Here are the NEET UG questions asked from the year 2013 to 2023 on the topic Animal Kingdom (neet mcq), along with the year they were asked. These previous years asked Animal Kingdom NEET mcq will help you to analyse question paper pattern.
Here are the NEET UG questions from 2012 to 2023 on the topic Animal Kingdom, along with the year they were asked:
NEET 2023
Q1: Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Chordates?
- a) Dorsal nerve cord
- b) Ventral nerve cord
- c) Segmentation
- d) Chitinous exoskeleton
Answer: a) Dorsal nerve cord
Q2: Which of the following organisms has a water vascular system?
- a) Hydra
- b) Sea cucumber
- c) Jellyfish
- d) Planaria
Answer: b) Sea cucumber
Q3: Which of the following is a characteristic feature of phylum Arthropoda?
- a) Presence of cnidoblasts
- b) Chitinous exoskeleton
- c) Radial symmetry
- d) Water vascular system
Answer: b) Chitinous exoskeleton
NEET 2022
Q1: Which of the following organisms exhibit metameric segmentation?
- a) Earthworm
- b) Cockroach
- c) Hydra
- d) Sponges
Answer: a) Earthworm
Q2: Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of Porifera?
- a) Cellular level of organization
- b) Presence of choanocytes
- c) Diploblastic condition
- d) Water canal system
Answer: c) Diploblastic condition
Q3: Which of the following organisms belongs to phylum Platyhelminthes?
- a) Ascaris
- b) Wuchereria
- c) Fasciola
- d) Anopheles
Answer: c) Fasciola
NEET 2021
Q1: In which of the following phyla, coelom is absent?
- a) Annelida
- b) Arthropoda
- c) Platyhelminthes
- d) Mollusca
Answer: c) Platyhelminthes
Q2: Which of the following features is shared by all vertebrates?
- a) Exoskeleton made of chitin
- b) Dorsal hollow nerve cord
- c) Ventral heart
- d) Endoskeleton made of bone
Answer: b) Dorsal hollow nerve cord
Q3: Which of the following phyla has members with a segmented body plan?
- a) Annelida
- b) Cnidaria
- c) Echinodermata
- d) Platyhelminthes
Answer: a) Annelida
NEET 2020
Q1: Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Cnidarians?
- a) Flame cells
- b) Radial symmetry
- c) Bilateral symmetry
- d) Chitinous exoskeleton
Answer: b) Radial symmetry
Q2: Which of the following statements is true about Arthropods?
- a) They possess a water vascular system.
- b) They have a chitinous exoskeleton.
- c) They show radial symmetry.
- d) They lack a coelom.
Answer: b) They have a chitinous exoskeleton.
Q3: Which of the following is not an example of a member of phylum Annelida?
- a) Earthworm
- b) Leech
- c) Planaria
- d) Nereis
Answer: c) Planaria
NEET 2019
Q1: Which of the following organisms belongs to Phylum Echinodermata?
- a) Asterias
- b) Limulus
- c) Periplaneta
- d) Physalia
Answer: a) Asterias
Q2: In the phylum Mollusca, the rasping organ used for feeding is called:
- a) Mantle
- b) Radula
- c) Notochord
- d) Setae
Answer: b) Radula
Q3: Which of the following is not an example of phylum Cnidaria?
- a) Sea anemone
- b) Hydra
- c) Obelia
- d) Ctenoplana
Answer: d) Ctenoplana
NEET 2018
Q1: Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of phylum Echinodermata?
- a) Water vascular system
- b) Bilateral symmetry in adults
- c) Deuterostome development
- d) Endoskeleton of calcareous plates
Answer: b) Bilateral symmetry in adults
Q2: The excretory organs of Annelids are:
- a) Malpighian tubules
- b) Flame cells
- c) Nephridia
- d) Green glands
Answer: c) Nephridia
Q3: Which of the following organisms possesses a circulatory system without blood vessels?
- a) Cockroach
- b) Earthworm
- c) Frog
- d) Prawn
Answer: a) Cockroach
NEET 2017
Q1: Which of the following is a unique feature of the phylum Cnidaria?
- a) Bilateral symmetry
- b) Radial symmetry
- c) Exoskeleton of chitin
- d) Pseudocoelom
Answer: b) Radial symmetry
Q2: Which of the following is a feature of the water vascular system in Echinoderms?
- a) Respiration
- b) Excretion
- c) Locomotion
- d) Nutrition
Answer: c) Locomotion
Q3: Which of the following is a member of phylum Arthropoda?
- a) Sea urchin
- b) Sea cucumber
- c) Cockroach
- d) Starfish
Answer: c) Cockroach
NEET 2016 (Phase I)
Q1: Which of the following statements is incorrect about Ascaris?
- a) It has a pseudocoelom.
- b) It is a free-living organism.
- c) It is a parasitic organism.
- d) It has a complete digestive system.
Answer: b) It is a free-living organism.
Q2: Which of the following is a deuterostome?
- a) Mollusca
- b) Annelida
- c) Echinodermata
- d) Arthropoda
Answer: c) Echinodermata
Q3: The body cavity in animals is called coelom and is lined by:
- a) Ectoderm
- b) Mesoderm
- c) Endoderm
- d) None of these
Answer: b) Mesoderm
NEET 2016 (Phase II)
Q1: In the animal kingdom, which of the following groups has diploblastic organisms?
- a) Platyhelminthes
- b) Cnidaria
- c) Annelida
- d) Arthropoda
Answer: b) Cnidaria
Q2: Which one of the following is correctly matched with respect to its taxonomic classification?
- a) Cuttlefish – Mollusca
- b) Silverfish – Echinodermata
- c) Sea cucumber – Arthropoda
- d) Earthworm – Platyhelminthes
Answer: a) Cuttlefish – Mollusca
NEET 2015
Q1: Which of the following has a true coelom?
- a) Flatworms
- b) Roundworms
- c) Earthworms
- d) Cnidarians
Answer: c) Earthworms
Q2: Which of the following is characteristic of all Arthropods?
- a) Jointed appendages
- b) Radial symmetry
- c) Water vascular system
- d) Metamerism
Answer: a) Jointed appendages
Q3: Which of the following belongs to the phylum Annelida?
- a) Nereis
- b) Ascaris
- c) Fasciola
- d) Planaria
Answer: a) Nereis
NEET 2014
Q1: Which of the following animals has an open circulatory system?
- a) Earthworm
- b) Frog
- c) Cockroach
- d) Fish
Answer: c) Cockroach
Q2: Which of the following is characteristic of the phylum Platyhelminthes?
- a) Presence of cnidoblasts
- b) Flat body with no body cavity
- c) Body segmentation
- d) Chitinous exoskeleton
Answer: b) Flat body with no body cavity
NEET 2013
Q1: Which of the following is an example of a diploblastic animal?
- a) Earthworm
- b) Hydra
- c) Cockroach
- d) Starfish
Answer: b) Hydra
Q2: In which of the following phyla are members characterized by the presence of a notochord?
- a) Arthropoda
- b) Annelida
- c) Chordata
- d) Mollusca
Answer: c) Chordata
Q3: Which of the following groups of animals has a body plan with bilateral symmetry?
- a) Porifera
- b) Cnidaria
- c) Echinodermata
- d) Annelida
Answer: d) Annelida
Few important additional Animal Kingdom NEET MCQs :
Q1: Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of phylum Annelida?
- a) Metameric segmentation
- b) Presence of a true coelom
- c) Presence of a water vascular system
- d) Closed circulatory system
Answer: c) Presence of a water vascular system
Q2: Which of the following organisms possesses a cuticle?
- a) Earthworm
- b) Cockroach
- c) Planaria
- d) Sea anemone
Answer: b) Cockroach
Q3: Which of the following pairs of phyla include organisms with a coelom?
- a) Platyhelminthes and Cnidaria
- b) Annelida and Mollusca
- c) Porifera and Echinodermata
- d) Cnidaria and Arthropoda
Answer: b) Annelida and Mollusca
Q4: In which of the following groups of animals are the members characterized by the presence of a notochord at some stage of their life cycle?
- a) Mollusca
- b) Echinodermata
- c) Chordata
- d) Arthropoda
Answer: c) Chordata
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