Class-9 Chapter-11 Reproduction: How Life Continues
MCQ Questions with Answers (Part-1)
1. What is the biological process by which living beings produce new individuals of their own kind?
C) Reproduction
2. In which type of reproduction does a single parent produce offspring that are almost exact copies of itself?
B) Asexual reproduction
3. What are genetically identical individuals produced through asexual reproduction called?
C) Clones
4. Which of these plants can sprout new plantlets from its leaves?
C) Bryophyllum
5. What is the method of asexual reproduction where a small outgrowth separates from the parent body to live independently?
C) Budding
6. Which organism is a common example of a multicellular animal that reproduces by budding?
B) Hydra
7. What are the lightweight, single-celled structures often used by fungi for rapid reproduction?
C) Spores
8. What is the central cell division process behind asexual reproduction that produces identical daughter cells?
B) Mitosis
9. Sexual reproduction typically involves the contribution of genetic material from how many parents?
B) Two
10. Which type of cell division reduces the chromosome number by half to form gametes?
B) Meiosis
11. How many pairs of chromosomes do human cells normally contain?
B) 23 pairs
12. In animals, what are the male gametes called?
C) Sperm
13. Which part of a flower is the male reproductive organ consisting of an anther and filament?
C) Stamen
14. What is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma called?
B) Pollination
15. What is it called when pollen is transferred to the stigma of another flower on a different plant of the same type?
B) Cross-pollination
16. Which of the following is an example of a pollinator?
B) Insects
17. What is the fusion of a male gamete with an egg cell known as?
C) Fertilisation
18. After fertilisation, which part of the flower develops into a fruit?
C) Ovary
19. Which group of animals typically releases eggs into the water for external fertilisation?
B) Fish and Frogs
20. In the human male reproductive system, where is sperm produced?
B) Testes
21. In the human female reproductive system, where does the foetus develop?
C) Uterus
22. What is the process of releasing a mature egg from the ovary every month?
B) Ovulation
23. On approximately which day of a typical 28-day menstrual cycle does ovulation occur?
C) Day 14
24. Which contraceptive method is also effective in reducing the spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)?
C) Condoms
25. Who is known as the "Father of Indian Embryology"?
C) P. Maheshwari
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