Give a comparative account of the classes of Kingdom Fungi under the following:
(i) Mode of nutrition
(ii) Mode of reproduction

Give a comparative account of the chemistry of carbon and silicon with regard to their (i) property of catenation and (ii) stability of hydrides and oxides .

Name the following: The organism in which cell division itself is a mode of reproduction

Give a brief account of the following reaction. (i) esterification, (ii) Riemer Tiemann reaction.

The mode of nutrition in all fungi is always

Write giving chemical equations, a brief account of the following : (i) Rosenmund Reduction, (ii) Cannizzaro reaction (iii) Clemmenson reduction, and (iv) Aldol condensation

Compare the properties of a typical metal and a non-metal on the basis of the following : (i) Nature of the oxide formed by them (ii) Conducticity.

a] Name the mode of reproduction in following organisms and state important feature of each mode. i] planaria ii] hydra iii] rhizopus b] We can develop new plants from the leaves of Bryophyllum. Comment. c) List two advantages of vegetative propogation over other modes of reproduction.

Although sexual reproduction is a long drawn, energy-intensive complex form of reproduction, many groups of organisms in kingdom- Animalia and Plantae prefer this mode of reproduction. Give atleast three resaons for this.