{"id":84627,"date":"2025-06-01T02:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=84627"},"modified":"2025-06-01T02:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:41:53","slug":"syngamy-results-in-formation-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/syngamy-results-in-formation-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Syngamy results in formation of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syngamy results in formation of<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;haploid zygote&#8221; option2=&#8221;diploid zygote&#8221; option3=&#8221;non-motile male gametes&#8221; option4=&#8221;motile male gametes&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2017\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nSyngamy is the fusion of two gametes (usually a male and a female gamete) to form a single cell called a zygote. In most organisms, gametes are haploid (containing half the number of chromosomes, denoted as n). The fusion of two haploid gametes results in a diploid zygote, which contains the full number of chromosomes (denoted as 2n).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nSyngamy is the core event of sexual reproduction, leading to the formation of the first diploid cell of the new organism.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe zygote undergoes mitotic divisions and differentiation to develop into an embryo and eventually a complete organism. Motility of gametes is a characteristic of the gametes themselves, not an outcome of syngamy.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syngamy results in formation of [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;haploid zygote&#8221; option2=&#8221;diploid zygote&#8221; option3=&#8221;non-motile male gametes&#8221; option4=&#8221;motile male gametes&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;] This question was previously asked in UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2017 Download PDFAttempt Online Syngamy is the fusion of two gametes (usually a male and a female gamete) to form a single cell called a zygote. 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