Previous Years’ Questions from Reproduction in Organisms Class 12 NEET
Chapter 1 Reproduction in Organisms is an important topic to learn from an examination perspective. We have provided questions with solutions from previous years’ NEET question papers for the chapter Reproduction in Organisms covered in Class 12 of the NEET syllabus. Students can solve and practice these important questions that have appeared in NEET.
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Important NEET Questions on Class 12 Chapter 1 Reproduction in Organisms
1. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(NEET 2016)
A. In banana, potato, and ginger, the plantlets arise from the internodes present in the modified stem.
B. Offspring produced by asexual reproduction is called a clone
C. Water hyacinth can deplete oxygen and cause the death of fishes
D. All of the above
2. Apomixis is the development of a new plant
(AIIMS 1997)
A. Without the fusion of gametes
B. With the fusion of gametes
C. From root cuts
D. From stem cuts
3. A piece of potato tuber will form a new plant if it has _____
(CPMT 1996)
A. Stored Food
B. Roots
C. Branches
D. Eyes
4. Tissue culture techniques can produce an indefinite number of new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is ____
(AIIMS 1992)
A. Genetically uniform population of an elite species
B. Variants through picking up somaclonal variations
C. Development of new species
D. None of the above
5. Cellular totipotency was demonstrated by ___
(NEET 2016)
A. Robert Hook
B. F.C Steward
C. Vladimir Kursk
D. Nigel Marvin
6. Tissue/bacterial culture glassware and nutrients are sterilised through ___
(AIIMS 1996)
A. Autoencoder
B. Clavicle
C.Autoclave
D. Dilute acetic acid
7. Animals which possess cleidoic eggs exhibit
(KCET 2011)
A. Internal fertilization and external development
B. External fertilization and internal development
C. Internal Fertilization and internal development
D. External Fertilization and external development
8. Which of the following is wrong about Chara?
(NEET 2014)
A. Upper anthredium and lower oogonium
B. Globule is a male reproductive structure
C.Globule and nucule is present on the same plant
D. None of the above
9. The “eyes” of the potato tuber are
(NEET 2013)
A. Flower buds
B. Root buds
C. Shoot buds
D. Axillary buds
10. What would be the number of chromosomes of the aleurone cells of a plant with 42 chromosomes in its root tip cells?
(NEET 2013)
A. 59
B. 63
C. 39
D. 40
| Question | Answer Key |
| 1 | A |
| 2 | A |
| 3 | D |
| 4 | A |
| 5 | B |
| 6 | C |
| 7 | A |
| 8 | A |
| 9 | D |
| 10 | B |
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11. Clones are
A. Genetically similar
B. Morphologically similar
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Answer: C. Both (a) and (b)
12. Name an organism where cell division is itself a mode of reproduction?
A. Euglena
B. E. coli
C. Amoeba
D. All of these
Answer: D. All of these
13. Vegetative propagules of Agave is
A. Runner
B. Tuber
C. Bulbil
D. Rhizome
Answer: C. Bulbil
14. Plants, animals or fungi differ in all of these aspects except
A. Pattern of sexual mode of reproduction
B. Internal structure
C. External morphology
D. Physiology
Answer: A. Pattern of sexual mode of reproduction
15. Which of the following flowers only once in their lifetime?
A. Neem
B. Mango
C. Bamboo
D. All of these
Answer: C. Bamboo
16. Oestrous cycle occurs in
A. Rats
B. Cows
C. Deer
D. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
17. Antheridiophore is present in
A. Marchantia
B. Sweet potato
C. Fucus
D. Chara
Answer: A. Marchantia
18. Which one of the following is monoecious?
A. Pinus
B. Marchantia
C. Date palm
D. Cycas
Answer: A. Pinus
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