Given below are two statements:
Statement I: In India, often the female is blamed for the couple being childless, but more often than not, the problem lies in the male partner.
Statement II: Infertility cases due to very low sperm counts in the ejaculates could be corrected by gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT).
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Statement I is true but Statement II is false
Infertility is the inability to produce children in spite of unprotected sexual co-habitation. The cause can lie with either partner, and the treatment depends on the cause.
Statement I: In India, often the female is blamed for the couple being childless, but more often than not, the problem lies in the male partner. — True. NCERT says this about India in the same words.
Statement II: Infertility cases due to very low sperm counts in the ejaculates could be corrected by gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT). — False. Very low sperm counts are corrected by artificial insemination (AI), in which semen from the husband or a healthy donor is introduced into the vagina or uterus. GIFT transfers an ovum from a donor into the fallopian tube of a female who cannot produce one.
So Statement I is true and Statement II is false.
NCERT Extract:
Infertility – “… In India, often the female is blamed for the couple being childless, but more often than not, the problem lies in the male partner.”
Infertility – “… Transfer of an ovum collected from a donor into the fallopian tube (GIFT – gamete intra fallopian transfer) of another female who cannot produce one, but can provide suitable environment for fertilisation and further development is another method attempted. … Infertility cases either due to inability of the male partner to inseminate the female or due to very low sperm counts in the ejaculates, could be corrected by artificial insemination (AI) technique.”