Types of reproduction in animals - class-VII

Types of reproduction in animals including oviparous, viviparous, and ovoviviparous strategies, along with egg characteristics

43 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Vivipary means

  1. Fruits are not formed.
  2. Germination of seed on mother plant.
  3. Formation of fruits directly by embryo.
  4. Production of fruitless plant.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion : Claspers of cartilage fishes are analogous to penis of human male.

Reason : Both act as copulatory organs and transfer the sperms into female.

  1. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is a correct explanation of Assertion
  2. Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of Assertion
  3. Assertion is true but Reason is false
  4. Both Assertion and Reason are false
  5. Assertion is false but reason is true.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following animals give birth to young ones?

  1. Ornithorhynchus and Echidna
  2. Macropus and Pteropus
  3. Balaenoptera and Homo sapiens
  4. Both (b) and (c)
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Marsupials are

  1. Viviparous
  2. Oviparous
  3. Ovo-viviparous
  4. Omni-vorous
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Birds are oviparous.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an egg laying mammal?

  1. Panthera leo
  2. Elephas maximus
  3. Hemidactylus flaviviridis
  4. Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In mammals egg are microlecithal and isolecithal because these are

  1. Oviparous
  2. Viviparous
  3. Ovoviviparous
  4. None of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ootheca of cockroach has .................. fertilized eggs.

  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 16
  4. 24
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cleidoic egg is an adaptation for

  1. Aquatic life
  2. Marine life
  3. Terrestrial life
  4. Aerial life
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Reptile and bird eggs are

  1. Macrolecithal
  2. Oligolecithal
  3. Mesolecithal
  4. Alecithal
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Microlecithal eggs are found in

  1. Reptilia and Aves
  2. Amphibia, Aves and Reptilia
  3. Reptilia, Aves and Chiroptera
  4. Eutheria
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Yolk is composed of

  1. Carbohydrate
  2. Protein
  3. Phospholipid
  4. All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Yolk is synthesized in

  1. Liver
  2. Fat bodies
  3. Both A and B
  4. Sertoli cells
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Yolk cytoplasm contains

  1. Ooplasm
  2. Protoplasm
  3. Deutoplasm
  4. Trophoplasm
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Animals which give birth to young ones are called as

  1. Amphibious
  2. Oviparous
  3. Triploblastic
  4. Viviparous
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Egg-producing animals such as birds are called as

  1. Unisexual
  2. Oviparous
  3. Viviparous
  4. Hermaphrodite
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following animals are correctly categorised ?

Oviparous Viviparous
A. Human,cow  Snake, Pigeon
B. Hen, Snake Human, Crocodile
C. Pigeon, Crocodile  Rat, Horse
D. Toad, Earthworm Cockroach, Cat
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Egg laying animals are known as

  1. Viviparous
  2. Oviparous
  3. Sterile
  4. Hermaphrodite
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The development of embryo inside an egg is called as

  1. Vivipary
  2. Carnivorous
  3. Omnivorous
  4. Ovipary
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The animal that reproduces by laying eggs is

  1. Cat
  2. Dog
  3. Cow
  4. Fish
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Oviparous animals give birth to young ones.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Give the correct correlation
Oviparous : _______ :: viviparous : ______

  1. Crow, cat
  2. Frog, lizard
  3. Dog, cow
  4. Crow, frog
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Animal which lay eggs are called _____ 

  1. Vivparous
  2. Oviparous
  3. Both a and b
  4. None of above
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Animal which give birth to the young ones are called _______.

  1. Oviparous
  2. Viviparous
  3. Ovi-viviparous
  4. None of these
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Give example of viviparous animals.

  1. Human beings
  2. Frog
  3. Butterfly
  4. All of the above
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The animals in which complete embryo develops in the mother's body through placenta are 

  1. Oviparous
  2. Viviparous
  3. Ovo-viviparous
  4. Herbivorous
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Foetus developing in the genital track without getting nourishment from the mother is a case of

  1. Vivipary
  2. Ovipary
  3. Ovo-vivipary
  4. None of the above
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hens and frogs both are

  1. Oviparous
  2. Viviparous
  3. Ovoviviparous
  4. None of these
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Animals giving birth to young ones are

  1. Viviparpous
  2. Oviparous
  3. Triploblastic
  4. Coelomate
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In markets, eggs of birds are available but never eggs of dogs, because

  1. Birds lays eggs but dogs do not
  2. Bird's eggs are large but dog's eggs is very small
  3. Bird's eggs are covered but dog's eggs are not
  4. None of these
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The eggs of fish are covered by

  1. Jelly like membrane
  2. Hard shell
  3. Both A and B
  4. None of these
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The eggs of frogs do not have shells for protection, yet they are safe in water. How?

  1. They are covered and embedded in a jelly like strip
  2. They are covered with bark
  3. They are covered with yolk
  4. Both A and B
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Offsprings of oviparous animals are at greater risk of survival as compared to those of viviparous animals because

  1. Proper embryonic care and protection is absent
  2. Embryo does not develop completely
  3. Progenies are of smaller size
  4. Genetic variations do not occur
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the option which shows viviparous animals only.

  1. Lizard, Turtle
  2. Platypus, Crocodile
  3. Cow, Crocodile
  4. Whale, Mouse
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Statement $1$: Viviparous animals give better protection to their offspring.
Statement $2$: In viviparous animals, young ones, after attaining a certain state of growth, are delivered out of the body of the female organism.

  1. Both statements $1$ and $2$ are correct
  2. Statement $1$ is correct but statement $2$ is incorrect
  3. Statement $1$ is incorrect but statement $2$ is correct
  4. Both statements $1$ and $2$ are incorrect
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In these animals, the female retain the eggs inside the body after fertilisation and allows the development of embryo inside the body without providing extra nourishment to the developing embryo as the placenta is absent. Such animals are called as

  1. Oviparous animals
  2. Viviparous animals
  3. Ovoviviparous animals
  4. None of the above
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is oviparous?

  1. Platypus
  2. Flying fox (Bat)
  3. Elephant
  4. Whale
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Those who give birth to young-ones are called viviparous. Some flabes lay eggs. Therefore,

  1. Some frogs do lay eggs
  2. Some frogs are fishes
  3. Some fishes do not lay eggs
  4. Some fishes are oviparous
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Egg with peripheral cytoplasm around the yolk is

  1. Isolecithal
  2. Microlecithal
  3. Telolecithal
  4. Centrolecithal
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Salamandra atra is 

  1. Ovoviviparous
  2. Oviparous
  3. Sexually sterile
  4. Parthenogenetic
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The process by way of which a larva or miniature adult comes out of the egg membranes is known as

  1. Hatching
  2. Emboly
  3. Epiboly
  4. Ingression
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Organisms which give birth to young ones directly are

  1. Oviparous
  2. Ovoviparous
  3. Viviparous
  4. Both A and B
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A hatching egg of chick is covered by plaster of paris. It is harmful for 

  1. Mother
  2. Respiration
  3. Excretion
  4. None of the above