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(a) Pollination (b) Embryonic

Practice questions on Mendelism development
Basic Level (c) Seed formation (d) Gamete formation
8. A cross between plants having RRYY and rryy
1. What type of gametes will form by genotype RRYy composition will yield plants with ikS/kksa dk ladj.k ftuesa
RRYy thuksVkbi ls fdl dkj ds ;qXed cusaxs RRYY rFkk rryy laxBu gks] rks dSls ikS/ks kIr gksaxs[MP PMT; BHU]
[RPMT ] (a) Round and yellow seeds
(a) RY, Ry, Ry, Ry (b) RY, Ry, ry, ry (b) Round and green seeds
(c) Ry, Ry, Yy, ry (d) Rr, RR, Yy, YY
(c) Wrinkled and yellow seeds
2. When a true breeding pea plant that has yellow seeds is
(d) Wrinkled and green seeds
pollinated by a plant that has green seeds, all the F
9. The genotype of an individual is Rr Bb GG. How many
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plants have yellow seeds. This means that the allele for
yellow is different types of gametes will it produce based on the
law of independent assortment
tc ,d lR; tuu djus okyk eVj dk ikS/kk ftlds cht ihys
gSa] dk ijkx.k gjs cht okys ikS/ks ls djkrs gSa rc lc F ikS/kksa ds ,d O;f dk thuk:i RrBbGG gSA og LorU= vkHkxeu
fu;e ds vuqlkj fdrus fofHk dkj ds ;qXedksa dk mRiknu
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ihys cht gksrs gSaA bldk eryc ihys ds fy, ;qXe fodYih
(Allele) gS [MP djsxk
PMT] (a) 16 (b) 9
(a) Heterozygous (b) Dominant (c) 8 (d) 4
(c) Recessive (d) Lethal 10. Which of the following is heterozygous for two pairs of
3. Which genotype characterises an organism that is alleles
heterozygous for two genes dkSu&lh thuh lajpuk ,d tho fuEu esa ls dkSulk ,yhy ds nks ;qXeksa ds fy, fgVjkstk;xl gS
dks vfHkyk{kf.kd djrh gS tks nks thu ds fy, fo"ke;qXeth gS (a) TTRR (b) TrRR
[MP PMT]
(c) ttrr (d) TrtR
(a) RRYy (b) RrYY
11. Change of male and female parents during crosses is
(c) RRYY (d) RrYy
known as
4. In one cross between red flower and white flower the
offsprings have red flower in majority and white flowers
uj vkSj eknk tud dk ladj.k esa vkil esa cnydj mi;ksx
are much less. In this cross red colour character is ;fn
djuk dgykrk gS
yky iq"i ,oa 'osr iq"i ds e/; kWl djk;k tk;s rc yky (a) Back cross (b) Test cross
vf/kd rFkk 'osr de larfr;k kIr gksrh gSA blesa yky jax (c) Reciprocal cross (d) Monohybrid cross
gksrk gS [CPMT] 12. The cross used to ascertain whether the plant is
(a) Dominant (b) Assorted homozygous or heterozygous is tc ikS/kk gksekstk;xl ;k
(c) Recessive (d) Hybrid gsVjs kstk;xl gks rks ;q gksus okyk kWl gksrk gS
5. Which of the following is dominant character according [CBSE PMT; CPMT; BHU]
to Mendel (a) Linkage cross (b) Reciprocal cross
es.My ds vuqlkj fuEu esa ls dkSu lk Hkkoh y{k.k gS (c) Test cross (d) Monohybrid cross
(a) Dwarf plant and yellow fruit 13. A cross between a homozygous recessive and a
(b) Terminal fruit and wrinkled seed heterozygous plant is called ,d le;qXet vHkkoh ,oa
(c) White testa and yellow pericarp fo"ke;qXet ikS/kksa ds chp ladj.k dgykrk gS [

(d) Green coloured pod and rounded seed (a) Monohybrid cross (b) Dihybrid cross

6. Mendel chose the pea plant to study genetics because of (c) Test cross (d) Back cross
many qualities. One of them which he did not consider 14. In F generation, a phenotypic ratio of 1:1:1:1 exhibits ,d
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was es.My us vkuqokafkd v/;;u ds fy, eVj ds ikS/ks dks pquk F ih<+h esa 1:1:1:1 dk y{k.k:ih; QhuksVkbi vuqikr fn[kkrk gS
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D;ksafd dbZ y{k.k mifLFkr gksrs gSaA fuEu esa ls dkSulk xq.k (a) Back cross (b) Monohybrid test cross
mUgksusa lfEefyr ugha fd;k [DPMT] (c) Lethality (d) Dihybrid test cross
(a) Plant height (b) Plant colour 15. A 1: 1 phenotypic ratio in a test cross indicates that the
(c) Pod shape (d) Pod colour ,d VsLV kWl esa 1: 1 QhuksVkbfid vuqikr D;k nfkZr djrk gS
7. Mendel's principle of segregation was based on the (a) Alleles are codominant
separation of alleles in the garden pea during es.My dk (b) Dominant phenotype of parent was heterozygous
fola;kstu dk fl)kar ckx dh eVj ds ,yhy ds i`Fku dh (c) Alleles segregated independently
f;k ij vk/kkfjr gS tks fuEu esa ls fdlds nkSjku gksrh gS
(d) Alleles are dominant
[MP PMT]
16. When a cross is made between offspring and its parents,
it is known as tc tud ih<+h ds fdlh Hkh tud ikS/ks dk
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Fke larkuh; ih<+h ds ikS/ks ds lkFk ladj.k djk;k tkrk gS] rks 26. Mendel crossed a pure white-flowered recessive pea
mls dgrs gSa [MP PMT] plant with a dominant pure red-flowered plant. The first
(a) Monohybrid cross (b) Dihybrid cross generation of hybrids from the cross should show [CPMT
; RPMT ; MH-CET ; DPMT ]
(c) Back cross (d) Reciprocal cross
(a) 50% white-flowered and 50% red-flowered plants
17. Which of the statement is correct
(b) All red-flowered plants
fuEu esa ls dkSu&lk dFku lR; gS (c) 75% red-flowered and 25% white-flowered plants
(a) Each back cross is a test cross (d) All white-flowered plants
(b) Each test cross is a back cross 27. If dwarf pea plant was treated with Gibberellic acid, it
(c) Both tests have the same meaning grew as tall as the pure tall pea plant. If this treated
(d) Reappearence of similar characters in a test cross is plant is crossed with a pure tall plant then the
called a back cross phenotypic ratio of is likely to be [AIIMS ; BCECE ]
(a) All dwarf (b) 50% dwarf 50% tall
18. In a monohybrid cross when F is crossed with
(c) 75% tall 25% dwarf (d) All tall
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homozygous dominant parent then which type of

offsprings will obtain 28. In pea hybrids between red flowered and white flowered
,d ladj kWl esa tc F dks le;qXeth Hkkoh tud ls kWl strains were crossed back to pure red flowered strain.
The progeny of this cross will have
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djk;k tkrk gS rks fdl dkj dh larfr;k mRi gksrh gSa [RPMT]
(a) Dominant: recessive 3 : 1 (a) Red flowers only (b) White flowers only
(c) Equal number of red and white flowers
(b) Only recessive
(d) Mostly red flowers
(c) Dominant : recessive 1 : 1
29. Normal maize has starchy seeds which remain smooth
(d) No recessive
when dry. A mutant form has sugary seeds which go
crinckled when dry. When a mutant was crossed with a

Level - 1 normal plant, an F was produced which had smooth

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seeds. What would be the relative ratios of the different

19. In dihybrid cross, out of 16 plants obtained, the number seed types, if the F was allowed to self
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[AIIMS]
of genotypes shall be [MP PMT] (a) 1 smooth : 3 sugary (b) 3 smooth : 1 sugary
(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 1 smooth : 1 sugary (d) All sugary
(c) 16 (d) 12 30. If a plant heterozygous for tallness is selfed, the F 2

20. Which genotype represents a true dihybrid condition generation has both tall and dwarf plants. This proves
[CBSE PMT ] the principle of [CPMT; DPMT]
(a) Tt Rr (b) tt rr (a) Dominance (b) Segregation
(c) Tt rr (d) Tt RR
(c) Independent assortment (d) Incomplete dominance
21. Pure homozygous offsprings in a dihybrid cross in the F 2
31. From a single ear of corn, a farmer planted 200 kernels
generation will be [AIIMS]
which produced 140 tall and 40 dwarf plants. The
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 genotype of these offsprings are most likely [NCERT ;
(c) 1/8 (d) 1/16 DPMT ]
22. In hybridization, Tt tt give rise to the progeny of ratio (a) TT, Tt and tt (b) TT and tt only
[CBSE PMT]
(c) TT and Tt only (d) Tt and tt only
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
32. From a cross Aa BB aa BB, following genotypic ratio
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2: 1
will be obtained in F generation [
23. The percentage of heterozygous individuals obtained in
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(a) 1 Aa BB : 1 aa BB (b) 1 Aa BB : 3 aa BB
F generation from selfing the plants with genotype Rr
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(c) 3 Aa BB : 1 aa BB (d) All Aa BB : No aa BB

would be [AIIMS 1994]
(a) 24 (b) 50 33. If enough crosses are made between male flies of the
genotype 'Aa' and the female flies of the genotype 'aa' to
(c) 75 (d) 100
produce about 1000 offsprings. Which one of the
24. If in a garden pea plant, a cross is made between red
following is the most likely distribution of genotypes in
flowered and white flowered plants. What will be the
the offsprings
phenotypic ratio in F generation[AFMC; CBSE
PMT;Kerala CET ]
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(a) 250 Aa : 750 aa (b) 750 Aa : 250 aa

(a) 1 : 2 : 1 (b) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (c) 243 AA : 517 Aa : 240 aa (d) 481 Aa : 519 aa
(c) 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 3 34. A black hybrid mouse is crossed with a pure brown
25. Self pollination between Tt and Tt plants results into mouse to produce a total of 24 young ones. Which of the
genotype ratio of following result is most likely to be correct
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 : 1 (a) 13 black males and 11 black females
(c) 1 : 3 (d) 4 : 0 (b) 11 brown males and 13 brown females
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(c) 8 black males, 10 black females, 3 brown males, 3 (c) Four (d) Six
brown females 41. In a dihybrid cross 80 plants are obtained. The ratio of
(d) 5 black males, 6 brown males, 7 black females, 6 homozygous and heterozygous shall be
brown females (a) 40 : 40 (b) 10 : 70
35. Some pure black mice were mistakenly mixed with (c) 20 : 60 (d) 30 : 50
hybrid black mice. The quickest way to discover whether 42. In a monohybrid cross 120 plants are obtained. The ratio
one individual black mouse is pure is of homozygous and heterozygous shall be
(a) To cross it with pure black mouse and all the (a) 40 : 80 (b) 60 : 60
offsprings must be black (c) 20 : 100 (d) 10 : 110
(b) To cross it with a brown mouse and all the 43. When AABB and aabb are crossed, in F generation the
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offsprings must be black ratio of AaBb will be [RPMT]

(c) To cross it with a known hybrid black mouse and all (a) 1 / 16 (b) 2 / 16
the offsprings must be black or brown mice in equal (c) 8 / 16 (d) 4 / 16
numbers 44. Blue flowered and white flowered plant on crossing gave
(d) To cross it with a pure brown mouse and all the progeny of blue and white flowered in the ratio of 60 :
offsprings must be black or brown in equal numbers 40. What ratio of blue and white is expected if the blue
36. When experimenting with the factor of tallness in Pisum flowered are self pollinated [RPMT 1997]
sativum, Mendel obtained the results 73.97% tall and (a) 76 : 24 (b) 40 : 60
26.03% dwarf from one of the cross. This shows that the (c) 52 : 48 (d) 84 : 16
parents are
(a) Hybrid tall and pure dwarf plant
(b) Hybrid tall and pure tall plant
(c) Hybrid tall and hybird tall plant
(d) Pure tall and pure dwarf plant
37. In pea plants, red flowers (R) are dominant over to white
flowers (r) and tall plants (T) are dominant over to dwarf
plants (t). The table below shows the gametes and the
possible offsprings produced in a dihybrid cross. The
numbers 1 to 16 represent the genotypes of each
individual cross (e.g. 3 = RrTT)
RT Rt rT rt
RT 1 2 3 4
Rt 5 6 7 8
rT 9 10 11 12
rt 13 14 15 16
If plant 7 is crossed with plant 12, then what proportion
of the offsprings produced will be homozygous for both
the recessive characters
(a) 50% (b) 37.5%
(c) 25% (d) 12.5%
38. The genotypes of a plant variety were TtHh, Tthh, ttHh
and tthh, where T = tallness and H = hairy stem. Which
one of the following crosses would produce progeny
giving a phenotypic ratio approximately 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
(a) TtHh TtHh (b) TtHh Tthh
(c) TtHh ttHh (d) TtHh tthh
39. From a mating of two dihybrid individuals (AaBb
AaBb), how many of the 16 possible zygote combinations
would be expected to contain only two dominant genes
(a) One (b) Three
(c) Four (d) Six
40. From a mating of two dihybrid individuals (AaBb
AaBb), how many of the 16 possible zygote combinations
would be expected to be homozygous dominant for gene
(a) One (b) Three