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1. The branch of biology that deals with the study of transmission of hereditary materials from a generation to the next is
Physiology
Ecology
Embryology
Genetics
2. The revolutionary high yielding and disease resistant varieties of important crops are the products of
Plant breeding
Linkage and cross over
Mutation
Gene expression
3. Haemophilia colour blindness and diabetes are the
Hereditary diseases
Bacterial diseases
Viral diseases
Contact diseases
4. Mendel performed experiments on garden pea
From 1824 to 1847
From 1856 to 1864
From 1865 to 1884
From 1884 to 1900
5. The youngest branch of biology and its history goes back to 1900 is
Embryology
Biotechnology
Physiology
Genetics
6. An applied branch of genetics is
Anatomy
Morphology
Plant breeding
Physiology
7. The branch of biology which revolutioned several branches of sciences is
Bacteriology
Embryology
Physiology
Genetics
8. The tendency of offspring to differ is slight degree from their parents is called
Mutation
Variation
Heredity
Linkage
9. Father of genetics
Morgan
Muller
Hugo de Vries
Mendel
10. The branch of biology which helps in the understanding of many hereditary diseases is
Morphology
Physiology
Plant breeding
Genetics
11. Agriculture horticulture animal husbandry fisheries are revolutioned by
Genetics
Morphology
Physiology
Embryology
12. Mendel was born in the year
1824
1847
1865
1900
13. The mechanism of heredity was explained first by
Mendel
Morgan
Viral diseases
Punnet
14. The branch of biology which is concerned with the causes of resemblances and variations among related organisms is called
Anatomy
Physiology
Embryology
Genetics
15. Brown eyed parent having a blue eyed child is due to
Variation
Mutation
Heredity
Crossing over
16. The inheritance of Characters of one generation by successive generations is known as
Variation
Heredity
Mutation
Linage
17. Mendel worked on pea plant for about
5 years
8 years
11 years
13 years
18. The branch of biology which opened a new era in the field of medical science is
Plant breeding
Physiology
Genetics
Embryology
19. The branch of biology which is concerned with biological inheritance is called
Genetics
Embryology
Physiology
Biotechnology
20. High yielding and disease resistant crops produced by plant breeding are
Paddy
Wheat
Groundnut
All the three
21. What is it called when characters are transmitted from parent to offspring form one generation to the other
absorption
electron transport
inheritance
migration
22. Botanical name of pea plant is
Pisum sativum
Lathyrus odoratus
Mirabilis jalapa
Antirrhinum
23. The origin of Genetics owes to
Hugo de Vries
Carl Correns
Gregor Johann Mendel
Tschermark
24. Mendel explained the principles of heredity by hybridization experiments on
Maize
Snap-dragon
Garden pea plant
Sweet pea
25. The discipline dealing with inheritance of characters is called
Cytology
Evolution
Genetics
Embryology
26. Mendel was born in a small village called
Brunn
Vienna
Heinzendorf
Austria
27. Mendel worked on a pea plant called
Lathyrus odoratus
Pisum sativum
Viral diseases
Dolichos lablab
28. Parent with dark hair but having red hair child is due to
Mutation
Heredity
Variation
Linkage
29. One of the youngest branches of biology is
Morphology
Physiology
Genetics
Biotechnology
30. Each parent carried �something� which controlled the appearance of a particular character is
Allele
Locus
Homozygous
Factor
31. Mendel�s contributions to genetics remained unknown for about
8 years
15 years
35 years
44 years
32. he character that did not express in the F1 generation is 4.
Recessive
Dominant
Allele
Locus
33. The character that appeared in the F1 generation is
Recessive
Dominant
Homozygous
Heterozygous
34. Monohybrid genotypic ratio in Pisum sativum is
3:01
1:02:01
9:06:01
9:3:3:1
35. Monohybrid Phenotypic ratio in pea plants is
1:02:01
9:06:01
9:3:3:1
None of them
36. Mendel�s work was rediscovered in the year
1847
1865
1884
1900
37. Pod shape in pea plant is
Inflated
Round
Wrinkled
Oval
38. Alternative forms of the same gene responsible for determining contrasting character is
Supplementary gene
Locus
Allele
Progeny
39. The hybridization technique emasculation means the removal of
Stamen
Pistil
Corolla
Calyx
40. he paper Experiments in plant hybridization was placed before the Natural History Society in
1824
1847
1865
1884
41. The actual population of pea plants in F2 generation obtained by Mendel was
787
277
1064
8067
42. Seed coat colour in pea plant is
Green
White
Yellow
Brown
43. In a cross between two individuals pure for contrasting characters of a pair the character which is not represented in F1 generation is the
Dominant character
Recessive character
Incomplete Dominant character
Intermediate character
44. Self fertilization of F1 hybrids is to yield
First filial generation
Second filial generation
Reciprocal cross
Back cross
45. Mendel transferred pollen from dwarf plants to the stigmas of tall plants and this cross is known as
Back cross
Reciprocal cross
Test cross
Dihybrid cross
46. Mendel called F1 tall plant as
Monohybrids
Dihybrids
Homozygotes
Heterozygotes
47. Height of the dwarf pea plant selected by Mendel for his experiments was 65 cm 20.
45 cm
65 cm
180 cm
210 cm
48. Number of varieties in the pea plant observed by Mendel was 34
8
7
34
35
49. The principles of genetics explained by Mendel is known as ANSWER : : Mendelism 22.
Darwinism
Mendelism
Mutation
Variation
50. Number of tall pea plants obtained in F2 generation of monohybrid cross was 277 787 4032 4035
277
787
4032
4035
51. Cotyledon colour in pea plant is 24
Green
White
Yellow
Brown
52. Mendel's work was rediscovered by 25.
Correns
Von Tschermak
Hugo de Vries
All the three
53. The variety which gives rise to the same kind of offspring on self pollination for any number of generation is known as
Pure breeding
Impure breeding
Hybridization
Test cross
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