Important Questions Test: Reproduction in Plants - UPSC MCQ

Bread mould, a type of fungus, reproduces through spore formation. Spores are tiny, lightweight cells that can be easily dispersed by air, allowing the fungus to spread and grow on new surfaces.

When parts of plants like cacti get detached, they can grow into new plants. So, plants like cacti produce new plants when their parts get detached.

Plants can grow into healthy plants if all seeds of a plant were to fall at the same place and grow there. 

This statement is False because: If all seeds fall in the same location, they will compete for essential resources

Budding is a method of asexual reproduction where a new individual develops from a bud, which is a small projection on the parent organism. This bud eventually detaches and becomes an independent organism.

The radicle is the embryonic root in a seed. It emerges first during germination and develops into the plant’s root system.

 Fragmentation is a type of asexual reproduction where an organism breaks into fragments. Each fragment can grow into a new, independent organism. Fragmentation is common in organisms like starfish, sponges, and some types of fungi.

When yeast cells want to make more yeast cells, they create chains of small buds. These buds grow on the parent cell and then separate to become new yeast cells. This way, yeast cells keep multiplying and making more of themselves. 

Onion uses underground stems (bulbs) to store food and reproduce asexually. New plants grow from the bulb’s buds, a form of vegetative propagation.