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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 35

SSC CGL - 19 April 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q35

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Organisms belonging to the phylum ______ are also called ‘flatworms’.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Platyhelminthes.

  • The simplest animals that are bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic (composed of three fundamental cell layers) are the Platyhelminthes, the flatworms.
  • The free-living planarian flatworms are invertebrates from the large phylum of Platyhelminthes. 
  • Planarians are non-parasitic invertebrates from the phylum Platyhelminthes and are being investigated for several decades for understanding the whole-body regeneration process.