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18. When dominant AA and recessive aa is
crossed, the percentage ratio of the hybrid
showing the parental genotypes is
(A) 0% (B) 25%
(C) 50% (D) 75%
19. 190 grains of Jowar from single plant when
sown produce 140 tall and 50 dwarf plants.
The genotypes of these offsprings may be
(A) TT, tt (B) TT, Tt
(C) Tt, Tt (D) TT, Tt, tt
20. In a cross between axial and terminal flowered
pea plants, F2 progeny show
(A) axial flowers
(B) terminal flowers
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of these
21. Which of the following cross will produce
terminal flower in garden pea?
(A) AA Aa (B) Aa Aa
(C) Aa AA (D) AA aa
22. When homozygous dominant parent is crossed
with heterozygous parent, the percentage of
offsprings with different phenotype than either
parent is
(A) 0 (B) 25
(C) 50 (D) 75
23. A plant is heterozygous for tallness (Tt). The
possibility of ‘t’ gamete fertilizing either T or
‘t’ is
(A)
1
8
(B)
1
2
(C)
1
4
(D)
1
6
24. Mendel’s principle of segregation is based on
separation of alleles during
(A) gamete formation
(B) seed formation
(C) pollination
(D) embryonic development
25. When a pure tall plant (TT) having rounded
seeds (RR) is crossed with dwarf plant (tt)
having wrinkled seeds (rr) and their F1
progeny are crossed among themselves to
produce F2 generation, how many phenotypes
will be observed?
(A) 16 (B) 9
(C) 4 (D) 2
26. In a cross between a pure tall pea plant with
yellow pod and a pure short plant with green
pod, how many double recessive plants would
you expect in F2 generation?
(A) 1 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 9
27. In Mendel’s dihybrid cross, the number of
plants which are homozygous for one
character are
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 6 (D) 5
28. Find the odd one out.
(A) TtRr (B) TTRR
(C) Ttrr (D) TtRR
29. In a Mendelian dihybrid cross when tall and
yellow seeded plant was crossed with dwarf
and green seeded plant, in F2 generation, 36
tall and green plants were obtained. What is
the total number of progeny obtained in the
cross?
(A) 224 (B) 192
(C) 144 (D) 186
30. If T (tallness), Y (yellow colour) are
dominant, when a plant heterozygous for both
traits is selfed, then the ratio of pure
homozygous dwarf and green would be
(A)
16
3
(B)
3
1
(C)
16
1
(D)
4
1
31. Probability of genotype TTrr in F2 generation
of a dihybrid cross is
(A)
1
16
(B)
3
16
(C)
9
16
(D)
6
16
32. When AA BB and aa bb are crossed, in the F2
generation, the ratio of Aa Bb will be
(A) 4/16 (B) 1/16
(C) 2/16 (D) 8/16
33. If a F1 plant in a dihybrid ratio is crossed with
a recessive plant, the ratio obtained will be
(A) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
(B) 1 : 1 : 1 : 2
(C) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
(D) 1 : 1
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34. What should be the genotype of a round
seeded tall plant which when crossed with a
plant of similar genotype produces the
following percentage of phenotypes?
(tall round = 56.25 %, tall wrinkled = 18.75 %,
dwarf round=18.75 %, dwarf wrinkled = 6.25 %.)
(A) Tt RR (B) TT Rr
(C) Tt Rr (D) TTrr
35. How many genetically different gametes will
be produced by a heterozygous plant having
the genotype Aa Bb Cc?
(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 12 (D) 16
36. A cross between yellow round and green
wrinkled pure line plants yield _______
yellow wrinkled plants in F1 generation.
(A) 9 (B) 3
(C) 0 (D) 16
37. How many types of gametes are expected
from the organism with genotype AA BB CC?
(A) One (B) Two
(C) Four (D) Eight
38. Genetically identical progeny is produced
when the individual
(A) performs cross fertilization.
(B) produces identical gametes.
(C) practices inbreeding without meiosis.
(D) undergoes mutation
39. Some individuals with blood group A may
inherit the genes for black hair, while other
individuals with blood group A may inherit
the genes for brown hair. This can be
explained by the principle of
(A) independent assortment.
(B) incomplete dominance.
(C) dominance.
(D) multiple alleles.
40. Mendel may not be able to establish the law of
independent assortment, if both characters
were located on
(A) separate on homologous chromosomes.
(B) same homologous chromosomes.
(C) separate chromosome but at different loci.
(D) sex chromosomes.
41. A test cross distinguishes between
(A) two heterozygous plants.
(B) two homozygous plants.
(C) homozygous recessive and heterozygous
recessive.
(D) homozygous dominant and
heterozygous dominant.
42. Which of the following cross produces tall and
dwarf in equal proportion?
(A) TT Tt (B) Tt Tt
(C) TT rr (D) Tt tt
43. When a tall pea plant is crossed with a short
pea plant to obtain a ratio 1 : 1, the genotype
of the tall pea plant is
(A) TT
(B) Tt
(C) tt
(D) any of the previous three
44. Back cross is
(A) F1 F1
(B) F1 recessive parent only
(C) F1 dominant parent only
(D) F1 any parent.
45. F1 hybrid obtained from pure inflated pod and
pure constricted pod variety of pea was
crossed back with the pure variety of inflated
pods. The progeny thus obtained will be
(A) all inflated. (B) all constricted.
(C) 3 : 1. (D) 1 : 1.
46. The percentage of ‘yr’ gametes produced by a
YyRr parents will be
(A) 75 (B) 25
(C) 50 (D) 12.5
47. A tall pea plant with red flowers was crossed
with a dwarf white flowered plant and four
kinds of offsprings were produced in equal
proportions. The genotype of the tall red
parent was
(A) TTRr (B) TtRr
(C) TTRR (D) TtRR
1.2 Deviations from Mendelian ratios
48. F1 hybrid is intermediate between the two
parents. The phenomenon is called
(A) codominance
(B) dominance
(C) blending inheritance
(D) incomplete dominance
49. In case of incomplete dominance, the
monohybrid F2 generation will show
(A) identical genotypic and phenotypic ratio
of 3 : 1.
(B) genotypic ratio of 1 : 2 : 1 and
phenotypic ratio of 3 : 1.
(C) identical genotypic and phenotypic ratio
of 1 : 2 : 1.
(D) genotypic ratio of 3 : 1 and phenotypic
ratio of 1 : 2 : 1.
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1. The percentage of ‘ab’ gametes produced by
‘AaBb’ parent will be
(A) 50% (B) 25%
(C) 12.5% (D) 75%
2. Match the column I with column II and select
the correct option.
Column I Column II
a. Incomplete
dominance
i. Unexpressed
b. Roan coat colour
of cattle
ii. Dihybrid cross
c. Recessive allele iii. 1 : 2 : 1
d. Tall red Dwarf
white
iv. Co-dominance
v. Expressed
(A) a iii, b ii, c v, d iv
(B) a iii, b iv, c i, d ii
(C) a v, b ii, c i, d iv
(D) a ii, b iv, c v, d – iii
3. Dwarf plants of F2 population of monohybrid
cross
(A) breed true for dwarfness
(B) breed true for tallness
(C) segregate into 3 tall and 1 dwarf
(D) show incomplete dominance
4. In peas, if 50% of the offsprings are short and
50% are tall, the probable genotypes of the
parents are
(A) Tt Tt
(B) TT tt
(C) Tt tt
(D) tt tt
5. In which of the following cross do 3/4th of the
offsprings appear dominant?
(A) Tt Tt
(B) TT Tt
(C) TT tt
(D) Tt tt
6. When Mendel selfed F1 generation, he
obtained 1064 seeds. In F2 generation, out of
1064 seeds, _______ were tall and ______
were dwarf.
(A) 882, 299 (B) 787, 277
(C) 787, 277 (D) 651, 207
7. Which of the following statements are true
about dihybrid?
(i) It is homozygous for two traits.
(ii) It is heterozygous for two traits.
(iii) It is produced in a cross between two
pure parents differing in two pairs of
contrasting characters.
(iv) It is produced in a cross between two
pure parents differing in one pair of
contrasting characters.
(A) (i) and (ii) are true
(B) (ii) and (iii) are true
(C) (iii) and (iv) are true
(D) (i) and (iv) are true
8. When Mendel performed dihybrid cross by
crossing yellow round seed of pea plant with
green wrinkled seed of pea plant, what result
did he obtained in F2 generation?
(A) All yellow round seeds.
(B) 75% yellow round and 25% green
wrinkled seeds.
(C) Yellow round, yellow wrinkled, green
round, green wrinkled seeds.
(D) All green wrinkled seeds.
9. During a cross between yellow round (YYRR)
and green wrinkled (yyrr), which of the
following statement is true?
(i) A gamete which receives ‘Y’ for colour,
may receive ‘R’ or ‘r’ for shape.
(ii) A gamete which receives ‘Y’ for colour
will receive only ‘R’ for shape.
(iii) A gamete which receives ‘y’ for colour
may receive ‘R’ or ‘r’ for shape.
(iv) A gamete which receives ‘y’ for colour
will receive only ‘r’ for shape.
(A) (i) and (iii) are true
(B) (i), (ii) are true
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are true
(D) only (iv) is true
10. Find out the wrong statement.
(A) Test cross ratio is 1:1
(B) Test cross is a back cross.
(C) Back cross is always a test cross.
(D) Test cross is done between F1 hybrid
and homozygous recessive parent.
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11. Carina is
(A) outermost two petals of pea flower.
(B) the innermost two petals that are
appressed together.
(C) a boat shaped structure of petals.
(D) both (B) and (C)
12. What is not true about alleles?
(A) Two or more alternative forms of gene
are called alleles or allelomorphs.
(B) Round and wrinkled form of genes are
alleles of each other.
(C) Alleles occupy same loci on
homologous chromosomes.
(D) Only recessive allele express in hybrids.
13. F2 progeny of monohybrid cross shows
(A) two phenotypes and two genotypes.
(B) two phenotypes and three genotypes.
(C) two genotypes and three phenotypes.
(D) one phenotype and two genotypes.
14. When a heterozygous pea plant with inflated
pods is crossed with a plant with homozygous
constricted pods, the offspring are
(A) 75% inflated 25% constricted
(B) all inflated
(C) 50% inflated 50% constricted
(D) all constricted
15. Mendel’s laws of inheritance are applicable in
(A) plants raised through tissue culture.
(B) only sexually reproducing plants.
(C) only on garden plants.
(D) both sexually as well as apomictic
plants.
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C)
5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C)
9. (A) 10. (C) 11. (D) 12. (D)
13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (B)
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18. When dominant AA and recessive aa is
crossed, the percentage ratio of the hybrid
showing the parental genotypes is
(A) 0% (B) 25%
(C) 50% (D) 75%
19. 190 grains of Jowar from single plant when
sown produce 140 tall and 50 dwarf plants.
The genotypes of these offsprings may be
(A) TT, tt (B) TT, Tt
(C) Tt, Tt (D) TT, Tt, tt
20. In a cross between axial and terminal flowered
pea plants, F2 progeny show
(A) axial flowers
(B) terminal flowers
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of these
21. Which of the following cross will produce
terminal flower in garden pea?
(A) AA Aa (B) Aa Aa
(C) Aa AA (D) AA aa
22. When homozygous dominant parent is crossed
with heterozygous parent, the percentage of
offsprings with different phenotype than either
parent is
(A) 0 (B) 25
(C) 50 (D) 75
23. A plant is heterozygous for tallness (Tt). The
possibility of ‘t’ gamete fertilizing either T or
‘t’ is
(A)
1
8
(B)
1
2
(C)
1
4
(D)
1
6
24. Mendel’s principle of segregation is based on
separation of alleles during
(A) gamete formation
(B) seed formation
(C) pollination
(D) embryonic development
25. When a pure tall plant (TT) having rounded
seeds (RR) is crossed with dwarf plant (tt)
having wrinkled seeds (rr) and their F1
progeny are crossed among themselves to
produce F2 generation, how many phenotypes
will be observed?
(A) 16 (B) 9
(C) 4 (D) 2
26. In a cross between a pure tall pea plant with
yellow pod and a pure short plant with green
pod, how many double recessive plants would
you expect in F2 generation?
(A) 1 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 9
27. In Mendel’s dihybrid cross, the number of
plants which are homozygous for one
character are
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 6 (D) 5
28. Find the odd one out.
(A) TtRr (B) TTRR
(C) Ttrr (D) TtRR
29. In a Mendelian dihybrid cross when tall and
yellow seeded plant was crossed with dwarf
and green seeded plant, in F2 generation, 36
tall and green plants were obtained. What is
the total number of progeny obtained in the
cross?
(A) 224 (B) 192
(C) 144 (D) 186
30. If T (tallness), Y (yellow colour) are
dominant, when a plant heterozygous for both
traits is selfed, then the ratio of pure
homozygous dwarf and green would be
(A)
16
3
(B)
3
1
(C)
16
1
(D)
4
1
31. Probability of genotype TTrr in F2 generation
of a dihybrid cross is
(A)
1
16
(B)
3
16
(C)
9
16
(D)
6
16
32. When AA BB and aa bb are crossed, in the F2
generation, the ratio of Aa Bb will be
(A) 4/16 (B) 1/16
(C) 2/16 (D) 8/16
33. If a F1 plant in a dihybrid ratio is crossed with
a recessive plant, the ratio obtained will be
(A) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
(B) 1 : 1 : 1 : 2
(C) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
(D) 1 : 1
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34. What should be the genotype of a round
seeded tall plant which when crossed with a
plant of similar genotype produces the
following percentage of phenotypes?
(tall round = 56.25 %, tall wrinkled = 18.75 %,
dwarf round=18.75 %, dwarf wrinkled = 6.25 %.)
(A) Tt RR (B) TT Rr
(C) Tt Rr (D) TTrr
35. How many genetically different gametes will
be produced by a heterozygous plant having
the genotype Aa Bb Cc?
(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 12 (D) 16
36. A cross between yellow round and green
wrinkled pure line plants yield _______
yellow wrinkled plants in F1 generation.
(A) 9 (B) 3
(C) 0 (D) 16
37. How many types of gametes are expected
from the organism with genotype AA BB CC?
(A) One (B) Two
(C) Four (D) Eight
38. Genetically identical progeny is produced
when the individual
(A) performs cross fertilization.
(B) produces identical gametes.
(C) practices inbreeding without meiosis.
(D) undergoes mutation
39. Some individuals with blood group A may
inherit the genes for black hair, while other
individuals with blood group A may inherit
the genes for brown hair. This can be
explained by the principle of
(A) independent assortment.
(B) incomplete dominance.
(C) dominance.
(D) multiple alleles.
40. Mendel may not be able to establish the law of
independent assortment, if both characters
were located on
(A) separate on homologous chromosomes.
(B) same homologous chromosomes.
(C) separate chromosome but at different loci.
(D) sex chromosomes.
41. A test cross distinguishes between
(A) two heterozygous plants.
(B) two homozygous plants.
(C) homozygous recessive and heterozygous
recessive.
(D) homozygous dominant and
heterozygous dominant.
42. Which of the following cross produces tall and
dwarf in equal proportion?
(A) TT Tt (B) Tt Tt
(C) TT rr (D) Tt tt
43. When a tall pea plant is crossed with a short
pea plant to obtain a ratio 1 : 1, the genotype
of the tall pea plant is
(A) TT
(B) Tt
(C) tt
(D) any of the previous three
44. Back cross is
(A) F1 F1
(B) F1 recessive parent only
(C) F1 dominant parent only
(D) F1 any parent.
45. F1 hybrid obtained from pure inflated pod and
pure constricted pod variety of pea was
crossed back with the pure variety of inflated
pods. The progeny thus obtained will be
(A) all inflated. (B) all constricted.
(C) 3 : 1. (D) 1 : 1.
46. The percentage of ‘yr’ gametes produced by a
YyRr parents will be
(A) 75 (B) 25
(C) 50 (D) 12.5
47. A tall pea plant with red flowers was crossed
with a dwarf white flowered plant and four
kinds of offsprings were produced in equal
proportions. The genotype of the tall red
parent was
(A) TTRr (B) TtRr
(C) TTRR (D) TtRR
1.2 Deviations from Mendelian ratios
48. F1 hybrid is intermediate between the two
parents. The phenomenon is called
(A) codominance
(B) dominance
(C) blending inheritance
(D) incomplete dominance
49. In case of incomplete dominance, the
monohybrid F2 generation will show
(A) identical genotypic and phenotypic ratio
of 3 : 1.
(B) genotypic ratio of 1 : 2 : 1 and
phenotypic ratio of 3 : 1.
(C) identical genotypic and phenotypic ratio
of 1 : 2 : 1.
(D) genotypic ratio of 3 : 1 and phenotypic
ratio of 1 : 2 : 1.
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1. The percentage of ‘ab’ gametes produced by
‘AaBb’ parent will be
(A) 50% (B) 25%
(C) 12.5% (D) 75%
2. Match the column I with column II and select
the correct option.
Column I Column II
a. Incomplete
dominance
i. Unexpressed
b. Roan coat colour
of cattle
ii. Dihybrid cross
c. Recessive allele iii. 1 : 2 : 1
d. Tall red Dwarf
white
iv. Co-dominance
v. Expressed
(A) a iii, b ii, c v, d iv
(B) a iii, b iv, c i, d ii
(C) a v, b ii, c i, d iv
(D) a ii, b iv, c v, d – iii
3. Dwarf plants of F2 population of monohybrid
cross
(A) breed true for dwarfness
(B) breed true for tallness
(C) segregate into 3 tall and 1 dwarf
(D) show incomplete dominance
4. In peas, if 50% of the offsprings are short and
50% are tall, the probable genotypes of the
parents are
(A) Tt Tt
(B) TT tt
(C) Tt tt
(D) tt tt
5. In which of the following cross do 3/4th of the
offsprings appear dominant?
(A) Tt Tt
(B) TT Tt
(C) TT tt
(D) Tt tt
6. When Mendel selfed F1 generation, he
obtained 1064 seeds. In F2 generation, out of
1064 seeds, _______ were tall and ______
were dwarf.
(A) 882, 299 (B) 787, 277
(C) 787, 277 (D) 651, 207
7. Which of the following statements are true
about dihybrid?
(i) It is homozygous for two traits.
(ii) It is heterozygous for two traits.
(iii) It is produced in a cross between two
pure parents differing in two pairs of
contrasting characters.
(iv) It is produced in a cross between two
pure parents differing in one pair of
contrasting characters.
(A) (i) and (ii) are true
(B) (ii) and (iii) are true
(C) (iii) and (iv) are true
(D) (i) and (iv) are true
8. When Mendel performed dihybrid cross by
crossing yellow round seed of pea plant with
green wrinkled seed of pea plant, what result
did he obtained in F2 generation?
(A) All yellow round seeds.
(B) 75% yellow round and 25% green
wrinkled seeds.
(C) Yellow round, yellow wrinkled, green
round, green wrinkled seeds.
(D) All green wrinkled seeds.
9. During a cross between yellow round (YYRR)
and green wrinkled (yyrr), which of the
following statement is true?
(i) A gamete which receives ‘Y’ for colour,
may receive ‘R’ or ‘r’ for shape.
(ii) A gamete which receives ‘Y’ for colour
will receive only ‘R’ for shape.
(iii) A gamete which receives ‘y’ for colour
may receive ‘R’ or ‘r’ for shape.
(iv) A gamete which receives ‘y’ for colour
will receive only ‘r’ for shape.
(A) (i) and (iii) are true
(B) (i), (ii) are true
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are true
(D) only (iv) is true
10. Find out the wrong statement.
(A) Test cross ratio is 1:1
(B) Test cross is a back cross.
(C) Back cross is always a test cross.
(D) Test cross is done between F1 hybrid
and homozygous recessive parent.
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11. Carina is
(A) outermost two petals of pea flower.
(B) the innermost two petals that are
appressed together.
(C) a boat shaped structure of petals.
(D) both (B) and (C)
12. What is not true about alleles?
(A) Two or more alternative forms of gene
are called alleles or allelomorphs.
(B) Round and wrinkled form of genes are
alleles of each other.
(C) Alleles occupy same loci on
homologous chromosomes.
(D) Only recessive allele express in hybrids.
13. F2 progeny of monohybrid cross shows
(A) two phenotypes and two genotypes.
(B) two phenotypes and three genotypes.
(C) two genotypes and three phenotypes.
(D) one phenotype and two genotypes.
14. When a heterozygous pea plant with inflated
pods is crossed with a plant with homozygous
constricted pods, the offspring are
(A) 75% inflated 25% constricted
(B) all inflated
(C) 50% inflated 50% constricted
(D) all constricted
15. Mendel’s laws of inheritance are applicable in
(A) plants raised through tissue culture.
(B) only sexually reproducing plants.
(C) only on garden plants.
(D) both sexually as well as apomictic
plants.
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C)
5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C)
9. (A) 10. (C) 11. (D) 12. (D)
13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (B)
