To prevent STIs, one should always try to use ________ during coitus.

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• spermicides
• IUDs
• condoms
• pills
Correct Option: C  [ condoms ]

Remark: Using condoms consistently and correctly during coitus is a simple and effective principle for preventing the transmission of STIs.

________ is the inability to produce children in spite of unprotected sexual co-habitation.

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• Impotence
• Sterility
• Infertility
• Amenorrhea
Correct Option: C  [ Infertility ]

Remark: Infertility is defined as the inability of a couple to conceive and produce children despite regular unprotected sexual cohabitation.

In India, often the ________ is blamed for the couple being childless, though the problem may lie in the male partner.

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• family
• society
• male
• female
Correct Option: D  [ female ]

Remark: The text notes that in Indian society, the female partner is often unfairly blamed for infertility, even though the issue frequently lies with the male partner.

Couples can be assisted to have children through special techniques commonly known as assisted reproductive ________ (ART).

[Reproductive-Health] [class-xii ]

• technologies
• treatments
• therapies
• timings
Correct Option: A  [ technologies ]

Remark: When corrective treatments for infertility fail, couples can turn to a range of special techniques known as Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART).

________ is a method of fertilisation outside the body, followed by embryo transfer.

[Reproductive-Health] [class-xii ]

• Artificial Insemination (AI)
• In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
• Gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT)
• Intra uterine insemination (IUI)
Correct Option: B  [ In vitro fertilisation (IVF) ]

Remark: In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a key procedure in ART where fertilisation of the egg by the sperm occurs outside the body in a laboratory setting.

The IVF-ET method is popularly known as the ________ baby programme.

[Reproductive-Health] [class-xii ]

• designer
• test tube
• saviour
• donor
Correct Option: B  [ test tube ]

Remark: The process of in vitro fertilisation followed by embryo transfer (IVF-ET) is popularly known as the ‘test tube baby’ programme.

In IVF, ova and sperms are induced to form a zygote under ________ conditions in the laboratory.

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• anaerobic
• simulated
• pressurised
• natural
Correct Option: B  [ simulated ]

Remark: In the IVF process, fertilisation is achieved under simulated conditions in a laboratory that mimic the environment of the female reproductive tract.

The transfer of a zygote or early embryo with up to 8 blastomeres into the fallopian tube is known as ________.

[Reproductive-Health] [class-xii ]

• IUT
• GIFT
• ICSI
• ZIFT
Correct Option: D  [ ZIFT ]

Remark: ZIFT stands for Zygote Intra Fallopian Transfer, a procedure where a zygote or an embryo with up to 8 blastomeres is transferred into the fallopian tube for further development.

In ________, embryos with more than 8 blastomeres are transferred into the uterus.

[Reproductive-Health] [class-xii ]

• ZIFT
• IUT
• GIFT
• ICSI
Correct Option: B  [ IUT ]

Remark: IUT, or Intra Uterine Transfer, is the procedure of transferring an embryo that has developed to a stage with more than 8 blastomeres directly into the uterus.

Embryos formed by ________ fertilisation, which is the fusion of gametes within the female, can also be used for embryo transfer.

[Reproductive-Health] [class-xii ]

• in-vitro
• in-vivo
• external
• artificial
Correct Option: B  [ in-vivo ]

Remark: In-vivo fertilisation refers to the natural process of fertilisation occurring inside the female's body. Embryos from this process can be transferred to assist another female who cannot conceive.