Biology
Biological Reproduction
762 Questions
Biological reproduction encompasses processes like asexual and sexual reproduction, alternation of generations, and specific mechanisms in plants and fungi. This topic is fundamental for biology paper preparation in various competitive exams. Practice these questions to solidify your understanding.
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Biological Reproduction Questions
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binary fission
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sporulation
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multiple fission
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conjugation
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budding
C
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Explanation
Amoeba reproduces by multiple fission (sporulation) during unfavorable conditions, forming a protective cyst and producing many amoebulae. Binary fission occurs during favorable conditions. Conjugation is a ciliate protozoan process, not amoeboid. Budding occurs in organisms like Hydra and yeast.
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budding
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gametes
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gemules
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binary fission
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multiple fission
A
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Explanation
Hydra reproduces asexually by budding during favorable conditions when food is abundant. A small outgrowth (bud) develops into a complete organism and detaches. Sexual reproduction (gametes) occurs during unfavorable conditions. Gemmules are sponge structures, not hydra.
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cells develop independently from the same zygote
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gametes develop independently
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ova develop independently
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sperms develop independently
A
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Explanation
Identical (monozygotic) twins develop from a single fertilized egg (zygote) that splits into two embryos, each developing independently. They don't come from separate gametes, ova, or sperm - those would produce fraternal (dizygotic) twins or separate siblings.
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genetic recombination
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polyploidy
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aneuploidy
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euploidy
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none of the above
A
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Explanation
Genetic recombination is the production of offspring with combinations of traits that differ from those found in either parent. In eukaryotes, genetic recombination during meiosis can lead to a novel set of genetic information that can be passed on from the parents to the offspring.
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Hydra
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Monocystis
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Planaria
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Plasmodium
B
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Explanation
Isogamy is a form of sexual reproduction where gametes are morphologically similar or identical (no distinction between 'male' and 'female' gametes). Monocystis, a protozoan parasite of earthworms, exhibits isogamy. Hydra reproduces asexually by budding, Planaria can reproduce both sexually and asexually, and Plasmodium (malaria parasite) has complex sexual and asexual stages in its life cycle.
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Red algae lack motile sperm.
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They display alternation of generations.
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Carpospores may also germinate directly into thalloid gametophytes.
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The gametophyte may replicate using carpospores.
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The spores of a sporophyte produce either tetrasporophytes.
D
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Explanation
The gametophyte may replicate using monospores, but produces sperm in spermatangia, and eggs in carpogonium.
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The frustule is frequently highly differentiated in diatoms.
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The epicingulum and hypocingulum are collectively known as the girdle.
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The most common mode of reproduction in diatoms is asexual by cell division.
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The daughter cell that receives the original epitheca remains the same size as the parent.
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Araphid pennate diatoms are capable of gliding movement.
E
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Explanation
Raphid pennate diatoms are capable of gliding movement that is caused by the secretion of mucopolysaccharides, derived from vesicles or crystalline bodies, through the raphe. Araphid pennate diatoms lack a raphe and posses a central, unornamented area known as the sternum or pseudoraphe. No centric diatom has a raphe.
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Pinnularia
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Craticula
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Tabellaria
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Bacteriastrum delicatulum
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Craspedodiscus elegans
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Craticula is a genus of diatom that lies on or in the top layers of sediments in the freshwater to brackish water environments it inhabits. In addition to frustule morphology the genus differs from closely related species by its sexual reproduction and movement in response to light.
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Binary fission
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Binary fusion
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Secondary fission
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Secondary fusion
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Amoeba reproduces by dividing itself into two. This type of asexual reproduction is called binary fission.
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Regeneration
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Budding
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Fragmentation
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Cloning
C
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Explanation
Fragmentation involves breaking of parent organism into many fragments. Each fragment develops into an individual organism.
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outgrowth
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site growth
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budding
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fission
C
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Explanation
Budding is a form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at one particular site. The new organism remains attached as it grows, separating from the parent organism only when it is mature, leaving behind scar tissue.
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Deuteromycota
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Basidiomycota
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Ascomycota
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Glomeromycota
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Zygomycota
A
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Explanation
Deuteromycota, or imperfect fungi, is an artificial group comprising fungi for which no sexual reproductive cycle has been observed. Penicillium, from which penicillin is obtained, is a deuteromycete.
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Fission - binary and multiple
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Fragmentation
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Budding
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Regeneration
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All of the above
E
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Explanation
This is the correct option as all of the above are methods of asexual reproduction.
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Yeast
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Prokaryotes
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Hydra
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Dahlia
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Taenia
B
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Explanation
This is the correct option. Prokaryotes reproduce by the method of binary fission.
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Only a
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Only a and b
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Only b
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Only a and c
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Only c
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Seeds are formed by the fusion of a male gamete with another male gamete, is a wrong statement. Seeds are formed by the fusion of a male gamete with a female gamete.