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1. In which type of eggs the blastomeres if separated develop into whole embryo
Mosaic
Regulative
Cleidoic
Non- cleidoic
2. Which part of the egg lies close to the animal pole
Centriole
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
3. One of the following is not true as criteria for classifying the animal eggs
Amount of yolk
Distribution of yolk
Type of development
Size of the egg
4. Jelly envelope of egg membrane is found in
Mammals
Sea urchin
Fishes
Amphibians
5. .Eggs containing enormous quantities of yolk are called as
Microlecithal eggs
Mesolecithal eggs
Macrolecithal eggs
Alecithal eggs
6. Blastodisc is found in the
Centrolecithal eggs
Mesolecithal eggs
Telolecithal eggs
Discoidal eggs
7. In which animals eggs are minute and 100� in diameter
Fishes
Amphibians
Reptiles
Mammals
8. Which are the examples for alecithal eggs
Mammals
Fishes
Frogs
Birds
9. Which type of eggs contain enormous amout of yolk
Telolecithal
Mesolecithal
Megalecithal
Oligolecithal
10. What is the diameter of egg is ostrich
1.5 inches
2.0 inches
2.5 inches
3.5 inches
11. The primary egg membrane of amphioxus and birds is known as
Plasma membrane
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Vitelline membrane
12. Mosaic eggs are otherwise known as
Determinate eggs
Indeterminate eggs
Cleidoic eggs
Non cleidoic eggs
13. In which type of eggs the fate of every part is fixed before fertilization
Mosaic eggs
Regulative eggs
Cleidoic eggs
Non-cleidoic eggs
14. .One of the following is not the primary egg membrane
Vitelline membrane
Zona pellucid
Jelly envelope
Chorion
15. The examples for oval shaped eggs are
Hag fish and birds
Star fish and reptiles
Hag fish and mammals
Birds and mammals
16. Which of the following in secretes the tertiary membrane
Cytoplasm
Ovary
Uterus
Oviduct
17. In birds the tertiary egg membranes are secreted by
Oviduct
Ovary
Yolk sac
Both 1 and 2
18. Under which type is the egg of birds classified
Isolecithal
Macrolecithal
Microlecithal
Mesolecithal
19. .Molluscan eggs are the examples for the
Discoidal type
Centrolecithal type
Telolecithal type
Macrolecithal type
20. Which of the following are not immediately connected with the ovary or ovum
Cell membranes
Primary egg membranes
Secondary egg membranes
Tertiary egg membranes
21. Centrolecithal eggs are the characteristics of
Placental mammals
Birds
Insects
Reptiles
22. Which are the examples for discoidal eggs
Fishes and amphibians
Fishes and reptiles
Reptiles and birds
Birds and mammals
23. Corona radiate is the type of
Primary egg membrane
Secondary egg membrane
Tertiary egg membrane
Cell membrane
24. .Non-cleidoic eggs are found in the
Fishes
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
25. Vitelline membrane in mammal is known as
Zona pellucid
Corona radiate
Area pellucid
Perivitelline membrane
26. Amphibians are the examples for
Oligolecithal eggs
Mesolecithal eggs
Isolecithal eggs
Telolecithal eggs
27. .Vitelline membrane is closely applied to the underlying
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Plasma membrane
Cytoplasm
28. Eutherian mammals are the examples for
Alecithal eggs
Microlecithal eggs
Oligolecithal eggs
Macrolecithal eggs
29. What are the examples for indeterminate eggs
Coelenterates and chordates
Molluscans and chordates
Echinoderms and chordates
Chordates only
30. Amphioxus egg belongs to the type of
Microlecithal
Isolecithal
Macrolecithal
Both 1 and 2
31. Cortical granules are found in the eggs of
Amphioxus
Sea urchin
Frog
Hen
32. In which type egg nucleus is otherwise called germinal vesicle
Isolecithal
Macrolecithal
Centrolecithal
Telolecithal
33. In Hen�s eggs proteins constitute about
10%
12%
15%
16.60%
34. Nucleus of Pander and chalaza are the parts of
Hen s egg
Mammalian egg
Amphioxus egg
Frog s egg
35. An example for discoidal egg is the
Frog s egg
Hen s egg
Amphioxus egg
Mammalian egg
36. The mature egg of frog measures about
1.5 mm - 2.0 mm
1.5 mm - 2.5 mm
1.75 mm - 2.5 mm
1.75 mm - 3.0 mm
37. .Zona radiate and zona pellucid are found in the
Alecithal egg
Centrolecithal egg
Macrolecithal egg
Telolecithal egg
38. Theca is the protective membrane of the egg of
Frogs
Mammals
Birds
Amphioxus
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