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  • A. Syphilis
  • B. Genital herpes
  • C. Gonorrhea
  • D. HPV
  • E. Both A and B

Explanation: Both syphilis and genital herpes can cause damage to the central nervous system of infants during birth.

Correct answer: Both A and B
  • A. Gram-Negative bacteria
  • B. Neisseria gonorrhoea
  • C. Both A and B
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Neiserria gonorrhoeae causes Gonorrhea. It has 3 stages and can be treated with antibiotics. It affects both, men and women.

Correct answer: Neisseria gonorrhoea
  • A. A person may contact syphilis by sharing milk with one already suffering from the disease
  • B. Haemophilia is one of the STDs.
  • C. Genital herpes and sickle cell anaemia are both STDs
  • D. The chances of a 5 years old boy contracting an STD are very little

Explanation: Syphilis is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. It is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is transferred through sexual…

Correct answer: The chances of a 5 years old boy contracting an STD are very little
  • A. Offspring produced by asexual reproduction are called clones
  • B. Microscopic and motile asexual reproductive structures are called zoospores
  • C. In potatoes, bananas, and ginger, the plantlets arise from the internodes present in the modified stem
  • D. Water hyacinth, growing in standing water, drains oxygen from water leading to the death of fishes

Explanation: Potato, banana, and ginger propagate vegetatively by their modified stems.

Correct answer: In potatoes, bananas, and ginger, the plantlets arise from the internodes present in the modified stem
  • A. A small non­-motile female gamete and a large motile male gamete
  • B. A large non-­motile female gamete and a small motile male gamete
  • C. A large non-­motile female gamete and a small non­motile male gamete
  • D. A large motile female gamete and a small non­-motile male gemete

Explanation: Oogamy is the sexual reproduction involving the formation and subsequent fusion of a large, usually stationary, non-motile, female gamete…

Correct answer: A large non-­motile female gamete and a small motile male gamete
  • A. New genetic combination leading to variation
  • B. Large biomass
  • C. Longer viability of seeds
  • D. Prolonged dormancy

Explanation: Sexual reproduction always involves meiosis (zygotic in case of haploid individuals and gametic in case of diploid individuals).

Correct answer: New genetic combination leading to variation
  • A. Cleistogamous flowers are always autogamous
  • B. Xenogamy occurs only by wind pollination
  • C. Chasmogamous flowers do not open at all
  • D. Geitonogamy involves the pollen and stigma of flowers of different plants

Explanation: In cleistogamy, as the flowers never open so there is no alternative of self pollination. It is invariably autogamous.

Correct answer: Cleistogamous flowers are always autogamous
  • A. Sporopollenin can be degraded by enzymes
  • B. Sporopollenin is made up of inorganic materials
  • C. Sporopollenin can withstand high temperatures as well as strong acids and alkalis
  • D. Sporopollenin can withstand high temperatures but not strong acids

Explanation: Pollen grain is a haploid, unicellular body. It is cuticularised and the cutin is of special type called sporopollenin, which is resistant…

Correct answer: Sporopollenin can withstand high temperatures as well as strong acids and alkalis
  • A. When pollen is shed at the two-­celled stage, double fertilization does not take place
  • B. Vegetative cell is larger than generative cell
  • C. Pollen grains in some plants remain viable for months
  • D. Intine is made up of cellulose and pectin

Explanation: In 60% of flowering plants, the pollen grains are shed at two­celled stage (tube cell + generative cell).

Correct answer: Vegetative cell is larger than generative cell
  • A. It brings about the opening of the pollen tube
  • B. It guides pollen tube from a synergid to egg
  • C. It helps in the entry of the pollen tube into a synergid.
  • D. It prevents the entry of more than one pollen tube into the embryo sac

Explanation: Within the embryo sac three cells are grouped together at the micropylar end and constitute the egg apparatus.

Correct answer: It helps in the entry of the pollen tube into a synergid.
  • A. Egg cell
  • B. Persistant synergid
  • C. Degenerated synergids
  • D. Central cell

Explanation: The pollen tube enters into the embryo sac at the micropylar end. This entry may be between egg and one synergid or between wall of embryo…

Correct answer: Persistant synergid
  • A. Two polar nuclei and one male gamete
  • B. One polar nuclei and one male gamete
  • C. Ovum and male gamete
  • D. Two polar nuclei and two male gametes

Explanation: Double fertilization is the simultaneous occurrence of syngamy and triple fusion.

Correct answer: Two polar nuclei and one male gamete
  • A. The ovum and sperms are transported simultaneously to ampullary-isthmic junction of the cervix
  • B. The sperms are transported into cervix within 48 hrs of release of ovum in uterus
  • C. The sperms are transported into vagina just after the release of ovum in Fallopian tube
  • D. The ovum and sperms are transported simultaneously to ampullary-isthmic junction of the Fallopian tube

Explanation: The fusion of a haploid male gamete (sperm) and a haploid female gamete (ovum) to form a diploid zygote is called fertilization.

Correct answer: The ovum and sperms are transported simultaneously to ampullary-isthmic junction of the Fallopian tube
  • A. Release of secondary oocyte
  • B. LH surge
  • C. Decrease in estradiol
  • D. Full development of Graafian follicle

Explanation: During ovulation, there is no decrease in estradiol. In fact, there is a surge in estradiol levels.

Correct answer: Decrease in estradiol
  • A. One Y chromosome
  • B. One X ­chromosome
  • C. Two X­ chromosome
  • D. One X ­chromosome and one Y­ chromosome

Explanation: A freshly released human egg, also known as an oocyte, contains half of the genetic material required for the formation of a new…

Correct answer: One X ­chromosome
  • A. Chikungunya virus
  • B. Ebola virus
  • C. Hepatitis B virus
  • D. Human immunodeficiency virus

Explanation: Correct answer is a. Chikungunya virus Here's an explanation of each option: a.

Correct answer: Chikungunya virus
  • A. Follicles
  • B. Corona radiata
  • C. Corpus luteum
  • D. Zona pellucida

Explanation: The follicle cells, after release of the egg, are modified to form a special structure called corpus luteum.

Correct answer: Corpus luteum
  • A. Spermatogonia, Spermatocyte, Spermatid, Spermatozoa
  • B. Spermatogonia, Spermatocyte, Spermatozoa, Spermatid
  • C. Spermatocyte, Spermatogonia, Spermatozoa, Spermatid
  • D. Spermatogonia, Spermatozoa, Spermatocyte, Spermatid

Explanation: Explanation for this question will be added soon.

Correct answer: Spermatogonia, Spermatocyte, Spermatid, Spermatozoa
  • A. Uriniferous tubules
  • B. Seminiferous tubules
  • C. Seminal vesicles
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Explanation for this question will be added soon.

Correct answer: Seminiferous tubules
  • A. Nerve cells
  • B. Muscles cells
  • C. Fat cells
  • D. Interstitial cells

Explanation: Explanation for this question will be added soon.

Correct answer: Interstitial cells