SUBJECT: BIOLOGY

TOPIC: Reproduction in Organism

STANDARD: 12
Max. Marks: 24 Timing:60 min

1. Write the number of chromosomes body cells of honeybee workers and drone have.
Or
A male honeybee has 16 chromosomes whereas its female has 32 chromosomes. Give one
reason.
2. Explain the significance of meiocytes in a diploid organism.
3. Explain the importance of syngamy and meiosis in a sexual life cycle of an organism.
4. A single pea plant in your kitchen garden produces pods with viable seeds, but the
individual papaya plant does not. Explain.
5. How many chromosomes do drones of honeybees possess? Name the type of cell division
involved in the production of sperms by them.
6. Meiosis is an essential event in the sexual life cycle of any organism. Give two reasons.
7. Write the two pre-fertilisation events from the list given below Syngamy, Gametogenesis,
Embryogenesis, Pollination
8. In which two of the following organisms is the fertilisation external?
Bony fishes, Ferns, Frogs, Birds
9. Differentiate between oviparous and viviparous animals.
10. Give the name of the common phenomenon with reference to reproduction in rotifers,
honeybees and turkeys.
11. Which of the following statements is true of date palm?
(i) It is monoecious producing both staminate flowers and pistillate flowers on the same
plant.
(ii) It is monoecious producing staminate flowers on one tree and pistillate flowers on
another tree.
(iii) It is dioecious producing staminate flowers on one tree and pistillate on another tree.
12. Cucurbits and papaya plants bear staminate and pistillate flowers.
Mention the categories they are put under separately on the basis of the type of flowers
they bear.
Or
How are Cucurbita plants different from papaya plant with reference to flowers they bear?

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