MCQS OF COELENTERATA

1.What is the alternative name for the phylum Coelenterata?

o a) Porifera
o b) Cnidaria
o c) Echinodermata
o d) Annelida
o Answer: b) Cnidaria
2. What does the term "Coelenterata" derive from in Greek?
o a) Hollow and foot
o b) Mouth and intestine
o c) Hollow and intestine
o d) Water and vessel
o Answer: c) Hollow and intestine
3. The study of Coelenterata is called:
o a) Porology
o b) Nidology
o c) Cnidology
o d) Parazoology
o Answer: b) Nidology
4. Which of the following is a key characteristic of Coelenterata?
o a) Presence of a notochord
o b) Presence of nematocyte cells
o c) Presence of a backbone
o d) Presence of jointed appendages
o Answer: b) Presence of nematocyte cells
5. Coelenterates are mostly:
o a) Terrestrial
o b) Marine
o c) Aerial
o d) Parasitic
o Answer: b) Marine
6. The body cavity in Coelenterata is known as:
o a) Coelom
o b) Coelenteron
o c) Mesoglea
o d) Gastrodermis
o Answer: b) Coelenteron
7. Coelenterata exhibit which type of symmetry?
o a) Bilateral
o b) Radial
o c) Asymmetrical
o d) Spiral
 o Answer: b) Radial
8. The body wall of Coelenterata is:
o a) Triploblastic
o b) Diploblastic
o c) Monoblastic
o d) Polyblastic
o Answer: b) Diploblastic
9. What type of layer exists between the ectoderm and endoderm in Coelenterata?
o a) Mesoderm
o b) Mesoglea
o c) Gastrodermis
o d) Epidermis
o Answer: b) Mesoglea
10. In Coelenterata, which cells are responsible for stinging and capturing prey?
o a) Choanocytes
o b) Nematocysts
o c) Archaeocytes
o d) Pinacocytes
o Answer: b) Nematocysts
11. Coelenterata have which type of digestive system?
o a) Complete
o b) Intracellular only
o c) Extracellular only
o d) Both intracellular and extracellular
o Answer: d) Both intracellular and extracellular
12. Which systems are absent in Coelenterata?
o a) Digestive and nervous
o b) Respiratory, circulatory, and excretory
o c) Skeletal and muscular
o d) Reproductive and digestive
o Answer: b) Respiratory, circulatory, and excretory
13. The nervous system in Coelenterata is described as:
o a) Centralized
o b) Diffuse nerve net
o c) Absent
o d) Segmented
o Answer: b) Diffuse nerve net
14. Coelenterata can reproduce:
o a) Only asexually
o b) Only sexually
o c) Both sexually and asexually
o d) By binary fission
o Answer: c) Both sexually and asexually
15. The free-swimming larval form of Coelenterata is called:
o a) Planula
o b) Trochophore
 o c) Nymph
o d) Nauplius
o Answer: a) Planula
16. Which class of Coelenterata includes both polyp and medusa forms?
o a) Hydrozoa
o b) Scyphozoa
o c) Anthozoa
o d) Hexactinellida
o Answer: a) Hydrozoa
17. Which class of Coelenterata has the medusa form as the dominant stage?
o a) Hydrozoa
o b) Scyphozoa
o c) Anthozoa
o d) Demospongiae
o Answer: b) Scyphozoa
18. Which class of Coelenterata includes only the polyp form?
o a) Hydrozoa
o b) Scyphozoa
o c) Anthozoa
o d) Calcarea
o Answer: c) Anthozoa
19. An example of an organism in the class Hydrozoa is:
o a) Aurelia
o b) Hydra
o c) Metridium
o d) Rhizostoma
o Answer: b) Hydra
20. An example of an organism in the class Scyphozoa is:
o a) Obelia
o b) Physalia
o c) Aurelia
o d) Pennatula
o Answer: c) Aurelia
21. An example of an organism in the class Anthozoa is:
o a) Cyanea
o b) Hydra
o c) Pennatula
o d) Rhizostoma
o Answer: c) Pennatula
22. The term for the gelatinous non-cellular layer between the ectoderm and endoderm in
Coelenterata is:
o a) Mesoderm
o b) Mesoglea
o c) Coelenteron
o d) Gastrodermis
o Answer: b) Mesoglea
 23. What is the term for the primitive nervous system in Coelenterata?
o a) Nerve cord
o b) Nerve ring
o c) Nerve net
o d) Ganglia
o Answer: c) Nerve net
24. What kind of cells do Coelenterata use for capturing prey and defense?
o a) Choanocytes
o b) Nematocysts
o c) Archaeocytes
o d) Pinacocytes
o Answer: b) Nematocysts
25. The gastrovascular cavity in Coelenterata is also known as:
o a) Coelom
o b) Coelenteron
o c) Mesoglea
o d) Spongocoel
o Answer: b) Coelenteron

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26. What type of nutrition do Coelenterata exhibit?

o a) Saprophytic
o b) Holophytic
o c) Holozoic
o d) Parasitic
o Answer: c) Holozoic
27. What serves as both the intake and exit point for Coelenterata?
o a) Anus
o b) Coelenteron
o c) Mouth
o d) Tentacle
o Answer: c) Mouth
28. What substance is secreted by nematocyst cells to paralyze prey?
o a) Neurotoxin
 o b) Hypnotoxin
o c) Hemotoxin
o d) Cytotoxin
o Answer: b) Hypnotoxin
29. Which type of cells in Coelenterata are responsible for intracellular digestion?
o a) Pinacocytes
o b) Choanocytes
o c) Interstitial cells
o d) Gastrodermal cells
o Answer: d) Gastrodermal cells
30. What is absent in Coelenterata, resulting in respiration and excretion through the general
body surface?
o a) Skeletal system
o b) Digestive system
o c) Coelom, respiratory, circulatory, and excretory organs
o d) Nervous system
o Answer: c) Coelom, respiratory, circulatory, and excretory organs
31. What kind of reproduction is common in Coelenterata besides sexual reproduction?
o a) Fragmentation
o b) Binary fission
o c) Budding and fission
o d) Parthenogenesis
o Answer: c) Budding and fission
32. What is the term for the two forms of individuals (zooids) in Coelenterata?
o a) Polymorphism
o b) Metamorphism
o c) Polyp and medusa
o d) Diploblasty
o Answer: c) Polyp and medusa
33. In Coelenterata, which form is asexual and which is sexual?
o a) Polyp is asexual, medusa is sexual
o b) Polyp is sexual, medusa is asexual
o c) Both polyp and medusa are asexual
o d) Both polyp and medusa are sexual
o Answer: a) Polyp is asexual, medusa is sexual
34. What is the term for the alternation of generations observed in Coelenterata?
o a) Metamorphosis
o b) Dimorphism
o c) Alternation of generations
o d) Direct development
o Answer: c) Alternation of generations
35. Which class of Coelenterata has both polyp and medusa forms and includes examples
like Hydra and Obelia?
o a) Hydrozoa
o b) Scyphozoa
o c) Anthozoa
 o d) Calcarea
o Answer: a) Hydrozoa
36. Which class of Coelenterata has the polyp stage reduced or absent and includes examples
like Aurelia and Rhizostoma?
o a) Hydrozoa
o b) Scyphozoa
o c) Anthozoa
o d) Demospongiae
o Answer: b) Scyphozoa
37. Which class of Coelenterata only has the polyp form, with no medusa form, and includes
examples like Metridium and Pennatula?
o a) Hydrozoa
o b) Scyphozoa
o c) Anthozoa
o d) Hexactinellida
o Answer: c) Anthozoa
38. In Hydrozoa, what type of mesoglea is present?
o a) Cellular
o b) Fibrous
o c) Simple and non-cellular
o d) Gelatinous and cellular
o Answer: c) Simple and non-cellular
39. In Scyphozoa, the mesoglea is described as:
o a) Thin and cellular
o b) Thick and non-cellular
o c) Thin and non-cellular
o d) Thick and cellular
o Answer: b) Thick and non-cellular
40. In Anthozoa, the gastrovascular cavity comprises:
o a) A single compartment
o b) Several compartments
o c) No compartments
o d) A central coelom
o Answer: b) Several compartments
41. What kind of cells are found in the mesoglea of Anthozoa?
o a) Fibrous connective and amoeboid cells
o b) Cnidoblast and interstitial cells
o c) Choanocytes and pinacocytes
o d) Mesenchymal and sclerocyte cells
o Answer: a) Fibrous connective and amoeboid cells
42. What is an example of a freshwater member of Hydrozoa?
o a) Aurelia
o b) Hydra
o c) Rhizostoma
o d) Metridium
o Answer: b) Hydra
43. What is the common name for Physalia, a member of Hydrozoa?
o a) Moon jelly
o b) Sea anemone
o c) Portuguese man-o'-war
o d) Sea pen
o Answer: c) Portuguese man-o'-war
44. Which organism is known as the largest jellyfish and belongs to the class Scyphozoa?
o a) Aurelia
o b) Rhizostoma
o c) Cyanea
o d) Pelagia
o Answer: c) Cyanea
45. Which class of Coelenterata is known to have the most complex mesoglea with cellular
components?
o a) Hydrozoa
o b) Scyphozoa
o c) Anthozoa
o d) Calcarea
o Answer: c) Anthozoa