Structural Organization in Animals - NCERT Based MCQ Questions

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Question 1. Match the animals listed in Column I with their of nature of blood listed in Column II. Choose the answer which gives the correct combination of alphabets of the two columns.

Column - I	Column - II
A. Man	p. Plasma and cells are colourless
B. Earthworm	q. Plasma is colourless and nucleated RBC
C. Cockroach	r. Plasma is colourless and enucleated RBC
D. Frog	s. Plasma is red and nucleated, colourless RBC
	t. Plasma and RBC have haemoglobin

(1) A = p, B = s, C = q, D = r
(2) A = t, B = r, C = p, D = s
(3) A = r, B = s, C = p, D = q
(4) A = s, B = t, C = r, D = q

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Question 2. Which one of the following species of earthworm is NOT recommended for vermicomposting?

(1) Perionyx excavatus 

(2) Pheretima Posthuma

(3) Eudrilus eugeniae 

(4) Eisenia fetidae

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Question 3. Cockroaches can climb smooth or steep surfaces due to the presence of adhesive pads found on the torses of their legs. They are called –

(1) Pretarsus
(2) Arolium

(3) Plantulae
(4) Both 2 and 3

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Question 4. Which of the following is a wrongly matched pair?

(1) Unicellular glandular cells - Goblet cell

(2) Saliva - Exocrine secretion

(3) Fusiform fibres - Smooth muscle

(4) Cartilage - Areolar tissue

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Question 5. Which is the cutting organ in the mouth parts of cockroach?

(1) Mandible
(2) Labrum

(3) Labium
(4) Maxillary palp

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Question 6. Which of the following part of Cockroach leg is attached to thorax ventrally?

(1) Trochanter
(2) Claw

(3) Femur
(4) Coxa

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Question 7. Statement A: The secretion of collaterial gland forms the egg case in cockroach.

Statement B: The development in cockroach in hemimetabolous.

(1) Both the statements A and B are correct and B is the reason for A.

(2) Both the statements A and B are correct and B is not the reason for A.

(3) Statement A is correct and statement B is wrong.

(4) Statement B is correct and statement A is wrong.

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Question 8. Choose the incorrect statement from the following.

(1) Adipose tissue is a type of dense connective tissue

(2) Tendons attach muscle to bone

(3) Cartilage is made up of chondrocytes

(4) Ciliated epithelium is the modified columnar epithelium

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Question 9. Which one of the following types of cell is involved in making of the inner walls of large blood vessels?

(1) Cuboidal epithelium
(2) Columnar epithelium

(3) Squamous epithelium
(4) stratified epithelium

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Question 10. Vagina, oesophagus, urethra contain which type of tissue?

(1) Stratified squamous epithelium

(2) Simple squamous epithelium

(3) Ciliated epithelium

(4) Columnar epithelium

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Question 11. Which of the following statements is true for cockroach?

(1) The number of ovarioles in each ovary are ten.

(2) The larval stage is called caterpillar

(3) Anal styles are absent in females

(4) They are ureotelic

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Question 12. Match the followings and choose the correct option

A. Adipose tissue	i. Nose
B. Stratified epithelium	ii. Blood
C. Hyaline cartilage	iii. Skin
D. Fluid connective tissue	iv. Fat storage

Options:

(1) A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv
(2) A-iv, B-iii, C-i, D-ii

(3) A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii
(4) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii

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Question 13. Match the followings and choose the correct answer

A. Touch	i. Nasal epithelium
B. Smell	ii. Foramen magnum
C. Cranial nerves	iii. Sensory papillae
D. Medulla oblongata	iv. Peripheral nervous system

Options:

(1) A-iii, B-i, C-ii, D-iv
(2) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii

(3) A-iii, B-iv, C-ii, D-i
(4) A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii

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Question 14. 'Mummies' of Egypt still have their arteries preserved due to the presence of

(1) yellow elastic connective tissue fibres

(2) white fibrous connective tissue fibres

(3) cartilage

(4) valves2

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Question 15. Which of the following statements is/are not correct regarding connective tissues?

(i) Connective tissues are most abundant and widely distributed in the body of complex animals.

(ii) They connect and support other tissues.

(iii) They include such diverse tissues as bone, cartilage, tendons, adipose and loose connective tissues.

(iv) They form the internal and external lining of many organs.

(v) In all connective tissues except blood, the cells secrete fibres of structural proteins called collagen or elastin.

(1) (iv) only
(2) (v) only

(3) (i) and (ii)
(4) (iii) and (v)

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Question 16. To which one of the following categories does adipose tissue belong?

(1) Epithelial
(2) Connective

(3) Muscular
(4) Neural

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Question 17. The type of epithelial cells which line the inner surface of Fallopian tubes, bronchioles and small bronchi are known as

(1) squamous epithelium
(2) columnar epithelium

(3) ciliated epithelium
(4) cubical epithelium.

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Question 18. Cardiac muscles are different from skeletal muscles as they are

(1) smooth
(2) voluntary

(3) non-striated
(4) striated & involuntary

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Question 19. Match the following columns.

Column I (Epithelial Tissue)	Column II (Location)
A. Cuboidal	1. Epidermis of skin
B. Ciliated	2. Inner lining of blood vessels
C. Columnar	3. Inner surface of gall bladder
D. Squamous	4. Inner lining of Fallopian tube
E. Keratinised squamous	5. Lining of pancreatic duct

Codes

(1) A-5, B-4, C-2, D-3, E-1

(2) A-3, B-4, C-5, D-2, E-1

(3) A-5, B-4, C-3, D-2, E-1

(4) A-3, B-4, C-5, D-1, E-2

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Question 20. Which of the following is correct for the common cockroach?

(1) Malpighian tubules are excretory organs projecting out from the colon.

(2) Oxygen is transported by haemoglobin in blood.

(3) Nitrogenous excretory product is urea.

(4) The food is ground by mandibles and gizzard.

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Question 21. Read the following statements and choose the correct answer.

I. Gap junctions cement adjacent cells together.

II. Areolar tissue contains fibroblasts, macrophages and mast cells.

III. Tight junctions facilitate the cell to communicate with each other.

IV. Adhering junctions help to stop substances from leaking across tissues.

V. Cells of connective tissue except blood secrete fibres of structural proteins called elastin.

(1) I, II and III only are incorrect

(2) II, III and IV only are incorrect

(3) III and V only are incorrect

(4) I, II and V only are incorrect

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Question 22. The total number of podomeres in each leg of cockroach is–

(1) 5
(2) 6

(3) 7
(4) 8

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Question 23. One of the following salts predominates in bone matrix

(1) sodium chloride

(2) magnesium phosphate

(3) calcium phosphate

(4) sodium carbonate

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Question 24. In cockroach male reproductive system consists of a

pair of testes one lying on each lateral side in the

(1) 4th -6th abdominal segments.

(2) 8th -9th abdominal segments.

(3) 6th -9th abdominal segments.

(4) None of these

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Question 25. Match the types of animal tissues given under list I with the the parts/organs in which they occur, given under list II.

List I (Tissue)	List II (Part/Organ)
A. Squamous-epithelium	1. Walls of nose
B. Hyaline cartilage	2. Bowman's capsule
C. Adipose tissue	3. Iris
D. Smooth muscle	4. Yellow bone marrow
	5. Ear pinna

The corrct match is:

(1) A-5, B-1, C-4, D-2
(2) A-5, B-4, C-1, D-3

(3) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
(4) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

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Question 26. In cockroach, the thermoreceptor sensilla are present on

(1) antennae, maxillary and labial palps

(2) labrum, maxillary and labial palps

(3) first, second and third tarsomeres of tarsus

(4) anal cerci and pedicel of antennae

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Question 27. Arrange the ganglia of autonomous nervous system of cockroach in correct sequence from anterior to posterior end.

(i) Frontal ganglion

(ii) Proventricular ganglion

(iii) Hypocerebral ganglion

(iv) Visceral ganglion

(1) i – iii – iv – ii
(2) i – iv – iii – ii

(3) ii – iii – iv – i
(4) ii – iv – i – iii

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Question 28. The given figure represents head region of cockroach. In which one of the options all the four parts A, B, C, and D are labelled correctly?

(1) A-Labrum, B-Mandible, C-Maxilla, D-Labium

(2) A-Mandible, B-Maxilla, C-Labium, D-Labrum

(3) A-Maxilla, B-Labium, C-Mandible, D-Labrum

(4) A-Labium, B-Maxilla, C-Labrum, D-Mandible

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Question 29. Match the following lists.

List I	List II
(a) Simple squamous epithelium	(I) Ureters
(b) Simple cuboidal epithelium	(II) Epididymis
(c) Non-ciliated simple columnar epithelium	(III) Lining of alveoli of lungs
(d) Transitional epithelium	(IV) Lining of thyroid vesicles
(e) Pseudostratified non-ciliated columnar epithelium	(V) Mucosa of stomach, intestine

(1) a-III, b-IV, c-V, d-I, e-II

(2) a-I, b-II, c-IV, d-III, e-V

(3) a-V, b-III, c-II, d-IV, e-I

(4) a-II, b-IV, c-III, d-V, e-I

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Question 30. The white fibres are chemically formed of

(1) collagen
(2) elastin

(3) myosin
(4) reticulin

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Question 31. The epithelium type with the shortest diffusion distance is: 

(1) simple squamous epithelium.

(2) simple cuboidal epithelium.

(3) simple columnar epithelium.

(4) pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.

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Question 32. The lining of the smallest tubules in the kidneys is composed of

(1) connective tissue
(2) smooth muscle cells

(3) neural tissue
(4) epithelial tissue

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Question 33. An example of a connective tissue is the

(1) skin
(2) nerves

(3) blood
(4) cuboidal epithelium

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Question 34. Stratified cuboidal epithelium is composed of

(1) several layers of box-like cells.

(2) a hierarchical arrangement of flat cells.

(3) a tight layer of square cells attached to a basement membrane.

(4) an irregularly arranged layer of pillar-like cells.

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Question 35. Connective tissues have

(1) many densely-packed cells without an extracellular matrix.

(2) a supporting material such as chondroitin sulfate.

(3) an epithelial origin.

(4) relatively few cells and a large amount of extracellular matrix.

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Question 36. All skeletal muscle fibers are both

(1) smooth and involuntary
(2) smooth and unbranched.

(3) striated and voluntary
(4) smooth and voluntary

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Question 37. Cardiac muscle is both –

(1) striated and branched.

(2) striated and unbranched.

(3) smooth and voluntary.

(4) striated and voluntary.

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Question 38. The cells lining the air sacs in the lungs make up a

(1) cuboidal epithelium.

(2) simple squamous epithelium.

(3) stratified squamous epithelium.

(4) pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.

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Question 39. Two common Indian cockroaches are

(1) Periplaneta american and Blatta indica

(2) Periplaneta orientalis and Blatta americana

(3) Periplaneta americana and Blattaorientalls

(4) Periplaneta indica and Blatta orientails

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Question 40. Myelin sheath covers which of the following –

(1) Muscle fibre
(2) Nerve fibre

(3) Collagen fibre
(4) Tendon

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Question 41. Number 16 in cockroach is concerned with –

(1) Body segments
(2) mapighian tubule

(3) tracheae
(4) optjeaca

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Question 42. In a vertebrate which germ layer forms the skeleton muscles–

(1) Ectoderm
(2) Endoderm

(3) Mesoderm
(4) Both (1) and (3)

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Question 43. Mast cells of connective tissue contain-

(1) Vasopressin and relaxin

(2) Heparin and histamin

(3) Heparin and calcitonin

(4) Serotonin and melanin

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Question 44. Collagen fibre are secreted by –

(1) Mast cells
(2) Macrophage

(3) Histiocytes
(4) Fibroblasts

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Question 45. The major constituent of connective tissue is –

(1) Collegen
(2) Carbohydrate

(3) Lipid
(4) Cholesterol

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