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Prepositions AHSEC class 12th English previous years questions (2013-2023)

Animal kingdom class 11 Basis of classification | Neet 2023 DPP Questions

 1. Metamerism is characteristic of 

a. Platyhelminthes

b. Mollusca

c. Porifera

d. Annelida


2. Animals/organisms floating on the surface of water are [CBSE PMT 1998; BHU 1998, 01]

a. Plankton

b. Pelagic

c. Benthon

d. Neritic


3. Body does not show any segmentation in 

a. Frog

b. Cockroach

c. Earthworm

d. StarFish/Hydra


4. Radial symmetry occurs in [CPMT 1980; AFMC 1985; Haryana PMT 1995; CET (Chd.) 2003]

a. Fishes

b. Molluscs

c. Star Fishes

d. Sponges



5. Animals having well marked digestive cavity are included under [AFMC 1978] 

a. Parazoa

b. Enterozoa

c. Mesozoa

d. Metazoa


6. An animal which comes out at night and hides during day time is

a. Diurnal

b. Nocturnal

c. Cursorial

d. Arboreal


7. Level of organisation in sponges is 

a. Cellular level

b. Acellular level

c. Tissue level

d. Organ-system level


8. Cell aggregate plan is found in 

a. Cnidarians

b. Sponges

c. Roundworms

d. Flatworms


9. Level of structural organisation found in Hydra and Jelly Fishes is

a. Cellular

b. Acellular

c. Tissue

d. Organ-system


10. A deuterostome animal is

a. Sea Anemone

b. Star Fish

c. Pearl Oyster

d. Cabbage Butterfly

Characteristics of Animal Kingdom

✓ About 1.2 million animal species are known

✓ Animals differ from one another in their habitat, level of organization, body plan, symmetry, body cavity, 

germ layers, mode of locomotion and 

various other life processes

✓ They are multicellular (metazoans) and 

eukaryotic

✓ Animals lack cell wall

✓ The possess some type of skeletal support

✓ They exhibit levels of organization(cell, tissue, organ and system)

✓ Reproduction is by asexual or sexual means

✓ They are capable of locomotion

✓ They possess a nervous system


BASIS OF CLASSIFICATION

Animal body plan vary in

✓ Levels of organization

✓ Body Symmetry

✓ Germ layers

✓ Body Cavity

✓ Segmentation

✓ Notochord


LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION

Organ Level

✓ Tissues are arranged into organs 

and the organs are associated to 

form organ systems. 

✓ Each system performs a specific 

physiological function. 

✓ E.g. Platyhelminthes to chordates. 

Cellular Level

✓ Cells are arranged 

as loose cell 

aggregates.

✓ E.g. sponges

Tissue Level

✓ Cells are arranged into 

tissues. 

✓ E.g. coelenterates, 

ctenophores

BODY SYMMETRY

 Bilateral Symmetry

✓ Body can be divided into 

identical left and right 

halves in only one plane

✓ Annelids, arthropods, 

vertebrates etc. 

Asymmetry

✓ Any plane that passes through the centre 

does not divide them into equal halves

✓ E.g. Sponges.

Radial Symmetry

✓ Any plane passing through the central axis of the body divides the organism into two identical halves

✓ E.g. Coelenterates, 

ctenophores and echinoderms

✓ Refers to the similarity in shape, size and number of parts on the opposite sides of a median line


GERM LAYERS

Diploblastic Triploblastic 

✓ Based on the number of germ layers, animals are 2 types- Diploblastic and Triploblastic.

✓ 2 germ layers- outer ectoderm 

and inner endoderm.

✓ E.g. Sponges and Coelenterates. 

✓ 3 germ layers- Outer ectoderm, middle 

mesoderm and inner endoderm. 

✓ E.g. Flat worms to mammals.

COELOM (BODY CAVITY) 

✓ Body cavity or coelom is the space between the body wall and the alimentary canal

 Eucoelomate

✓ A true coelom is 

completely lined by 

tissues derived from 

mesoderm.

✓ E.g. Annelids, molluscs, 

arthropods, echinoderms,

Chordates etc.

Acoelomate

✓ No coelom. 

✓ The space between body 

wall and digestive cavity 

is filled with matrix 

(parenchyma). 

✓ E.g. Porifera, 

Coelenterates and 

flatworms.

Pseudocoelomate 

✓ A body cavity that is not completely lined by tissues derived from mesoderm.

✓ Mesoderm is present as 

scattered pouches in between the ectoderm and 

endoderm. 

✓ E.g. Roundworms.

SEGMENTATION

✓ Segmentation: Division ir differentiation of body parts into distinct portions called segment. 

✓ Metameric segmentation: the body is externally and internally divided into segments with 

a serial repetition of at least some organs. E.g. Annelida, 

✓ Segmentation is mainly external in Arthropods

✓ Segmentation is mainly internal in chordates.

NOTOCHORD

• Animals with notochord are called 

chordates and those without 

notochord are called 

non-chordates.

• Notochord is a mesodermally 

derived rod-like structure formed 

on the dorsal side during 

embryonic development in some 

animals.

• Non Chordates e,g: Porifera to 

echinoderms.

ANIMAL KINGDOM-PROTOZOA

✓ Leeuwenhoek first studied Protozoans 

✓ The name "Protozoa" was coined by Goldfuss (1817).

✓ The branch of biology which deals with protozoans is called PROTOZOOLOGY.


CHARACTERISTICS OF PROTOZOA

✓ Microscopic, unicellular eukaryotic organism. 

✓ Exhibit protoplasmic level of organisation. 

✓ Encystment generally occurs to help in 

dispersal. 

✓ Some exist as parasite or in a commensal 

relationship with other organisms. 

✓ Locomotory organelles are pseudopodia or 

cilia or flagella or absent

✓ Reproduction is asexual and sexual. 

✓ Presence of contractile vacuole for osmoregulation (present in free 

living forms but absent in parasites). 

✓ Nutrition — autotrophic, saprophytic, saprozoic

✓ Examples : Plasmodium, Monocystis, Paramecium, Euglena, 

Chlamydomonas, Trypanosoma, Leishmania etc.

KINGDOM PROTISTA: PROTOZOANS

Amoeboid

Protozoans

✔ Presence of pseudopodia

for locomotion 

✔ Marine amoeboids have silica shells 

✔ Some of the amoeboids are parasites,

e.g. Amoeba, Entamoeba 

Flagellated Protozoans 

✔ Flagella for locomotion

✔ Free-living as well as parasitic

✔ Trypanosoma causes sleeping sickness.

Ciliated Protozoans

✔ Cilia all over their 

body which help in 

locomotion as well as nutrition.

✔ Have a cavity (gullet) that opens to 

outside. 

✔ Paramecium

Sporozoans

✔ Have an 

infectious 

spore-like stage in their life cycle. 

✔ E.g. Plasmodium 

(malarial parasite) . 

It causes malaria.

PROTOZOA-AMOEBA

Characteristics of Amoeba proteu

✓ It was first discovered by Russelvin Rosenhof (1755)

✓ Habitat: Found in fresh water 

✓ Pseudopodia for mocomotion type lobopodia.

✓ Lobopodia: Are fairly large and tubular with rounded tips. 

✓ Contractile 'vacuole is present for osmoregulation

✓ Cytoplasm is differentiated into endosperm and ectoplasm.

Plasmalemma: 

✓ Very thin, delicate plasma membrane 

or unit membrane

✓ Have no cell wall. 

Nucleus: 

✓ Single, conspicuous, flattened and 

somewhat biconcave

Nutrition: Holozoic 

✓ Feeds by phagocytosis

Respiration And Excretion- Diffusion

Reproduction: 

✓ Asexual Reproduction Binary fission and Multiple fission

Encystment: 

✓ During unfavourable protective covering or cyst wall is formed. 

✓ Helps in protection survival and dispersal

PROTOZOA-PARAMECIUM

Characteristics of Paramecium

✓ Habitat: Fresh water, er ponds, pools, ditches, streams, rivers, lakes, stagnant water etc

✓ Locomotion: It moves here and there with the help of cilia, which also functions as food capture.

✓ Nutrition: Holozoic, Digestion: 

intracellular.

✓ Respiration and excretion: takes place by general body surface through diffusion 

process.

✓ Reproduction: Asexually by transverse binary fission and sexually by conjugation.

Structure of Paramecium

✓ Pellicle- Membrane protecting the cell and maintain shape

✓ Cilia- Hair like structures to swipe in food 

Collects food 

✓ Feeding Apparatus: Peristome (Oral groove), Cytostome (mouth) adn cytopharynx

✓ Contractile vacuoles surrounded by radial 

canal for osmoregulation

✓ Food vacuoles for intracellular digestion

✓ Nucleus: Large macronucleus and small 

micronucleus


ANIMAL KINGDOM-PORIFERA OR SPONGES 

Characteristics of Sponges

✓ Porifera show cellular level of 

organization, Diploblastic, 

Asymmetrical/radial, Acoelomate

✓ The study of sponges is known as 

PARAZOOLOGY.

✓ Habitat: Aquatic. Sedentary, Solitary 

or colonial.

Body Wall:

✓ Body wall perforated by pores

✓ Body wall with outer layer of flat cells 

(pinacocytes) 

✓ Inner layer of flagellated cells 

(choanocytes or collar cells).

Canal System: 

✓ Characteristic feature of sponges.

✓ By constant beating of flagella of 

choanocyte cells, a water current is 

produced which has fixed direction. 

✓ All exchanges between sponge body and 

external medium are maintained by 

means of this current. 

✓ The canal system helps in respiration, 

circulation, excretion, nutrition etc.

Digestive System: 

✓ System is absent, Water transport (canal 

system) to gather food.

✓ It is intracellular and takes place inside 

food vacuoles as in protozoans. 

Circulatory system: 

✓ Absent. Circulation by canal system.

✓ Food is distribution is brought by 

wandering amoebocytes cells.

Respiratory system: 

✓ Absent. Respiration by canal system. 

✓ Exchange of gases occurs by 

diffusion 

Excretory System: 

✓ Absent. Excretion by canal system. 

✓ Ammonia is chief excretory waste, 

its is removed through diffusion

Skeleton System:

✓ Possess an internal skeleton. 

✓ May consist of calcareous or 

siliceous spicules or of fine 

spongin fibres or of both

Nervous system: 

✓ Absent.

Reproduction: 

✓ Occurs by both asexual and sexual 

reproduction 

✓ Asexual reproduction: Budding and 

gemmules (Internal buds)

✓ Sexual Reproduction: Fertilization 

internal. 

✓ Development is indirect

✓ Highest degree of regenerating capacity.

CLASSES OF PORIFERA OR SPONGES 

Hexactinellida

Example: Euplectella, 

Hyalonema 

Calcarea

Example: Scypha (Sycon), 

Leucosolenia

Demospongiae

Example: Spongilla, 

Euspongia,

Phylum – Porifera (Sponges)

Example: Sycon, Euspongia Spongilla

ANIMAL KINGDOM-COELENTERATA

Characteristics of Coelenterata

✓ Tissue grade of body 

organization, radial or biradial 

symmetry, diploblastic 

organisms. 

✓ Habitat: Majority are marine, a 

few freshwater forms.

Body Cavity: 

✓ Large body cavity/ gastrovascular 

cavity/ coelenteron.

✓ Nervous system: Nerve net. 

✓ Digestion: Extra and Intracellular.

✓ Only one opening in body—the 

mouth, surrounded by a ring of 

tentacles.

✓ Stinging cells/Nematocysts/Cnidoblasts present in ectoderm help in capturing prey. 

✓ Respiration: Excretion through general surface of body.

Reproduction: 

✓ Both Asexual and Sexual 

✓ Fertilization external, Development is 

indirect.

Alternation of generation/metagenesis:

✓ Alternate between Polyp and 

Medusa

Polymorphism: 

✓ Occurrence of two or more types of 

individual in a single species during 

life cycle.

✓ Polyp: Sessile, cylindrical body, 

asexual zooid 

✓ Medusa: Free swimming, umbrella 

shaped, sexual zooid

CLASSES OF COELENTERATA

Anthozoa

Example: Metridium, 

Alcyonium

Hydrozoa 

Example: Hydra, Obelia 

Physalia

Scyphozoa

Example:Aurelia

Phylum Coelenterata (Cnidaria):

Examples: Physalia, Obelia, Meandrina, Adamsia, Aurelia, Gorgonia, Pennatula, Hydra. 

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ANIMAL KINGDOM-CTENOPHORA 

Characteristics of Ctenophora

✓ Also called walnut or comb jellies 

✓ Tissue grade of body organization, 

radial symmetry, diploblastic 

organisms. 

✓ Habitat: Marine, solitary and pelagic.

✓ Digestion is both extracellular and 

intracellular

✓ Tentacles may be present or 

absent. 

✓ When present, the number of 

tentacles are 2

✓ There are eight median comb 

plates forming locomotor 

organs, covered by cilia

✓ Sexes are not separate. 

Reproduction takes place only by 

sexual means. 

✓ Fertilisation is external with indirect 

development.

✓ Example: Ctenoplana, 

Pleurobrachia, Cestum, Hormiphora

Phylum – Ctenophora (sea walnuts or comb jellies)

Examples: Pleurobrachia, Ctenoplana.



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