• 01.
Which of the following trait of
garden pea studied by Mendal was
recessive feature
• (a) Round seed shape
• (b) Axial flower position
• (c) Green seed colour
• (d) Green pod colour
02.Two cross between the same pair of
genotypes or phenotypes in which the
sources of the gametes are reversed in
one cross is known as
(a) Reverse cross
(b) Test cross
(c) Reciprocal cross
(d) Dihybrid cross
03. Mendel formulated the laws of heredity
considering seven pairs of contrasting
characters in the pea plant. If he had studied an
eight pair, the law which would have been
altered is
(a) Law of segregation
(b) Law of dominance
(c) Law of independent assortment
(d) Law of unit character
4. Had Mendel decided to study those traits
together which are determined by linked
genes, he would not have found out
(a) Crossing over
(b) Dominance
(c) Principal of segregation
(d) Principal of independent assortment
05. Which of the following is true of
Mendelism but not to Darwinism
(a) It influenced human thought
tremendously
(b)It was modified immediately
(c) It gave well-defined principle even in early
stage
(d)It was based on insufficient data
06. Mendel’s second law is
(a) Segregation
(b) Dominance
(c) Independent assortment
(d) Polygenic inheritance
07. When RR (red) is cross with rr
(white), the offspring are pink. This
shows that R gene is
(a) Recessive
(b) Dominant
(c) Incompletely dominant
(d) Mutant
08. What is the other name for “
incomplete dominance”
(a) Blending inheritance
(b)Intermediate inheritance
(c) Mosaic inheritance
(d)All the above
09. Self sterility in “Nicotiana” was
reported dominance by
(a) Morgan
(b) East
(c) Crick
(d) Goldberg
10. In a plant, red fruit (R) is dominant
over yellow fruit (r) and tallness (T) is
dominant over shortness (t). If a plant
with RRTt genotype is crossed with a
plant that is rrtt,
(a) 75% will be tall with red fruit
(b) All the offspring will be tall with red
fruit
(c) 25% will be tall with red fruit
(d) 50% will be tall with red fruit
11. How many types of genotypes are
formed in F2 progeny obtained from
self polination of a dihybrid F1
(a) 9
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 1
12. A gene pair hides the effect of
another gene. the phenomenon is
called
(a) Epistasis
(b) Mutation
(c) Dominance
(d) Segregation
13. The term test cross refers to a cross
between
(a)F1 hybrid with another F1 hybrid
(b)F1 hybrid and a double recessive
individual
(c) F1 hybrid and either of the parents
(d) F1 hybrid and F2 individual
14. Mendel was born in
(a) 17th century
(b) 18th century
(c) 19th century
(d) 8th century
15. When F1 generation hybrid tall Tt is
crossed with dwarf tt parent, it is a case
of
(a) Dihybrid cross
(b) Test cross
(c) Crossing over
(d) Reciprocal cross
16. A plant of F1- generation with
genotype " AABLCC " on selfing
produces which of the following the
phenotypic ratio in F2- generation
(a) 1 : 1
(b) 3 : 1
(c) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
(d) 27 : 9 : 3 : 1
17. Mirabilis jalapa is an example of
(a) Codominance
(b) Supplementary gene
(c) Incomplete dominance
(d) Complementary gene
18. A cross between two pairs of alleles
called
(a) Crossing over
(b) Linkage
(c) Monohybrid cross
(d) Dihybrid cross
19. F2 phenotypic ratio of monohybrid
cross is
(a) 3 : 1
(b) 1 : 1
(c) 2 : 1
(d) 1: 2: 1
20. When heterozygous tall plants are
self pollinated then tall and dwarf plants
are obtained this is explain to
(a) Law of purity of gamete
(b)Segregation law
(c) Division in spores
(d)Independent assortment
21. Which of the following was not
considered by Mendel
(a) Test cross
(b) Back cross
(c) Linkage
(d) None of these
22. Cytoplasmic inheritance of kappa
particles was reported by T.M.
Sonneborn in
(a) Paramecium aureus
(b)Paramecium aurelia
(c) Entamoeba histolytica
(d)Ascaris lumbrigonides
23. A bryophytic plant suddenly started
reproducing parthenogenetically. The
number of chromosomes of the second
generation compared to the parent plant
will be
(a) Double
(b) One half
(c) One fourth
(d) Same
24. The branch of botany dealing
with heredity and variation is called
(a) Geobotany
(b) Sericulture
(c) Genetics
(d) Evolution
25. Organisms phenotypically similar
but genotypically different are said
to
(a) Heterozygous
(b) Monozygous
(c) Multizygous
(d) Homozygous
