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Chapter 18

Reproduction

Encircle the most appropriate answer among the following options

1. What is/are basis for asexual reproduction? 

  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis 
  • Sex hormones
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

2. What is advantage of asexual reproduction? 

  • Organisms increases rapidly
  • Organisms are morphologically alike 
  • Organisms are genetically alike
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

3. What is advantage of sexual reproduction? 

  • Genetically varied individuals are born 
  • Chances of survival increases 
  • Chances of evolution increases 
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

4. Natural methods of asexual reproduction in plants is/are choose which one is correct:

  • Spores
  • Vegetative propagation 
  • Apomixis
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

5. Artificial methods of asexual reproduction in plants is/are choose which one is correct: 

  • Cuttings
  • Tissues culture 
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • Alternation of generation 

6. A single mushroom may produce how many spores per minute at the peak of  its reproduction? 

  • 500,000
  • 50,000
  • 80,000
  • 200,000

7. Perennating organs are associated with which type of asexual reproduction? 

  • Sporulation
  • Apomixis 
  • Vegetative propagation
  • Cutting 

8. In apomixis, an embryo is created from a diploid cell in the choose which one is correct: 

  • Pollen tube
  • Leaf 
  • Ovule
  • All of the choices are correct 

9. Asexual reproduction differs from sexual reproduction in that it does not require choose which one is correct: 

  • 1 parent
  • 2 parent 
  • Spores
  • Vegetative parts 

10. Asexual reproduction does not introduce choose which one is correct: 

  • Variation 
  • Similarity between parents and offsprings 
  • Same chromosomal number in offsprings 
  • All of the choices are incorrect 

11. Which of the following statements is true of clones? 

  • Clones show variation 
  • Clones have DNA identical to parent 
  • Clones are formed by meiotic division 
  • All the choices are incorrect 

12. Vegetative propagation does not involve choose which one is correct: 

  • Root parts
  • Stem parts 
  • Leaf parts
  • Flower parts 

13. The mass of dividing undifferentiated cells of the cut end of the shoot is  called choose which one is correct: 

  • Callus
  • Periblem 
  • Dermatogen
  • Pericycle 

14. One of the following is not a method of asexual reproduction choose which one is correct: 

  • Sporulation
  • Gametogenesis 
  • Apomixis
  • Parthenogenesis 

15. Tissue culture is a technique used to produce a large number of plants  quickly which are all choose which one is correct: 

  • Variable
  • Unicellular 
  • Identical
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

16. Which of the following disadvantages applies to tissue culture? 

  • Clone may be genetically unstable 
  • Clone may be infertile 
  • Clone karyotype may be altered 
  • All of the choices are correct 

17. A flagellated motile sperm fertilizing a non-motile egg, is called choose which one is correct: 

  • Isogamy
  • Anisogamy 
  • Oogamy
  • All of the choices are correct 

18. A type of syngamy in which both fusing gametes are flagellated but different  in size are known as choose which one is correct: 

  • Isogamy
  • Anisogamy 
  • Oogamy
  • All of the choices are correct 

19. A type of sygnamy in which both fusing gametes are flagellated and same in  size are known as choose which one is correct: 

  • Isogamy
  • Ansogamy 
  •  Oogamy
  • All of the choices are correct 

20. In gymnosperms the main plant is diploid and choose which one is correct: 

  • Hompsporous
  • Heterosporous 
  • Microsporous
  • Megasporous 

21. In gymnosperms female gametophyte consists of choose which one is correct: 

  • Pollen tube
  • Microspore 
  • 2 to 5 archegonia
  • Both (B) and (C) 

22. In gymnosperms male gametophyte develops from choose which one is correct: 

  • Microspore
  • Megaspore 
  • Embryo sac
  • Synergids 

23. In gymnosperms male gametophyte consists of choose which one is correct: 

  • Archegonia
  • Megaspore mother cell 
  • Pollen tube
  • Ovule 

24. In angiosperms what gives rise to seed after fertilization. 

  • Microsporangium
  • Pollen tube
  • Mega sporangium
  • None of these 

25. In gymnosperms and angiosperms, the egg is produced in a female structure  called choose which one is correct: 

  • A seed
  •  stamen 
  • An ovule
  • A pollen grain 

26. If someone gives you a plant and tells you that it is an angiosperm, you know  that during its life cycle it will produce choose which one is correct: 

  • Swimming sperm
  • A prothallus 
  • Flowers
  • Cones 

27. The transfer of pollen grains to the female part of the plant is called choose which one is correct: 

  • Germination
  • Reproduction 
  • Pollination
  • Fertilization 

28. The production of new plants from underground stems is an example of choose which one is correct: 

  • Sexual reproduction
  • Asexual reproduction
  • Zygote
  • None of the above 

 29. Which one of the following is the male reproductive part of a flower? 

  • Stamen
  • Sepal 
  • Petal
  • Pistils 

30. In seed plants, sperm travel down through what to reach the egg? 

  • Stigma tube
  • Ovule tube 
  • Pollen tube
  • Stamen tube 

31. A carpel is a leaf which has been modified to produce choose which one is correct: 

  • Microsporania
  • 2 male gametes 
  • Pollen grains
  • Ovules 

32. The stamens are leaves modified for the production of choose which one is correct: 

  • Microspores
  • Megaspores 
  • Ovules
  • Seed 

33. The sepals and petals are choose which one is correct: 

  • Reproductive parts of flower
  • Non-reproductive parts of flower 
  • Parts of gametophyte
  • Both (A) and (B) 

34. The ovule contains choose which one is correct: 

  • Microsporangium
  • Male gametophyte 
  • Embryo sac
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

35. The unisexual flowers are called choose which one is correct: 

  • Staminate
  • Carpellate 
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • Monoecious 

36. If staminate and carpellate flowers are present on same plant it is termed as choose which one is correct: 

  • Monoecious
  • Dioecious 
  • Unisexual
  • None of the above 

37. Date palms are choose which one is correct: 

  • Dioecious
  • Monoecious 
  • Neuter
  • Biexual 

38. In angiosperms, double fertilization produces two distinct portions of the  seed. The endosperm portion’s role is to choose which one is correct:

  • Develop into the embryo
  • Nourish the embryo 
  • Develop into the mature sperm
  • Serve s a reservoir for extra DNA 

39. Each of the following is a part of a seed except the choose which one is correct: 

  • Embryo
  • Endosperm 
  • Seed-coat
  • Gametophyte 

40. The mature female gametophyte of an angiosperm is choose which one is correct: 

  • The archegonium and its egg cell 
  • The ovule inside the ovary 
  • The carpel after pollination 
  • An embryo sac with 8 nuclei and 7 cells 

41. Which part ultimately matures into a fruit? 

  • Integument
  • Ovary 
  • Archegonium
  • Ovule 

42. Which of the following is part of the third whorl of flower? 

  • Calyx
  • Corolla
  • Petal
  • Stamen 

43. Which of the following is formed in the double fertilization and becomes an  endosperm? 

  • Synergid cells
  • Antipodal cells 
  • Primary endosperm nucleus
  • Triploid (3n) nucleus 

44. A pollen grain is choose which one is correct: 

  • Immature male gametophyte
  • Spore 
  • Fruiting body
  • Mature male gametophyte 

45. In planst, spores are formed by 1, whereas gametes are formed by 2 choose which one is correct: 

  • 1-meiosis, 2-mitosis
  • 1-fission, 2-fusion
  • 1-meiosis, 2-meiosis
  • 1-mitosis, 2-mitosis 

46. From life cycle point of view the most important part of a plant is choose which one is correct: 

  • Flower
  • Leaf 
  • Stem
  • Root 

47. The main embryo develops from the structure formed as a result of fusion of choose which one is correct: 

  • 2 polar nuclei of embryo sac
  • Definitive nucleus and male gamete 
  • Egg cell and male gamete
  • Male gamete and synergids 

48. The fertilization occurs in choose which one is correct: 

  • Ovary
  • Ovule 
  • Embryo sac
  • Nucellus 

49. The part of embryo just below the cotyledons that terminates into radicle is  called choose which one is correct: 

  • Epicotyl
  • Hypocotyl 
  • Plumule
  • None of these 

50. The part of embryo just above the cotyledons that terminates into plumule is  called choose which one is correct: 

  • Epicotyl
  • Hypocotyl 
  • Radicle
  • Coleorhiza 

51. A protective sheath surrounding the plumule is choose which one is correct: 

  • Coleoptile
  • Coleorhiza 
  • Cotyledon
  • Scutellum 

52. A protective sheath surrounding the radicle is choose which one is correct: 

  • Coleoptile
  • Coleorhiza 
  • Cotyledon
  • Scutellum 

53. Single large shield shaped cotyledon of monocot seed is called choose which one is correct: 

  • Coleoptile
  • Coleorhiza 
  • Cotyledon
  • Scutellum 

54. It is defined as a cluster of flowers, arising from the main stem axis or  peduncle choose which one is correct: 

  • Inflorescence
  • Phosphorescence 
  • Luminescence
  • Senescence 

55. Which type of inflorescence is shown in the following diagram?

  • Corymb
  • Umbel
  • Raceme
  • Spike

56. In which type of inflorescence flowers develop into aeropetal succession. 

  • Racemose
  • Cymose 
  • Dichasial cyme
  • Scorpioid cyme 

57. In which type of inflorescence flowers are covered by large bracts called  spathes choose which one is correct: 

  • Racemose
  • Cymose 
  • Capitulum
  • Spikelet 

58. The type of recemose inflorescence with a short axis and multiple floral  pedicels of equal length that appear to arise from a common point is called choose which one is correct: 

  • Corymb
  • Umbel 
  • Raceme
  • Spike 

59. A type of uniparous cyme in which succeeding branches are produced on  same side is termed as choose which one is correct: 

  • Helicoid cyme
  • Scorpioid cyme 
  • Dichasial cyme
  • None of these 

60. A type of uniparous cyme in which succeeding branches are produced on  alternate sides is termed as choose which one is correct: 

  • Helicoid cyme
  • Scorpioid cyme 
  • Dichasial cyme
  • None of these 

61. It is type of recemose inflorescence that is flat-topped or convex because the  outer pedicels are progressively longer than the inner ones. 

  • Corymb
  • Capitulum 
  • Spadix
  • Spike 

62. What is required? 

  • Water
  • Suitable temperature 
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • None of these 

63. The process in which fruit develops without fertilization is called choose which one is correct: 

  • Parthenogenesis
  • Prthenocarpy 
  • Viviparous germination
  • Apomixis 

64. The pollen grain consists of choose which one is correct: 

  • Exine part 
  • Intine part 
  • Tube nucleus and generative nucleus 
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

65. Hypogeal germination takes place due to rapid growth of choose which one is correct: 

  • Epicotyl
  • Hypocotyl 
  • Cotyledon
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

66. Epigeal germination takes place due to rapid growth of choose which one is correct: 

  • Epicotyl
  • Hypocotyl 
  • Cotyledon
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

67. A special type of reproduction in which seed starts germinating inside fruit is choose which one is correct: 

  • Epigeal germination
  • Hypogeal germination 
  • Viviparous germination
  • All choices are correct 

68. The first organ to emerge from the germinating seed is choose which one is correct: 

  • Radicle
  • Plumule 
  • Cotyledon
  • Epicotyl 

69. Promotion of flowering by cold treatment given to imbibed seeds or young  plants is known as choose which one is correct: 

  • Parthenocarpy
  • Parthenogenesis 
  • Apomixis
  • Vernalization 

70. Spinach is choose which one is correct: 

  • Long day plant
  • Short day plant 
  • Day neutral plant
  • None of these 

71. Phytochrome exists in two forms i.e., P660 and choose which one is correct: 

  • P307
  • P370 
  • P703
  • P730 

72. Phytochrome comprises a pigment and a choose which one is correct: 

  • Lipid
  • Carbohydrate 
  • Mineral
  • Protein 

73. It has been found that red light promotes flowering in choose which one is correct: 

  • Long day plants
  • Short day plants 
  • Neutral day plants
  • None of these 

74. The hormone florigen is produced in choose which one is correct: 

  • Leaves
  • Flower 
  • Stem
  • Roots 

75. A form of asexual reproduction in which new individual grows out as a small  out growth and eventually separates from parent body is called choose which one is correct: 

  • Forming a spore
  • Budding 
  • Regeneration
  • Fission 

76. Reproduction of egg without fertilization by sperm is termed as choose which one is correct: 

  • Parthenogenesis
  • Parthenocarpy 
  • Regeneration
  • Budding 

77. The technique of producing a genetically identical copy of an organism by  replacing the nucleus of an unfertilized ovum with the nucleus of a body cell  from the organism is choose which one is correct: 

  • Budding
  • Cloning 
  • Parthenocarpy
  • Fission 

78. Fraternal twins choose which one is correct: 

  • Can be only two boys
  • Can be only two girls 
  • Cannot be one boy and one girl
  • Can be one boy and one girl

79. Sexual reproduction is important to avoid choose which one is correct: 

  • Variation
  • Chances of survival 
  • Genetic monotony
  • All (A), (B) and (C) 

80. Which of the following cell type is haploid? 

  • Primary spermatocyte
  • Spermatogonium 
  • Sertoli cell
  • Secondary spermatocyte 

81. Spermatogenesis and oogenesis both involve choose which one is correct: 

  • Mitosis only
  • Meiosis only 
  • Both mitosis and meiosis
  • All (A), (B) and (C) are incorrect 

82. After meiosis,what differentiaes into the mature sperm? 

  • Primary spermatocyte
  • Spermatid 
  • Secondary spermatocyte
  • Spermatogonium 

83. The animals which lay eggs are called choose which one is correct: 

  • Oviparous
  • Viviparous 
  • Dioecious
  • Neuter 

84. In terrestrial conditions which type fertilization is more common choose which one is correct: 

  • External
  • Internal 
  • Self
  • None of these 

85. In mammalian males, the reproductive and excretory system share the same choose which one is correct: 

  • Ureter
  • Vas defrens 
  • Urinary bladder
  • Urethra 

86. External male genitalia are choose which one is correct: 

  • Vasa efferentia and penis
  • Seminiferous tubules and penis 
  • Scrotum and penis
  • None of these 

87. Human testes are packed with about how many seminiferous tubules which  produce about how many million sperms every day? 

  • 200, 20
  • 300, 40
  • 500, 30
  • 500, 10

88. Three sets of glands secrete fluids which combine with the sperm to form choose which one is correct: 

  • Interstitial fluid
  • Semen 
  • Amniotic fluid
  • Both (A) and (B) 

89. A human female has around how many oocytes in each of her ovary? 

  • 30,000
  • 200,000
  • 300,000
  • 20,000

90. Fertilization of human eggs most often takes place in the choose which one is correct: 

  • Ovary
  • Uterus 
  • Oviduct (Fallopian tube)
  • Cervix

91. In human female only one ovum is usually discharged from the ovary at one  time and it is called choose which one is correct: 

  • Parturition
  • Menstruation 
  • Ovulation
  • Implantation 

92. Where does the uterus opens into the through cervix? 

  • Fallopian tube
  • Urethra 
  • Vagina
  • All of the choices are correct 

93. The follicle cells, after release of the egg, are modified to form a special  structure called choose which one is correct: 

  • Endometrium
  • Perimetrium 
  • Graffian follicle
  • Corpus luteum 

94. In mammals that are seasonal breeders, females are receptive only once a  year. This is called choose which one is correct: 

  • A follicular cycle
  • An estrous cycle 
  • A menstrual cycle
  • A luteal cycle 

95. The lining or inner layer of the uterus is called the choose which one is correct:

  • Myometrium
  • Perimetrium
  • Endometrium
  • Both (A) and (C)

96. What event occurs in the menstrual cycle when the level of progesterone

declines?

  • Ovulation
  • Beginning of menses
  • Formation of corpus luteum
  • Maturation of ovarian follicle

97. What is produced mainly by the corpus luteum in the ovary following

ovulation?

  • Progesterone
  • Follicle stimulating hormone
  • Luteinizing hormone
  • Chorionic gonadotrophic hormone

98. From which of the following structures is the secondary oocyte ovulated?

  • Corpus luteum
  • Graffian follicle
  • Primary follicle
  • Germinal epithelium

99. The process by which  becomes embedded in endometrium is

called .

  • morula, parturition
  • Blastocyst, parturiton
  • Blastocyst, implantation
  • Morula, implantation

100. What controls the release of milk form the mammary glands?

  • Oxytocin
  • Follicle stimulating hormone
  • Luteinizing hormone
  • None of these