Well structured WBBSE Class 9 Life Science MCQ Questions Chapter 1.3D Classification of Kingdom Animalia can serve as a valuable review tool before exams.
Classification of Kingdom Animalia Class 9 WBBSE MCQ Questions
Multiple Choice Questions & Answers
Question 1.
Multicellular animals without true tissues, belong to phylum-……………
A. Cnidaria
B. Porifera
C. Ctenophora
D. Protozoa
Answer:
B. Porifera
Question 2.
Which of the following phyla has numerous pores over its body to allow water to come inside?
A. Echinodermata
B. Mollusca
C. Porifera
D. Cnidaria
Answer:
C. Porifera
Question 3.
Which of the following features is absent in non-chordates?
A. Metameric segmentation
B. Bilateral symmetry
C. Axial skeleton
D. All of these
Answer:
C. Axial skeleton
Question 4.
The animals which perform excretion by numerous nephridia, belong to phylum-……………
A. Echinodermata
B. Arthropoda
C. Annelida
D. Porifera
Answer:
C. Annelida
Question 5.
Marine animals which performs locomotion with the help of eight meridional cilliary plates, belong to phylum-……………
A. Cnidaria
B. Ctenophora
C. Mollusca
D. Echinodermata
Answer:
B. Ctenophora
Question 6.
Which of the following animals has a single body cavity?
A. Cnidaria
B. Ctenophora
C. Both A. and B.
D. None of these
Answer:
C. Both A. and B.
Question 7.
The tiny pores through which water enters into the body of poriferans, are called-……………
A. Stomodeum
B. Osculum
C. Ostia
D. Proctodeum
Answer:
C. Ostia
Question 8.
Flower vase-like body with a single opening at the top is seen in-……………
A. Starfish
B. Hydra
C. Snail
D. Crab
Answer:
B. Hydra
Question 9.
Body is covered with thick chitinous exoskeleton in-……………
A. Arthropoda
B. Mollusca
C. Porifera
D. Annelida
Answer:
A. Arthropoda
Question 10.
The group of animals possessing stinging cells on the body surface, belong to phylum-……………
A. Echinodermata
B. Cnidaria
C. Ctenophora
D. Arthropoda
Answer:
B. Cnidaria
Question 11.
Placoid scale is seen in-……………
A. Rohu fish
B. Dolphins
C. Whales
D. Sharks
Answer:
D. Sharks
Question 12.
Unevenly divided tail fin is seen in-……………
A. Shark
B. Rohu fish
C. Cat fish
D. Whale
Answer:
A. Shark
Question 13.
Which of the following is never seen in fresh water bodies?
A. Poriferans
B. Echinoderms
C. Molluscs
D. Cnidarians
Answer:
B. Echinoderms
Question 14.
Which of the following is not a chordate?
A. Balanoglossus
B. Ascidia
C. Branchiostoma
D. Myxine
Answer:
A. Balanoglossus
Question 15.
Flame cells, nephridia and green glands are the excretory organs of-……………
A. Earthworm, cockroach and tape worm respectively
B. Tape worm, earthworm and prawn respectively
C. Prawn, butterfly and snail respectively
D. Starfish, jelly fish and prawn respectively
Answer:
B. Tape worm, earthworm and prawn respectively
Question 16.
Swim bladder is typically seen in-……………
A. Bony fishes
B. Cartilaginous fishes
C. Seals
D. Dolphins
Answer:
A. Bony fishes
Question 17.
Which of the following is an amphibian feature?
A. Naked glandular skin
B. Three-chambered heart
C. Aquatic larva
D. All of these
Answer:
D. All of these
Question 18.
Reptiles have-……………
A. Epidermal scales
B. Dermal scales
C. Glandular skin
D. None of these
Answer:
A. Epidermal scales
Question 19.
Beaks are the modification of-……………
A. Cranium
B. Teeth
C. Jaws
D. Tongue
Answer:
C. Jaws
Question 20.
Body hair, sweat glands and sebaceous glands are seen in that class of animals, which possess-……………
A. External pinnae
B. Muscular foot
C. Clawed digits
D. Beaks
Answer:
A. External pinnae
Question 21.
Radula is the-……………
A. Feeding organ of snails
B. Biting organ of starfishes
C. Swimming organ of squids
D. Feeding organ of insects
Answer:
A. Feeding organ of snails
Question 22.
Clawed digits are seen amongst-……………
A. Amphibia, reptilia and aves
B. Reptilia, aves and mammatia
C. Mammalia, amphibia and aves
D. Mammalia and aves only
Answer:
B. Reptilia, aves and mammatia
Question 23.
Water-vascular system is present in-……………
A. Cnidaria, Ctenophora and Porifera
B. Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Porifera and Echinodermata
C. Porifera and Echinodermata
D. Echinodermata only
Answer:
D. Echinodermata only
Question 24.
Larval stage has more advanced features in comparison to adults in members of-……………
A. Vertebrata
B. Urochordata
C. Cephalochordata
D. Hemichordata
Answer:
B. Urochordata
Question 25.
The richest animal phylum with respect to the number of species is-……………
A. Protozoa
B. Chordata
C. Mollusca
D. Arthropoda
Answer:
D. Arthropoda
Fill in the blanks:
1. Members of the phylum ……………. do not possess any of the three germ layers.
2. Poriferans release water from the body through a large opening called …………….
3. Members of the phylum ……………. perform locomotion by the help of soft muscular foot.
4. Choanocyte cells are seen in …………….
5 The visceral mass of Mollusca remains covered with …………….
6 Hydra and sea anemone belong to the phylum …………….
7 Single nostril is seen in the members of superclass …………….
Answer:
1. Porifera
2. Osculum
3. Mollusca
4. Porifera
5. Mantle
6. Cnidaria
7. Agnatha
State True or False
1. Insects possess three pairs of joint limbs. — True
2. Mammalian heart is four-chambered. — True
3. Frog is a warm-blooded animal. — False
4. In birds, the forelimbs are modified into wings. — True
5. Members of the class Chondricthyes are all bony fishes. — False
6. Presence of notochord is a characteristic feature of the phylum Echinodermata. — False
Match the columns
Left column | Right column |
1. Sycon sp. | A. Annelida |
2, Hormifora sp. | B. Porifera |
3. Hirudinaria sp. | 0. Ctenophora |
4. Duttaphrynus sp. | D, Urochordata |
E. Amphibia |
Answer:
1-B; 2-C; 3-A; 4-E
Left column | Right column |
1. Placoid scale | A. Amphibia |
2. External pinnae | B. Aves |
3. Homocercal tail fin | C. Mammalia |
4. Cloacal aperture | B. Osteichthyes |
E. Chondricthyes |
Answer:
1-E; 2-C; 3-D; 4-A
Left column | Right column |
1. Porifera | A. Comb-plate |
2. Cnidaria | B. Retrogressive metamorphosis |
3. Ctenophora | C. Choanocyte |
4. Urochordata | 0. Nephridium |
E. Nematocyst. |
Answer:
1-C: 2-E; 3-A; 4-B
Left column | Right column |
1. Diploblastic | A. Echinodermata |
2. Radially symmetric | B. Cnidaria |
3. Pseudocoe-lomate | C. Porifera |
4. lawless | B. Nemathelminthes |
E. Agnatha |
Answer:
1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-E