CLASS TEN SHORT QUIZ

Which of the following plants can be propagated through vegetative means by its leaves?

• a) Potato

• b) Bryophyllum

• c) Carrot

• d) Onion

Vegetative propagation is a type of:

• a) Sexual reproduction

• b) Asexual reproduction

• c) Both sexual and asexual reproduction

• d) None of the above

You observe a plant whose leaves have small, fleshy buds on their margins that readily fall off and develop into new plants. This is a common example of:

• (a) vegetative propagation by leaves.

• (b) Artificial grafting.

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  (c) Pollination of a plant with marginal buds.

In which of the following plants does vegetative propagation occur through underground stems?

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The shoot of the parent plant is pushed below the soil that results in growth of a new plant.

What is the advantage of this process?

• (a) this results in plant of different flowers

• (b) this helps grow plants without adding extra manure

• (c) this eliminates the need of producing plant using seeds

• (d) this allows growth of plants with new genetic composition