Which one of the following statements is not correct?

1.  Offspring produced by asexual reproduction is called clone
2.  Microscopic motile asexual reproductive structures are called zoospores
3.  In potatoes, bananas, and ginger, the plantlets arise from the internodes present in the modified stem
4.  Water hyacinth growing in standing water drains oxygen from water that leads to the death of fish

Subtopic:  Asexual Reproduction |
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NEET - 2016
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Offsets are produced by:

1. Meiotic divisions
2. Mitotic divisions
3. Parthenocarpy
4. Parthenogenesis
Subtopic:  Asexual Reproduction |
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NEET - 2018
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Which of the following flowers only once in its lifetime?
1. Bamboo species
2. Jackfruit
3. Mango
4. Papaya

Subtopic:  Sexual Reproduction |
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NEET - 2018
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Which one of the following generates new genetic combinations leading to variation?

1.  Vegetative reproduction

2.  Parthenogenesis

3.  Sexual reproduction

4.  Nucellar polyembryony

Subtopic:  Sexual Reproduction |
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NEET - 2016
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Flowers are unisexual in?

1. Pea 

2. Cucumber

3. China rose

4. Onion

Subtopic:  Sexual Reproduction |
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NEET - 2015
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Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 

Mode of reproduction    Example
(a) Offset  (i) Water hyacinth
(b) Rhizome    (ii) Banana
(c) Binary fission  (iii) Sargassum
(d) Conidia  (iv)  Penicilium     

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. d

Subtopic:  Asexual Reproduction |
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NEET - 2015
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In ginger vegetative propagation occurs through:

1. rhizome
2. offsets
3. bulbils
4. runners

Subtopic:  Asexual Reproduction |
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NEET - 2015
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Which is the most common mechanism of genetic variation in the population of a sexually reproducing organism?

1. Transduction
2. Chromosomal aberrations
3. Genetic drift
4. Recombination

Subtopic:  Hardy Weinberg Law |
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NEET - 2015
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A technique of micro-propagation is:

1. somatic hybridization
2. somatic embryogenesis
3. protoplast fusion
4. embryo rescue

Subtopic:  Tissue Culture |
NEET - 2015
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Which one of the following is wrong about Chara?

1. upper oogonium and lower round antheridium

2. Globule and nucule present on the same plant

3. Upper antheridium and lower oogonium

4. Globule is male reproductive structure

Subtopic:  Asexual Reproduction |
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AIPMT - 2014
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