Question

Match the following columns and choose the correct option from the codes given below.

	Column I		Column II
A.	Plantigrade	1.	Cat
B.	Unguligrade	2.	Man
C.	Digitigrade	3.	Horse

Codes

	A	B	C
(a)	3	1	2
(b)	1	2	3
(c)	2	1	3
(d)	2	3	1

Answer 1

Correct option is : (d)

Feet of mammals	No. of toes
Plantigrade	5 digits (man)
Unguligrade	1 digit (horse)
Digitigrade	4 digits (cat)

Humans are plantigrade because they walk on the entire soles of the foot. Horse is called unguligrade because it walks on its hooves. Cats are digitigrade because they walk on their digits.