Name of the Organisation : Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
Exam : SSSIHL Admissions Test Question Paper
Degree : Undergraduate Programme
Subject : Zoology
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Sample Questions
1) The three germ layers namely ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm are found in
A) All the chordates only
B) All the chordates except the protochordates
C) All the chordates and higher vertebrates
D) Higher chordates and higher vertebrates
E) Protochordates only
2) Bilateral symmetry is seen in the body organization of
A) Only chordates
B) Vertebrates only
C) Vertebrates, annelids , anthropods and cnidarians
D) Annelids, arthropods and vertebrates
E) Cnidarians only
3) In which of the animals the heart does not have the left and right auricles?
A) Cartilagenous and bonyfishes
B) Frogs and toads
C) Lizards and snakes
D) Crocodiles and alligators
E) Lizards only
4) Free living Platyhelminthes forms belong to the class
A) Cestoda
B) Trematoda
C) Turbellaria
D) Nematoda
E) Pinctoda
5) Platyhelminthes are best described as
A) Flat worms, triploblastic, acoelomate animals
B) Flat worms, diploblastic acoelomates
C) Flat forms, triploblastic, coelomates
D) Flat forms, pseudo coelomates
E) Coelomates only
6) Miracidiam is a larval stage in the development of
A) Taenia solium
B) Fesciola hepatica
C) Ascaria
D) Echino coccus
E) Trypanosoma sp.
7) Rhabdites are present in the cells of epidermis in
A) Cestoda
B) Trematoda
C) Turbellaria
D) None of these
E) Crabs
8) African sleeping sickness is caused by
A) Giardia intestinalis
B) Leishmania donovani
C) Trypanosoma gambiiense
D) Entamoeba histolytica
E) Paragonium sp.
9) Entamoeba can be identified from amoeba due to the absence of
A) Pseudopodia
B) Nucleus
C) Food vacuoles
D) Contractile vacuole
E) Rhizopodia
10) The mode of nutrition in paramecium is
A) Saprozoic
B) Saprophytic
C) Holophytic
D) Holozoic
E) Heterozoic
11) Sleeping sickness is caused by the bite of
A) Tet-sefly
B) Bed bug
C) Male mosquito
D) Female mosquito
E) Male and female Aedes mosquito
12) HIV belongs to which of the following families of virus?
A) Reovirus
B) Lentivirus
C) Togavoris
D) Adenovirus
E) Herpes virus
13) Pearls of commercial value are produced by which of the following genera?
A) Pinctada
B) Unio
C) Anodonta
D) Ostrea
E) Pila
14) Devil fish is the common name of
A) Sepia
B) Loligo
C) Octopus
D) Teredo
E) Chiron
15) Epithelial cells of the intestine involved in food absorpotion have on their surface
A) Pintocytic vesicles
B) Zymogen granules
C) Phagocytic vesicles
D) Microvilli
E) Macovilli
Syllabus
Diversity of living organisms:
Classification of animals, salient features of non-chordata upto phyla level, chordate to class level.
Embryology :
Structure and function of flower, Infloroscence, (Cymose, Racemose and special types) Androecium (Anther structure, microsporangium, microsporogenesis and male gametophyte), Entomophilies, Hydrophily, Zoophily, Fertilization, Fruits (Simple, aggregate and multiple fruits).
Physiology :
Basic account on water absorption, Ascent of sap, Transpiration (Exchange of gases, stomatal mechanism), Respiration (Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport system), Photosynthesis {Light and dark reaction – Calvin cycle), factors affecting photosynthesis – light, temperature and Carbon dioxide}, Growth (Plant hormones and growth regulation) and movements (Turgor and growth movements), Mineral nutrition (essential and non-essential elements) in plants.
Anatomy, histology and physiology : (Earthworm, cockroach, Frog and Human)
Integumentary system, digestive system, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, Muscular, nervous, endocrine and reproductive systems. Connective issue, epithelial tissue, small intestine, Histology of stomach, bone, blood, lymph, liver, pancreas, lung, spleen, kidney, skin, testis and ovary.