PAST QUESTIONS ON MOLLUSCA
1. Which of the following includes coelomate unsegmented organisms?
a) Annelida
b) Molusca
c) Chordata
d) Arthropoda
2. Head. Foot and visceral mass-this combination of characters is diagnostic of
a) Echinoderms
b) Arthropods
c) Molluscs
d) Annelida
3. Internal shell is present in
a) Pila
b)Sepia
c) Chiron
d) Lamellidens
4. Identify the larva which is present only in members of gastropods
a) Trochophore
b) Veliger
c) Glochidium
d) Muller’s larva
5. Osphradium is to test the purity of water in
a) Pila
b) Starfish
c) Housefly
d) Earhworm
6. The respiratory organs in a freshwater mussel are
a) book lungs
b)pulmonary sacs
c) gills
d) respiratory siphons
7. Sepia is commonly known as
a) star fish
b) jelly fish
c) cuttle fish
d) silver fish
8. Ink glands as a means of escape from predators are present in
a) Pila (Gastropoda)
b) Unio (Pelecypoda)
c) Sepia (Cephalopoda)
d) Dentalium (Scaphopoda)
9. Pearls of commercial value are produced by which of the following genera
a) Pinctada
b) Unio
c) Anodonta
d) Ostrea
10. ‘Pearl mother layer’ is
a) prismatic layer
b) Periostracum
c) Nacre
d) Mantle
11. Which of the following produces a shell of great ornamental value?
a) Pila
b) Nautilus
c) Unio
d) Ostrea
12. The largest Invertebrate is
a) Octopus
b) Loligo
c) Sepia
d) Architeuthis
13. Shipworm is
a) an annelid
b) an echinoderm
c) a mollusc
d) a limbless amphibian
14. Devil fish is the common name of
a) Sepia
b) Loligo
c) Octopus
d) Teredo
15. Most advanced molluscs belong to the class
a) Cephalopoda
b) Gastropoda
c) Amphineura
d) Monopacophora
