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Mendel studied seven characters that were located on __A__ different chromosomes. Maximum three characters are located on chromosome __B__.

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Important Questions on Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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A pure breeding pea plant with round yellow seeds was crossed with pea plant having wrinkled green seeds. On selfing of F1, hybrid of his cross, 64 progenies were obtained in F2 generation. Find out the number of F2 progenies showing non-parental characters.
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The number of contrasting characters studied by Mendel for his experiments was:
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Which of the following characters not studied by Mendel in his Pea plant experiment?
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A cross wạs carried out between two individuals, heterozygous for two pairs of genes. Assuming segregation and independent assortment, the number of different genotypes and phenotypes obtained respectively would be
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According to Mendel, ........................ segregate and ..................... assort independently.
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Choose the correct statement
I) Alleles are unable to blend with other.
II) Genes are units of inheritance and alleles are slightly different forms of the same genes.
III) Mendel laws could be able to provide physical proof for the existence of genes (factors).
IV) Genes occurs in pairs and one pair segregate independently of another pair.
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In human beings, brown eye (B) is dominant over blue eye (b). A brown-eyed couple has a blue-eyed child. What are the possible genotypes of the couple?
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Which of the following character is ignored or not noticed by Mendel in garden pea?
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Which one from those given below is the period for Mendel's hybridization experiments?
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Among the following characters, which one was not considered by Mendel in his experiments on pea?
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Which among the following characters selected by Mendel in a pea plant is a recessive character?
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In his classic experiments on pea plants, Mendel did not use:
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The production of gametes by the parents, formation of zygotes, the F1 and F2  plants, can be understood from a diagram called:
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What is the possible genotypic ratio in F2 generation if a plant producing red flowers RR is crossed with another plant of the same species that produces white flowers rr?
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Mendel's work remains unrecognized because of the following reasons except ______
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.
Statement II: Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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In 'Mendel' dihybrid cross, which of the following result was obtained in F2 generation?
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How many true breeding pea plant varieties did Mendel select as pairs, which were similar except in one character with contrasting traits?
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How many pairs of contrasting characters in pea plants were studied by Mendel in his experiments?
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A tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plant. When the F1 plants were selfed the resulting genotypes were in the ratio