Consider following features:
| A. | Organ system level of organisation |
| B. | Bilateral symmetry |
| C. | True coelomates with segmentation of body |
Select the correct option of animal groups which possess all the above characteristics.
| 1. | Annelida, Mollusca and Chordata |
| 2. | Annelida, Arthropoda and Chordata |
| 3. | Annelida, Arthropoda and Mollusca |
| 4. | Arthropoda, Mollusca and Chordata |
| 1. | Phylum Arthropoda | 2. | Phylum Chordata |
| 3. | Phylum Mollusca | 4. | Phylum Porifera |
| 1. | Arthropods have an open circulatory system. |
| 2. | Arthropods exhibit bilateral symmetry. |
| 3. | All arthropods possess jointed appendages. |
| 4. | Arthropods possess a segmented body plan with a pseudocoelom. |
| I: | They are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, non-segmented and pseudocoelomate animals. |
| II: | Arthropoda is the largest phylum of Animalia and includes more than 90 % of all species on the earth that are named so far. |
| III: | Insects are arthropods with body consisting of head, thorax and abdomen. |
| 1. | Only I | 2. | Only I and II |
| 3. | Only III | 4. | Only II and III |
| I: | Body of arthropods is covered by chitinous exoskeleton. |
| II: | They have jointed appendages (arthros-joint, poda-appendages). |
| III: | Circulatory system is of open type. |
| IV: | Excretion takes place through malpighian tubules in insects. |
| V: | They are mostly dioecious and fertilisation is usually internal. |
| VI: | They are mostly oviparous. |
Which of the following is not an Arthropod characteristic?
| 1. | Jointed appendages | 2. | Periodic molting |
| 3. | Closed circulation | 4. | Articulated exoskeleton |