Platyhelminthes (The Flat Worms ) MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions and Answers)
Question 1 : An important character of Platyhelminthes is
A) Monoecious
B) Vitelline glands
C) Flat animals
D) Flame cells
Answer : D
Question 2 : Flat worms are
A) Diploblastic
B) Triploblastic
C) Monoblastic
D) None of the above
Answer : B
Question 3 : Coelom in flat worms is
A) Well developed
B) Poorly developed
C) Schizocoel
D) Absent
Answer : D
Question 4 : Animals with self fertilization is
A) Paragonimus
B) Dugesia
C) Taenia solium
D) None of the above
Answer : C
Question 5 : Which is a free living fresh water flat worm?
A) Planaria
B) Schistosoma
C) Fasciola
D) Taenia
Answer : A
Question 6 : Vital system absent in Tapeworm is
A) Nervous system
B) Digestive system
C) Excretory system
D) Reproductive system
Answer : B
Question 7 : In which animal, pharynx can be everted?
A) Dugesia
B) Fascicola
C) Taenia
D) Ascaris
Answer : A
Question 8 : Respiration in Dugesia is
A) Aerobic
B) Anaerobic
C) Both
D) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 9 : In platyhelminthes
A) Nerve cords are present
B) Nerve cords are absent
C) Nerve nets are present
D) Nerve nets are absent
Answer : A
Question 10 : Segments of Tapeworm are called
A) Scolex
B) Cysticercus
C) Proglottides
D) Onchospheres
Answer : C
Question 11 : The tissue in platyhelminthes between viscera and body wall is called
A) Coelom
B) Parenchyma
C) Mesoderm
D) Chaoanoderm
Answer : B
Question 12 : Tapeworm respires
A) Through suckers
B) Through mouth
C) Through lateral pores or sterigmata
D) Anaerobically
Answer : D
Question 13 : Animals belonging to platyhelminthes are also called flat worms because
A) Their head is flat
B) They have dorsoventrally compressed body
C) They creep over the surface
D) The alimentary canal is flattened
Answer : B
Question 14 : Scolex occurs in
A) Hydra
B) Ascaris
C) Taenia
D) Liver Fluke
Answer : C
Question 15 : Incomplete alimentary canal occurs in
A) Fasciola
B) Ascaris
C) Wuchereria
D) Rhabditis
Answer : A
Question 16 : Which is free swimming stage in the life history of Fasciola ?
A) Miracidium
B) Sporocyst
C) Redia
D) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 17 : Proglottides of Tapeworm proliferate from
A) Scolex
B) Other proglottides
C) Neck
D) Special region in neck
Answer : C
Question 18 : Parasitic adaptation of flatworm is
A) Anaerobic respiration
B) Secretion of antienzymes
C) Resistant covering, cuticle integument
D) All the above
Answer : D
Question 19 : The disease caused by Fasciola is
A) Liver rot
B) Cysticercosis
C) Taeniasis
D) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 20 : Taenia saginata differs from Taenia solium as it lacks
A) Rostellum
B) Suckers
C) Scolex
D) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 21 : Apolysis is
A) Removal of mature proglottides
B) Removal of immature proglottides
C) Removal of gravid segments
D) None of the above
Answer : C
Question 22 : Regeneration is best shown by flat worm
A) Fasciola
B) Planaria/Dugesia
C) Schistosoma
D) Echinococcus
Answer : B
Question 23 : Which one is blood fluke?
A) Schistosoma
B) Echinococcus
C) Fasciola
D) Taenia
Answer : A
Question 24 : Dog Tapeworm is
A) Schistosoma haematobium
B) Opisthorchis sinensis
C) Taenia nana
D) Echinococcus granulosus
Answer : D
Question 25 : The secondary host of Taenia saginata is
A) Cow
B) Sheep
C) Pig
D) Both A and B
Answer : D
Question 26 : The secondary host of Taenia solium is
A) Buffalo
B) Sheep
C) Pig
D) Goat
Answer : C
Question 27 : In Schistosoma
A) Male is longer than female
B) Male is broader than female
C) Male has gynaecophoric canal for holding female
D) Both B and C
Answer : D
Question 28 : The number of proglottides in Taenia solium is about
A) 500
B) 900
C) 300
D) 200
Answer : B
Question 29 : Four suckers present on the scolex of Tapeworm are meant for
A) Attachment
B) Sucking food
C) Crushing food
D) All the above
Answer : A
Question 30 : A cestode with only 3 segments is
A) Taenia solium
B) Diphyllobothrium latum
C) Echinococcus
D) Hymenolepis nana
Answer : C
Question 31 : Fasciola hepatica is a
A) Endoparasite
B) Free living
C) Ectoparasite
D) Both B and C
Answer : A
Question 32 : Cysticcercus stage of Taenia solium is found in
A) Man
B) Pig
C) Goat
D) Sheep
Answer : B
Question 33 : Liver Fluke belongs to class
A) Trematoda
B) Turbellaria
C) Cestoda
D) Nematoda
Answer : A
Question 34 : The body of a Tapeworm consists of
A) Scolex and neck
B) Scolex and proglottides
C) Scolex, neck and proglottides
D) Neck and strobila
Answer : C
Question 35 : Fasciola hepatica occurs in
A) Bile duct of sheep
B) Liver of sheep
C) Liver of man
D) Human bile ducts
Answer : A
Question 36 : Tape worm is
A) Anoxybiotic
B) Oxybiotic
C) Aerobic
D) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 37 : Each segment of Taenia is
A) Monoecious
B) Dioecious
C) Asexual
D) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 38 : Hydatid worm is
A) Schistosoma indicum
B) Ancylostoma duodenale
C) Enterobius vermicularis
D) Echinococcus granulosus
Answer : D
Question 39 : The infective stage of Fasciola hepatica is
A) Sporocyst
B) Redia
C) Cercaria
D) Metacercaria
Answer : D
Question 40 : Which one of the flatworms has eyes?
A) Fasciola
B) Dugesia
C) Schistosoma
D) Echinococcus
Answer : B
Question 41 : Hexacanth is activated by
A) Bile salts
B) Pancreatic juice
C) Intestinal juice
D) None
Answer : A
Question 42 : Hexacanth reaches
A) Voluntary muscles
B) Involuntary muscles
C) Cardiac muscles
D) None of the above
Answer : A
Question 43 : The disease caused by Taenia is
A) Cysticercosis
B) Liver rot
C) Ascariasis
D) None
Answer : A
Question 44 : Fasciola attaches itself to walls of the bile ducts by means of
A) Anterior sucker
B) Adhesive zone
C) Posterior sucker/acetabulum
D) Spiny cuticle and posterior sucker
Answer : D
Question 45 : Human infection of Taenia solium occurs by taking pork having
A) Cysticerci
B) Onchospheres
C) Hexacanths
D) Adult worm
Answer : A
Question 46 : Pig gets infection of Taenia solium through food contaminated with
A) Onchospheres
B) Cysticerci
C) Hexacanths
D) Adult worm
Answer : A
Question 47 : Scolex of Taenia solium contains
A) Rostellum
B) Hooks
C) Suckers
D) All the above
Answer : D
Question 48 : Taenia solium attaches itself to the intestinal wall by means of scolex through its
A) Suckers
B) Suckers and hooks
C) Hooks
D) Adhesive glands
Answer : B
Question 49 : Fluke occurring in human beings is
A) Fasciolospsis
B) Fasciola
C) Dugesin
D) Echinococcus
Answer : A
Question 50 : In case of human beings, hydatid cysts occur over
A) Stomach
B) Liver
C) Lungs
D) Both B and C
Answer : D