SPSC - Lecturer Zoology 2000 Past Paper with Answers

Practice the SPSC - Lecturer Zoology 2000 past paper with 198 solved MCQs, answers and topic coverage.

198 solved MCQs across 2 approved papers

The hormone epinephrine is secreted by the _____?Answer: Adrenal gland The body of an insect is composed of ______ tagmata.Answer: 3 Lampreys belong to the vertebrate class ______?Answer: Cyclostomata The bacteria that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever are transmitted by _____?Answer: Ticks In Sycon the radial canal is mainly lined by ______?Answer: Choanocyte An example of crustacean parasitic on fish is _____?Answer: Argulus Teredo also known as shipworm belongs to class _____?Answer: Pelecypoda Eutherian ovum is ______?Answer: Alecithal The lobbed fin fish was considered extinct till latimeria was caught in ______?Answer: 1938 The shell of a mollusks is secreted by the ______?Answer: Mantle Lamarck's evolutionary theory was based on _____?Answer: Inheritance of acquired characteristics Single large opening at the top of spongocoel is called _____?Answer: Osculum Darwin's most important publication was ______?Answer: Origin of species Crossing over of linked genes occurs during _____ of meiosis.Answer: Prophase I The structures that make the rough endoplasmic reticulum rough are ______?Answer: Ribosomes Sexual maturity in a larval form is called ______?Answer: Neoteny The free swimming larval stage of cnidarians is _____?Answer: Planula The Protozoan genus that causes sleeping sickness in humans is _______?Answer: Trypanosoma Night active animals are said to be ______?Answer: Nocturnal In each nephron of the kidney, the glomerulus and Bowman's capsule ______?Answer: Filter the blood and capture filtrate The main difference between endotherms and ectotherms is _______?Answer: Where they get most of their body heat Cell most commonly attacked by HIV ______?Answer: Helper T cell General name of a B and T cell is ______?Answer: Lymphocyte Which of the following pairs of body system primarily regulate the activities of the other systems?Answer: Nervous and endocrine systems A lamprey, a shark, a lizard and a rabbit share the following characteristic except?Answer: Hinged jaws Reptiles are much more extensively adapted to life on land than amphibians in that reptiles ______?Answer: Lay shelled eggs The Tundra the top soil is frozen and hence known as _____?Answer: Permafrost Semi circular canal are mainly organs of _____?Answer: Balance Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve in Dogfish supplies _____?Answer: Both A and B Water vascular system is a characteristic feature of ______?Answer: Echinodermata