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A farmer wants to grow… (Class 10 Science SQP 2023-24, Q10)

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ScienceCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2023-24 · 1 mark · MCQ

CBSE Class 10 Science sample paper 2023-24: question 10

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2023-24, section A, question 10, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q10 · 1 mark · MCQCompetency-basedHow do Organisms Reproduce?

A farmer wants to grow banana plants genetically similar enough to the plants already available in his field. Which one of the following methods would you suggest for this purpose?

  1. (A)Regeneration
  2. (B)Budding
  3. (C)Vegetative propagation
  4. (D)Sexual reproduction

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2023-24.

Hints

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Hint 1

Which methods involve only one parent?

Hint 2

Banana plants lack seeds, so they are grown from plant parts.

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Plants raised by vegetative propagation come from parts of one parent plant. They are therefore genetically similar to the parent.

  2. Banana is commonly propagated vegetatively, because cultivated bananas have no viable seeds. So the answer is option (C) Vegetative propagation.

    1 mark

Answer: Vegetative propagation, option (C)

Where the marks are

  • Selects vegetative propagation as giving genetically similar plants (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from How do Organisms Reproduce?, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2023-24: every question, by section.

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