CLASS 12th

1.REPRODUCTION IN ORGANISMS

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Single Correct Answer Type 9. Stem cuttings are employed in the
1. In which pair both the plants can be propagation of:
vegetatively propagated by leaf pieces? a) Banana b Mango
𝐵𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚 and b 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑦𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑢𝑚 )
a)
𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑒 ) and 𝐴g𝑎𝑣𝑒 c) Sugar cane d Cotton
𝐴g𝑎𝑣𝑒 and d 𝐴𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎g𝑢𝑠 and )
c)
𝐾𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑒 ) 𝐵𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚 10. In grafting scion forms:
2. During favourable conditions, 𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑒𝑏𝑎 a) Shoot system b Root system
reproduces by: )
a) Binary fission b Multiple fission c) New plant d Hybrid plant
) )
c) Both of these d None of these 11. Find out correct order of vegetative
) propagules of plants like potato, ginger,
3. Corm is modification of: Agave, Bryophyllum and water hyacinth
a) Root b Leaf a) Offset, bulbil, leaf b Leaf bud, bulbil,
) bud, rhizome and ) offset, rhizome
c) Stem d Bud eyes and eyes
) c) Eyes, rhizome, d Rhizome, bulbil,
4. Meiosis takes place in: bulbil, leaf bud ) leaf bud, eyes and
a) Conidia b Gemmule and offset offset
) 12. Bud grafting is commonly used in:
c) Megaspore d Meiocyte a) Litchi b Pomegranate
) )
5. Animals giving birth to young ones are: c) Rose d Jasmine
a) Oviparous b Ovoviviparous )
) 13. In case of Marchantia, antheridiophore is
c) Viviparous d Both (B) and (C) produced by:
) a) Female thallus b Male thallus
6. Man is: )
a) Unisexual b Bisexual c) Monoecious plant d None of above
) )
c) Hermaphroditic d Protogynous 14. 𝐵𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚 can be propagated
) vegetatively by:
7. Syngamy means: a) Stem b Root
a) Fusion of similar b Fusion of )
spores ) dissimilar spores c) Leaf d Flower
c) Fusion of d Fusion of gametes )
cytoplasm ) 15. Micropropagation is based on:
8. Scion is the term used in relation to: a) Tissue culture b Hybridization
a) Embryology b Grafting )
) c) Microtomy d Genetic control
c) Agamospermy d Emasculation )
) 16. Nuclear membrane is absent in:

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 a) Monera b Protista c) Fig d
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑎
) )
c) Fungi d Plantae 24. Grafting is used to propagate plants
) because:
17. Who worked on embryological aspects a) It is faster than b It maintains a
and popularized the use of embryological seeds ) desired set of
characters in taxonomy? genetic
a) P. Guha b P. Maheshwari characteristics
) c) It combines the d A plant can
c) Ivanovosky d D. Graaf genetic ) produce many
) characteristics of more scions than
18. Which of the following is not immortal? two desirable seeds
a) Banyan tree b Amoeba plants
) 25. Embryo sac is found in:
d a) Endosperm b Embryo
c) 𝐸𝑢g𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑎 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑢𝑚
) )
19. Which one is female gametophyte? c) Ovule d Seed
a) Embryo b Embryo sac )
) 26. Clone is two or more individuals which
c) Endosperm d Synergid are similar:
) a) Genetically b Morphologically
20. Micropropagation is a technique: )
a) For production of b For production of c) Sexually d Both (A) and (B)
true to type plants ) haploid plant )
c) For production of d For production of 27. Isogamous condition with non-flagellated
somatic hybrids ) somaclonal plants gametes is found in:
21. Somaclonal variation appears in plants: a) Spirogyra b Volvox
a) Growing in b Exposed to gamma )
polluted soil or ) rays c) Fucus d Chlamydomonas
water )
c) Raised in tissue d Transformed by 28. Period of pregnancy is called:
culture ) recombinant DNA a) Gestation period b Incubation period
technology )
22. The DNA in the cell …….. is the c) Pre-patent period d Blastulation
information source for making proteins: )
a) Nucleus b Ribosome 29. Which of the following have haploid plant
) body in most of organisms?
c) Cell wall d Plasma membrane a) Monera b Fungi
) )
23. Even in absence of pollinating agents c) Algae and d All of above
seed-setting is assured in: Bryophytes )
b 30. Vegetative type of reproduction means:
a) 𝑍𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑎
) a) Plant portion is b Seed is used as a

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 used as a means of ) means of )
propagation propagation 38. Asexual reproduction is carried out by:
c) Flower is used as d None of the above a) Single parent b Without fusion of
a means of ) ) gametes
propagation c) With or without d All of above
31. In papaya, the flowers, are: formation of )
a) Unisexual b Bisexual gametes
) 39. Which of the following is wrongly
c) Neuter d Flowers are not matched pair?
) formed a) Tuber-Potato b Rhizome-Ginger
32. Vegetative propagation in mint occurs by: )
a) Runner b Offset c) Bulbil-Agave d Leaf buds-Banana
) )
c) Rhizome d Sucker 40. During oogenesis, each diploid oocyte
) produces:
33. Zygote develops into: a) Four functional b Two functional
a) Embryo b Ovule ova ) eggs and two polar
) bodies
c) Seed d Fruit c) Four functional d One functional egg
) polar bodies ) and three polar
34. Menstrual cycle is completed in: bodies
a) 30 Days b 31 Days 41. Vivipary is observed in:
) a) Banyan b
𝐵𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚
c) 28 Days d 27 Days )
) d
c) 𝐼𝑝𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑎 𝑅ℎ𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑎
35. Regeneration of a plant cell to give rise to )
new plant is called: 42. In vegetative propagation, characters of
a) Reproduction b Budding parent plants are:
) a) Changed b Not preserved
c) Totipotency d Pleuripotency )
) c) Preserved d Exchanged
36. The part where fertilization of ovum )
takes place in rabbit, humans and other 43. 𝑅ℎ𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑠 reproduces asexually by:
placental mammals is: a) Conidia b Spores
a) Ovary b Uterus )
) c) Gemma d Bulbil
c) Vagina d Fallopian tube )
) 44. Which of the following is pollinated by
37. Life span of Cow is 20-25 years. What is water?
the life span of horse? a) Viola b Yucca
a) 140 years b 20-30 years )
) c) Oxalis d Zostera
c) 100-150 years d 60 years )

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45. Largest bird is:
a) Emu b) Penguin 48. Vegetative propagation in 𝑃𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎 occurs
c) Kiwi d) Ostrich by:
46. Reproduction is a biological process in a) Stolon b Offset
which an organism give rise to young )
ones (offspring) similar to itself. An c) Runner d Sucker
organism’s method of reproduction )
depends upon factors: 49. Chances of survival of young ones is
a) Habitat b Internal greater in:
) physiology a) Fishes b Eutherian
c) Genitalia d All of above ) mammals
) c) Birds d Amphibians
47. Which one of the following pairs is )
wrongly matched, while the remaining 50. Vegetative propagation in 𝑃𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎 occurs
three are correct? by:
𝐵𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑚 − b a) Stolon b Offset
a) 𝐴g𝑎𝑣𝑒 −Bulbils
Leaf buds ) )
d Water c) Runner d Sucker
c) 𝑃𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑚 −
) hyacinth−runner )
ANSWERE

1)a 2)a 3)b 4)d 5)c 6)a 7)d 8)b

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