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ASSIGNMENT BIOLOGY CLASS - XII CBSE

TOPIC : REPRODUCTION IN ORGANISM

SECTION - A
SINGLE CORRECT QUESTIONS [01 Mark Each]

1. Oestrus cycle is cyclic changes in the activities

of ovaries and accessory duct during– 8. 'Gemmule formation is a common mode of
reproduction in Paramecium.
(a) Reproductive (seasonal) period
The above statement is –
(b) Maturation period
(a) True (b) False
(c) Ageing period
(c) Sometimes (a) and Sometimes (b)
(d) Juvenile period
(d) Neither (a) and (b)
2. Gametogenesis is the formation of–
9. Menstrual cycle is –
(a) Male gamete (b) Female gamete
(a) Seasonal hormonal ovarian change
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Spore
(b) Conditional hormonal ovarian change
3. Binary fission is found in –
(c) Periodic hormonal ovarian change
(a) Amoeba (b) Paramecium
(d) Habitual hormonal ovarian change
(c) Planaria (d) All of these
10. 'Bisexual animals that possess both male and
4. Drones in a colony of honey bees originate by – female reproductive organs are called
(a) Thelytoky hermaphrodite. The above statement is –
(b) Arrhenotoky (a) True
(c) Cyclic parthenogenesis (b) False
(d) Diploid parthenogenesis (c) Sometimes (a) and sometimes (b)
5. The period from birth to natural death is called (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
– 11. If the parent body is haploid then the gametes
(a) Life span (b) Life cycle are –
(c) Life style (d) Reproductive phase (a) Haploid (b) Diploid
6. Reproduction takes place in which stage of life (c) Triploid (d) None of these
span – 12. Which of the following represents a condition
(a) Juvenile stage (b) Maturation stage where the motility of the sperms is highly
(c) Reproductive stage(d) Ageing phase reduced –
7. Asexual reproduction is common in – (a) Oligospermia (b) Athenospermia
(a) Single celled organisms (c) Azoospermia (d) Polyspermy
(b) Plants with relatively simple organisation 13. The living organism can be unexeptionally
(c) Animals with relatively simple organisation distinguished from the non-living on the basis
of their ability of –
(d) All of the above
(a) Metabolism
(b) Absence of living cell
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 (c) Movement
15. Human sperm moves by –
(d) Interaction with the environment
(a) Cilia (b) Flagella
14. Which of the following is hermaphrodite ?
(c) Basal body (d) Nucleosome
(a) Ant (b) Aphids
(c) Earthworm (d) Cockroach

SECTION - B
Very Short Answer type Question: [02 Marks Each]
1. What are the two inherent characteristics of amoeba and yeast that favour asexual reproduction in
them?
2. The offsprings produced by asexual reproduction are referred to as clones". Why?
3. Why is potato tuber considered as a stem though it is an underground part? Give two reasons in
support of your answer? It has nodes and internodes.
4. Among the annual and the perennial plants, which one has a shorter juvenile period. Explain.
5. Rearrange the following events in the sequence in which they occur in the sexual reproduction of
flowering plants: embryogenesis, fertilization, gametogenesis, pollination.
6. How is it that the chances of fruit set in a self-pollinated bisexual flower of a plant are far greater
than a dioecious plant?
7. Is sexual reproduction hindered by the presence of a large number of chromosomes in an organism?
SECTION - C
Long Answer type Question: [03 Marks Each]
1. Name the stage in the life-cycle during meiosis in the haploid organisms that undergo sexual
reproduction. Give reasons as well.
2. In higher plants and higher animals, the number of taxa exhibiting asexual reproduction is drastically
reduced as compared to the lower groups of plants and animals. Explain.
3. Name the haploid and diploid individuals in the family of honey bees and analyze the reasons
behind their formation.
4. Which type of reproduction is a reduction division associated with? Give reasons in support of your
answer.
5. Is vegetative propagation considered a type of asexual reproduction? Give reasons.
6. Why is fertilization not a compulsory event for the production of fruits in certain plants?
7. What will be the consequences if cell division is not followed by cell differentiation in a developing
embryo?
8. What are the changes that take place in an angiosperm after pollination and fertilization have
occurred?
9. Why are the seeds scattered in the juicy pulp of tomato and arranged in a row in a pea pod?
SECTION - D
Very Long Answer Type Questions : [05 Mark Each]
1. State the differences between sexual and asexual reproduction. Explain different types of asexual
reproduction in unicellular organisms.
2. Explain the process of gametogenesis in animals with suitable examples.
3. State the differences between:
(i) Oestrous and menstrual cycle
(ii) Ovipary and vivipary
4. Rose plants have large flowers but rarely do they produce fruits. On the contrary, the tomato plant
produces fruit but has very small flowers. Comment with suitable reasons.
5. (i) Match the following:
Column A. Column B
Bryophyllum. Offset
Agave Eyes
Potato Leaf Buds
Water hyacinth Bulbils
(ii) Post-fertilization, which parts of the flower grow into Ovary & Ovules

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