Biology

Biological Reproduction

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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

Multiple choice
  1. binary fission

  2. sporulation

  3. multiple fission

  4. conjugation

  5. budding

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. budding

  2. gametes

  3. gemules

  4. binary fission

  5. multiple fission

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. cells develop independently from the same zygote

  2. gametes develop independently

  3. ova develop independently

  4. sperms develop independently

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. genetic recombination

  2. polyploidy

  3. aneuploidy

  4. euploidy

  5. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. Hydra

  2. Monocystis

  3. Planaria

  4. Plasmodium

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. Red algae lack motile sperm.

  2. They display alternation of generations.

  3. Carpospores may also germinate directly into thalloid gametophytes.

  4. The gametophyte may replicate using carpospores.

  5. The spores of a sporophyte produce either tetrasporophytes.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The gametophyte may replicate using monospores, but produces sperm in spermatangia, and eggs in carpogonium.

Multiple choice
  1. The frustule is frequently highly differentiated in diatoms.

  2. The epicingulum and hypocingulum are collectively known as the girdle.

  3. The most common mode of reproduction in diatoms is asexual by cell division.

  4. The daughter cell that receives the original epitheca remains the same size as the parent.

  5. Araphid pennate diatoms are capable of gliding movement.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. Pinnularia

  2. Craticula

  3. Tabellaria

  4. Bacteriastrum delicatulum

  5. Craspedodiscus elegans

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.

Multiple choice
  1. outgrowth

  2. site growth

  3. budding

  4. fission

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. Deuteromycota

  2. Basidiomycota

  3. Ascomycota

  4. Glomeromycota

  5. Zygomycota

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice
  1. Only a

  2. Only a and b

  3. Only b

  4. Only a and c

  5. Only c

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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.