Free Kingdom Animalia MCQs with Answers

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Animals are multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes whose cells lack cell walls and chloroplasts, with specialised tissues in most groups. Coverage includes body symmetry, tissue layers, coelom, segmentation and levels of organisation, plus major phyla such as Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata.

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  • A. Taenia solium
  • B. Ascaris lumbricoides
  • C. Tucheront abaneroli
  • D. Schistosoma

Explanation: Ascaris lumbricoides worms inhabit the lumen of the small intestine of human and pig.

Correct answer: Ascaris lumbricoides
  • A. Glochidium larva
  • B. Bipinnaria larva
  • C. Trochophore larva
  • D. Tornaria larva

Explanation: Trochophore, also called trochosphere, small, translucent, free-swimming larva characteristic of marine annelids and most groups of…

Correct answer: Trochophore larva
  • A. Bilaterally symmetrical and diploblastic
  • B. Bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic
  • C. Radially symmetrical and triploblastic
  • D. Radially symmetrically and diploblastic

Explanation: Platyhelminthes have the following important characteristics: They are triploblastic, acoelomate, and bilaterally symmetrical.

Correct answer: Bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic
  • A. Beak
  • B. Pharynx
  • C. Stomach
  • D. Gizzard

Explanation: Birds do not have teeth Birds "chew" their food in their gizzard.

Correct answer: Gizzard
  • A. Spiny anteater
  • B. Lizard
  • C. Crocodile
  • D. Snake

Explanation: A poikilotherm is an animal whose internal temperature varies considerably.

Correct answer: Spiny anteater
  • A. Prototheria
  • B. Eutheria
  • C. Metatheria
  • D. Monotremata

Explanation: Metatheria includes marsupials that possess a pouch and give birth to partially-developed young ones.

Correct answer: Metatheria
  • A. A
  • B. B
  • C. C
  • D. D

Explanation: Characteristics of Reptiles:✓ Reptiles are four-legged vertebrate animals.✓ Most reptiles lay eggs.The skin of reptiles is covered with…

Correct answer: B
  • A. Notochord
  • B. Gill slits
  • C. Post anal tail
  • D. Vertebral column

Explanation: Vertebral column is present only in vertebrates.

Correct answer: Vertebral column
  • A. Ventral
  • B. Ventral and hollow
  • C. Lateral
  • D. Dorsal and hollow

Explanation: The central nervous system of all chordates is dorsal and hollow.

Correct answer: Dorsal and hollow
  • A. Echinodermata
  • B. Annelida
  • C. Nematoda
  • D. Hemichordata

Explanation: Balanoglossus and Saccoglossus belong to phylum hemichordata.

Correct answer: Hemichordata
  • A. Soft-bodied
  • B. Triploblast
  • C. Bilateral symmetry
  • D. Pseudocoelomates

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Correct answer: Pseudocoelomates
  • A. Molluscs
  • B. Arthropods
  • C. Annelids
  • D. Roundworms

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Correct answer: Roundworms
  • A. Complex organ formation
  • B. Radial symmetry
  • C. Simple organ formation
  • D. Bilateral symmetry

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Correct answer: Complex organ formation
  • A. Parietal
  • B. Visceral
  • C. Intestinal
  • D. Muscular

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Correct answer: Parietal
  • A. Radial symmetry
  • B. Triploblastic organization
  • C. Indeterminate shape
  • D. Indeterminate cleavage

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Correct answer: Indeterminate shape
  • A. Echinoderms
  • B. Mollusca
  • C. Nematoda
  • D. Aschelminthes

Explanation: A. When blastopore develops into anus then these animals are called deuterostomates. Echinoderms and chordates are deuterostomates. B.

Correct answer: Echinoderms
  • A. Cnidarian
  • B. Platyhelminthes
  • C. Arthropoda
  • D. Chordates

Explanation: Platyhelminthes has flat worms. They are triploblastic and have mouth which opens into a gut but no anus so their digestive system is…

Correct answer: Platyhelminthes
  • A. Planaria
  • B. Human
  • C. Sea anemone
  • D. Insects

Explanation: Sea anemone belongs to phylum Cnidaria, which are radially symmetrical.Radial symmetry is a property of an item (e.g., a shape or an…

Correct answer: Sea anemone
  • A. Cyclostomata
  • B. Osteichthyes
  • C. Chondrichthyes
  • D. Tetrapoda

Explanation: Chondrichthyes are cartilagenous fishes having exoskeleton of cartilage. Skates and rays are cartilagenous fishes.

Correct answer: Chondrichthyes
  • A. Hydra
  • B. Cockroach
  • C. Birds
  • D. Both A and B

Explanation: Hydra has neither blood and blood vessels, nor organs of excretion and respiration, which are carried on individually by each cell.

Correct answer: Hydra