reproduction
reproduction
1. What is the basic difference between asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction?
2. Which of the following organisms produced by sexual method, and which by asexual method? Amoeba,
cats, Humans hydra, Birds.
3. What is mean by regeneration? Name two animals which can regenerate fully from their cut body parts.
4. Explain vegetative propagation with the help of two examples. List two advantages of vegetative
propagation.
5. What is mean by the term artificial propagation of plants? Name three common methods, which are used
for the artificial propagation of plants.
6. Name one organism, which reproduces by Binary Fission and another which reproduces by multiple fission.
7. The yeast cells fail to multiply in water, but they multiply rapidly in sugar solution. Give one reason for it.
8. What is tuber name one stem tuber and one root tuber?
9. What is the name of the organ of propagation present in tuber?
10. Why do green grass plants spring up in dry fields on their own after the rains?
11. Explain how the new Bryophyllum plants can be produced from the leaves of the old plant?
12. What care should be taken while making a cutting from a plant?
13. What is formed when two gametes fuse?
14. Write the names of a male sex hormone and female sex hormones.
15. Name the tissue through which the foetus gets all the requirements from the mother’s body.
16. Draw a neat sketch of the stamen of a flower. Mark in its filament and anther.
17. Draw a neat sketch of the carpel of a flower. Mark in its stigma, style and ovary.
18. Explain the terms self-pollination and cross pollination?
19. How do the insects help in cross-pollination?
20. What type of fertilization takes place in (i) fish and (ii) birds?
21. Why does mensuration occur? Describe the menstrual cycle in human females (or women).
22. Write the various steps involved in the sexual reproduction in plants.
23. What is a seed? What are the parts of a seed? Explain with the help of a labelled diagram?
24. What is puberty? Who attains puberty at an earlier age in human beings: male or female.
25. Mention two functions each of (i)human testes (ii) human ovaries
26. Describe the various steps involved in the sexual reproduction in animals. Draw labelled diagram to show
the fertilization of an ovum (or egg) by a sperm to form zygote.
27. What is gestation period? How much is the gestation period in humans?
28. Describe the reproduction in leishmania?
29. Name one sexually transmitted disease for which no definite cure has been found so far. What is the
causative organism of this disease?
30. Why does the amount of DNA does not get doubled during the sexual reproduction?
31. What is the name of surgical method of birth control in human males in which the sperm ducts are cut and
ligated (tied) at both ends?
32. What is the name of surgical method of birth control in human females in which the oviducts are cut and
tied at both ends?
33. Name two devices used in the barrier method of birth control
34. How does copper-T prevent pregnancy?
35. How does DNA replication gives rise to variations.
36. Name the part of the seed which (i) contains stored food (ii) grows into root, and (iii) grows into shoot.
37. Explain how, off springs and parents of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of
chromosomes.
38. Fertilization in humans can occur only once in a month. Why?
Reproduction Questions 2024
39. What is the scientific name of womb and birth canal in humans?
40. Name the parts labelled from A to D.
a. In which part do the sperms enter?
b. Which part releases the egg?
c. In which part does the fertilization takes place.
d. In which part does the foetus develop?
41. Why is it an advantage for the testes to be situated in the scrotal sac outside the main body cavity? Can you
think of one advantage?
42. People who die from AIDS are not killed by the virus itself. Explain.
43. What is meant by unisexual and bisexual flowers? Give examples.
44. What changes takes place in the flower after fertilization which leads to the formation of seeds and fruit?
45. Draw a neat diagram of a flower showing its various parts. In this diagram mark stem, receptacle, sepals,
petals, stamen and carpel.
46. What is meant by implantation?
47. What is mean by placenta?
48. Name the parts and mention its future part when it grows into a plant.
49. Explain why the cell division in unicellular organisms be considered as
reproduction.
50. Explain why is the appearance of black spots when bread is exposed to air for
a long period of time?