Juniors zoology
1. Diversity of living world
Very short answers:
1. What is biogenesis
2. Define the term histology, what is it other wise called
3. What is trinomial nomenclature, give one example
4. What is meant by tautonymy, give two examples
5. Differentiate between protostomia and deuterostomia
6. What does ICZN stand for
7. Define species richness
8. Write the full form of iucn , in which book threatened species are enlisted
Short answer questions:
1. Define species, explain the various aspects of species
2. What are the reasons for greater biodiversity in the tropics
3. What is the evil quartet
4. Explain rivet popper hypothesis
5. Explain in brief biodiversity hot spots.
2. Structural organization in Animals
Very short answers:
[Link] is cephalization, how is it useful to its possessors.
2. Mention the animals that exhibited a tube within a tube organization for the first time and
name their body cavity.
[Link] any two substances secreted by mast cells and their function.
4. Distinguish between a tendon and a ligament.
5. what is the strongest cartilage, in which regions of the human body, do you find.
6. Define Osteon.
7. What is Sesamoid bone, give one example.
8. Difference between exocrine and endocrine glands.
9. what are retroperitoneal organs.
10. Cardiac muscles is highly resistant to fatigue.
[Link] are intercalated disc, what is their significance.
12. what are microglia and what is their origen and add a note on their function.
13. Why is the true coelom considered a secondary body cavity.
14. what is enterocoelom, name the enterocoelomate phyla in the animal kingdom.
15. Radial symmetry is an advantage to the sessile or slow moving organisams
[Link] is enterocoelom, name the enterocoelomate phyla in the animal kingdom
Distinguish between osteoblasts, and osteoclasts
17. what is the Haematocrit value
18. distinguish between white matter and grey matter of cns
Short answer questions:
1. Give an account of glandular epithelium
2. Describe different types of cartilage
3. Explain haversian system
4. Describe the structure of Skeletal muscle
5. Describe the structure of multipolar neuron
6. Describe the structure of cardiac muscle
7. Write short notes on lymph.
3. Animal Diversity-1
Very short answers:
1. Which arthropod, you studied, is called living fossil, name the respiratory organs.
2. What is Aristotle s lantern, give one example of an animal possessing.
3. What are the functions of canal system of sponges
4. What is metagenesis, animal belonging to which phylum exhibit
5. Distinguish between amphids and phasmids
6. What are botryoidal tissue.
7. Body forms of cnidarians and functions.
8. What is the funcations of radula, give the name of the group of mollusks which do not
possess a radula.
9. What is the essential difference between the juveniles and adults of echinoderms,
symmetry wise.
10. What do you call the locomotory structures of nereis, why is nereis called a
polychaete.
Short answer questions:
1. Write the short notes on the salient features of the anthozoans
2. Write the short notes on the salient features of the polychaetes
3. What are the chief characters of the crustaceans.
4. What are the characters of the Arachnida
5. Write the short notes on the salient features of the echinoids
6. Write the short notes on the flukes.
7. Write the short notes on the salient features of the holothuroidea.
4. ANIMAL DIVERSITY -2
Very short answers:
1. Write four salient features of cyclostomes
2. Name the type of caudalfin, and scales that are present in shark and catla.
3. How do you justify the statement heart in fishes is a branchial heart.
4. What are claspers, which group of fishes possesses them.
5. How does the heart of an amphibian differ from that of a reptile
6. How do you distinguish a male frog from a female frog.
7. Distinguish between milt and spawn.
8. Name two poisonous and non poisonous snakes found in south India.
9. Name the four extra embryonic membranes
10. What are pneumatic bones, how do they help birds
11. Distinguish between altricial and precocial hatchlings.
12. How does a mature RBC of a mammals differ from that of other vertebrates
13. Name three meninges, in which group of animals do you find all of them.
Short answer questions:
1. Name the four hallmarks of chordates and explain the principle funcation of each of
them.
2. Compare and contrast sea squirts and lancelets.
3. Compare and contrast cartilaginous and bony fishes
4. Describe the structure of the heart of frog
5. Salient features of the class amphibian
6. What are the modifications that are observed in birds that help them in flight.
7. What are the features peculiar to ratite birds, give two example
5. Locomotion and reproduction
Very short answers:
1. Draw a labeled diagram of T.S of flagellum
2. Difference between a flagellum and cilium
3. What are dynein arms, what is their significance
4. What is a kinety
5. Distinguish between synchronous and metachronous movements
6. Why do we refer to the offspring, formed by asexual method of reproduction, a
clone.
7. Distinguish between proter and opisthe
8. Distinguish between lopopodium and filopodium, give an example to each of
them.
9. Define conjugation with reference to ciliates, give two examples
Short answer questions:
1. what are lateral appendages, based on their presence and absence, write the various
types of flagella giving at least one example for each type.
2. Describe the process of transverse binary fission in paramecium
3. Give an account of pseudopodia
4. Longitudinal binary fission in euglena
6. Biology in Human Welfare
Very short answers:
1. What is hyper parasite, mention the name of one hyper parasite
2. What do you mean by parasitic castration, give one example
3. Define neoplasia, give one example
4. The eggs ascaris are called mammillated eggs, justify
5. What is meant by nocturnal periodicity.
6. From which substances Smack and Coke are obtained.
7. In which way does tobacco affect the respiration, name the alkaloid found in tobacco
8. What are haemozoin granules, what is their significance.
9. Define drug abuse
10. Define parasitisamand justify this term.
11. Question number 13 in very short answers
12. Describe the biological methods control of mosquitoes.
Short answer questions:
1. Distinguish between hypertrophy and hyperplasia with an example for each.
2. What are the adverse effects of tobacco.
3. Prevention is better than cure, justify
4. Why in Adolescence is considered vulnerable phase.
5. Short notes on typhoid fever and its prophylaxis.
Long answer questions.
1. Structure and life cycle of the Entamoeba histolytica
2. Life cycle of the plasmodium vivax in mosquito
3. Life cycle of the plasmodium vivax in man
4. Structure and life cycle of the Ascaris lubricoides
5. Life cycle of the Wuchereria bancrofti
Periplaneta Americana
Very short answers:
1. What is storage excretion.
2. Why is the head in Cockroach called hypognathous.
3. What are trichomes, write the functions.
4. What is Intima.
Short answer questions:
1. Draw the neat labeled diagram of the mouth parts of cockroach.
2. Draw the neat labeled diagram of the ommatidium.
3. Draw the neat labeled diagram of the salivary apparatus of cockroach.
4. Describe the structure and function of the heart in periplaneta.
Long answer questions.
7. Describe the digestive system of the cockroach with the neat labeled diagram.
8. Describe the circulatory system of the cockroach with the neat labeled diagram
9. Describe the respiratory system of the cockroach with the neat labeled diagram
Ecology and environment
Very short answers:
1. What is meant by ecosystem
2. Distinguish the terms phototaxix and photokinesis
3. What are circadian rhythms
4. Mention the advantages of some uv rays to us
5. What is cyclomorphosis, explain its importance in daphnia
6. Define commensalism, give one example
7. Define mutualism, give one example
8. What is camouflage, give its significance
9. Distinguish between lentic and lotic ecosystems
10. Which of air pollutants are chiefly responsible for acid rains
11. What is BOD
12. What is biological magnification
13. Why are incineratorsused in hospitals
Short answer questions:
1. What is summer stratification, explain
2. How do marine animals adapt to hypertonic
3. Discuss the various types of adaptations in fresh water animals
4. Write a note on detritus food chain, give its significance in a terrestrial ecosystem
5. Define ecological pyramids and describe withn examples, pyramids of numbers and
biomass
6. What are the deleterious effects of depletion of ozone in the stratosphere
7. Green house effect
8. Global warming
Long answers
1. Different types of the food chains that exist in an ecosystems
2. List of the major air pollutants and describe their effects on human beings
3. Lake an ecosystem