REPRODUCTION
Q1) What is variation? Give its importance.
Q2) Rajesh observed a patch of greenish black powdery mass on a stale bread.:
a)Name the organism responsible for this and explain its specific mode of asexual reproduction.
b)Name the vegetative and reproductive parts. Explain how these reproductive part help ?Draw the diagram for the same.
c)List 3 conditions favorable for it to germinate and grow.
d) List two benefits to the organism that reproduce
Q3) How do plasmodium and Lieshmania reproduce? Write two differences in their mode of reproduction.
Q4) List any 4 advantages of growing grapes or banana plants through vegetative propagation.
Q5) How is the mode of reproduction in amoeba different from that of lieshmania? Draw the diagram for both.
Q6) Differentiate between sexual and asexual reproduction. Explain the mode of reproduction in hydra.
Q7) What happens when: a) planaria gets into two pieces, b) a mature spirogyra filament attains considerable length.
c) On maturation sporangia bursts.
Q8) A potato is cut into a number of small pieces.These pieces are placed only on wet cotton kept in tray. After few days some potato
pieces gave rise to fresh green shoot and roots. Why?
Q9) In which type of organisms fragmentation takes place and why?
Q10) What is regeneration? Give two example of an organism which reproduces by this method. Give two examples in which
Regeneration donot take place and why?
Q11) Explain how do bryophyllum reproduce?
Q12) What is pollination? Differentiate between its two types. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of each.Which is more
beneficial for evolution and why?
Q13) Differentiate between fragmentation and regeneration
Q14) a) Trace the path a male gamete takes to fertilise a female gamete after being released from the penis.
b) State the number of sets of chromosomes present in zygote.
Q15) Justify the statement – primary sex organs control the growth, function and maitainance of secondary sex organs.
Q16) What is puberty? What are the common changes different changes seen in boys in boys and girls during puberty?
Q17) Where are the reproductive parts located in angiosperm?What are unisexual flower and bisexual flower .Give two exampless
Q18)Explain how in sexually reproducing organisms the number of chromosomes in progeny maintained?
Q19)a)Name two types of germ cells present in humans beings.How do they structurally differ from each other?
b) Why are testes located outside the abdominal cavity of the body?
Q20) a) Describe why variations are observed in the offspring formed by sexual reproduction?
b) List two preparations shown every month by uterus in anticipation of pregnancy in human.
Q21) a) List the parts of human male reproductive system which contribute fluid to semen.State two advantages semen offers to
sperms.
b) Describe the role of fallopian tubes in the female reproductive system.
Q22) State the changes that take place in the uterus when:
(a) Implantation of embryo has occurred.
(b) Female gamete/egg is not fertilised.
Q23) In human females, what happens when
(i) egg is fertilized
(ii) the egg is not fertilized
Q24) What are sexually transmitted diseases? List two examples of such diseases caused due to
i) Bacterial infection
ii) Viral infection
Which devices may be used to prevent the spread of such diseases.
Q25) List 3 points of significance of reproductive health in a society.
Q26) List three techniques that have been developed to prevent pregnancy.Which one of these technique is not meant for males?How
does the use of those techniques have a direct impact on the health and prosperity of a family?
Q27) In the diagram below, each labelled region (P to W) represents a certain combination of reproductive processes found in
an animal. Each labelled region is characterised by the different circles that it is (or is not) a part of.
Answer the following question based on this diagram.
a) Name any one animal whose mode of reproduction is represented by region P.
b) The description of a species of fish a called Guppy fish is given below:
Guppies are live bearing fish with a gestation period of 21 to 30 days.Once inseminated female guppies can store sperm in
their ovaries which can continue to fertilise ova up to eight months, meaning the female mate can give birth to males offspring
long after the males death.
i) Based on the given information which labelled regions CAN guppies belong to?
ii) What additional information is required to identify the labelled region in the diagram that guppies ACTUALLY
belong to?
Q28) Diagram a diagram of female reproductive system. And label the parts:
(a) In which part do the sperms enter ?
(b) Which part releases the egg ?
(c) In which part does fertilisation take place ?
(d) In which part does the foetus develop ?
e) where block is created surgically to prevent fertilisation.
f) inside which condom can be placed.
g) where CuT is inserted.
Q29) a) The developing embryo gets nutrition from the mother through a special tissue”
a)Identify the tissue.
b)Mention two structural designs of it that help the embryo to get nutrition.
c) Is this tissue designed for one way transport ? justify
Q30) a) How does fertilisation take place? Fertilisation occurs once in a month. Comment
b)Prenatal sex determination has been prohibited by law.State the necessity of enforcement of this law.
Q31)What is a seed? What are the parts of a seed? Explain with the help of labelled diagram.What are the 3 advantages of seed
formation for the plants.
Q32) a) If a women is using a copper T will it help in protecting her from STD?Explain all the contraceptive devices .Also
state the principle involed.
c) Why more and more people prefer to use condoms?What is the principle behind use of it?
Q33) Why is DNA copying an essential part of reproduction?
Q34) How is the process of pollination different from fertilisation?
Q35) What could be the reasons for adopting contraceptive methods?
Q36) Colonies of yeast fail to multiply in water but multiply in sugar solution. Give one reason for this.
Q37) Why does bread mould grow profusely on a moist bread slice rather than on a dry bread slice?
Q38) What would be the ratio of chromosome number between an egg and its zygote? How is the sperm genetically different
from the egg?
Q39) Draw a well labelled diagram of following and state function of each part:
Male reproductive system’
Q40) In a bisexual flower inspite of the young stamens being removed artificially the flower produces fruit. Provide the
suitable explanation.
Q41) Bindu wants to produce a hybrid variety of tomatoes. She has tomato plants X and Y belonging to two different varieties,
one with smooth, long fruits and the other one with wrinkled, round fruits.
Tomatoes have bisexual flowers. Bindu carries out the following steps carefully to cross pollinate the flowers of plants X and
Y:
1. She removes a part of the flowers of tomato plant X just before the flowers bloom.
2. She manually pollinates the flowers of tomato plant X using pollen from the flowers of tomato plant Y.
3. She ties small plastic bags around the pollinated flowers of tomato plant X. The plastic bags are removed after a couple of
days.
Bindu carried out step 1 so as to prevent self-pollination. Which part did she remove?
Why is part B considered to be important during germination?
Q42) In flowering plants , pollen grains are transferred to stigma by pollination but female germ cells are present in ovary.
Explain with the help of diagram how the male germ cell reaches the ovary?Write the events that occur till seed formation?
What happens after fertilisation?
Q43) a) State the significance of pollen tube.
d) Which parts of flower that develop after fertilisation into seed and fruit?
Q44) a) State one drawback of each of the following :
(i) Oral contraceptive pills
(ii) Copper – T
b) Under which category of contraceptive methods, is the use of condom kept ? In what way, its use is better as compared to
other methods of contraception ?
Q45)a) “Use of a condom is beneficial for both the sexes involved in a sexual act.” Justify this statement giving two reasons.
b) How do oral contraceptive help in avoiding pregnancies?
c) What is sex selected abortion?How does it affect a healthy society?
