FREE NEET Biology Practice MCQ Test: Reproductive Health Exercise 1 Questions Answers With Detailed Explanations [PDF]

Answer: (c)

Answer: (a)

Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) or abortion is the termination of pregnancy before the foetus becomes viable. MTP is comparatively safe upto 12 weeks (the first trimester) of pregnancy. It becomes more risky after the first trimester period of pregnancy as the foetus becomes intimately associated with the maternal tissues.

Answer: (c)

Permanent method of birth control in which testes are surgically removed, is called castration.

Answer: (a)

Condoms are barriers made of thin rubber/latex sheath that are used to cover the penis in the male or vagina and cervix in the female, just before coitus so that the ejaculated semen would not enter into the female reproductive tract. This can prevent conception.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Reproductive health can be improved by educating and creating awareness among the people about various aspects of reproductive health.

Answer: (c)

Cu ions released by copper releasing intrauterine devices suppresses sperm motility. Intra-uterine devices are inserted by doctors in the uterus through vagina. They are available as the non-medicated IUDs, copper releasing IUDs and hormone-releasing IUDs.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

Natural method of contraception works on the principle of avoiding chances of ovum and sperm meeting. include periodic abstinence, coitus interrupts and lactational ammenorrhea.

Answer: (c)

Byin vitro fertilization, the ovum is fertilized with sperm outside the body of a woman, providing the ovum with the same environmental conditions as it would have got inside the uterus. The zygote is grown inside a culture and when embryo is formed, it is then implanted into uterus where it develops into foetus and then into a child. This is called test tube baby.

Methodology involves the following steps :

Removal of unfertilised ovum from reproductive tract of a female.

Ovum is kept under aseptic conditions.

Fusion of sperm and ovum in a culture medium, outside the female body to form the zygote.

Zygote is stimulated to develop in vitro upto 32-celled stage.

Developing embryo is implanted on the endometrium of the uterus at 32-celled stage. So the pregnancy in the woman starts and further the development of the child continues in the womb till it is born.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

To get rid of unwanted pregnancies and to prevent the fatality or harmfulness to the mother or to foetus or both due to the continuation of pregnancy are the reasons on the basis of which pregnancy can be terminated

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)