BIOHACK NOTES

REPRODUCTION
IN ORGANISMS
• Based on active recall and spaced repetition
• Target 360/360 in NEET Biology & 100/100 in Boards!
 • INTRODUCTION

1. Who was the father of plant embryology ?

2. Life span of parrot is _____ while than of crow is _____
3. No individual is immortal except -
4. Life span of banyan tree, tortoise, cow, dog, horse and crocodile, elephant, rice plant, fruitfly are -
5. Organisms internal physiology is not responsible for how it reproduces. T/F

• ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

6. Morphologically and genetically similar individuals are called ______ (NEET)

7. Paramoecium undergoes binary fission. T/F
8. What does an amoeba do under unfavourable conditions ? This phenomenon is called _______
9. Most common asexual reproductive structure is - (NEET)
10. When favourable condition return, amoeba divide by ________ and produces many minute ______ or
_______. This phenomenon is called _______
11. Units of vegetative propagation in plants are (6) - (NEET)
DigaQ. 1
12. Hydra show fragmentation. T/F
13. Terror of bengal is actually a aquatic plant ______
14. Terror of bengal cause death of fishes because - (NEET)
15. It was introduced in india because -
16. Rhizomes ex are (2) - (NEET)
17. Algae and fungi shift to asexual mode of reproduction
just before the onset of adverse condtion. T/F

A
X
X

Y
B C D
 DigaQ. 2 X
X
Y Y
C

A
Z
X B

E
D

• SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

18. Sexual reproduction is a slow process. T/F

19. The period of growth is called _______
20. In the inter-flowering phase, the plant is called juvenile/mature.
21. Bamboo species flower only once/twice after ___-___ years. (NEET)
22. _________ flowers once in 12 years.
23. Neelakuranji flowers in the hilly areas of _____,_____,_____
24. Apes have oestrous/menstrual cycle.
25. Oestrous cycle is present in (6) -
26. The 3 events of sexual reproduction are -
27. Pre-fertillisation event include - (2)
28. Example of Isogametes -
29. In several _____ and _____, monocious or _______ term is used to denote bisexual condition.
30. Unisexual male flower is called _______
31. Unisexual female flower is called _______
32. Monoecious plant ex - (2) (NEET)
 DigaQ. 3

A B C

33. Dioecious plant ex - (2)

34. Bisexual animals ex - (4)
35. All gametes are produced by meiotic division. T/F
36. What are meiocytes ? (NEET)
37. No. of chromosomes in meiocyte of housefly, rat, dog, cat, fruitfly, ophioglossum, apple, rice, maize,
potato, butterfly and onion are -
DigaQ. 4
38. In few cases of fungi, both types of gametes are motile. T/F
39. Peas are bisexual/unisexual.
40. Most crucial and vital event in sexual reproduction is -
41. Fertillisation is also called _______
42. Ex. of parthenogenesis (4) - X
43. Internal fertillisation doesn't occur in any fungi. T/F
44. In seed plants, however, the non-motile male
gametes are carried to female gametes by pollen tubes. T/F Y
A
45. ______ is the vital link that ensures continuity of species.
46. Zygote develops a thick wall that is resistant to desiccation and damage in - (2)
47. During embryogenesis, zygote undergoes _______ and _______
48. Chances of survival in oviparous is more than viviparous. T/F
49. Even after fertillisation, sepals remain attached in - (3)
50. Ovules develop into _____ and ovary develop into _____ X
51. Plants are defined as ______ and ______
52. Flowers are defined as ______ and ______ Y
53. ______ is the progenitor of the next generation.

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REPRODUCTION
IN ORGANISMS

ANSWERS
• INTRODUCTION 29. Fungi and algae, homothallic
1. Panchanan Maheshwari 30. Staminate
2. 140, 15 31. Pistillate
3. Unicellular organism 32. cucurbits and coconuts
4. 200 yr., 100-150 yr., 20-25 yr., 25-30 yr., 33. papaya and date palm
60 yr., 60 yr., 3-4 months, 2 weeks 34. Earthworms, sponge, tapeworm and leech
5. F 35. T
• ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION 36. Gamete mother cells
6. Clones 37. 12, 42, 78, 38, 8, 1260, 34, 24, 20, 48, 380, 16
7. T 38. T
8. Withdraws pseudopodia and secrete 3 layer hard 39. Bisexual
covering, encystation 40. Fertillisation
9. Zoospore 41. Syngamy
10. Multiple fission, amoeba and pseudopodiospores, 42. Rotifers, honey bees, some lizards and turkey
sporulation 43. F
11. runner, rhizome, sucker, tuber, offset, bulb 44. T
12. T 45. Zygote
13. Water hyacinth 46. Fungi and algae
14. It drains oxygen from the water 47. Cell division and cell differentiation
15. beautiful flowers and shape of leaves (isliye 48. F
kahte hai khubsurati dhoka de jati hai, XD) 49. tomato, brinjal, guava
16. Banana and ginger 50. Seed, fruit
17. F, shift to sexual mode 51. Monoecious and dioecious
• SEXUAL REPRODUCTION 52. Unisexual and bisexual
18. T 53. Embryo
19. Juvenile phase • DigaQs
20. Juvenile DigaQ. 1 - Asexual reproductive structures:
21. Once, 50-100 A – Zoospores of Chlamydomonas
22. Strobilanthus kunthiana (neelakuranji) B – Conidia of Penicillium
23. Kerala, karnataka, tamil nadu X – Conidia
24. Menstrual C – Buds in Hydra
25. cows, sheep, rats, deers, dogs, tiger X – Mouth
26. pre-fertilisation, fertilisation and the post- Y – Bud
fertilisation events D – Gemmules in sponge
27. Gametogenesis and gamete transfer
28. Cladophora
DigaQ. 2 - Vegetative propagules in angiosperms DigaQ. 3 - Types of gametes
A – Eyes of potato A – Isogametes of Cladophora
X – Eyes B – Heterogametes of Fucus (an alga)
Y – Germinating eye buds C – Heterogametes of Homo sapiens
B – Rhizome of ginger DigaQ. 4 - Diversity of sexuality in organisms
X – Nodes A – Monoecious plant (Chara)
Y – Buds X – Oogonium (female sex organ)
Z – Adventitious root Y – Antheridium (male sex organ)
C – Bulbil of Agave B – Bisexual flower (sweet potato)
D – Leaf buds of Bryophyllum X – Stamen
X – Adventitious buds Y – Carpel
E – Offset of water hyacinth
X – Offset

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