DPS GURUGRAM,84
DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL,SECTOR 84,GURUGRAM
“HOW DO ORGANISMS REPRODUCE?”
WORKSHEET 1
NAME- SUBJECT-BIOLOGY
GRADE- Xth DATE-
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, fertilization
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
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(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
12. In Rhizopus, tubular thread-like structures bearing sporangia at their tips are called
(a) filaments (b) hyphae (c) rhizoids (d) roots
13. Vegetative propagation refers to formation of new plants from
(a) stem, roots and flowers (b) stem, roots and leaves
(c) stem, flowers and fruits (d) stem, leaves and flowers
14. Factors responsible for the rapid spread of bread mould on slices of bread are
(i) large number of spores (ii) availability of moisture and nutrients in bread
(iii) presence of tubular branched hyphae (iv) formation of round shaped sporangia
(a) (i) and (iii) (b) (ii) and iv) (c) (i) and (ii) (d) (iii) and (iv)
15. Length of pollen tube depends on the distance between
(a) pollen grain and upper surface of stigma
(b) pollen grain on upper surface of stigma and ovule
(c) pollen grain in anther and upper surface of stigma
(d) upper surface of stigma and lower part of style
