Q.

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions from (i) to (v).

Reproduction is a biological process by which new individual organisms are produced. Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all life forms; each individual exists due to the process of reproduction. Reproduction is the mechanism of species continuation. Mechanism and process of reproduction varies for different species in this world.

 

(i) Which of the following statement is not true about reproduction

1 Organisms create exact copies of themselves.  
2 Creation of a DNA copy is a basic event in reproduction.  
3 Simply breaking up into smaller pieces upon maturation is also a method of reproduction.  
4 Cell division in unicellular organisms is the method of reproduction.  

Ans.

(1)