Free Reproduction In Organisms (Daily Quiz: 14) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

The term 'clone' cannot be applied to offspring formed by sexual reproduction because

(a) DNA of only one parent is copied and passed on to the offspring

(b) offspring do not possess exact copies of parental DNA

(c) offspring are formed at different times

(d) DNA of parent and offspring are completely different

Question-2

Fleshy buds produced in the axil of leaves, which grow to form new plants when shed and fall on ground, are called

(a) Bulbils

(b) Bulbs

(c) Tubers

(d) Offsets

Question-3

In ginger, vegetative propagation occurs through

(a) bulbils

(b) rhizome

(c) runners

(d) offsets.

Question-4

Assertion (A) In external fertilisation, syngamy occurs inside the female.
Reason (R)The offspring produced by external fertilisation are vulnerable to predators.

(a) If both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

(b) If both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A

(c) If A is true, but R is false

(d) If A is false, but R is true

Question-5

Apomixis in plant means development of a plant

(a) without fusion of gametes

(b) from root cuttings

(c) from fusion of gametes

(d) from cuttings of stem