NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyAnimal KingdomPractice
Select the option with a correct representation of an animal to the below-mentioned class of vertebrates: I. The jawless animal in which the body is devoid of scales and paired fins. II. They have four pairs of gills that are covered by an operculum. III. The body is covered by dry and cornified skin, epidermal scales or scutes. IV. Skin is dry without glands and long bones are hollow with air cavities.
Options
- AI-Calotes; II-Neophron; III- Clarius; IV-Lamprey
- BI-Clarius; II-Lamprey; III-Neophron; IV-Calotes
- CI-Lamprey; II-Clarius; III-Calotes; IV-Neophron
- DI-Lamprey; II-Calotes; III-Clarius; IV-Neophron
Correct answer
C. I-Lamprey; II-Clarius; III-Calotes; IV-Neophron
Step-by-step solution
Cyclostomata such as lamprey is jawless and the body is devoid of scales and paired fins. Osteichthyes such as clarius, have four pairs of gills which are covered by an operculum. In calotes, the Reptiles, the body is covered by dry and cornified skin, epidermal scales or scutes. Neophron, an Egyptian vulture the skin is dry without glands and long bones are hollow with air cavities.