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Principles Of Inheritance

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The subject that deals with inheritance and variation is called __________

a)

Heredity

b)

Variation

c)

Genetics

2.

Sahiwal cows in Punjab were developed by ______________

a)

Inbreeding of inherited characters of domesticated cows

b)

Artificially selecting the wild cow breeds with desirable variations.

3.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Mendel's experiment?

a)

Experiments had small sampling size

b)

Each character of garden pea used had two opposing traits.

c)

Statistical analysis and mathematical logic were applied to problems in biology.

4.

A true breeding pea plant variety is the one that shows _____________________

a)

Varying traits every generation after undergoing continuous cross pollination.

b)

stable trait inheritance every generation after undergoing continuous self pollination.

5.

Choose the option that shows recessive traits in pea plant

a)

tall height

b)

violet flower

c)

axial flower position

d)

green seed colour

6.

Which of the following shows the characteristics of F1 progeny plants in Mendel's monohybrid cross experiments?

a)

F1 resembled either one of the parents and the trait of the other parent was not seen.

b)

F1 did not resemble either of the parents, and was in between the two.

c)

F1 resembled both the parents

7.

When a red flowered snapdragon plant is crossed with a white flowered snapdragon plant, the F1 progeny shows _______________ colored flowers.

a)

Red

b)

Pink

c)

white

8.

Identify the Mendel's Law that states that though the parents contain both the alleles, during gamete formation alleles will separate and each gamete will get only one allele.

a)

Law of Dominance

b)

Law of Independent assortment

c)

Law of segregation

9.

In Mendel's experiment, when tall pea plants were crossed with dwarf pea plants, F1 generation showed all tall plants (dominant trait). The recessive trait dwarfness did not get expressed because ________________

a)

the allele responsible, produced normal enzyme for tallness.

b)

the allele responsible, produced no enzyme for the expression of tallness.

10.

The human blood group AB, is coded by genes that shows _____________________

a)

Law of Dominance

b)

Law of Codominance

c)

Law of incomplete dominance