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Sporulation - class-XII

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A motile asexual spore with flagella is known as

  1. Zoospore

  2. Zygospore

  3. Tetraspore

  4. Zygote


Correct Option: A

Sexual spores produced by Penicillium

  1. Conidiospores

  2. Basidiospores

  3. Ascospores

  4. Zoospores


Correct Option: C

Basidiospores, Ascospores, Germspores, Meiospores are products of ______ whereas sporangiospores, conidiospore, zoospores are products of _____

  1. Meiosis and Meiosis

  2. Mitosis and Meiosis

  3. Mitosis and Mitosis

  4. Meiosis and Mitosis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
 Mitosis Meiosis 
It is a process where a single cell divided into two identical cells. It is an equational division (i.e no. of chromosomes remains same)  It is a process where a single cell twice to produces four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information. It is a reductional division (i.e.no. of chromosomes reduces to half ).
 It mainly takes place in somatic cells  It takes place in germinal cells or spore mother cells.
 Sporangiospores, conidiospores, zoospores  Basidiospores, Ascospores, Germspores, Meiospores

So, the correct answer is 'Meiosis and Mitosis'.

Zoospores are

  1. motile spores seen in bryophytes

  2. motile sexual spores

  3. motile asexual spores in fungi

  4. motile asexual spores in algae and fungi


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
A zoospore is a motile asexual spore that uses a flagellum for locomotion. Also called a swarm spore, these spores are created by some protists, bacteria, and fungi to propagate themselves.
So the correct answer is "motile asexual spores in algae and fungi".

Meiosis takes place in Chlamydomonas in?

  1. Zygospore

  2. Zoospore

  3. Hypnospores

  4. Aplanospore


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A.zygospore – it is the product of fertilization. It is a diploid structure in the life cycle of Chlamydomonas. It undergoes meiosis and form into a new Chlamydomonas cells.

B.Zoospore – Flagellated, motile structures formed during asexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas is called Zoospore. It is haploid, formed by mitosis.

C.Hyponospore – Thick walled resting spore formed during unfavourable conditions is called Hypnospore.

D.Aplanospore – Aflagellated, non motile spores formed during asexual reproduction is called aplanospore.

So, the correct option is ‘zygospore’.

Non - motile, greatly thickened, asexual spore in chlamydomonas is:

  1. Carpospores

  2. Aplanospores

  3. Akinetes

  4. Hypnospores


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Thick-walled non-motile spores formed to tide over unfavorable condition is called  Hypnospores. They germinate on the arrival of favorable conditions. e.g., Chlamydomonas, Ulothrix.

So the correct option is 'Hypnospores'.

The motile reproductive structures of algae and fungi, which directly give rise to new individuals are called

  1. Zygospores

  2. Zoospores

  3. Cysts

  4. Conidia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The motile reproductive structures of algae and fungi, which directly give rise to new individuals are called zoospores. It is a asexual motile spore. It uses flagella for locomotion. The zoospores are liberated either by the disintegration of the zoosporangial wall or by the formation of an apical pore on the zoosporangium. After liberation the zoospores swim for a while, then with­draw their flagella, encyst and ulti­mately germinate into new plants.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Conidia of Albugo are arranged ____________.

  1. Irregularly

  2. Acropetally

  3. Basipetally

  4. Intercalary


Correct Option: C

Sporangium possess spores in

  1. Ferns

  2. Moss

  3. Spirogyra

  4. Fungus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Fungi reproduces asexually by means of sporangia. Sporangiospores are spores that are produced in a sporangium (plural: sporangia). A sporangium in fungi (but not mosses and some other organisms) is simply a cell containing spores. 

So, the correct answer is 'Fungus'

In ferns, spores are produced in

  1. Sori

  2. Roots

  3. Stem

  4. Sporangiophore


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sori are asexually reproducing structures produced on the abaxial surface of the leaf and produce haploid spores, that germinates to form the independent gametophyte.

So, the correct answer is 'Sori'

Spore travels long distance to get favorable condition by

  1. Animals

  2. Air

  3. Humans

  4. Water


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This ejection ensures exit of the spores from the reproductive structures as well as traveling through the air over long distances. 

So, the correct answer is 'Air'

Which of the following plant reproduce by the mean of spore formation?

  1. Mango

  2. Neem

  3. Moss

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mosses have two forms of reproduction. Asexual or vegetative reproduction and sexual reproduction. Mosses produce small sexual structures known as archegonium (the female structure that produces egg cells), or antheridium (the male structure that produces sperm cells). In moss, the zygote formation begins the second phase of the moss life cycle where the zygote develops into the sporophyte (spore-plant). The sporophyte consists of three structures, a foot which anchors it to the gametophyte and helps to transfer water and nutrients from the gametophyte, a long erect stalk called a seta and a pod-like capsule at the end where spores are produced. So the correct option is "Moss".

Which one of the following structures does a fungus produce so that it survives for a very long period?

  1. Conidia

  2. Zoosperes

  3. Hyphae

  4. Sclerotia


Correct Option: A

In Chlamydomonas, zoospores are

  1. Laterally flagellated

  2. Pyramid shaped

  3. Exogenously originated

  4. Non- motile asexual spores


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Zoospores of Chlamydomonas are spores that are formed under the unfavorable condition and exhibit asexual reproduction and are able to form a new plant. They use lateral flagella for locomotion.

So the correct option is 'Laterally flagellated'.

Penicillium produces

  1. Zoospores

  2. Mitospores

  3. Meiospores

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The species of penicillium multiply by vegetative fragmentation as well as asexual and sexual methods.

Asexual reproduction begins with the formation of asexual motile spores called conidia, which are born on the erect, aerial hyphae called conidiophores. The conidiophores branch multiple times and finally terminate into cylindrical bodies called sterigma. At the time of conidium formation, the nucleus of sterigma divides by mitotic division into two. The terminal portion of sterigma gets separated with one nucleus and is called conidium. When it is fully grown another conidium is formed below the first conidium in succession at the end of sterigma. The spores thus formed are mitospores, which germinate to form genetically identical saprophyte.
In sexual reproduction, the spores or conidium are formed by meiosis from the diploid parent zygote. Ascogonium, a female sex organ and Antheridium, a male sex organ arise on adjacent branches and fuse to form meiospores.
Zoospores are spores with flagella. They are motile spores. They are not produced by Penicillium.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Higher plants such as trees reproduce by seeds while lower plants such as mosses and ferns reproduce by spores. What is the basic difference between a spore and a seed?

  1. Spores are easily destroyed by animals

  2. Spores lack a food reserve

  3. Spores take a much longer time to germinate

  4. Spores need great nutrition from the parent plant to develop


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, fungi and protozoa. They place a role in germination. They lack food reserve since they undergo different cellular division. Bacterial spores are not part of a sexual cycle but are resistant structures used for survival under unfavourable conditions. Myxozoan spores release amoebulae into their hosts for parasitic infection, but also reproduce within the hosts through the pairing of two nuclei within the plasmodium, which develops from the amoebula. The spores of seed plants, however, are produced internally and the megaspores, formed within the ovules and the microspores are involved in the formation of more complex structures that form the dispersal units, the seeds and pollen grains.

So the correct option is 'spores lack a food reserve'.

During favourable conditions, the most common mode of multiplication in Chlamydomonas is by producing

  1. Gametes

  2. Zoospores

  3. Aplanospores

  4. Hypnospores


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When the conditions are favorable the zoospores were formed. The cell becomes no motile during the formation of zoospores and the flagella are distracted or retracted.

So the correct option is 'zoospores'.

Which one of the following ranuculaceous genera was raised to the level of a family on the basis of serological and embryological characters?

  1. Eranthis

  2. Adonis

  3. Paenoia

  4. Caltha


Correct Option: A

Asexual reproduction in fungi takes place by

  1. endospore

  2. gametangia

  3. exospores

  4. conidiospore


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Asexual reproduction in fungi takes place by conidia, zoospore, sporangiospores, chlamydospore and oidia.

In some fungi, the spores are not formed inside a sporangium. They are born free on the tips of special branches called conidiophores. This spores thus formed are called conidiophore for example in Penicillium.

So, the correct option is 'conidiospore'.

The spore coat protects the spore from

  1. High temperature

  2. Low humudity

  3. Low temperature

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Spores owe some of their resistance to the presence of an outer proteinaceous layer termed the spore coat. Spore coat protects the spore from enzymes, such as lysozyme, from mechanical disruption, from some chemicals, high temperature, low humidity and chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide ($H _2O _2$). So the correct option is "High temperature and Low humidity".

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