Question

Budding is a method of asexual reproduction in-

• A. Planaria
• B. Hydra
• C. Rhizopus
• D. Amoeba

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Hydra

The correct option is B

Explanation of correct answer:

1. The production of a new organism from a single parent without the involvement of sex cells or gametes is called asexual reproduction.
2. The formation of an individual daughter from a small protrusion, the bud, which arises on the parent body is called budding.
3. Asexual reproduction by budding is seen in Hydra and yeast.

Explanation of incorrect option:

Option A:

1. The ability of an organism to regenerate its lost parts of the body that have been removed, as by injury is called regeneration.
2. The regeneration was observed in Planaria.

Option C:

The Rhizopus fungus reproduces by the spore formation.

Option D:

Amoeba reproduces by binary fission by dividing its body into two parts.

Final answer: Budding is a method of asexual reproduction in Hydra.