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NCERT Exemplar · Q40

Q.Give an example for each of the following a. A viviparous animal
b. A fish possessing a poison sting
c. A fish possessing an electric organ
d. An organ, which regulates buoyancy
e. Animal, which exhibits alternation of generation
f. Oviparous animal with mammary gland

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Six specific examples, each drawn directly from the classification chapter: tiger for viviparity, Trygon and Torpedo for the two special cartilaginous-fish adaptations, the air bladder for buoyancy, Obelia for metagenesis, and the platypus for an egg-laying mammal.

Each category has a clearly named example within the classification of the animal kingdom.

  • a. A viviparous animal: placental mammals such as Panthera tigris (tiger) give birth to live young.
  • b. A fish possessing a poison sting: Trygon, the sting ray, among the cartilaginous fishes, carries a poison sting.
  • c. A fish possessing an electric organ: Torpedo, the electric ray, also among the cartilaginous fishes, possesses electric organs.
  • d. An organ that regulates buoyancy: the air bladder, present in Osteichthyes (bony fishes), lets these fish control their buoyancy, unlike Chondrichthyes, which lack it. …

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