Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Question:
Which among the following organism develops by means of parthenogenesis ?
Options:
Human beings .
Queen honey bee .
Drone bees
None of these .
Correct Answer:
Drone bees
Explanation:
An offspring formed from the union of a sperm and an egg develops as a female (queen or worker), and an unfertilised egg develops as a male (drone) by means of parthenogenesis .