NCERT Book Class 10 Science How do Organisms Reproduce Questions

How do Organisms Reproduce?

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the list of organisms given below, those that reproduce by the asexual method are

(i) banana

(ii) dog

(iii) yeast

(iv) Amoeba

(a) (ii) and (iv) (b) (i), (iii) and (iv)

(c) (i) and (iv) (d) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

2. In a flower, the parts that produce male and female gametes (germ cells) are

(a) stamen and anther

(b) filament and stigma

(c) anther and ovary

(d) stamen and style

3. Which of the following is the correct sequence of events of sexual reproduction in a flower?

(a) pollination, fertilisation, seedling, embryo

(b) seedling, embryo, fertilisation, pollination

(c) pollination, fertilisation, embryo, seedling

(d) embryo, seedling, pollination, fertilisation

4. Offspring formed by asexual method of reproduction have greater similarity among themselves because

(i) asexual reproduction involves only one parent

(ii) asexual reproduction does not involve gametes

(iii) asexual reproduction occurs before sexual reproduction

(iv) asexual reproduction occurs after sexual reproduction

(a) (i) and (ii) (b) (i) and (iii)

(c) (ii) and (iv) (d) (iii) and (iv)

5. Characters transmitted from parents to offspring are present in

(a) cytoplasm

(b) ribosome

(c) golgi bodies

(d) genes

6. Characters that are transmitted from parents to offspring during reproduction show

(a) only similarities with parents

(b) only variations with parents

(c) both similarities and variations with parents

(d) neither similarities nor variations

7. A feature of reproduction that is common to Amoeba, Spirogyra and Yeast is that

(a) they reproduce asexually

(b) they are all unicellular

(c) they reproduce only sexually

(d) they are all multicellular

8. In Spirogyra, asexual reproduction takes place by

(a) breaking up of filaments into smaller bits

(b) division of a cell into two cells

(c) division of a cell into many cells

(d) formation of young cells from older cells.

9. The ability of a cell to divide into several cells during reproduction in Plasmodium is called

(a) budding

(b) reduction division

(c) binary fission

(d) multiple fission

10. The correct sequence of reproductive stages seen in flowering plants is

(a) gametes, zygote, embryo, seedling

(b) zygote, gametes, embryo, seedling

(c) seedling, embryo, zygote, gametes

(d) gametes, embryo, zygote, seedling

11. The number of chromosomes in parents and offsprings of a particular species remains constant due to

(a) doubling of chromosomes after zygote formation

(b) halving of chromosomes during gamete formation

(c) doubling of chromosomes after gamete formation

(d) halving of chromosomes after gamete formation

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