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Science — CBSE Class 10 board question

Q1. [1]
In which of the following organisms, multiple fission is a means of asexual reproduction ?
  1. (a) Yeast
  2. (b) Leishmania
  3. (c) Paramoecium
  4. (d) Plasmodium
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Model Answer

(d) Plasmodium

Plasmodium (the malarial parasite) divides into many daughter cells simultaneously through multiple fission.

Explanation

The passage explicitly states: "Other single-celled organisms, such as the malarial parasite, Plasmodium, divide into many daughter cells simultaneously by multiple fission." Yeast reproduces by budding; Leishmania and Amoeba undergo binary fission. Examiners expect students to distinguish between binary fission, multiple fission, and budding.

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