Reproduction

Multiple Choice Questions tube

1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic 6. Identify in the given figure W, X, Y and Z.
feature of sexual reproduction?
(a) Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of
two dissimilar reproductive cells.
(b) Sexual reproduction is observed in most
organisms.
(c) Fertilization may take place inside or outside
the body of the female.
(d) The offspring represents the characteristics of
only one parent. W X Y Z
(a) Placenta Foetus Amniotic Foetul
2. Which of the following is NOT an example of fluid membrane
asexual reproduction? (b) Umbilical Embryo Uterus Vagina
(a) Budding in hydra cord
(b) Binary fission in amoeba (c) Placenta Foetus Uterus Foetal
(c) Formation of spores in ferns membrane
(d) Reproduction in earthworms (d) Umbilical Zygote Amniotic cervix
cord fluid
3. In which of the following labelled parts does
ovulation, fertilization and implantation occur? 7. Where does the fertilization of the female egg
usually occur in human beings?
(a) Vagina (b) Uterus
(c) Ovary (d) Fallopian tube

8. Which of the following are the functions of

amniotic fluid?
Ovulation Fertilization Implantation (i) Acts as a shock absorber
(a) W X Y (ii) Supplies nutrients to the foetus
(b) Z W X (iii) Supports the foetus and allows it to turn
(c) Y Z W (a) Only (i) and (ii) (b) Only (i) and (iii)
(d) X Y Z (c) Only (ii) and (iii) (d) All the three

4. Which of the following parts within the uterus 9. Which of these statements about the
prevents the mixing of the blood of the foetus reproductive system of a plant is NOT true?
with that of the mother? (a) The male organs are the stamens.
(a) Umbilical cord (b) Uterus wall (b) The anthers produce female gametes.
(c) Placenta (d) Water sac (c) The male gametes are present in the pollen
grains.
5. Which of the following represents W, X, Y and (d) A male gamete from a pollen grain fertilize a
Z? female gamete in an ovule.

10. Which of the following is true about the use of

the nectary in a flower?
(a) Supplies sugar for the growth of the pollen
tubes
(b) Supplies a lubricant for the pollen tubes to
enter the ovules
(c) Gives a pleasant smell to spread in air
P Q R S (d) Produces a sweet liquid to attract animals
(a) Gamete Ovary Foetus Zygote
(b) Sperm Ovary Zygote Foetus 11. Where does fertilization take place in a plant?
(c) Sperm Uterus Foetus Baby (a) Pollen grains (b) Anthers
(d) Gamete Fallopian Zygote Baby (c) Stigma (d) Ovules
12. Why do flowering plants show double 16. Which of these plants reproduces in the same
fertilisation? way as the organism shown below?
(a) To produce the endosperm which contains (a) Balsam (b) Fern
food and ensures that the seed germinates (c) Mango (d) Hibiscus
successfully
(b) To protect the seeds 17. Which of the following are modes of asexual
(c) To ensure the survival of the diploid zygote. reproduction?
(d) To ensure that the ovary will not develop if (a) Budding (b) Binary fission
double fertilisation does not take place. (c) Spore formation (d) All of these

13. A Identify P, Q, R, S. 18. Which of the following options are true about
sexual and asexual reproduction?
19.
Sexual reproduction Asexual reproduction
(i) Involves two (i) Involves only one
individuals individual parent
(ii) Involves a simple (ii) Involves a complex
process process

(iii) Involves the (iii) Involves a mature

P Q R S union of two types parent cell
of gametes
(a) Primary Secondary
Oogonium Ovum (a) Only (i) and (ii) (b) Only (i) and (iii)
oocyte oocyte
(c) Only (ii) and (iii) (d) All the three
(b) Secondary Primary
Oogonium Ovum
oocyte oocyte
20. Identify the part labelled P in the figure given
(c) Primary Secondary
Oogonium Ovum below.
oocyte oocyte
(d) Primary Secondary
Oogonium ovum
oocyte oocyte

14. Identify the labelled part and their functions

correctly?

(a) Head (b) Middle piece

(c) Tail (d) Cyton

21. Which of the following labelled parts produces

sperms in the given figure?
Fertilization Pollination
(a) I III
(b) I IV
(c) II III
(d) IV III
(a) P (b) Q
15. Which organism also reproduces in the same (c) R (d) S
way as the organism shown below?
22. Identify W, X, Y and Z?
W X Y Z
(a) Ovary Uterus Fallopian Vagina
tube
(b) Uterus Vagina Ovary Fallopian
tube
(a) Hydra (b) Amoeba
(c) Vagina Fallopian Ovary Uterus
(c) Starfish (d) Flatworm
tube
(d) Ovary Fallopian Uterus Vagina
tube

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23. In which of the following parts of the female
reproductive system does the process shown
below occur?
(a) Ovary (b) Uterus
(c) Vagina (d) Fallopian tube

24. Which of the following statements are true about

a sperm and an ovum?
Sperm Ovum (i) Glucose (ii) Oxygen (iii) Carbon dioxide
(i) Can live for (i) Can live for about 24
about 72 hours. hour. (a) Glucose (b) Oxygen
(ii) Thee smallest (ii) The biggest cell in the (c) Carbon dioxide (d) All of these
cell in the body body
(iii) Produced by (iii) only one is produced 30. Which of these diagrams correctly shows the
the testes in large by the ovary every month. formation of the zygote of a male baby?
quantities.

(a) Only (i) and (ii) (b) Only (i) and (iii)
(c) Only (ii) and (iii) (d) All the three (a)
25. P, Q, R and S are stages of the menstrual cycle.
At which stage can fertilization take place? (b)

(c)

(d)
(a) P (b) Q 31. Which of the following are examples of
(c) R (d) S vegetative reproduction in plants?
(a) Tomato, lady's finger, onion and cauliflower
26. Identify correct sequence about the menstrual (b) Potato, ginger, onion and sugarcane
cycle? (c) Cauliflower, onion, potato and tomato
W- The ovum dies 24 hours after ovulation. (d) Lady's finger, onion, ginger and sugarcane
X- The uterus wall thickens with blood vessels.
Y- The uterus wall breaks down.
Z- The ovary discharges an ovum.
(a) W, Y, X, Z (b) X, Z, W, Y
(c) Y, W, Z, X (d) Z, X, Y, W

27. Amoeba reproduces by which of the following

methods?
(a) Binary fission (b) Budding
(c) Germination (d) All of the above

28. Which of the following statements are correct

about the menstrual cycle?

(i) A girl who has reached puberty will

menstruate throughout her life.
(ii) Menstruation occurs every 28 days.
(iii) During every menstrual cycle, one mature
ovum is released by the ovary.

(a) Only (i) and (ii) (b) Only (i) and (iii)
(c) Only (ii) and (iii) (d) All the three

29. Which substances are transported in and out

through the part labelled P?

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 Previous Contest Questions (c) P – Ovum, Q -Testes, R - Implantation.
(d) P –Testes, Q - Ovum, R - Fertilisation.
1. Which of the following is the correct sequence of
steps involved in fertilization? 6. Which of the following is/are the characteristics
of vegetative reproduction?
P - Syngamy
Q- Entry of pollen tube into ovule and embryo X - Involves two individuals
sac Y - Daughter cells are genetically identical to
R- Triple fusion the parent.
S -Discharge of male gametes into embryo sac Z - The cell division are only mitotic.
T-Growth of pollen tube and formation of male
gametes (a) Only X and Y (b) Only X and Z
(a) T, Q, S, P, R (b) Q, S, P, R, T (c) Only Y and Z (d) X, Y and Z
(c) S, P, Q, R, T (d) T, Q, S, R, P
7. Which of the following represents P, Q and R?
2. What is the function of the structure labelled L in
the given diagram?

P Q R
(a) Embryo Zygote Foetus
(b) Zygote Embryo Foetus
(a) To provide food to the zygote. (c) Foetus Zygote Embryo
(b) To allow pollen grains to move to the ovules. (d) Zygote Foetus Embryo
(c) To allow male reproductive cells to move to
ovules. 8. The foetus in the uterus is enclosed by a sac
(d) To provide a place for the fertilisation of which is filled with amniotic fluid. What is the
male and female gametes. function of the fluid?
(a) To provide food to the foetus
3. In which order does the sperm pass through (b) To provide oxygen to the foetus
these structures. (c) To protect the foetus from shock
(d) To protect the foetus from diseases
1. Cervix 2. Vagina
3. Fallopian tube 4. Uterus 9. Which of the following processes represents P
and Q?
First  Last
(a) 1  2  3  4 (b) 3  2  1  4
(c) 1  2  4  3 (d) 2  1  3  4

4. In the figure given below, where does the

germination of pollen and fertilisation take
place?

(a) Only I and II (b) Only I and III P Q

(c) Only I and IV (d) Only I, II and III (a) Fertilisation Pollination
(b) Pollination Fertilisation
5. Identify P, Q and R. (c) Dispersal Germination
(d) Fertilisation Germination

10. Which of the following is NOT a part of the

female reproductive system in human beings?
(a) P - Ovum, Q - Testes, R - Ovulation. (a) Ovary (b) Uterus
(b) P -Testes, Q - Ovum, R - Implantation. (c) Vasdeferens (d) Fallopian tube

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 Answers With Solutions
Multiple Choice Questions 18. (b) Sexual reproduction involves two individual
and the union of two types of gametes asexual
1. (d) In sexual reproduction the offspring receives reproduction involves only one parent.
characteristics from both the parents.
19. (a) P is Head. It contains nucleus which carries
2. (d)Earthworm reproduce by sexual reproduction. chromosomes and genes.

3. (a) In human beings ovulation takes place in 20. (d) The part labelled as 'S' represents testes.
ovary, fertilisation in fallopian tubes and Testes produces sperms.
implantation of embryo occurs in uterus.
21. (d) In the given figure X - fallopian tube, W -
4. (c) Placenta prevents the mixing of the blood of ovary, Y - uterus and Z - vagina.
the foetus with that of the mother.
22. (d) The given figure represents fertilisation. It
5. (b) In the given flow chart W is the sperm (male takes place in the fallopian tubes.
gametes), X is the female reproductive organ
ovary and Y is zygote which is formed after 23. (d) In the given question all the three statements
fertilisation and Z is the foetus. are true.

6. (a) In the given figure W is placenta, X is foetus, 24. (b) Fertilisation take place at 'Q' stage.
Y is ammniotic fluid and Z is foetal membrane.
25. (b) The correct sequence is
7. (d) In the human reproductive system XZWY
fertilisation takes place in fallopian tubes.
26. (a) Amoeba reproduces by binary fission.
8. (d) Amniotic fluid acts as a shock absorber and
at the same time maintains buoyancy of the 27. (c) Menstruation occurs ovary 28 days and only
embryo, so that it is free to move. one mature ovum is released by the ovary.

9. (b) In a flower, the male reproductive parts are 28. (d) P transports glucose, oxygen and carbon
anthers which produce the male gametes. dioxide.

10. (d) Nectar provides a sweet liquid to attract 29. (c) The sex of a baby is determined by the
insects. father's chromosomes. XY represents male baby.

11. (d) Fertilisation takes place in ovules. 30. (b) Potato, ginger, onion, and sugar cane exhibit
vegetative reproduction.
12. (a) Flowering plants show double fertilisation to
produce endosperm that contains food. Previous Contest Questions

13. (a) The correct combination is P – primary 1. (a) The correct sequence involved in fertilization
oocyte, Q - secondary oocyte, R - oogonium, S -
is T, Q, S, P, R.
ovum.

14. (a) III is stigma and I is ovary. Pollination takes

2. (c) L in the given figure is pollen tube which
place at II and fertilisation at I.
allows male reproductive cells to move to the
15. (a) Hydra reproduces by budding.
ovules.
16. (b) Fern reproduces by spores.
3. (d) The sperm passes through the female
17. (d) Budding, binary fission and spore formation
are types of asexual reproduction. reproductive system in the following sequence
2 1  3  4 .

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4. (c) The part labelled I represents stigma and part
IV represents ovule.

5. (d) The correct combination is: P - Testes, Q -

Ovum, R - Fertilisation.

6. (c) The characteristic features of vegetative

reproduction are: cell division take place by
mitosis and daughter cells formed are genetically
identical to the parent.

7. (b) The correct sequence P - Zygote, Q - Embryo

and R - Foetus.

8. (c) Amniotic fluid protect the foetus from shock.

9. (d) P is Fertilisation, Q is Germination.

10. (c) Vasdeferens or sperm duct is a part of the

male reproductive system.