Free Reproduction In Organisms (Weekly Quiz: 1) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

Identity the incorrect statement.

(a) Zoospores are sexual reproductive structures.

(b) In asexual reproduction, the offspring produced are morphologically and genetically identical to the parent

(c) In asexual reproduction, a single parent produces offspring with or without the formation of gametes.

(d) Conidia are asexual structures in Penicillium.

Question-2

In which of the following pairs the plants can be vegetative propagated by leaf buds?

(a) Chrysanthemum and Agave

(b) Bryophyllum and Kalanchoe

(c) Agave and Kalanchoe

(d) Asparagus and Bryophyllum

Question-3

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

(a) embryo is not developed.

(b) proper embryonic care and protection is lesser.

(c) progenies are with more variation.

(d) progenies are larger.

Question-4

Which of the following statement is correct in the process of fertilization ?

(a) The entry of sperm activates the egg for completing meiosis.

(b) Only one sperm reaches the egg and enters it.

(c) Two haploid nuclei fuse and immediately divide to produce two nuclei which are again haploid.

(d) Only the acrosome of the sperm enters the egg.

Question-5

Which of the following statements regarding the asexual reproduction is incorrect?

(a) It does not contribute to evolution and speciation.

(b) Both mitotic and meiotic division occurs.

(c) It is uniparental and usually occurs in unicellular organisms.

(d) There is no variation and the offsprings have the same phenotype and genotype.

Question-6

Life in all organism starts from

(a) Two celled zygote

(b) Single cell zygote

(c) Single cell embryo

(d) Multicellular embryo

Question-7

Which of the following animals qualifies as a sexually reproducing, oviparous species ?

(a) Chicken

(b) Human

(c) Kangaroo

(d) Sea star

Question-8

Offsets are produced by

(a) mitotic divisions

(b) parthenocarpy

(c) meiotic divisions

(d) parthenogenesis

Question-9

The diagram shows:

(a) Conidia of Penicillium

(b) Zoospores of hydra

(c) Gemmules in sponge

(d) Zoospores of chlamydomonas

Question-10

What are the units of vegetative propagation in plants?

(a) Suckers and bulbs

(b) Runners and rhizomes

(c) Tuber and offset

(d) All of these