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This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
If the F1 generation produced by a cross between axial and terminal flower-bearing plants produces only axial flowers, the F2 progeny produced by the self-crossing of F1 will also produce only axial flowers. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 2. |
What kind of a process is the segregation of alleles during meiosis? |
| A. | Uniform |
| B. | Gaussian |
| C. | Stochastic |
| D. | Poisson |
| Answer» D. Poisson | |
| 3. |
What is the cross between VV and vv called? |
| A. | Monohybrid cross |
| B. | Dihybrid cross |
| C. | Monogamous cross |
| D. | Digamous cross |
| Answer» B. Dihybrid cross | |
| 4. |
The factor expressed only in homozygous state is called _________ |
| A. | dominant |
| B. | recessive |
| C. | gene |
| D. | allele |
| Answer» C. gene | |
| 5. |
VV, Vv and vv are _______, while violet and white are _________ |
| A. | genotypes, phenotypes |
| B. | phenotypes, genotypes |
| C. | genotypes, genotypes |
| D. | phenotypes, phenotypes |
| Answer» B. phenotypes, genotypes | |
| 6. |
Which zygosity has the same allelic pair of genes? |
| A. | Homozygosity |
| B. | Heterozygosity |
| C. | Hemizygosity |
| D. | Nullizygosity |
| Answer» B. Heterozygosity | |
| 7. |
To represent a genotype, the dominant allele is represented by a capital letter and the recessive allele by a small letter. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 8. |
What are the copies of genes that code for different phenotypes called? |
| A. | Alleles |
| B. | Gametes |
| C. | Chromatin |
| D. | DNA |
| Answer» B. Gametes | |
| 9. |
What exactly are Mendel s factors? |
| A. | Genes |
| B. | Proteins |
| C. | Chromosomes |
| D. | RNA |
| Answer» B. Proteins | |
| 10. |
Based on his experiments on pea plants, what were the things that he suspected of being transferred across generations? |
| A. | Genes |
| B. | Factors |
| C. | Chromosomes |
| D. | DNA |
| Answer» C. Chromosomes | |
| 11. |
Which of the following was not observed in F2 progeny of true-breeding tall and dwarf plants? |
| A. | Homozygous tall plants |
| B. | Heterozygous tall plants |
| C. | Homozygous dwarf plants |
| D. | Heterozygous dwarf plants |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
In Mendelian crosses, the F2 progeny exhibits a recessive phenotype and a blended phenotype. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» C. | |
| 13. |
What are the possible phenotypes that can be observed after self-crossing violet flowered pea plants? |
| A. | All violet |
| B. | All white |
| C. | 25% violet and 75% white |
| D. | 25% white and 75% violet |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Self-pollination of F1 progeny will result in a new filial generation called _______ |
| A. | F1 |
| B. | F0 |
| C. | F2 |
| D. | F1.1 |
| Answer» D. F1.1 | |