🪳 Cockroach NEET MCQs

1. Which of the following segments in cockroach bears wings?

A. Prothorax
B. Mesothorax
C. Metathorax
D. Both B and C
✅ Answer: D

2. Which structure forms the exoskeleton of a cockroach?

A. Chitin
B. Cellulose
C. Collagen
D. Keratin
✅ Answer: A

3. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of mouthparts in cockroach?

A. Labrum, mandible, maxillae, labium, hypopharynx
B. Mandible, labrum, hypopharynx, maxillae, labium
C. Labium, labrum, maxillae, mandible, hypopharynx
D. Maxillae, labium, labrum, hypopharynx, mandible
✅ Answer: A

4. The compound eyes of cockroach are located on:

A. Prothorax
B. Mesothorax
C. Head
D. Antennae
✅ Answer: C

5. How many segments are present in the abdomen of a male cockroach?

A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
✅ Answer: C

6. Which of the following is absent in the female cockroach but present in the male?
A. Ovaries
B. Testes
C. Anal styles
D. Gonopore
✅ Answer: C

7. The blood of cockroach is:

A. Red and hemoglobin-containing
 B. Blue due to haemocyanin
C. Colorless and without respiratory pigment
D. Green due to chlorocruorin
✅ Answer: C

8. Malpighian tubules of cockroach help in:

A. Respiration
B. Excretion
C. Digestion
D. Circulation
✅ Answer: B

9. Which segment of the cockroach contains the spiracles?

A. Head
B. Thorax and abdomen
C. Thorax only
D. Abdomen only
✅ Answer: B

10. In cockroach, the respiratory system opens through:

A. Tracheae
B. Spiracles
C. Malpighian tubules
D. Nephridia
✅ Answer: B

11. The cockroach heart is:

A. Ventral and tubular
B. Dorsal and tubular
C. Dorsal and chambered
D. Ventral and muscular
✅ Answer: B

12. Which organ acts as the 'tongue' in cockroach?

A. Labium
B. Hypopharynx
C. Maxilla
D. Mandible
✅ Answer: B

13. Ootheca of cockroach contains:

A. 6-8 eggs
B. 8-10 eggs
C. 14-16 eggs
D. 18-20 eggs
✅ Answer: C
14. How many pairs of wings are present in a cockroach?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
✅ Answer: B

15. The nerve cord in cockroach is:

A. Dorsal and hollow
B. Dorsal and solid
C. Ventral and solid
D. Ventral and hollow
✅ Answer: C

16. The digestive system of cockroach is complete and includes:

A. Mouth, buccal cavity, pharynx
B. Oesophagus, crop, gizzard
C. Midgut and hindgut
D. All of these
✅ Answer: D

17. Which of the following stores food in cockroach?

A. Gizzard
B. Crop
C. Caeca
D. Rectum
✅ Answer: B

18. Gizzard in cockroach performs:

A. Food storage
B. Food grinding
C. Absorption
D. Excretion
✅ Answer: B

19. Which one of the following is a function of hepatic caeca?

A. Digestion of food
B. Grinding food
C. Blood purification
D. Excretion
✅ Answer: A

20. The reproductive organs in male cockroach include:

A. Testes, vas deferens, mushroom gland
B. Ovaries and oviduct
C. Seminal vesicle and ovaries
 D. None of these
✅ Answer: A

21. The female reproductive system of cockroach consists of:

A. A pair of ovaries
B. A pair of oviducts
C. Common oviduct and genital pouch
D. All of these
✅ Answer: D

22. Which gland in cockroach helps form the ootheca?

A. Mushroom gland
B. Phallic gland
C. Colleterial gland
D. None of these
✅ Answer: C

23. Which organ stores sperm in female cockroach?

A. Oviduct
B. Spermatheca
C. Ootheca
D. Colleterial gland
✅ Answer: B

24. Which of these parts is involved in grinding the food in cockroach?

A. Crop
B. Gizzard
C. Rectum
D. Hepatic caeca
✅ Answer: B

25. The number of ganglia in the ventral nerve cord of cockroach is:
A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
✅ Answer: D

26. Which of the following statements is true for cockroach?

A. Blood contains hemoglobin
B. Respiratory pigments are dissolved in plasma
C. Oxygen is transported via blood
D. Respiration occurs via tracheae directly to tissues
✅ Answer: D
27. The cockroach exhibits which kind of symmetry?
A. Radial symmetry
B. Bilateral symmetry
C. Asymmetry
D. Spherical symmetry
✅ Answer: B

28. Which of the following helps in osmoregulation in cockroach?

A. Hepatic caeca
B. Malpighian tubules
C. Nephridia
D. Kidneys
✅ Answer: B

29. Which parts form the genital pouch in female cockroach?

A. 7th sternite only
B. 7th, 8th, and 9th sternites
C. 8th and 9th tergites
D. 8th and 9th sternites only
✅ Answer: B

30. Which body segment in cockroach bears legs and wings?

A. Head
B. Abdomen
C. Thorax
D. Cephalothorax
✅ Answer: C

31. Antennae of cockroach are primarily used for:

A. Respiration
B. Sound detection
C. Tactile sensation and smell
D. Vision
✅ Answer: C

32. Which of the following are sensory structures in cockroach?

A. Eyes
B. Antennae
C. Maxillary palps
D. All of these
✅ Answer: D

33. The food canal in cockroach is formed between:

A. Labrum and labium
B. Labrum and hypopharynx
C. Mandibles and labium
 D. Labium and maxilla
✅ Answer: B

34. Which of the following is a part of male genitalia in cockroach?

A. Gonopore
B. Phallomeres
C. Spermatheca
D. Oviduct
✅ Answer: B

35. Which organ in cockroach helps in reproduction and storage of sperm in female?
A. Colleterial gland
B. Ovary
C. Spermatheca
D. Mushroom gland
✅ Answer: C

36. How many segments does the antenna of cockroach have?

A. One
B. Two
C. Multisegmented
D. Not segmented
✅ Answer: C

37. The chitinous exoskeleton of cockroach is secreted by:

A. Mesoderm
B. Endoderm
C. Epidermis
D. Ectoderm
✅ Answer: C

38. The first pair of wings (tegmina) in cockroach is attached to:

A. Prothorax
B. Mesothorax
C. Metathorax
D. Abdomen
✅ Answer: B

39. Cockroach excretes nitrogenous waste as:

A. Ammonia
B. Urea
C. Uric acid
D. Creatinine
✅ Answer: C

40. Which of these glands in male cockroach is also called 'utricular gland'?
A. Mushroom gland
 B. Phallic gland
C. Salivary gland
D. Colleterial gland
✅ Answer: A

41. Which of the following parts of cockroach help in locomotion?

A. Legs and wings
B. Legs only
C. Antennae
D. Cerci
✅ Answer: A

42. The function of mushroom gland in cockroach is:

A. Grinding food
B. Producing digestive enzymes
C. Nourishing and transporting sperms
D. Secreting pheromones
✅ Answer: C

43. Cockroach breathes by:

A. Gills
B. Skin
C. Lungs
D. Tracheal system
✅ Answer: D

44. Number of ovarioles in each ovary of cockroach is:

A. 4
B. 8
C. 10
D. 20
✅ Answer: C

45. The cerci of cockroach are:

A. Antennal appendages
B. Sensory organs at the head
C. Paired appendages on the 10th abdominal segment
D. Gonopores
✅ Answer: C

46. Function of crop in cockroach is:

A. Grinding of food
B. Digestion
C. Temporary storage of food
D. Absorption of nutrients
✅ Answer: C
47. In cockroach, the testes lie in which segment?
A. 4th–6th
B. 6th–7th
C. 4th–5th abdominal segment
D. 7th–9th
✅ Answer: C

48. Which is a characteristic feature of periplaneta americana?

A. Dioecious and oviparous
B. Monoecious and ovoviviparous
C. Hermaphrodite and viviparous
D. Asexual reproduction
✅ Answer: A

49. Number of spiracles in cockroach is:

A. 10 pairs
B. 5 pairs
C. 20
D. 12 pairs
✅ Answer: A
(2 thoracic + 8 abdominal)

50. Which is not a function of the salivary glands of cockroach?

A. Secretion of enzymes
B. Moistening food
C. Grinding food
D. Aiding in digestion
✅ Answer: C

51. How many pairs of maxillae are present in cockroach?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
✅ Answer: B

52. Which structure is responsible for taste sensation in cockroach?

A. Antennae
B. Maxillary palps
C. Compound eye
D. Labrum
✅ Answer: B

53. The body of cockroach is covered with:

A. Mesodermal epithelium
 B. Cuticle
C. Epidermis
D. Mucosa
✅ Answer: B

54. Which of the following is not a part of foregut in cockroach?

A. Crop
B. Gizzard
C. Hepatic caeca
D. Oesophagus
✅ Answer: C

55. Which of the following is the last part of alimentary canal in cockroach?
A. Ileum
B. Colon
C. Rectum
D. Anus
✅ Answer: D

56. Which part of the cockroach shows peristaltic movement?

A. Gizzard
B. Midgut
C. Crop
D. Rectum
✅ Answer: B

57. Which part of cockroach secretes saliva?

A. Mandibles
B. Hypopharynx
C. Salivary gland
D. Pharynx
✅ Answer: C

58. How many salivary glands are present in cockroach?

A. One pair
B. Two pairs
C. Three pairs
D. Four pairs
✅ Answer: A

59. What is the function of colon in cockroach?

A. Digestion
B. Absorption of nutrients
C. Reabsorption of water
D. Grinding of food
✅ Answer: C
60. How many pairs of legs are present in cockroach?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
✅ Answer: C

61. Which part of the nervous system of cockroach is paired and ventral?
A. Brain
B. Nerve cord
C. Compound eyes
D. Antennae
✅ Answer: B

62. The segmental ganglia of cockroach are located in:

A. Brain
B. Head
C. Ventral nerve cord
D. Dorsal nerve cord
✅ Answer: C

63. Which part of cockroach connects brain with the sub-oesophageal ganglion?
A. Circum-oesophageal connectives
B. Ventral nerve cord
C. Trachea
D. Midgut
✅ Answer: A

64. Which of the following is not a type of phallomere in male cockroach?

A. Left phallomere
B. Right phallomere
C. Ventral phallomere
D. Dorsal phallomere
✅ Answer: D

65. How many chambered heart does a cockroach have?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 13
D. 10
✅ Answer: C

66. The blood of cockroach is called:

A. Haemoglobin
B. Haemocoel
C. Haemolymph
 D. Haemocyanin
✅ Answer: C

67. Which cavity contains blood in cockroach?

A. Coelom
B. Pseudocoel
C. Haemocoel
D. Peritoneum
✅ Answer: C

68. How many pairs of spiracles open in thorax?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
✅ Answer: B (One pair on each of the first two thoracic segments)

69. The fat body in cockroach is analogous to:

A. Blood
B. Liver
C. Heart
D. Kidney
✅ Answer: B

70. Which one is not involved in the circulatory system of cockroach?

A. Haemolymph
B. Haemocoel
C. Heart
D. Arteries and veins
✅ Answer: D

71. What is the type of eyes in cockroach?

A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Median
D. Lateral ocelli
✅ Answer: B

72. The reproductive system of cockroach opens into:

A. Rectum
B. Colon
C. Genital chamber
D. Anal cerci
✅ Answer: C

73. Males of cockroach possess which unique structure?

A. Gonapophysis
 B. Colleterial gland
C. Anal styles
D. Ootheca
✅ Answer: C

74. Female cockroach lays eggs in:

A. Capsule
B. Cocoon
C. Pouch
D. Ootheca
✅ Answer: D

75. Which part secretes the egg case in female cockroach?

A. Ovary
B. Colleterial gland
C. Spermatheca
D. Oviduct
✅ Answer: B

76. Eggs of cockroach develop by which process?

A. Vivipary
B. Ovipary
C. Ovovivipary
D. Budding
✅ Answer: B

77. Which of the following helps in copulation in male cockroach?

A. Gonapophysis
B. Phallomeres
C. Anal cerci
D. Labium
✅ Answer: B

78. The cockroach develops through:

A. Holometabolous metamorphosis
B. Hemimetabolous metamorphosis
C. No metamorphosis
D. Direct development
✅ Answer: B

79. Which of the following is not a part of the reproductive system of male cockroach?
A. Vas deferens
B. Mushroom gland
C. Colleterial gland
D. Phallic gland
✅ Answer: C
80. The labium in cockroach represents:
A. Upper lip
B. Lower lip
C. Tongue
D. Cheek
✅ Answer: B

81. Which segment contains testes in male cockroach?

A. 3rd
B. 4th–6th
C. 9th
D. 7th–9th
✅ Answer: B

82. Which of the following stores sperm in male cockroach?

A. Vas deferens
B. Seminal vesicle
C. Spermatheca
D. Oviduct
✅ Answer: B

83. How many spermathecae are found in female cockroach?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
✅ Answer: B

84. Wings of cockroach are present in:

A. All segments
B. Abdomen only
C. Thoracic segments only
D. Head
✅ Answer: C

85. The respiratory system of cockroach lacks:

A. Tracheae
B. Spiracles
C. Lungs
D. Air sacs
✅ Answer: C

86. Which structure regulates the flow of air in cockroach’s tracheal system?
A. Spiracles
B. Tracheoles
C. Valves
 D. Malpighian tubules
✅ Answer: A

87. The mesothorax and metathorax bear:

A. First and second pairs of legs
B. Wings
C. Antennae
D. Cerci
✅ Answer: B

88. The excretory system of cockroach includes:

A. Nephridia
B. Malpighian tubules
C. Green glands
D. Flame cells
✅ Answer: B

89. Which part of alimentary canal is lined by cuticle?

A. Foregut and hindgut
B. Midgut
C. Hindgut only
D. Crop only
✅ Answer: A

90. The lining of midgut is derived from:

A. Ectoderm
B. Endoderm
C. Mesoderm
D. Mesenchyme
✅ Answer: B

91. Cerci are sensitive to:

A. Light
B. Sound
C. Air movements
D. Chemicals
✅ Answer: C

92. Each ommatidium of compound eye forms a part of:

A. Retina
B. Cornea
C. Mosaic vision
D. Binocular vision
✅ Answer: C

93. Which is not part of the mouth apparatus of cockroach?

A. Maxillae
 B. Hypopharynx
C. Labrum
D. Clypeus
✅ Answer: D

94. Total number of heart chambers in cockroach:

A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 13
✅ Answer: D

95. Gizzard is found in:

A. Hindgut
B. Midgut
C. Foregut
D. Anus
✅ Answer: C

96. How many chambers of the heart open into the aorta in cockroach?
A. One
B. All
C. Last three
D. First one
✅ Answer: D

97. Ootheca is produced by:

A. Phallic gland
B. Spermatheca
C. Colleterial gland
D. Mushroom gland
✅ Answer: C

98. Cockroach belongs to the order:

A. Diptera
B. Hymenoptera
C. Orthoptera
D. Blattodea
✅ Answer: D

99. Which of the following helps in grinding food in cockroach?

A. Crop
B. Hepatic caeca
C. Gizzard
D. Labrum
✅ Answer: C
 100. Mosaic vision in cockroach is useful in:
A. Daytime only
B. Night time
C. Only during movement
D. Always
✅ Answer: B

🪳 Cockroach – NEET Level MCQs

1. Which of the following segments in a cockroach bears wings?

A) Head and thorax
B) Thorax only
C) Abdomen and thorax
D) Head and abdomen
→ B) Thorax only

3. In cockroach, blood is:

A) Red due to haemoglobin
B) Colourless and closed circulation
C) Colourless and open circulation
D) Green with chlorocruorin
→ C) Colourless and open circulation

4. Which mouthpart of cockroach is analogous to the human tongue?

A) Labium
B) Maxillae
C) Labrum
D) Hypopharynx
→ D) Hypopharynx

6. Number of segments in the abdomen of male cockroach is:

A) 8
B) 10
C) 11
D) 12
→ C) 10

7. Which structure in male cockroach distinguishes it from a female?

A) Antennae
B) Anal style
C) Anal cerci
D) Ovipositor
→ B) Anal style

9. Which of the following parts is present in both sexes of cockroach?

A) Ovipositor
B) Testes
C) Anal cerci
D) Anal styles
→ C) Anal cerci

12. The cockroach is a:

A) Ureotelic
B) Uricotelic
C) Ammonotelic
D) None of the above
→ B) Uricotelic

14. How many pairs of spiracles are present in cockroach?

A) 10
B) 9
C) 11
D) 8
→ A) 10 (2 thoracic, 8 abdominal)

15. The nymph of cockroach differs from adult in:

A) Number of legs
B) Absence of compound eyes
C) Absence of wings and reproductive organs
D) Absence of antennae
→ C) Absence of wings and reproductive organs

17. Ootheca of cockroach contains how many fertilized eggs?

A) 16
B) 12–16
C) 20
D) 10
→ B) 12–16

18. Salivary glands of cockroach open into:

A) Crop
B) Gizzard
C) Pharynx
D) Esophagus
→ C) Pharynx

21. Which part of the alimentary canal in cockroach stores food temporarily?
A) Crop
B) Gizzard
C) Midgut
D) Rectum
→ A) Crop

22. Which of the following helps in grinding food in cockroach?

A) Crop
B) Gizzard
C) Hepatic caecae
D) Rectum
→ B) Gizzard

23. Hepatic caecae in cockroach are involved in:

A) Respiration
B) Excretion
C) Digestion and absorption
D) Circulation
→ C) Digestion and absorption

24. Which segment of cockroach bears the first pair of wings?

A) Prothorax
B) Mesothorax
C) Metathorax
D) Abdomen
→ B) Mesothorax

25. Compound eyes in cockroach consist of:

A) Retina
B) Ommatidia
C) Pupil
D) Lens
→ B) Ommatidia

26. The blood of cockroach lacks:

A) White blood cells
B) Respiratory pigment
C) Water
D) Plasma
→ B) Respiratory pigment

27. How many pairs of maxillae are present in the cockroach?

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
→ B) Two

28. The anal cerci of cockroach detect:

A) Chemical signals
B) Light intensity
C) Air vibrations
D) Water movement
→ C) Air vibrations

29. The function of mushroom glands in male cockroach is to:

A) Store urine
B) Nourish sperm
C) Filter blood
D) Digest protein
→ B) Nourish sperm

30. Ootheca in female cockroach is formed by secretions from:

A) Pharyngeal gland
B) Mushroom gland
C) Colleteral glands
D) Hepatic caecae
→ C) Colleteral glands

31. The number of ganglia in the ventral nerve cord of cockroach is:
A) 6
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
→ C) 9

32. The antennae of cockroach arise from:

A) Head capsule
B) Clypeus
C) Antennal sockets
D) Mandibles
→ C) Antennal sockets

33. The circulatory system in cockroach is:

A) Open type
B) Closed type
C) Both open and closed
D) Absent
→ A) Open type

34. Which cells in cockroach blood are phagocytic in nature?

A) Erythrocytes
B) Amoebocytes
C) Neutrophils
D) Granulocytes
→ B) Amoebocytes

35. Fertilization in cockroach is:

A) Internal
B) External
C) Absent
D) Parthenogenetic
→ A) Internal

36. How many testicular follicles are present in each testis of cockroach?
A) 4
B) 6–8
C) 10
D) 12
→ B) 6–8
37. Nerve ring in cockroach is formed by:
A) Brain only
B) Brain and ventral cord
C) Supra- and sub-oesophageal ganglia
D) All ganglia
→ C) Supra- and sub-oesophageal ganglia

38. The cuticle of cockroach is made up of:

A) Cellulose
B) Chitin
C) Keratin
D) Protein only
→ B) Chitin

39. During development, cockroach undergoes:

A) Complete metamorphosis
B) No metamorphosis
C) Incomplete metamorphosis
D) Paedogenesis
→ C) Incomplete metamorphosis

40. The major excretory product of cockroach is:

A) Ammonia
B) Urea
C) Uric acid
D) Creatinine
→ C) Uric acid