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Given below are a few statements related to external fertilization. Choose the correct statements. (i) The male and female gametes are formed and released simultaneously. (ii) Only a few gametes are released into the medium. (iii) Water is the medium in a majority of organisms exhibiting external fertilization. (iv) Offspring formed as a result of external fertilization have a better chance of survival than those formed inside an organism.

Answer: (B)

Solution

Organisms with external fertilisation synchronise and release their male and female gametes together into the surroundings (statement i correct), and water is indeed the medium for external fertilisation in the vast majority of such

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