MCQ Bank
Choose the region of fish skull in which Mackel’s Cartilage is present.
- A) Upper jaw
- B) Hyoid Apparatus
- C) Lower jaw
- D) Cranium
Snakes are entirely covered with scales or scutes of various shapes and sizes.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
Several different types of feathers are used for .......................
- A) insulation
- B) All
- C) flight
- D) sensory reception
Select the cells from which the fish scales are derived:
- A) Hematopoitic cells
- B) Embryonic cells
- C) Mesenchymal cells
- D) Neural cells
Which of the following is the polymer subunits of chitin?
- A) Nucleotides
- B) Monosaccharides
- C) Amino acids
- D) Fatty acids
Humerus is long for___________.
- A) to crawl
- B) fast running
- C) supporting locomotion
- D) support on land
Select the permeable substances to amphibian’s skin
- A) Oxygen only
- B) Water only
- C) Carbon dioxide
- D) Oxygen and water
Spines in the fins of Labeo are ......................
- A) none
- B) both
- C) unsegmented
- D) uniserial structures
Pectoral Girdle of Frog consists of ____________
- A) Scapula
- B) Supra scapula
- C) Both scapula and supra scapula
- D) Scapula only
What is the percentage of skin in adult body?
- A) 30%
- B) 20%
- C) 15%
- D) 40%
What is the name of last bone present in the vertebral column of frog?
- A) Opercle
- B) Branchial
- C) Atlas
- D) Urostyle
Which bone makes the floor of Olfactory capsule?
- A) Maxilla
- B) Premaxilla
- C) Orbit
- D) Vomer
Which protein is present in the reptile’s scales?
- A) Albumin
- B) Keratin
- C) Casein
- D) Fibrinogen
Select the correct statement about bristle feathers:
- A) Contains hooked barbule
- B) Performs sensory functions
- C) Long and asymmetrical
- D) Helps in insulation
Select the outermost coverings present in frogs, toads and salamanders
- A) Shell
- B) Feathers
- C) Scales
- D) Skin
The skin color of amphibians is produced by three layers of pigment cells called_____________
- A) Lipophores
- B) melanophores
- C) chlorophyll
- D) chromatophores
What is the percentage of chitin present in insects?
- A) 80-100 %
- B) 20-50 %
- C) 60-70%
- D) 5-10 %
Identify the type of skeleton in which chitin is present:
- A) Endoskeleton
- B) Hydrostatic
- C) Exoskeleton
- D) Appendicular
Identify the color of lipophore layer in amphibian skin
- A) Green
- B) Yellow
- C) Blue
- D) Red
Which structure is present under lizard’s scales?
- A) Osteoderms
- B) Exoderms
- C) Mesoderm
- D) Endoderm