This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 1 Reproduction In Organisms – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 1 Reproduction In Organisms Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which statement is most appropriate to define LIFE SPAN? A) Period from birth till natural death of an organism. B) Period as long an organism lives. C) Period from birth till death of an organism. D) Life span cannot be defined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Period from birth till natural death of an organism. 2. What describes a cell that has pairs of chromosomes called? A) Daughter cell. B) Parent cell. C) Haploid cell. D) Diploid cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diploid cell. 3. During embryogenesis zygote undergoes all except? A) Modification. B) Meiosis. C) Differentiation. D) Mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modification. 4. Which statement about Oestrus cycle is not related one? A) These animals are seasonal breeders. B) These animals are not reproductively active throughout the year. C) Bleeding occurs at the end of each cycle when fertilization do not occur. D) It occurs in Non-primate animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bleeding occurs at the end of each cycle when fertilization do not occur. 5. Compare & Contrast Sexual VS Asexual A) Both only require one parent. B) Sexual creates diverse offspring, and asexual makes uniform. C) Sexual reproduction have larger populations. D) Both require no special cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sexual creates diverse offspring, and asexual makes uniform. 6. The female gametes are known as: A) Cheese. B) Milk. C) Bacon. D) Egg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Egg. 7. Male honey bees are produced by ..... method A) Parthenocarpy. B) Parthenogenesis. C) Asexually. D) Sexually. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parthenogenesis. 8. In heterogamous organisms the male gamete and female gametes are called respectively- A) Spermatogonia, oogonia. B) Spermatid, ootid. C) Antherozoid (sperm), Egg (ovum). D) Sperm and oospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antherozoid (sperm), Egg (ovum). 9. When a new organism grows by mitosis and cell division on the body of its parent. A) Fission. B) Vegetative reproduction. C) Regeneration. D) Budding. E) Mitotic cell division. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Budding. 10. Which organisms have diploid body organization? A) Monera and Fungi. B) Algae and Bryophytes. C) Pteridophytes and Angiosperms. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pteridophytes and Angiosperms. 11. The end product of Anaerobic Respiration in humans is: A) Oxygen. B) Lactic Acid. C) Alcohol. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lactic Acid. 12. In oogamy, fertilization involves A) A small non-motile female gamete and a large motile male gamete. B) A large non-motile female gamete and a small motile male gamete. C) A large non-motile female gamete and a small non-motile male gamete. D) A large motile female gamete and a small non-motile male gamete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A large non-motile female gamete and a small motile male gamete. 13. What is one disadvantage of sexual reproduction? A) Needs two parents. B) Only one parent needed. C) Happens very quickly. D) Off spring are exact copies of parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Needs two parents. 14. A plant that produces beautiful flowers experiences a mutation that causes it to form flowers that are unattractive to the pollinator. How will this plant's reproduction rate be impacted? (MS-LS1-4) A) The rate of reproduction will decrease. B) The rate of reproduction will stay the same. C) The rate of reproduction will completely stop. D) The rate of reproduction will increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rate of reproduction will decrease. 15. A scientist observes a parent organism with its offspring. The color of the offspring is different than the parent. The most likely inference the scientist makes is that the organism reproduces by ..... A) Asexual reproduction. B) Vegetative propagation. C) Sexual reproduction. D) Budding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sexual reproduction. 16. The plant material which is widely used in the preparation of culture medium is A) Borassus flabellifer. B) Cycas revoluta. C) Cocus nucifera. D) Pinus longifolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cocus nucifera. 17. What is the main advantage of sexual reproduction? A) Cloning. B) Efficiency. C) Genetic diversity. D) Asexual reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic diversity. 18. Which of the following statements about reproduction are true?A) Fertilisation only occurs in sexual reproduction. B) Reproduction is to ensure the continuity of living things.C) In reproduction, both male and female produces eggs and sperms. A) A and B only. B) A and C only. C) B and C only. D) A, B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A and B only. 19. Which of the following is viviparous? A) Reptiles. B) Frog. C) All mammals. D) Majority of mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Majority of mammals. 20. In flowering plants, both male and female gametes are non-motile. The method to bring them together for fertilisation is: A) Water. B) Air. C) Apomixis. D) Pollination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollination. 21. Which is a unisexual flower? A) Papaya. B) Hibiscus. C) Mustard. D) Sunflower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Papaya. 22. Define fertilization. A) Fertilization is the process of fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote. B) Fertilization is the process of water absorption in plants. C) Fertilization is the process of cell division in animals. D) Fertilization is the process of photosynthesis in plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fertilization is the process of fusion of male and female gametes to form a zygote. 23. What is the name of first cell of life formed as a result of sexual reproduction? A) Sperm. B) Ovum. C) Zygote. D) Embryo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zygote. 24. Offset is a vegetative propagule found in A) Potato. B) Water hyacinth. C) Ginger. D) Agave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water hyacinth. 25. Which one is an incorrect pairing? A) Rhizome-ginger. B) Potato-eyes. C) Offset-Agave. D) Bryophyllum-Leaf bud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offset-Agave. 26. Match each term with the correct description below.only takes place in reproductive organs A) Fertilization. B) Mitosis. C) Zygote. D) Meiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meiosis. 27. Chromosomes present in human zygote is A) 46. B) 22. C) 23. D) 44. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 46. 28. Which of the following cell division is related to the gametogenesis? A) Mitosis. B) Meiosis. C) Both. D) Reductional division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 29. How do flowering plants typically engage in sexual reproduction? A) None of the above. B) Through budding. C) By combining pollen and egg cells. D) Through binary fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By combining pollen and egg cells. 30. This contraception method works by preventing the ovary from releasing an ovum. A) Withdrawal. B) Condom. C) Spermicides. D) Condoms. E) Birth control pills. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Birth control pills. 31. Which term well defines this:Gamete$\rightarrow$ Individual A) Budding. B) Binary fission. C) Parthenogenesis. D) Ampmixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parthenogenesis. 32. Which of the following domains would a prokaryotic organism belong? A) Eukarya. B) Animalia. C) Bacteria. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 33. In ..... a body part regrows and may form a new organism. A) Sexual reproduction. B) Fission. C) Regeneration. D) Budding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regeneration. 34. Adventitious buds develop in the leaves of: A) Banana. B) Ginger. C) Bryophyllum. D) Potato. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bryophyllum. 35. Asexual reproductive structure in sponge is called A) Gemmule. B) Buds. C) Conidia. D) Zoospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gemmule. 36. A dogfish shark contains 24 chromosomes in each of its muscle cells. How many chromosomes are normally found in each of its sex cells? A) 6. B) 12. C) 48. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 37. Regeneration is seen in A) Amoeba. B) Noctiluca. C) Star fish. D) Tapeworm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Star fish. 38. Which type of reproduction results in offspring that are genetically diverse? A) Binary fission. B) Asexual reproduction. C) Budding. D) Sexual reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sexual reproduction. 39. Staminate flowers are are those which have A) Stamen and pistil both. B) Only stamen. C) Only pistil. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only stamen. 40. If vegetative growth of the plant takes place but flower production does not occur-then what couldbe the reason for this? A) Photoperiod. B) Imbalance of sugar in water. C) Irregular transport of solute. D) Imbalance of hormones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photoperiod. 41. Which one of the following paris is wrongly matched while the reasoning three are correct: A) Gemmules-cara. B) Agave-Bulbils. C) Zoospores-Chlamydomonas. D) Penicilium-Conidia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gemmules-cara. 42. Which organisms can be cut into any number of pieces and each piece grows into a complete organism? A) Leishmania. B) Amoeba. C) Hydra. D) Planaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydra. 43. Two ..... make up a gene. A) Chromosomes. B) Alleles. C) Eggs. D) Sperm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alleles. 44. Formation of hard calcareous eggs is a characteristic feature of: A) Oviparous forms. B) Viviparous forms. C) Ovi-viviparous forms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oviparous forms. 45. The uniparental reproduction is called ..... reproduction while by parental reproduction is termed ..... reproduction. Higher organisms most please show ..... reproduction. A) Sexual, asexual, sexual. B) Asexual, sexual, sexual. C) Asexual, sexual, asexual. D) Sexual, asexual, asexual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asexual, sexual, sexual. 46. Temporary union of the two individuals of the same species A) Isogamy. B) Strobilation. C) Conjugation. D) Anisogamy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjugation. 47. Which process leads to the creation of new individuals in unicellular organisms? A) Budding. B) Regeneration. C) Fission. D) Spore Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fission. 48. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BRINGS VARIATION A) SPORULATION. B) SEXUAL REPRODUCTION. C) FRAGMENTATION. D) BINARY FISSION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SEXUAL REPRODUCTION. 49. Biennial plants take two years to complete their life cycle. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. Hydra reproduce through ..... , where the offspring grows from the body of the parent organism. A) Budding. B) Mutations. C) DNA. D) Thymine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Budding. 51. Offset is the vegetative propagule of: A) Agave. B) Ginger. C) Bryophyllum. D) Water hyacinth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water hyacinth. 52. Each month one egg cell is released from one ovary A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. A few statements describing certain features of reproduction are givenbelow:i. Gametic fusion takes placeii. Transfer of genetic material takes placeiii. Reduction division takes placeiv. Progeny have some resemblance with parentsSelect the options that are true for both asexual and sexualreproduction from the options given below: A) (a) i and ii. B) (b ) ii and iii. C) (c) ii and iv. D) (d) i and iii. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (c) ii and iv. 54. Which organisms typically reproduce by binary fission? A) Bacteria. B) Animals. C) Fungi. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 55. Asexual reproductive structure of Penicillum is: A) Gemmules. B) Buds. C) Conidia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conidia. 56. Which of the following statements best describe the offspring in sexual reproduction? A) Offspring are identical to the parent. B) Offspring are identical only to the mother, but not the father. C) Offspring are identical only to the father, but not the mother. D) Offspring are diverse and look different from the parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Offspring are diverse and look different from the parents. 57. The events in sexual reproduction are are pre-fertilization, fertilization, post fertilization.What is the correct order of their occurrence? A) Pre fertilization, fertilization, post fertilization. B) Fertilization, post fertilization, pre fertilization. C) Post fertilization, fertilization, pre fertilization. D) Pre fertilization, post fertilization, fertilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre fertilization, fertilization, post fertilization. 58. All of the offspring of an organism have the same genetic material, which is identical to the parent organism. From this, we can conclude that this organism- A) Makes its own food. B) Is unicellular. C) Live in a marine habitat. D) Reproduces asexually. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reproduces asexually. 59. What is the contraceptive taken orally, once a day? A) Birth control pills. B) Condoms. C) Spermicides. D) Implants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth control pills. 60. The offspring from asexually reproduced organisms are? 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