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CSS 2018 Zoology Past Paper
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Paper details
- Examination
- CSS
- Year
- 2018
- Subject
- Zoology
- Paper
- Single Paper
- Subject type
- Optional
- Mode
- Subjective
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Questions recorded from this paper
These 7 question wordings are transcribed from CSS Vista’s structured Zoology past-paper record for CSS 2018.
- Q4 · Animal Diversity-InvertebratesArthropod exoskeleton is the most complex of invertebrate integuments. Describe its (20) structure and explain the difference in the way the cuticle is hardened in Crustaceans and in insects.
- Q5 · Animal Diversity-InvertebratesMembers of such a large and diverse phylum as mollusca impact humans in many (20) ways. Discuss. Also name classes of the phylum with two differential characters for each.
- Q7 · Annelids: Metamerism and ecological importanceMetamerism profoundly influences virtually every aspect of annelid structure and (20) function, such as the anatomical arrangement of organs that are coincidentally with Metamerism. Discuss through logical reasoning.
- Q2 · Animal Diversity-ChordataDiscuss in detail how do the marine and terrestrial animals meet the problems of salt (20) and water balance?
- Q6 · Mammals: Structural and functional adaptations of mammals(a) Discuss parasitic adaptation and medical importance with respect to nematodes. (20) (b) Write note on structural and functional adaptation in mammals.
- Q8 · Mendel’s law of inheritanceWrite short notes on any FOUR of the following: (05 each) (20) (a) Gas exchange in reptiles (b) Carbohydrates: Nature’s Most Abundant Organic Substance (c) Mendel’s Law of inheritance (d) Food chain (e) Social Behaviour and its impact on individuals (f) Composition of blood
- Q3 · Vertebrate endocrine glands and types of hormones, Mechanism of hormones actionDifferentiate between endocrine and exocrine glands. Through how many kinds of (20) receptors do the hormones act and how is the secretion rate controlled?