The uploaded PDF is a Class 11 Biology worksheet on the Animal Kingdom, complete with 75 multiple-choice questions and detailed explanations. It covers a wide range of topics from non-chordates to chordates, including classification, body organisation, excretion, circulation, reproduction, and evolutionary features. The worksheet is clearly designed for NEET-level preparation, with questions framed directly from NCERT facts and commonly tested biological concepts.
I am writing about this worksheet because the Animal Kingdom chapter often feels bulky and factual to students, yet it is one of the most scoring chapters in NEET Biology. Worksheets like this help convert static NCERT content into exam-ready knowledge. By analysing the questions and explanations, students can understand which facts matter most, how options are twisted in exams, and where conceptual clarity is required instead of blind memorisation. This article explains only what is present in the uploaded worksheet Animal Kingdom WS.
What This Animal Kingdom Worksheet Covers
The worksheet includes 75 MCQs, each followed by a short explanation. The questions span across:
- Basis of classification
- Evolutionary relationships
- Excretory products and organs
- Circulatory system types
- Reproductive strategies
- Special organs and adaptations
The explanations are concise and aligned with NCERT terminology, making the worksheet ideal for quick revision and self-evaluation.
Evolutionary and Classification-Based Questions
Several questions test evolutionary links and classification logic. For example, the worksheet highlights that mammals evolved from Therapsida, and that the presence of a notochord is the defining feature of chordates.
There are also direct classification questions asking students to identify the correct phylum, class, or order of organisms like lancelet, octopus, crocodile, bat, and platypus. Such questions are common in NEET and require exact recall of NCERT classification tables.
Chordates and Their Key Features
A major portion of the worksheet focuses on chordates. Important concepts covered include:
- Cyclostomata having a jawless, circular sucking mouth
- Reptiles generally having a three-chambered heart, with crocodile as an exception
- Birds and mammals being warm-blooded with four-chambered hearts
- Presence of mammary glands as the defining feature of mammals
Questions also test similarities between groups, such as crocodiles, birds, and mammals sharing a four-chambered heart.
Excretion and Nitrogenous Wastes
The worksheet strongly tests types of nitrogenous excretion, which is a favourite NEET area. Examples include:
- Ammonotelic animals excreting ammonia
- Uricotelic animals like birds and reptiles excreting uric acid
- Malpighian tubules as excretory organs in insects
- Proboscis gland as the excretory organ in hemichordates
These questions check whether students can correctly link animals with their excretory products and organs.
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Circulatory System and Heart Structure
Multiple questions are based on heart chambers and circulation types. The worksheet explains:
- Double circulation as blood passing twice through the heart
- Two-chambered heart in fishes like sharks
- Three-chambered heart in amphibians and most reptiles
- Four-chambered heart in birds, mammals, and crocodiles
Such questions often appear as assertion–reason or matching-type MCQs in NEET.
Reproduction and Development
Reproductive strategies are tested through questions on:
- External fertilisation in amphibians
- Self-fertilisation in liver fluke
- Oviparous mammals like platypus
- Larval forms such as tadpole in urochordates
These questions require conceptual clarity about life cycles rather than rote learning.
Non-Chordates and Their Identifying Features
The worksheet includes strong coverage of non-chordate phyla:
- Porifera with cellular level of organisation
- Coelenterata being diploblastic
- Platyhelminthes as acoelomates
- Annelida showing metamerism
- Arthropoda having the highest number of species
- Mollusca being the second-largest phylum
Special structures like radula in molluscs and comb plates in ctenophores are also tested.
Ecology, Conservation, and Applied Biology
Some questions move beyond pure classification and test applied knowledge, such as:
- Project Tiger being launched in 1973
- Giant panda facing extinction due to low reproductive rate
- Lac being a secretion of lac insects
- Tasar silk being produced by Antheraea species
These questions show how Animal Kingdom links with ecology and human use of animals.
What This Worksheet Teaches NEET Aspirants
From this worksheet, it is clear that:
- Animal Kingdom questions are NCERT-driven and factual
- Small details like exceptions are extremely important
- Classification tables must be revised repeatedly
- Understanding “why” helps retain facts better than memorising lists
Practising such worksheets improves speed and accuracy in Biology.
















