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Questions Related to diversity in living world

Which of the following statements is/are not true?
a. In urochordata, notochord is present only in larval tail.
b. In cephalochordata, notochord extends from head to tail.
c. Branchiostoma belongs to hemichordata.
d. Only one class of living members, class cyclostomata, represents the super class agnatha.

  1. a, b and d only

  2. c, d, and a only

  3. c only

  4. a and d only

  5. c and d only


Correct Option: C

Proboscis gland in Balanoglossus is associated with

  1. Digestion

  2. Respiration

  3. Excretion

  4. Reproduction


Correct Option: C

Hemichordates have close affinites with which of the following phylum?

  1. Annelida

  2. Arthropoda

  3. Echinodermata

  4. Mollusca


Correct Option: C

Nutrition of Balanoglossus is

  1. Phagotrophic

  2. Parasitic

  3. Saprozoic

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

Velum is found in

  1. Herdmania

  2. Amphioxus

  3. Branchiostoma

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: D

Hemichordates constitute a connecting link between

  1. Protochordates and Chordates

  2. Echinoderms and Chordates

  3. Molluscs and Echinoderms

  4. Molluscs and Chordates


Correct Option: A

Notochord occurs between

  1. Body wall and dorsal nerve cord

  2. Dorsal nerve cord and alimentary canal

  3. Ventral nerve cord and alimentary canal

  4. Ventral nerve cord and body wall


Correct Option: A

In Balanoglossus, excretion occurs with the help of

  1. Protonephridium

  2. Kidney

  3. Probascis gland

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: C

Starvation leads to decrease in size of 

  1. Balanoglossus

  2. Saccoglossus

  3. Herdmania

  4. Branchiostoma


Correct Option: A

The feature that is not a characteristic of Protochordata?

  1. Presence of notochord

  2. Bilateral symmetry and coelom

  3. Jointed legs

  4. Presence of circulatory system


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A Protochordate belongs to any two invertebrate subphyla of the phylum Chordata- the Tunicates (sea squirts, salps, etc.) and the Cephalochordates (amphioxus). Like the remaining subphylum of the chordates, the Vertebrata, the protochordate has a hollow dorsal nerve cord, gill slits and a stiff supporting rod, the notochord, the forerunner of the backbone. The protochordate differs chiefly from the vertebrates in not having a backbone. Hence, they have bilateral symmetry, coelom, and a circulatory system. However, they lack jointed appendages

So, the correct answer is 'Jointed legs'