Key features that appeared for the first time in amphibians do not include:
1. Legs
2. Nutritional deficiencies
3. Lungs
4. Pulmonary veins
In which one of the following, the genus name, its two characters and its class/phylum are correctly matched?
| Genus Name | Two characters | Class/Phylum | ||
| 1. | Salamandra | (i) | A tympanum represents ear | Amphibia |
| (ii) | Fertilization is external | |||
| 2. | Pteropus | (i) | Skin possesses hair | Mammalia |
| (ii) | oviparous | |||
| 3. | Aurelia | (i) | Cnidoblasts | Coelenterata |
| (ii) | Organ level of organization | |||
| 4. | Ascaris | (i) | Body segmented | Annelida |
| (ii) | Males and Females distinct |
Identify the incorrectly matched class of vertebrates with the features given :
| 1. | Fishes - Jaws and paired appendages (except Agnathans); Single loop circulation; Gills |
| 2. | Amphibians - Legs ( except in Caecilian); three chambered heart; no pulmonary veins |
| 3. | Reptiles - Amniotic egg; dry skin, thoracic breathing |
| 4. | Birds - Feathers; flight skeleton; endothermy |
In which one of the following the genus name, its two characters and its class/phylum are correctly matched?
| Genus | Two Characters | Class/phylum |
| (a) Salman dra | (i) A tympanum represents ear (ii) Fertilisation is external |
Amphibia |
| (b) Pteropus | (i) Skin possesses hair (ii) Oviparous |
Mammalia |
| (c) Aurelia | (i) Cnidobles (ii) organ level of Organisation |
Coelenterata |
| (d) Ascaris | (i) Body segmented (ii) Males and Female distinct |
Annelida |
3. (c)
4. (d)
Exoskeleton is absent in:
| (i) | fishes |
| (ii) | frog |
| (iii) | rabbit |
| (iv) | toad |
| 1. | (i), (ii) |
| 2. | (ii), (iii) |
| 3. | (i), (iii) |
| 4. | (ii), (iv) |
| COLUMN I | COLUMN II | ||
| A. | Petromyzon | P | A jawless vertebrate |
| B. | Icthyophis | Q | A limbless amphibian |
| C. | Struthio | R | A flightless bird |
| A | B | C | |
| 1. | Q | R | P |
| 2. | Q | P | R |
| 3. | P | Q | R |
| 4. | P | R | Q |
Given below are two statements:
| I: | Amphibians and reptiles have a 3-chambered heart with two atria and a single ventricle, and are oviparous in nature |
| II: | Crocodiles possess a 4 chambered heart with two ventricles and two atria and are viviparous in nature |
Select the most appropriate option:
1. I is correct but II is incorrect.
2. I is incorrect but II is correct.
3. Both I and II are correct.
4. Both I and II are incorrect.
| 1. | Skin is moist and without scales. |
| 2. | A tympanum represents the ear. |
| 3. | Eyes lack eyelids. |
| 4. | Heart is three chambered. |