Department of Zoology at ANDC/Assignments on Non-Chordata/PRACTICE PAPER 1

PRACTICE PAPER 1

Q. 1.Differentiate between the following pair of terms:

a) Trophic form and Minuta form  b) Hydrozoan polyp and Coral polyp  c) Nematocysts and Trichocysts  d) Nephridia and Coelomoducts  e) True Metamerism and Pseudometamerism  f) Nymph and naiad 

Q 2.Give Location and Functions:

a) Volutin Granules  b) Rhabdites  c) Colloblasts  d) Utriculi majores  e) Corpora Cardiaca  f) Eleocytes 

Q 3. Define the Following:

a) Gastrovascular cavity  b) Strobilation  c) Haemolymph  d) Phlebotomy  e) Dissogeny <Br> f) Polyembryony <Br>

Q 4. Give one Word for the Following:

a) Parasite in Blood plasma of Vertebrates <Br> b) Sponge used as a gift in marriages <Br> c) A hydrozoan coral <Br> d) Polypoid Stage of Jelly Fish <Br> e) Worm with a copepod as a secondary host <Br> Q 5. Describe briefly the Sexual Reproduction in Paramecium.

Q 6. Discuss the various theories of Locomotion in Sarcodina.

Q 7. Give a Detailed Account of Canal System In Poriferans. Add a Note on the Significance of Canal System.

Q 8. Explain the Phenomenon of Polymorphism in Siphonophora.

Q 9. Describe the structure of different coral reefs in detail.

Q 10. Write Briefly about the Excretion and the Excretory structures in Oligochaeta.

Q 11. Discuss the Adaptive Radiation in Polychaeta with respect to their nutrition.

Q 12. Explain the life cycle, and pathogenicity of Ascaris lumbricoides or Trypanosona gambiense.

Q 13. Write Short Notes on the Following: <Br>

a) Parasitic Adaptations in Fasciola. <Br> b) Structural organization of Ctenophora. <Br> c) Trilobitomorpha. <Br> d) Parasitic Nematodes. <Br> e) Vision in Arthropods. <Br>