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When two genes control a single character and have cumulative effect the ratio is _______

  1. $1:1:1:1$

  2. $1:4:6:4:1$

  3. $1:2:1$

  4. $1:6:15:20:15:6:1$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
When two genes present on the same loci give an additive or cumulative effect like the spotted and Dotted seed of Lens sps the ratio is 1:2:1
So, the correct answer is '1:2:1'

Successive exploitation of heterocyst depends upon the ______________.

  1. Presence of heterotic effect in the hybrid

  2. Availability of male sterility

  3. Out crossing nature of the flower

  4. Heterotic effect and availability


Correct Option: A

Triticale has been developed through cross between

  1. Maize and Rye

  2. Maize and grass

  3. Rice and Rye

  4. Wheat and Rye.


Correct Option: D

If mendel had studied the 7 traits using a plant with 12 chromosomes instead of 14 ,in what way this interpretation have been different 

  1. He would have mapped the chromosomes

  2. He would have discovered blending or incomplete dominance

  3. He would not have discovered law of independent assortement

  4. He would have discovered sex linkage


Correct Option: A

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.

Among the seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plant as studied by Mendel, the number of traits related to flower, pod, and seed respectively were

  1. 2, 2, 2

  2. 2, 2, 1

  3. 1, 2, 2

  4. 1, 1, 2


Correct Option: A

How many pairs of true breeding varieties were selected by Mendel for his experiment on pea plant?

  1. 6 pairs

  2. 5 pairs

  3. 7 pairs

  4. 8 pairs


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct answer will be '7 pairs of true breeding varieties' that was used by Mendel for his experiments on pea plant.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.


The colour based contrasting traits in seven contrasting pairs, studied by Mendel in pea plant were.

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

  4. 4


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The colour based contrasting traits studied by Mender in pea plant were pod colour,  i.e., green (dominant) and yellow (recessive), flower colour, i.e., violet (dominant) and white (recessive) and seed colour, i.e., yellow (dominant) and green (recessive). 

Mendel's laws were first published in the year

  1. 1875

  2. 1890

  3. 1928

  4. 1866


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mendelian inheritance is a type of biological inheritance that follows the laws originally proposed by Gregor Mendel in 1865 and 1866 and rediscovered in 1900.

So, the correct option is '1866'.

Mendel's work was got republished in 'Flora' by

  1. De Vries

  2. Tschermak

  3. Correns

  4. All the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mendel’s law of inheritance were rediscovered by Hugo de vries, Tschemark, Correns. Hugo de vries republished the Mendel’s work in ‘Flora’.

So, the correct option is ‘De vries’.

Name the scientist who converted Mendel's conclusions into principles of heredity

  1. De Vries

  2. Tschermak-seysenegg

  3. Carl Correns

  4. T. H. Morgan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Carl Erich Correns was a German botanist and geneticist, who is notable primarily for his independent discovery of the principles of heredity, and for his rediscovery of Gregor Mendel's earlier paper on that subject, which he achieved simultaneously but independently of the botanists Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg. He also converted Mendel’s conclusions into principles of heredity.

So, the conclusion is ‘Carl correns’.