MCQ’S ON ARTHROPODA
1. In arthropods, this is complete
(a) circulatory system
(b) respiratory structures
(c) digestive system
(d) reproductive structures
Answer: (c)
2. The periplaneta belongs to which of this phyla
(a) Echinodermata
(b) Annelida
(c) Mollusca
(d) Arthropoda
Answer: (d)
3. The labrum in cockroach is attached to the head capsule through the means of
(a) Clypeus
(b) Genas
(c) Frons
(d) All the above
Answer: (a)
4. The characteristic of pronounced cephalisation is seen in
(a) Arthropoda
(b) Mollusca
(c) Annelida
(d) Echinoderms
Answer: (a)
5. This is the basic unit in the eye of insect/cockroach
(a) Corneal facet
(b) Ommatidium
(c) Rhabdome
(d) Retina
Answer: (b)
6. This is the common factor between housefly, anopheles and cockroach
(a) three pair of legs
(b) two pair of wings
(c) cuticle covering the body
(d) presence of cephalothorax
Answer: (a)
7. Pick the common trait in rats, bed bugs, mosquitoes, leeches
(a) all these have a sexual phase
(b) all these have no cellular membrane
(c) all these do not have a nucleus
(d) all these have an anticoagulatin
Answer: (a)
8. The growth in arthropods goes along with this process
(a) mitosis
(b) only molting
(c) only ecdysis
(d) ecdysis and molting
Answer: (d)
9. To view the haemocoel, you would pick this animal
(a) Sponge
(b) Earthworm
(c) Scolopendra
(d) Hydra
Answer: (c)
10. In cockroach, the spiracles are found in
(a) thorax – 2 pairs, abdomen – 4 pairs
(b) thorax – 2 pairs, abdomen – 6 pairs
(c) thorax – 2 pairs, abdomen – 8 pairs
(d) thorax – 2 pairs, abdomen – 10 pairs
Answer: (c)
