MCQ - Reproduction in Animals (Part 1)

 1. Binary fission occurs in:

    (a) Amoeba

    (b) Paramecium

    (c) Planaria

    (d) All of the above.

Answer : (d) All of the above

2.  Which one of the following is concerned with asexual reproduction?

    (a) Zygote

    (b) Spores

    (c) Gametes

    (d) Gonads

Answer : (b) Spores

3.  The most fundamental characteristics of living beings:

    (a) Movement

    (b) Growth

    (c) Fragmentation

    (d) Reproduction

Answer : (d) Reproduction

4. Isogametes are:

    (a) Morphologically alike

    (b) functionally alike

    (c) Sterile

    (d) Those who develop parthenogenetically

Answer : (a) Morphologically alike

5. Fusion of two dissimilar gametes is known as:

    (a) Allogamy

    (b) Anisogamy

    (c) Autogamy

    (d) Dichogamy

Answer :  (b) Anisogamy

6.  Fusion of gametes is known as:

    (a) Karyogamy

    (b) Amphimixis

    (c) Syngamy

    (d) Hemixis

Answer : (c) Syngamy

7. Young girls at puberty begin to develop breast; this is an example of :

    (a) Metamorphosis

    (b) Sexual growth (appearance of secondary sexual characters)

    (c) Appearancence of primitive characters

    (d) Artificial selection

Answer :  (b) Sexual growth

8. Which one is a primary sex organ?

    (a) Testis

    (b) Scrotum

    (c) Prostate

    (d) Penis

Answer :  (a) Testis

9. Which of the following is a secondary sex organ?

    (a) Ovary

    (b) Penis

    (c) Beard

    (d) Broad hips

Answer : (b) Penis

10. Uterus of the female reproductive system is:

    (a) Primary sex organ

    (b) Secondary sex organ

    (c) Accessory sex organ

    (d) External sex organ

Answer : (b) Secondary sex organ

11. Voice is low pitched in:

    (a) Adult males

    (b) Adult females

    (c) Aged persons

    (d) All of the above

Answer :  (a) Adult males

12. Egg-laying animals are known as:

    (a) Viviparous

    (b) Oviparous

    (c) Sterile

    (d) Hermaphrodite

Answer : (b) Oviparous

13. Which one is an oviparous animal?

    (a) Penguin

    (b) Whale

    (c) Bat

    (d) Amoeba

Answer : (a) Penguin

14. Development of eggs without fertilization is called

    (a) Parthenogenesis

    (b) Gametogenesis

    (c) Metagenesis

    (d) Oogenesis

Answer : (a) Parthenogenesis

15. The lytic enzyme released by sperm is:

    (a) Ligase

    (b) Acrosome

    (c) Androgamase

    (d) Hyaluronidase

Answer : (d) Hyaluronidase

16. Natural parthenogenesis occurs in:

    (a) Protozoans

    (b) Earthworms

    (c) All insects

    (d) Honey bees

Answer : (d) Honey bees

17. The type of parthenogenesis in which the males develops from unfertilized eggs and the females from fertilised eggs is known as :

    (a) Thelytoky

    (b) Arrhenotoky

    (c) Gynogenesis

    (d) Apospory

Answer : (b) Arrhenotoky

18. Gonads are derived from

    (a) Ectoderm

    (b) Endoderm

    (c) Mesoderm

    (d) None

Answer : (c) Mesoderm

19. In many animals, testes remain outside the body cavity in scrotal sacs because :

    (a) It helps in coitus

    (b) It helps in the ejection of semen

    (c) Sperm produced in it are more active

    (d) Spermatogenesis occurs at a temperature lower than the body temperature

Answer : (d) Spermatogenesis occurs at a temperature lower than the body temperature

20. Mesorchium refers to:

    (a) Capsule in the testis of frog

    (b) Capsule in the ovary of rabbit

    (c) A peritoneal fold that connects the testis and kidney in the frog.

    (d) A peritoneal fold that connects the ovary and kidney in the frog

Answer : (c) A peritoneal fold that connects the testis and kidney in the frog.

21. In mammals failure of the testis to descend into the scrotum is known as:

    (a) Cryptorchidism

    (b) Castration

    (c) Impotency

    (d) Paedogenesis

Answer :  (a) Cryptorchidism

22. Scrotal sac of man and rabbit are connected with the abdominal cavity by:

    (a) Spermatic canal

    (b) Inguinal canal

    (c) Vaginal cavity

    (d) Haversian Canal

Answer : (b) Inguinal canal

23. Seminiferous tubules occurs in:

    (a) Liver

    (b) Kidney

    (c) Testis

    (d) Ovary

Answer : (c) Testis

24. During differentiation the spermatids remain associated with:

    (a) Sertoli Cells

    (b) Leydig Cells

    (c) Kupffer's Cells

    (d) Spermatogonia

Answer : (a) Sertoli Cells

25. Sertoli cells are found:

    (a) between the seminiferous tubules

    (b) in the germinal epithelium of the ovary

    (c) in the upper part of the fallopian tube

    (d) in the germinal epithelium of seminiferous tubules

Answer : (d) in the germinal epithelium of seminiferous tubules

26. Reproduction of the immature larval stage of animals caused by the acceleration of maturation is called:

    (a) Cladogenesis

    (b) Paedogenesis

    (c) Morphogenesis

    (d) Parthenogenesis

Answer : (b) Paedogenesis

27. Location of Leydig cells and their secretions are:

    (a) Ovary - Estrogens

    (b) Pancreas - Glucagon

    (c) Testis - Testosterone

    (d) Liver - Cholesterol

Answer : (c) Testis - Testosterone

28. Testes are protected in the scrotum because they:

    (a) Produce heat

    (b) Produce sperms

    (c) help in micturition (ejaculation)

    (d) Control homeostasis

Answer : (b) Produce sperms

29. Which cells present in mammalian testes help to nourish sperms?

    (a) Leydig cells

    (b) Interstitial cells

    (c) Cells of germinal epithelium

    (d) Sertoli cells

Answer : (d) Sertoli cells

30. The chemical substance found in the surface layer of the cytoplasm of spermatozoa is:

    (a) fertilizin

    (b) Agglutinin

    (c) Antifertilizin

    (d) Hyaluronidase

Answer : (c) Antifertilizin

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