Free Kingdom Animalia MCQs with Answers

912 Kingdom Animalia MCQs from Biology, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

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. Oncosphere
  • B. Cysticercus
  • C. Morula
  • D. Egg

Explanation: Eggs of Taenia undergo cleavage to form morula. Morula, at its morphologically posterior end, develops three pairs of chitinous hooks…

Correct answer: Oncosphere
  • A. Hydrozoa
  • B. Scyphozoa
  • C. Anthozoa
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Jelly fish belongs to the Class Scyphozoa of the Phylum Cnidaria. Its genus is Aurelia.

Correct answer: Scyphozoa
  • A. Eel
  • B. Carp
  • C. Cat fish
  • D. Gambusia

Explanation: The Gambusia is a species of freshwater fish. It is remarkably hardy, surviving in waters of very low oxygen saturations, high salinities…

Correct answer: Gambusia
  • A. Rodentia
  • B. Chiroptera
  • C. Primata
  • D. Cetacea

Explanation: Order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. These are the most highly modified mammals.

Correct answer: Cetacea
  • A. Acoelous
  • B. Heterocoelous
  • C. Amphicoelous
  • D. Procoelous

Explanation: Bird vertebrae are heterocoelous, i.e. the centra of the vertebrae have saddle shaped ends.

Correct answer: Heterocoelous
  • A. Wading
  • B. Perching
  • C. Running
  • D. Catching

Explanation: The hindlimbs (or hind legs) of kingfishers are modified for perching and gripping onto branches.

Correct answer: Perching
  • A. Salivary glands
  • B. Adrenal gland
  • C. Crop
  • D. Gizzard

Explanation: Pigeons are noted for their unique ability to produce "pigeon's milk", a soft, cheesy and nourishing secretion, especially during the…

Correct answer: Crop
  • A. Amphiuma
  • B. Bombina
  • C. Necturus
  • D. Salamandra

Explanation: The fire bellied toads are a group of eight species of small toads belonging to the genus Bombina.

Correct answer: Bombina
  • A. Salamander
  • B. Toad
  • C. Tortoise
  • D. Frog

Explanation: Tortoise belongs to the Class Reptilia. Its body is protected by a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and ventral plastron.

Correct answer: Tortoise
  • A. Chiton
  • B. Teredo
  • C. Limax
  • D. Patella

Explanation: The common name of Teredo is shipworm which belongs to the class bivalvia of the Phylum Mollusca.

Correct answer: Teredo
  • A. Pupal stage
  • B. Larval stage
  • C. Nymph stage
  • D. Adult stage

Explanation: The mulberry silk moth has been the most commercially important and beneficial insect.

Correct answer: Pupal stage
  • A. Seminal vesicles
  • B. Mushroom glands
  • C. Testes
  • D. Vas deferens

Explanation: Seminal vesicles are numerous small sacs present on ventral surface of anterior part of the ejaculatory duct which store sperms.

Correct answer: Seminal vesicles
  • A. Involuntary, fusiform and nonstriated
  • B. Voluntary, multinucleate and cylindrical
  • C. Involuntary, cylindrical and striated
  • D. Voluntary, spindle-shaped and uninucleate

Explanation: Smooth muscle fibres are elongated and spindle shaped (fusiform). Each fibre contains a single oval nucleus surrounded by cytoplasm…

Correct answer: Involuntary, fusiform and nonstriated
  • A. Transitional epithelium - tip of the nose
  • B. Cuboidal epithelium - Lining of the stomach
  • C. Smooth muscle - Wall of intestine
  • D. Areolar tissue - Tendons of the nose

Explanation: Tip of the nose has elastic cartilage. Simple columnar epithelium lines the stomach.

Correct answer: Smooth muscle - Wall of intestine
  • A. Urea
  • B. Calcium carbonate
  • C. Ammonia
  • D. Potassium urate

Explanation: In cockroaches, Malpighian tubules extract metabolic wastes like potassium and sodium urate, water and carbon dioxide from the blood.

Correct answer: Potassium urate
  • A. An arthrodial membrane
  • B. Cartilage
  • C. Cementing glue
  • D. Muscular tissue

Explanation: The arthrodial membrane is a tough, flexible cuticle that joins the skeletal elements of cockroach and other arthropods.

Correct answer: An arthrodial membrane
  • A. Tendon = Speciliazed connective tissue
  • B. Adipose tissue = Dense connective tissue
  • C. Areolar tissue = Loose connective tissue
  • D. Cartilage = Loose connective tissue

Explanation: Areolar tissue is the most widely distributed loose connective tissue in the body.

Correct answer: Areolar tissue = Loose connective tissue
  • A. Both forewings and hindwings develop
  • B. Labium
  • C. Mandibles become harder
  • D. Anal cerci

Explanation: Cockroaches undergo paurometabolous development. The nymph moults about 67 times to reach the adult form.

Correct answer: Both forewings and hindwings develop
  • A. Malpighian tubules convert nitrogenous wastes into urea
  • B. Males bear short anal styles not present in females
  • C. Nervous system comprises of a dorsal nerve cord and ten pairs of ganglia
  • D. The forewings are tegmina which are used in flight

Explanation: Males have paired anal styles on 9th abdominal sternite which are absent in females.

Correct answer: Males bear short anal styles not present in females