Asexual Reproduction in Organisms

Test your knowledge about various forms of asexual reproduction including binary fission, parthenogenesis, budding, fragmentation, and more in different organisms.

14 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms reproduces by longitudinal binary fission?

  1. Paramecium
  2. Euglena
  3. Amoeba
  4. Planaria
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which organism(s) is sperm dependent parthenogenesis observed?

  1. Pelophylax Kl hispanicus (Italian edible frog)
  2. Poeciliopsis (bony fishes)
  3. Schmidtea polychora (planaria)
  4. Mayfly
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which organisms is thelytoky seen?

  1. Termite queens
  2. Worker honeybees
  3. Ants
  4. Chalcidoids
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chlamydomonas reproduce asexually by producing

  1. gemmules
  2. conidia
  3. zoospores
  4. zygospores
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which organism uses merogony form of multiple fission to produce daughter cell?

  1. Toxoplasma gondii
  2. Plasmodium
  3. Cryptosporidium
  4. Hydra
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which animal divides by a method called fissiparity?

  1. Flatworm
  2. Coral
  3. Echinoderm
  4. Ceolentrate
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisms reproduces exclusively asexually?

  1. Hammerhead shark
  2. Aptinothrips genus of glass thrips
  3. Timema genus of stick insect
  4. Bdelloid rotifers
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which organism are buds formed inside the parental body?

  1. Scypha
  2. Spongilla
  3. Hydra
  4. Syllis
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of fission is observed in opalina and pelomyxa?

  1. Irregular binary fission
  2. Fissiparity
  3. Plasmotomy
  4. Multiple fission
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the internal buds formed in sponges called?

  1. Cysts
  2. Buds
  3. Gemmules
  4. Conidia
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of asexual reproduction is observed in starfish?

  1. Binary fission
  2. Budding
  3. Fragmentation
  4. Zoospore formation
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of asexual reproduction is seen in monocystis?

  1. Binary fission
  2. Sporocyst
  3. Budding
  4. Fragmentation
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Heterogony is seen in

  1. phasmids
  2. aphids
  3. chalcidoids
  4. honeybees
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are developed by the change in environmental conditions in pea aphids?

  1. Telescoping generations
  2. Fundatrices
  3. Sexuparae
  4. Heterogony