Reproduction in Organisms(Class - XII)
Reproduction in plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms including asexual and sexual reproduction methods
Questions
Which of the following are microscopic motile asexual reproductive structures?
- Zoospores
- Conidia
- Buds
- Gemmules
Rotation of body during metamorphosis is at 90 degree in
- herdmania
- snails
- sea horse
- None of these
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about fungal reproduction?
- Sporangium is a reproductive structure.
- Sporangium contains numerous hyphae.
- Spores are covered by thick walls.
- Spores germinate in the presence of moisture.
- All of the above
In bryophyllum, new plants arise from buds present on the margin of
- leaf
- stem
- root
- seed
- None of these
Which of the following statements is false?
- Bacteria and protozoa reproduce through fission.
- The filament of spirogyra divides into many pieces.
- In amoeba, splitting of cells can take place in any plane.
- Fission in Leishmania can occur in any plane.
- Binary fission occurs in a definite orientation in some organisms.
Which of the following organisms can reproduce new organisms by regeneration?
- Yeast
- Mushroom
- Planaria
- Plasmodium
- Amoeba
Match the following
| P. Rhizopus | 1. Egg |
| Q. Anther | 2. Pollen grain |
| R. Ovule | 3. Spore |
- P - 3, Q - 2, R - 1
- P - 2, Q - 1, R - 3
- P - 1, Q - 2, R - 3
- P - 1, Q - 3, R - 2
- P - 2, Q - 3, R - 1
Which of the following is a unicellular animal having short thread-like structures called cilia over its surface?
- Leishmania
- Paramecium
- Hydra
- Amoeba
- Plasmodium
Vegetative reproduction is done by using tubers in
- potato
- bryophyllum
- begonia
- rhizopus
- yeast
Match the following:
| P. Spirogyra | 1. Vegetative propagation |
| Q. Rose | 2. Fragmentation |
| R. Planaria | 3. Sexual reproduction |
| S. Human | 4. Regeneration |
- P - 1, Q - 3, R - 2, S - 4
- P - 3, Q - 4, R - 1, S - 2
- P - 2, Q - 1, R - 4, S - 3
- P - 4, Q - 2, R - 3, S - 1
- P - 2, Q - 4, R - 3, S - 1
Match the following
| a. Regeneration | 1. It is the process of getting back a full organism from its body part. |
| b. Fragmentation | 2. It is the process in which new plants are obtained from the parts of old plants without the help of any reproductive organs. |
| c. Vegetative propagation | 3. It is the process of breaking up of the body of a simple multicellular organism into two or more pieces on maturing, each of which subsequently grows to form a complete new organism. |
- a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
- a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
- a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
- a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
- a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
Which of the following is correct for sexual reproduction?
- Fusion of two male gametes
- Fusion of two female gametes
- Fusion of one male and one female gamete
- Fusion of one male and two polar nuclei
- Fusion of two male and two female gametes
Reproduction is the process of generating offsprings. Various unicellular organisms reproduce by
- fission
- regeneration
- ovulation
- non-disjunction