Encystation during unfavorable conditions followed by multiple fission and sporulation when favorable conditions return is seen in:
1. | Sponges | 2. | Penicillium |
3. | Amoeba | 4. | Hydra |
The ability to produce adventitious buds is exploited by gardeners for commercial propagation of:
1. | Bryophyllum | 2. | Agave |
3. | Water hyacinth | 4. | Ginger |
Consider the two statements:
I: | Eichhornia crassipes, the ‘terror of Bengal’ is an invasive weed. |
II: | It was introduced in India for its beautiful flower and shape of leaves. |
1. | Both I and II are correct and II explains I. |
2. | Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I. |
3. | I is correct but II is incorrect. |
4. | I is incorrect but II is correct. |
With the advent of adverse conditions, an organism capable of reproducing both asexually and sexually, will most likely:
1. | shift to asexual mode of reproduction |
2. | shift to sexual mode of reproduction |
3. | equally reproduce by both modes |
4. | die |
I: | Life spans of organisms are not necessarily correlated with their sizes. |
II: | There is no natural death in single-celled organisms. |
III. | Reproduction enables the continuity of the species, generation after generation |
1. | Only I and II | 2. | Only I and III |
3. | Only II and III | 4. | I, II and III |
Statement I: | When offspring is produced by a single parent but always with the involvement of gamete formation, reproduction is asexual. |
Statement II: | When two parents [opposite sex] participate in the reproductive process and also involve the fusion of male and female gametes, it is called sexual reproduction. |
1. | Statement I is correct, Statement II is incorrect. |
2. | Statement I is correct, Statement II is correct. |
3. | Statement I is incorrect, Statement II is correct. |
4. | Statement I is incorrect, Statement II is incorrect. |
Assertion (A): | The term clone can be used to describe the progeny of asexual reproduction. |
Reason (R): | The progeny of asexual reproduction are morphologically and genetically similar individuals. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is true but (R) is false. |
4. | (A) is false but (R) is true. |
I: | The nucleus does not divide at all and the bud does not have genetic material. |
II: | The division is unequal and small buds are produced that remain attached initially to the parent cell which, eventually get separated and mature into new yeast organisms. |
1. | Only I | 2. | Only II |
3. | Both I and II | 4. | Neither I nor II |
I. | (a) shows aplanospores in Chlamydomonas |
II. | (b) shows exogenous basidia in smut fungus |
III. | (c) shows budding in Hydra |
IV. | (d) shows gemmules in sponge |
1. | Only I and II | 2. | Only II and III |
3. | Only II and IV | 4. | Only I and III |
COLUMN I | COLUMN II | ||
A | P | Bulbil | |
B | Q | Rhizome | |
C | R | Offset | |
D | S | Adventitious buds |
A | B | C | D | |
1. | Q | P | S | R |
2. | P | Q | R | S |
3. | P | Q | S | R |
4. | Q | P | R | S |