With a spur
  • All of the above
In which group, high regulated body temperature and limited fat reserve, make a large requirement of food high in energy value
  • Mammals
  • Fishes
  • Reptiles
  • Birds
Vestigial pelvic girdle and bone remnants of hind limbs are the characteristics of
  • Whale
  • Dolphin
  • Shark
  • Seal
Read the follwoing statements and choose the correct option :
(i) Aves are homeothermous.
(ii) Pinnae are present in mammals.
(iii) Operculum is present in chondrivhthyes.
(iv) Skin of amphibians is dry and horny.
(v) Open type of circulation is found in cyclostomes.
  • i and ii are wrong
  • ii, iii and iv are wrong
  • i, ii and iv are wrong
  • i, iv and v are wrong
Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Which of the following is mismatched?
  • Clam - gills
  • Lobster - gills
  • Grasshopper - book lungs
  • Polychaete - parapodia
Ocellated feathers of male peacock are
  • Retrices
  • Remiges
  • Tail coverts
  • Wing coverts
 Identify the figures A, B, C and D and select the correct option.
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  • A - Liver fluke, B - Male roundworm, C- Leech D - Nereis
  • A - Liver fluke, B - Female roundworm, C - Leech, D - Nereis
  • A - Liver fluke, B - Male roundworm, C - Nereis, D - Leech
  • A - Liver fluke, B - Female roundworm, C - Nereis, D - Leech
Which of the following statements are incorrect?
(i) Parapodia are lateral appendages in arthropods used for swimming.
(ii) RaduIa in molluscs are structures involved in excretion.
(iii) Aschelminthes are dioecious.
(iv) Echinoderm adults show radial symmetry.
(v) Ctenophorans are diploblastic.
  • (i) and (ii)
  • (i) and (iii)
  • (i), (iv) and (ii)
  • (iii) and (v)
Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes.
Column IColumn II
A.Amphibia(i)Air bladder
B.Mammals(ii)Cartilaginous notochord
C.Chondrichthyes(iii)Mammary glands
D.Osteichthyes(iv)Pneumatic bones
E.Cyclostomata(v)Dual habitat
F.Aves(vi)Sucking and circular mouth without jaws
  • A-(i), B-(iii), C-(iv), D-(v), E-(ii), F-(vi)
  • A-(ii), B-(v), C-(iv), D-(vi), E-(iii), F-(i)
  • A-(v), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(i), E-(vi), F-(iv)
  • A-(vi), B-(ii), C-(iii), D-(i), E-(iv), F-(v)
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