Objective Questions

Question. Spermathecae in Pheretima is located in the segments:
(a) 14 to 18
(b) 10 to 13
(c) 6 to 10
(d) 6 to 9

Question. About how many times does the nymph of the Periplaneta americana undergo moulting before becoming an adult?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 17
(d) 13

Question. Male cockroach can be identified from the female by the presence of
(a) long antennae
(b) wingless body
(c) elongated abdomen
(d) anal styles

Question. The mouth parts of cockroach are
(a) cutting and biting type.
(b) piercing and sucking type.
(c) sucking and rasping type.
(d) sucking and siphoning type.

Question. Gizzard (proventriculus) in cockroach lies between
(a) oesophagus and stomach
(b) crop and mesenteron
(c) mesenteron and ileum
(d) oesophagus and crop

Question. Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of frog?
(a) The skin is moist and slimy
(b) Each of the fore limbs and hind limbs end in five digits
(c) Hepatic portal and renal portal systems are present
(d) Skin, buccal cavity and lungs are the respiratory organs

Statement Type Questions

Question. Which of the following type of tissue is being described by the given statements ?
(i) They are named because of their special function of linking and supporting other tissues/organs of the
body.
(ii) They include cartilage, bone, adipose and blood.
(iii) They provide strength, elasticity and flexibility to the tissue.
(iv) They also secrete modified polysaccharides, which accumulate between cells and fibres and act as matrix.
(a) Epithelial tissue
(b) Connective tissue
(c) Muscle tissue
(d) Neural tissue

Question. Read the following statements and answer the question.
(i) They have a hard and non-pliable ground substance rich in calcium salts and collagen fibres.
(ii) They support and protect softer tissues and organs.
(iii) Osteocytes are present in the spaces called lacunae.
(iv) They also interact with skeletal muscles attached to them to bring about movements.
Which of the following type of tissue is being described by above statements ?
(a) Cartilage
(b) Bone
(c) Blood
(d) Neurons

Question. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about nervous system of cockroach ?
(i) It consists of a series of fused segmentally arranged ganglia joined by paired longitudinal connectives
on the ventral side.
(ii) There are six ganglia lie in the thorax, and three in the abdomen.
(iii) The sense organs are antennae, eyes, maxillary pulps, labial pulps and anal cerci etc.
(iv) Each eye consists of about 5000 hexagonal ommatidia.
(a) Both (i) and (iii)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Both (i) and (iv)
(d) All of these

Question. Which of the following statement is/are correct regarding digestive system of cockroach ?
(i) Mouth opens into a short tubular pharynx, leading to a narrow tubular passage called oesophagus.
(ii) Gizzard helps in grinding the food particles.
(iii) A ring of 6-8 blind tubules called hepatic or gastric caecae is present at the junction of foregut and
midgut, which secrete digestive juice.
(iv) At the junction of midgut and hindgut is present another ring of 100-150 yellow coloured thin
filamentous malphigian tubules which help in removal of excretory products from haemolymph.
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (ii) and (iii)
(c) Both (i) and (iv)
(d) All of these

Question. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding cockroaches ?
(i) The body of the cockroach is segmented and divisible into three distinct regions – head, thorax
and abdomen.
(ii) Blood vascular system is of closed type.
(iii) They are monoecious and both sexes have well developed reproductive organs.
(iv) The development of P. americana is paurometabolus, meaning there is development through nymphal stage.
(a) Both (i) and (ii)
(b) Both (ii) and (iii)
(c) Both (i) and (iv)
(d) All of these

Question. Which of the follwing statement(s) is/are correct ?
(i) Cockroaches are brown or black bodied animals that are included in class insecta of phylum arthropoda.
(ii) Males bear a pair of short, thread like anal styles which are absent in females.
(iii) Heart of cockroach consists of elongated muscular tube lying along mid dorsal line of thorax and
abdomen.
(iv) The nymph grows by moulting about 13 times to reach the adult form.
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (ii) and (iii)
(c) Both (i) and (ii)
(d) All of the above

Matching Type Questions

Question. Match the epithetial tissue given in column-I with its location given in column-II and choose the correct option.

Column I (Epithelial tissue)	Column II (Location)
A. Cuboidal	I. Epidermis of skin
B. Ciliated	II. Inner lining of blood vessels
C. Columnar	III. Inner surface of gall bladder
D. Squamous	IV. Inner lining of fallopian tube
E. Keratinized	V. Lining of pancreatic duct squamous

(a) A – V; B – IV; C – II; D – III; E – I
(b) A – III; B – IV; C – V; D – II; E – I
(c) A – V; B – IV; C – III; D – II; E – I
(d) A – III; B – IV; C – V; D – I; E – II

Question. Match the types of connective tissue given in column-I with their examples given column-II and choose the correct option.

Column-I (Types of connective)	Column-II (Examples)
A. Loose connective tissue	I. Tendons and ligaments
B. Dense regular tissue	II. Skin
C. Dense irregular tissue	III. Cartilage, bones, blood
D. Specialized connective tissue	IV. Fibroblasts, macrophages and mast cells

(a) A – I; B – IV; C – II; D – III
(b) A – I; B – IV; C – III; D – II
(c) A – IV; B – I; C – II; D – III
(d) A – IV; B – II; C – I; D – III

Question. Match column-I with column-II and choose the correct option.

Column-I	Column-II
A. Periplaneta americana	I. Hepatic caecae
B. A ring of 6-8 blind tubules	II. Phylum arthropoda
C. Vascular system	III. Spiracles
D. 10 pairs of small holes	IV. Malpighian tubules
E. Excretion	V. Open type

(a) A – I; B – II; C – III; D – IV; E – V
(b) A – II; B – I; C – V; D – III; E – IV
(c) A – II; B – I; C – III; D – V; E – IV
(d) A – III; B – IV; C – II; D – V; E – I

Question. Which of the following types of connective tissue is mismatched with its matrix ?
(a) Areolar – Loosely packed matrix of protein fibres
(b) Bone – Mineralized matrix
(c) Cartilage – Highly vascular matrix
(d) Blood – Liquid matrix

Critical Thinking Type Questions

Question. Nervous tissue cells that play several supporting roles but do not transmit impulses are called
(a) glial cells
(b) dendrites
(c) nerve cells
(d) neurons

Question. In which one of the following preparations, cell junctions come across most frequently ?
(a) Ligament
(b) Tendon
(c) Cartilage
(d) Ciliated epithelium

Question. What are the three basic components of connective tissues?
(a) Ground substance, cells and basement membrane
(b) Cartilage, intercellular matrix and serum
(c) Cells, protein fibers and ground substance
(d) Collagen, elastin and reticular fibers

Question. Which of the following animal’s sensory system does not has eyes but does possess light and touch sensitive organs (receptor cells) to distinguish the light intensities and to feel the vibrations in the ground?
(a) Frog
(b) Snake
(c) Earthworm
(d) Cockroach

Question. Which of the following animals maintain ecological balance?
(a) Frog
(b) Rabbit
(c) Earthworm
(d) Cockroach

Diagram Type Questions

Question. The following figures A, B and C are types of muscle tissue. Identify A, B and C.

(a) A – Smooth muscle, B – Cardiac muscle, C – Skeletal muscle
(b) A – Skeletal muscle, B – Smooth muscle, C – Cardiac muscle
(c) A – Cardiac muscle, B – Smooth muscle, C – Skeletal muscle
(d) A – Smooth muscle, B –Skeletal muscle , C – Cardiac muscle

Question. The figure given below shows the alimentary canal of cockroach with few structures labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Identify the correct identification of the structure which is also called proventriculus and helps in grinding the food particles.

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Question. A student was given a sample of two tissues. He observes the tissues under the microscope and draws their figures (1 and 2) as shown below.

Identify the tissues (1 and 2).
(a) 1: Columnar cells bearing cilia; 2: Unicellular glandular epithelium
(b) 1: Cuboidal cells bearing cilia; 2: Multicellular glandular epithelium
(c) 1: Compound cells bearing cilia; 2: Unicellular glandular epithelium
(d) 1: Columnar cells bearing cilia; 2: Multicellular glandular epithelium