Sexual Reproduction
Sexual Reproduction: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Menstrual Cycle, Fertilization, Puberty, Zygote, Gametogenesis, Endogamy, Oestrus Cycle, Oviparous Animals, Gonadotropins, Viviparous Animals, Syngamy, Embryogenesis, External Fertilisation and, Internal Fertilisation
Important Questions on Sexual Reproduction
In which of the following phases all organisms have to pass through it before they can reproduce sexually?

Which of the following hormones play important role in menstrual cycle?

Read the graph given below and identify the period of follicular phase:

Organisms with relatively simple body organisation commonly reproduce through asexual means but shifts to sexual reproduction:

Why the internal fertiliszation is better than external fertilisation?

Inter flower period is juvenile or mature?

Exogamy in plants is the term where pollination takes place between flowers of the same plant.


Differentiate between exogamy and endogamy.


What is the carrier of gamete in the Pinus, Marchantia, Mango, Chara, and Funaria respectively?
[where Pollen tube, ]

Synchrony between the maturity of sexes and release of many gametes is shown by:

Clear cut distinction between vegetative, reproductive and senescent phase is shown by

In all the sexually reproducing organisms, events involved are

The vital link that ensures continuity of species between organisms of one generation and the next is

Which of the following statement is correct?

External syngamy occurs in case of

Eggs are covered with a tough, leathery coat in case of

Arrhenotoky is absent in which organism?

The chromosome number in meiocytes of a fruit fly is-
