1. | storage of nutrients for the offspring. |
2. | union of an egg and a sperm. |
3. | process by which a gamete is formed. |
4. | division of cells during development. |
In human females, meiosis-II is not completed until?
1. | Puberty | 2. | Fertilization |
3. | Uterine implantation | 4. | Birth |
Receptors for sperm binding in mammals are present on:
1. | Perivitelline space | 2. | Zona pellucida |
3. | Corona Radiata | 4. | Vitelline membrane |
Extrusion of the second polar body from the egg nucleus occurs:
1. | simultaneously with the first cleavage |
2. | after entry of sperm but before fertilization |
3. | after fertilization |
4. | before entry of sperm into the ovum |
I: | The embryo’s heart is formed | After one month of pregnancy |
II: | Limbs and external genital organs are well-developed |
By the end of the second month of pregnancy |
III: | First movements of the foetus | During the fifth month |
Assertion (A): | During pregnancy all events of the menstrual cycle stop and there is no menstruation. |
Reason (R): | In the absence of fertilisation, the corpus luteum degenerates. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
2. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |