Arihant - Class X - How do organisms reproduce?
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1. What is the importance of DNA copying in 15. The anther contains
reproduction? 1. sepals
2. ovules
2. Why is variation beneficial to the species, but not 3. carpels
necessary for the individual? 4. pollen grains
3. How does binary fission differ from multiple fission? 16. What are the advantages of sexual reproduction over
asexual reproduction?
4. How will an organism be benefitted, if it reproduces
through spores? 17. What are the functions performed by the testes in
human beings?
5. Can you think of reasons why more complex
organisms cannot give rise to new individuals through 18. Why does menstruation occur?
regeneration?
19. Draw a labelled diagram of the longitudinal section
6. Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing of a flower.
some types of plants?
20. What are the different methods of contraception?
7. Why is DNA copying an essential part of the process
of reproduction? 21. How are the modes of reproduction different in
unicellular and multicellular organisms?
8. How is the process of pollination different from
fertilisation? 22. How does reproduction help in providing stability to
population of a species?
9. What is the role of the seminal vesicles and the
prostate gland? 23. What could be the reasons for adopting
contraceptive methods?
10. What are the changes seen in girls at the time of
puberty? 24. What happens when Planaria gets it into two pieces?
11. How does the embryo get nourishment inside the 25. State the method used for growing rose plants.
mother's body?
26. Define sexual reproduction.
12. If a woman is using a copper-T, will it help in
protecting her from sexually transmitted diseases? 27. Name the reproductive parts of a flower with their
subparts.
13. Asexual reproduction takes place through budding in
1. Amoeba 28. When does pollen tube develop in a flower?
2. Yeast
3. Plasmodium 29. What is fertilisation and its product?
4. Leishmania
30. At which age do eggs or follicles start maturing in
14. Which of the following is not a part of the female females?
reproductive system in human beings?
1. Ovary 31. Explain the term primary sex characters.
2. Uterus
3. Vas deferens 32. Why are testes located outside the abdominal cavity?
4. Fallopian tube
33. List two functions of ovary of female reproductive
system.
34. What is the first sign of pregnancy in a woman?
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35. What is the function of the umbilical cord? 49. (i) Name the site of implantation and development of
baby in human female.
36. How do hormonal methods of contraception act? (ii) Mention any two benefits of using barrier method
during sexual act.
37. How can pregnancy be prevented surgically?
50. What substances pass
38. List out the basic features of reproduction. (i) from the maternal to the foetal blood?
(ii) from the foetal to the maternal blood?
39. Differentiate between the process of binary fission
and budding. 51. In the given figure label the parts and mention their
functions
40. Can you consider cell division as a type of (i) Production of egg
reproduction in unicellular organism? Give one reason. (ii) Site of fertilisation
(iii) Site of implantation
41. What is a clone? Why do offsprings formed by (iv) Entry of the sperms
cloning exhibit remarkable similarity?
42. Does a Planaria if cut vertically into two halves
regenerate into two individuals? Complete figures D and
E by indicating the regenerated regions.
52. During sexual reproduction, the amount of DNA
43. Why does bread mould grow profusely on a moist does not get doubled. Explain.
slice of bread rather than on a dry slice of bread?
53. What are the benefits of using mechanical barriers
44. In tobacco plant, the male gamete has twenty four during sexual act?
chromosomes. What is the number of chromosomes in
the female gamete? What is the number of chromosomes 54. Describe sexually transmitted diseases and mention
in the zygote? the ways to prevent them.
45. In what respect is the human male gamete different 55. A stock contains 58 chromosomes and scion contains
from the female gamete? What is the importance of this 30 chromosomes, then how many chromosomes are
difference? present in root and egg cell of resultant plant,
respectively?
46. (i) Trace the path of sperms from where they are
produced in human body to the exterior. 56. An interesting modification of flower shape for
(ii) Write the functions of secretions of prostate gland insect pollination occurs in some orchids in which a
and seminal vesicle in humans. male insect mistakes the pattern on the orchid flower for
the female of his species and tries to copulate with it,
47. Name the organ where sperms are produced and thereby pollinating the flower. What type of pollination
name the hormone produced by it. Why do sperms have is observed?
a tail, but ovum does not have it?
57. Is the chromosome number of zygote, embryonal
48. (i) Which glands provide fluid to the semen? cell and adult of a particular organism always constant?
(ii) State two advantages of semen in relation to sperms. How is the constancy maintained in these three stages?
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58. Offsprings and parents of organisms reproducing 67. List six specific characteristics of sexual
sexually have the same number of chromosomes. Justify. reproduction.
59. 'Sexual reproduction promotes, diversity of 68. Name the parts A, B and C shown in the following
characters in the offsprings'. Comment. diagram and state one function of each.
60. Reproduction is linked to stability of population of a
species. Justify the statement.
61. Correlate the number of chromosomes with the size
of the organism and answer the following questions.
(i) Do larger organisms have more number of
chromosomes/cells?
(ii) Can an organism with fewer chromosomes reproduce
more easily than organisms with more number of
69. (i) Define germination.
chromosomes?
(ii) From the diagram given below identify the
(iii) More the number of chromosomes/cells greater is
incorrectly labelled parts.
the DNA content. Justify.
62. Study the diagram given below:
(i) Identify the process.
(ii) Which organism uses the above method for
reproduction?
70. (i) Label the following diagram.
(iii) How is the above method different from the process
of fragmentation?
63. (i) Identify whether budding as seen in Hydra is a
type of sexual or asexual reproduction.
Give reason for your answer.
(ii) How is this process different from fission?
64. Explain the term 'Regeneration' as used in relation to
reproduction of organisms. Describe briefly how
regeneration is carried out in multicellular organisms
like Hydra.
65. List any three advantages of vegetative propagation.
66. Ravi took three bread slices and kept them in the
following conditions
(i) Slice 1 in a dry and dark place (ii) Which process is being shown in the diagram?
(ii) Slice 2 in a moist and dark place
(iii) Slice 3 in moist and in refrigerator
What would he observe in each of the above conditions?
Give reasons for your answer.
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71. (i) List two reasons for the appearance of variations 75. (i) Name the parts A to E of human female
among the progeny formed by sexual reproduction. reproductive system.
(ii) (ii) Name the part in which fertilisation takes place in
this system.
(a) Name the part marked A in the diagram.
(b) How does A react part B?
(c) State the importance of the part C. 76. Draw the human female reproductive system and
(d) What happens to the part marked D after label the following parts:
fertilisation is over? (i) Which produces ovum?
(ii) Where fertilisation takes place?
72. What is meant by pollination? Name and (iii) Where implantation of embryo takes place?
differentiate between the two modes of pollination in
flowering plants. 77. How does fertilisation take place? Fertilisation
occurs once in a month. Comment.
73. In a bisexual flower inspite of the young stamens
being removed artificially, the flower products fruits. 78. Trace the path of sperm during ejaculation and
Provide a suitable explanation for the above situation. mention the glands associated with the male
reproductive system and their functions.
74. The sperms are tiny bodies that consist of mainly
genetic material and a long tail 79. What changes are observed in the uterus if
(i) Where are the sperms produced? fertilisation does not occur?
(ii) What is the role of the long tail?
(iii) How are the sperms delivered from the site of their 80. Distinguish between a gamete and zygote. Explain
production? their toles in sexual reproduction.
81. What would be the ratio of chromosome number
between an egg and its zygote? How is the sperm
genetically different from the egg?
82. What is placenta? Describe its structure. State its
functions in case of pregnant human female.
83. Give two reasons for the appearance of variations
among the progeny formed by sexual reproduction.
84. Write one difference between asexual and sexual
modes of reproduction. Which species is likely to have
better chances of survival, the one reproducing asexually
or the one reproducing sexually? Justify your answer.
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85. Suggest three contraceptive methods to control the 93. Given below is the diagram of a reproductive
size of human population which is essential for the system.
health and prosperity of a country. State the basic
principle involved in each.
86. What are the various ways to avoid pregnancy?
Elaborate any one method.
87. What changes are observed in the uterus subsequent
to implantation of young embryo?
88. Why are budding, fragmentation and regeneration all
considered as asexual types of reproduction? With neat
diagrams explain the process of regeneration in
Planaria.
89. Answer the following questions: (i) Name the system.
(i) Name any three asexual modes of reproduction. (ii) Name the parts labelled as A-I.
(ii) Explain with diagram the method by which Amoeba (iii) Describe the functions of parts C, D, E and F.
reproduces.
(iii) How is fission different from fragmentation? 94. Trace out the movement and fate of egg in female
body.
90.
95. Give reasons:
(i) Placenta is extremely essential for foetal
development.
(ii) Blocking of vas deferens prevents pregnancy.
(iii) Wind acts as a pollinating agent.
(iv) Use of condoms prevents pregnancy.
(v) Blocking of Fallopian tubes prevents Pregnancy.
96. Describe the menstrual cycle.
(i) Identify the organisms A and B and the mode of
asexual reproduction exhibited by them. 97. A student is observing a permanent slide showing
(ii) How will an organism be benefitted if it reproduces sequentially the different stages of asexual reproduction
through spores? taking place in yeast. Name this process and draw
(iii) Mention the two asexual methods by which Hydra diagrams of what he observes in a proper sequence.
can reproduce. Explain briefly any one such method.
98. Draw a labelled diagram to show that particular
91. Explain the process of seed and fruit formation in stage of binary fission in Amoeba in which its nucleus
plants. elongates and divides into two and a constriction appears
in its cell membrane.
92. Name the following
(i) The body part in which the testes are present in a 99. In which organism during division, a chain of
human male. daughter cells are formed on the parent body? Also draw
(ii) The part from where the sperms are released out of this stage of division in that organism?
the body.
(iii) The part of female reproductive system containing a
mature egg.
(iv) The accessory fluid in human males, whose
secretion activates the sperms.
(v) The period of adolescence when the reproductive
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100. Students were asked to observe the permanent 104. It is a well-known fact that pregnant woman's
slides showing different stages of budding in yeast under health is the backbone of every family and society.
high power of microscope. Read the given passage and answer the following
(i) Which adjustment screw (coarse/fine) were you asked questions:
to move to focus the slides? (i) Which tissue is responsible for providing nutrition
(ii) Draw three diagrams in correct sequence showing from mother to growing embryo?
budding in yeast. (i) According to you, what can be the likely measures to
maintain woman's health during pregnancy?
101. Rohini's parents received a proposal for her (iii) What value will the learners infer from this
marriage from a boy living in UK. Before everything passage?
could get finalised, Rohini asked her parents to ask the
boy to get his blood test report.
(i) Do you think it was right on the part of Rohini's
parents to do so?
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102. How can one justify this statement that like
physical, mental and social fitness, human beings need
fitness for reproductive life', i.e. 'reproductive health'.
Read the given passage and answer the following
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103. Arjun and Ram are students of class IX. Both were course
good in studies. However, after some time, academic
performance of Arjun started declining and he started
getting irritated quickly in his class. This change was
noticed by his class teacher. While, interacting with
Arjun, she found out that he had six siblings and whole
family lived in a single room. Arjun's mother was not
able to devote much attention to him and resources were
also insufficient.
Read the given passage and answer the following
questions:
(i) After going through the situation, what are the
factors, you think, are responsible for change in
behaviour and poor performance of
Arjun in studies?
(ii) What suggestions can be given before a couple start
their families for a good life?
(iii) What value will the learners infer from this
passage?
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