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Subject : Biology Paper Set : 1

Bio botany 20624 Date : 14-06-2024
Standard : 11,12
Total Mark : 180 Time : 0H:0M

................................................. Biology - Section A (MCQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1) The genotypes of a husband and wife are I A I B and I A i. Among the blood types of their children, how many different genotypes and
phenotypes are possible?
(A) 3 genotypes; 4 phenotypes (B) 4 genotypes; 3 phenotypes (C) 4 genotypes; 4 phenotypes (D) 3 genotypes; 3 phenotypes
(2) Law of independent assortment is possible only when
(A) Both genes for different characters are on same chromatids
(B) Both genes for different characters are linked genes
(C) Both genes show crossing over
(D) Both genes for different characters are on different homologous chromosomes
(3) Single gene can exhibit multiple phenotypic expression, this is called.....
(A) Incomplete dominance (B) Pleotropism (C) Co-dominance (D) Parthenogenesis
(4) Mendel’s law of independent assortment is based F2 ratio of
(A) 1 : 2 : 1 (B) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 1
(5) In snapdragon / antirrhinum, hybrid between red and white flowered plants is pink flowered. This is .
(A) Complete dominance (B) Incomplete dominance (C) Multiple alleles (D) Segregation
(6) A single heterozygous yellow wrinkled seeded pea plant shall produce gametes.
(A) Y R only (B) Y r only (C) Y r and yr (D) Y R and yR
(7) Cross between the pure tall plant from F1 and dwarf plant will give
(A) All tall (B) 25% tall and 75% dwarf (C) 75% tall and 25% dwarf (D) 50% tall and 50% dwarf
c

(8) The genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross will be

ab

(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 : 1 (D) 2 : 1

(9) Punnet square is a representation to calculate
(A) The probability of only dominant possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross
(B) The probability of only recessive possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross
(C) The probability of all possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross.
(D) The probability only dominant possible phenotype of offspring in a genetic cross.
(10) Genes which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as ........
(A) Homologous pairs (B) Alleles (C) Monohybrid (D) Test cross
(11) Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel’s law of Dominance ?
(A) The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor
(B) Out of one pair of factors one is dominant, and the other recessive
(C) Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation
(D) Factors occur in pairs
(12) How many different kinds of gametes will be produced by a plant having the genotype AABbCC ?
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Nine
(13) In Mendel’s experiments with garden pea, round seed shape (RR) was dominant over wrinkled seeds (rr), yellow cotyledon (Y Y ) was
dominantover green cotyledon (yy). What are the expected
(A) Round seeds with yellow cotyledons, and wrinkled seeds with green cotyledons
(B) Only round seeds with green cotyledons
(C) Only wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons
(D) Only wrinkled seeds with green cotyledons
(14) Test cross involves
(A) crossing between two genotypes with dominant trait (B) crossing between two genotypes with recessive trait
(C) crossing between two F1 hybrids (D) crossing the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype.
(15) In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed with a green seeded plant, what ratio of
yellow and green seeded plants would you expect in F1 generation?
(A) 9 : 1 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 50 : 50

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(16) The most popularly known blood grouping is the ABO grouping. It is named ABO and not ABC, because “O” in it refers to having
(A) overdominance of this type on the genes for A and B types
(B) one antibody only - either anti - A or anti - B on the RBCs
(C) no antigens A and B on RBCs
(D) other antigens besides A and B on RBCs.
(17) ABO blood grouping is controlled by gene I which has three alleles and show codominance. There are six genotypes. How many phenotypes in
all are possible?
(A) Six (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five
(18) Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel’s law of dominance?
(A) The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor.
(B) Out of one pair of factors one is dominant, and the other recessive.
(C) Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation.
(D) Factors occur in pairs .
(19) F2 generation in a Mendelian cross showed that both genotypic and phenotypic ratios are same as 1 : 2 : 1. It represents a case of
(A) codominance (B) dihybrid cross
(C) monohybrid cross with complete dominance (D) monohybrid cross with incomplete dominance.
(20) If two persons with ′ AB ′ blood group marry and have sufficiently large number of children, these children could be classified as ′ A′ blood
group: ′ AB ′ blood group : ′ B ′ blood group in 1 : 2 : 1 ratio. Modern technique of protein electrophoresis reveals presence of both ′ A′ and ′ B ′
type proteins in ′ AB ′ blood group individuals.This in an example of
(A) partial dominance (B) complete dominance (C) codominance (D) incomplete dominance.
(21) A pleiotropic gene
(A) controls a trait only in combination with another gene (B) controls multiple traits in an individual
(C) is expressed only in primitive plants (D) is a gene evolved during Pliocene.
(22) A gene showing codominance has
(A) alleles that are recessive to each other (B) both alleles independently expressed in the heterozygote
(C) one allele dominant on the other (D) alleles tightly linked on the same chromosome.
(23) A tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plant. When the F1 plants were selfed the
resultinggenotypes were in the ratio of
(A) 3 : 1 :: Tall : Dwarf (B) 3 : 1 :: Dwarf : Tall
c

(C) 1 : 2 : 1 :: Tall homozygous : Tall heterozygous : Dwarf (D) 1 : 2 : 1 :: Tall heterozygous : Tall homozygous : Dwarf.
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(24) A child with mother of O blood group and father of A blood group, will have the following blood group.
(A) O or B (B) A or B (C) O or AB (D) O or A
(25) In his classic experiments on pea plants, Mendel did not use
(A) seed shape (B) flower position (C) seed colour (D) pod length.
(26) 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 the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect (B) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(C) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct (D) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(27) The production of gametes by the parents, formation of zygotes, the F1 and F2 plants, can be understood from a diagram called:
(A) Bullet square (B) Punch square (C) Punnett square (D) Net square
(28) The number of contrasting characters studied by Mendel for his experiments was
(A) 7 (B) 14 (C) 4 (D) 2
(29) Choose incorrect for characters given by Mendel.
Character Dominant Recessive
(A) Seed colour Yellow Green (B) Flower colour White Violet
(C) Seed shape Round Wrinkled (D) Flower position Axial Terminal
(30) Match the following
′ ′ ′ ′
A B
(1) Auxin (I) Ripening and maturity of fruits
(2)Gibberellin (II)Differentiation of xylem elements
(3) Cytokinin (III) Prevention of genetic and physiological dwarfism
(4) Ethylene (IV ) Found from tumour tissue of tobacco
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(A) IV III II I (B) IV II III I (C) II III IV I (D) III IV II I

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 (31) Which of the following pairs, is not correctly matched?
(A) Abscisic acid - Stomatal closure (B) Gibberellic acid - Leaf fall
(C) Cytokinin - Cell division (D) IAA- Cell wall elongation
(32) Choose the incorrect pair.
(A) Auxins - To grow (B) Gibberellins - Gibberellafujikuroi
(C) Cytokinins- Herring sperm DN A (D) Abscisic acid - Flowering hormone
(33) Pick out the correct statements.
I. Cytokinins especially help in delaying senescence.
II. Auxins are involved in regulating apical dominance.
III. Ethylene is especially useful in enhancing seed germination.
Gibberellins are responsible for immature falling of leaves
(A) I and III (B) I and IV (C) II and III (D) I and II
(34) In which of the following, growth is sub-apical
(A) Root (B) Shoot (C) Petiole (D) Pedicle
(35) In a longitudinal section of a root, starting from the tip upward, the four zones occur in the following order
(A) Cell division, cell enlargement, cellmaturation, root cap (B) Cell division, cell maturation, cell enlargement, root cap
(C) Root cap, cell division, cell enlargement, cell maturation (D) Root cap, cell division, cell maturation, cell enlargement

.......................................... Biology - Section B (MCQ) (Attempt any 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(36) Most important division for the growth of a plant is

(A) Mitosis (B) Meiosis (C) Amitosis and fission (D) All the above
(37) The living differentiated cells, regain capacity of division under certain condition which called ....
(A) Redifferentiation (B) Dedifferentiation (C) Differentiation (D) Reverse division
(38) All given tissues are formed as a result of redifferentiation process, except
(A) Phellem (B) Phelloderm
(C) Secondary xylem (D) Interfascicular cambium
(39) Indole −3− acetic acid called as auxin was first isolated from
(A) Human urine (B) Corn germ oil (C) Fusarium (D) Rhizopus
(40) Parthenocarpy is induced by
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(A) ABA (B) Auxins (C) Zeatin (D) Cytokinin

(41) High concentration of synthetic auxins would
(A) Kill plants (B) Prevent lateral buds to grow
(C) Control cell division (D) Cause photoperiodism
(42) Phototropism in shoots is attributed to
(A) Auxin (B) Gibberellins (C) Cytokinins (D) Abscisic acid
(43) Ethylene is a
(A) Gaseous hormone (B) Gaseous enzyme (C) Liquid-gas mixture (D) Solid hormone
(44) Which of the following is produced during water stress and causes closure of stomata
(A) Cytokinin (B) Auxin (C) GA3 (D) ABA
(45) The following is a naturally occuring growth inhibitors
(A) IAA (B) ABA (C) N AA (D) GA
(46) Which of the following causes delaying of senescence
(A) Cytokinins (B) Auxins (C) Gibberellins (D) Ascorbic acid
(47) Zeatin is a
(A) Vitamin (B) Growth inhibitor (C) Growth promotor (D) None of the above
(48) Specific property attributed to gibberellins is
(A) Shortening of genetically tall plants (B) Elongation of genetically dwarf plant
(C) Promotion of rooting (D) Yellowing of young leaves
(49) During seed germination its stored food is mobilized by
(A) ABA (B) gibberellin (C) ethylene (D) cytokinin.
(50) The chemical nature of gibberellins is
(A) Acidic (B) Alkaline (C) Proteinaceous (D) Amines

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Subject : Biology Paper Set : 1

Bio botany 20624
Standard : 11,12 Date : 14-06-2024
Total Mark : 180 (Answer Key) Time : 0H:0M

Biology - Section A (MCQ)

1-B 2-D 3-B 4-B 5-B 6-C 7-A 8-C 9-C 10 - B

11 - C 12 - A 13 - A 14 - D 15 - D 16 - C 17 - C 18 - C 19 - D 20 - C
21 - B 22 - B 23 - C 24 - D 25 - D 26 - D 27 - C 28 - A 29 - B 30 - C
31 - B 32 - D 33 - D 34 - A 35 - C

Biology - Section B (MCQ)

36 - A 37 - B 38 - D 39 - A 40 - B 41 - B 42 - A 43 - A 44 - D 45 - B
46 - A 47 - C 48 - B 49 - B 50 - Ac
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Subject : Biology Paper Set : 1

Bio botany 20624
Standard : 11,12 Date : 14-06-2024
Total Mark : 180 (Solutions) Time : 0H:0M

................................................. Biology - Section A (MCQ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1) The genotypes of a husband and wife are I A I B and I A i. Among the blood types of their children, how many different genotypes and
phenotypes are possible?
(A) 3 genotypes; 4 phenotypes (B) 4 genotypes; 3 phenotypes (C) 4 genotypes; 4 phenotypes (D) 3 genotypes; 3 phenotypes
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
(b): If the genotypes of husband and wife are I A I B and I A i respectively, then the probabilities of genotypes and phenotypes among their
children can be worked out as:
Genotype: I AI A I Ai I AI B IBi
Phenotype: A A AB B
Thus, there are four possible genotypes, viz., I I , I i, I I
A A A A B
and I i and three possible phenotypes, viz., A, AB and B among the children.
B

(2) Law of independent assortment is possible only when

(A) Both genes for different characters are on same chromatids
(B) Both genes for different characters are linked genes
(C) Both genes show crossing over
(D) Both genes for different characters are on different homologous chromosomes
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)

(3) Single gene can exhibit multiple phenotypic expression, this is called.....
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(A) Incomplete dominance (B) Pleotropism (C) Co-dominance (D) Parthenogenesis

Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
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(4) Mendel’s law of independent assortment is based F2 ratio of

(A) 1 : 2 : 1 (B) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 1
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Solution:(Correct Answer:B)

(5) In snapdragon / antirrhinum, hybrid between red and white flowered plants is pink flowered. This is .
(A) Complete dominance (B) Incomplete dominance (C) Multiple alleles (D) Segregation
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)

(6) A single heterozygous yellow wrinkled seeded pea plant shall produce gametes.
(A) Y R only (B) Y r only (C) Y r and yr (D) Y R and yR
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)

(7) Cross between the pure tall plant from F1 and dwarf plant will give
(A) All tall (B) 25% tall and 75% dwarf (C) 75% tall and 25% dwarf (D) 50% tall and 50% dwarf
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)

(8) The genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross will be

(A) 3 : 1 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 : 1 (D) 2 : 1
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)

(9) Punnet square is a representation to calculate

(A) The probability of only dominant possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross
(B) The probability of only recessive possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross
(C) The probability of all possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross.
(D) The probability only dominant possible phenotype of offspring in a genetic cross.
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)

(10) Genes which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as ........
(A) Homologous pairs (B) Alleles (C) Monohybrid (D) Test cross
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)

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(11) Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel’s law of Dominance ?
(A) The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor
(B) Out of one pair of factors one is dominant, and the other recessive
(C) Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation
(D) Factors occur in pairs
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)

(12) How many different kinds of gametes will be produced by a plant having the genotype AABbCC ?
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Four (D) Nine
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
(a) : The plant having genotype AABbCC is heterozygous for only one character B. Number of gametes = 2n, where n is the
heterozygosity.Since n = 1 so 2 gametes will be formed. Those are ABC and AbC.
Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3 Genotype of gametes
A
B C ABC
b C ABC
C AbC
C AbC

A
B C ABC
b C ABC
C AbC
C AbC

So, the two types of gametes will be ABC and AbC.

(13) In Mendel’s experiments with garden pea, round seed shape (RR) was dominant over wrinkled seeds (rr), yellow cotyledon (Y Y ) was
dominantover green cotyledon (yy). What are the expected
(A) Round seeds with yellow cotyledons, and wrinkled seeds with green cotyledons
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(B) Only round seeds with green cotyledons

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(C) Only wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons

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(D) Only wrinkled seeds with green cotyledons

Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
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(a) : Since round seed shape is dominant overwrinkled seed shape and yellow cotyledon is dominantover green cotyledon so RRY Y
individuals is roundyellow and rryy is wrinkled green.

(14) Test cross involves

(A) crossing between two genotypes with dominant trait (B) crossing between two genotypes with recessive trait
(C) crossing between two F1 hybrids (D) crossing the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype.
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
(d) : Test cross is performed to determine the genotype of F2 plant. In a typical test cross an organism showing dominant phenotype and
whose genotype is to bedetermined is crossed with one that is homozygous recessive for the allele being investigated, instead of selfcrossing.
The progenies of such a cross can easily be analysed to predict the genotype of the test organism. Given ahead is an illustration of test cross:

(15) In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is crossed with a green seeded plant, what ratio of
yellow and green seeded plants would you expect in F1 generation?
(A) 9 : 1 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 50 : 50
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
(d) : Yellow (Y ) seeds are dominant to green (y). So a heterozygous yellow seeded plant will have the genotype of (Y y) and a green seeded
plant will have genotype of (yy). When these two plants are crossed, the F1 generation will have the ratio of yellow : greenas 50 : 50. It is
shown as 50 : 50

(16) The most popularly known blood grouping is the ABO grouping. It is named ABO and not ABC, because “O” in it refers to having
(A) overdominance of this type on the genes for A and B types
(B) one antibody only - either anti - A or anti - B on the RBCs
(C) no antigens A and B on RBCs
(D) other antigens besides A and B on RBCs.
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)
(c) : In ABO blood group O refers to O blood group. It has no antigen (A and B) on RBCs.

(17) ABO blood grouping is controlled by gene I which has three alleles and show codominance. There are six genotypes. How many phenotypes in
all are possible?
(A) Six (B) Three (C) Four (D) Five

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(c) : The three alleles I A , I B and i of gene I in ABO blood group system can produce six different genotypes and four different phenotypes as
shown below :
Genotypes Phenotypes
Blood group A
I AI B
I Ai

Blood group B
IBIB
IBi

I AI B Blood group AB
ii Blood group O

(18) Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel’s law of dominance?
(A) The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor.
(B) Out of one pair of factors one is dominant, and the other recessive.
(C) Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation.
(D) Factors occur in pairs .
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)
(c) : According to Mendel’s law of dominance, in heterozygous individuals a character is represented by two contrasting factors called alleles or
allelomorphs which occur in pairs. Out of the two contrasting alleles, onlyone is able to express its effect in the individual. It is called dominant
factor or dominant allele. The other allele which does not show its effect in the heterozygous individual is called recessive factor or recessive
allele. The option (c) in the given question cannot be explained on the basis of law of dominance. It can only be explained on the basis of
Mendel’s law of independent assortment, according to which in a dihybrid cross, the two alleles of each character assort independently (do not
show any blending) of the alleles of other character and separate at the time of gamete formation. Both the characters are recovered as such in
F2 generation producing both parental and new combinations oftraits.

(19) F2 generation in a Mendelian cross showed that both genotypic and phenotypic ratios are same as 1 : 2 : 1. It represents a case of
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(A) codominance (B) dihybrid cross

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(C) monohybrid cross with complete dominance (D) monohybrid cross with incomplete dominance.
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Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
(d): The inheritance of flower colour in the dog flower (snapdragon or Antirrhinum sp.) is a good example which shows incomplete dominance.
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In a cross between truebreeding redflowered (RR) and truebreeding whiteflowered plants (rr), the F1 (Rr) was pink. When the F1 was
selfpollinated the F2 resulted in the following ratio, 1 (RR) Red : 2 (Rr) Pink : 1 (rr) White. Here the genotype ratios were 1 : 2 : 1 as in any
Mendelian monohybrid cross, but the phenotype ratios had changed from the 3 : 1 dominant: recessive ratio to 1 : 2 : 1.

(20) If two persons with ′ AB ′ blood group marry and have sufficiently large number of children, these children could be classified as ′ A′ blood
group: ′ AB ′ blood group : ′ B ′ blood group in 1 : 2 : 1 ratio. Modern technique of protein electrophoresis reveals presence of both ′ A′ and ′ B ′
type proteins in ′ AB ′ blood group individuals.This in an example of
(A) partial dominance (B) complete dominance (C) codominance (D) incomplete dominance.
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)
(c) : The phenomenon of expression of both the alleles in a heterozygote is called codominance. The alleles which do not show
dominancerecessive relationship and are able to express themselves independently when present together are called codominant alleles. As a
result the heterozygous condition has a phenotype different from either of homozygous genotypes, e.g., alleles for blood group A (I A ) and for
blood group B (I B ) are codominant so that when they come together in an individual, they produce blood group AB.

(21) A pleiotropic gene

(A) controls a trait only in combination with another gene (B) controls multiple traits in an individual
(C) is expressed only in primitive plants (D) is a gene evolved during Pliocene.
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
(b) : The ability of a gene to have multiple phenotypic effects because it influences a number of characters simultaneouslyis known as
pleiotropy. The gene having a multiple phenotypic effect because of its ability to control expression of two or more characters is called
pleiotropic gene. In human beings pleiotropy is exhibited by syndromes called sickle cell anaemia and phenylketonuria.

(22) A gene showing codominance has

(A) alleles that are recessive to each other (B) both alleles independently expressed in the heterozygote
(C) one allele dominant on the other (D) alleles tightly linked on the same chromosome.
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
(b) : The phenomenon of expression of both the alleles in a heterozygote is called codominance. The alleles which do not show
dominancerecessive relationship and are able to express themselves independently when present together are called codominant alleles. As a
result the heterozygous condition has a phenotype different from either of homozygous genotypes, e.g., alleles for blood group A (I A ) and for
blood group B (I B ) are codominant so that when they come together in an individual, they produce blood group AB.

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(23) A tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plant. When the F1 plants were selfed the
resultinggenotypes were in the ratio of
(A) 3 : 1 :: Tall : Dwarf (B) 3 : 1 :: Dwarf : Tall
(C) 1 : 2 : 1 :: Tall homozygous : Tall heterozygous : Dwarf (D) 1 : 2 : 1 :: Tall heterozygous : Tall homozygous : Dwarf.
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)
(c) : When a tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plantand the F1 plants were selfed the
resulting genotypes were in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 1
i.e., Tall homozygous :Tall heterozygous : Dwarf
It can be illustrated as given below:

(24) A child with mother of O blood group and father of A blood group, will have the following blood group.
(A) O or B (B) A or B (C) O or AB (D) O or A
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)

(25) In his classic experiments on pea plants, Mendel did not use
(A) seed shape (B) flower position (C) seed colour (D) pod length.
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
(d) : Mendel considered the following characters of pea in his experiments :
Character Dominant Recessive
1 Seed shape Round (R) Wrinkled (r)
2 Seed cotyledon colour Yellow (Y ) Green (y)
3 Flower colour Violet (V ) White (v)
4 Pod shape Inflated (I) Constricted (i)
5 Pod colour Green (G) Yellow (g)
6 Flower position Axial (A) Terminal (a)
7 Stem height Tall (T ) Dwarf (t)

(26) Given below are two statements:

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Statement I:
Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance
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Statement II :
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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
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In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect (B) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(C) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct (D) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)

(27) The production of gametes by the parents, formation of zygotes, the F1 and F2 plants, can be understood from a diagram called:
(A) Bullet square (B) Punch square (C) Punnett square (D) Net square
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)

(28) The number of contrasting characters studied by Mendel for his experiments was
(A) 7 (B) 14 (C) 4 (D) 2
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
Mendel took 7 contrasting characters of pea plant for his experiment.

(29) Choose incorrect for characters given by Mendel.

Character Dominant Recessive
(A) Seed colour Yellow Green (B) Flower colour White Violet
(C) Seed shape Round Wrinkled (D) Flower position Axial Terminal
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)

(30) Match the following

′ ′ ′ ′
A B
(1) Auxin (I) Ripening and maturity of fruits
(2)Gibberellin (II)Differentiation of xylem elements
(3) Cytokinin (III) Prevention of genetic and physiological dwarfism
(4) Ethylene (IV ) Found from tumour tissue of tobacco
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(A) IV III II I (B) IV II III I (C) II III IV I (D) III IV II I
Solution:(Correct Answer:C)
It’s obvious.

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 (31) Which of the following pairs, is not correctly matched?
(A) Abscisic acid - Stomatal closure (B) Gibberellic acid - Leaf fall
(C) Cytokinin - Cell division (D) IAA- Cell wall elongation
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
Gibberellins help in cell growth of stem, leaves and other aerial parts.

(32) Choose the incorrect pair.

(A) Auxins - To grow (B) Gibberellins - Gibberellafujikuroi
(C) Cytokinins- Herring sperm DN A (D) Abscisic acid - Flowering hormone
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
Abscisic acid is a naturally occurring growth inhibitor. It acts as a ’stress hormone’. It causes abscission of leaves and promotes senescence. It
initiates flowering only in certain short day plants.

(33) Pick out the correct statements.

I. Cytokinins especially help in delaying senescence.
II. Auxins are involved in regulating apical dominance.
III. Ethylene is especially useful in enhancing seed germination.
Gibberellins are responsible for immature falling of leaves
(A) I and III (B) I and IV (C) II and III (D) I and II
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
Ethylene is a gaseous hormone responsible for fruit ripening. Germination of seed is triggered by soaking the seed in water. After imbibing
water the embryo secretes gibberellin, which diffuses to the aleurone layer and stimulates the synthesis of several enzymes including
α-amylase. These enzymes catalyze the breakdown of food reserve in endosperm

(34) In which of the following, growth is sub-apical

(A) Root (B) Shoot (C) Petiole (D) Pedicle
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
It’s obvious.

(35) In a longitudinal section of a root, starting from the tip upward, the four zones occur in the following order
(A) Cell division, cell enlargement, cellmaturation, root cap (B) Cell division, cell maturation, cell enlargement, root cap
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(C) Root cap, cell division, cell enlargement, cell maturation (D) Root cap, cell division, cell maturation, cell enlargement
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Solution:(Correct Answer:C)
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(36) Most important division for the growth of a plant is

(A) Mitosis (B) Meiosis (C) Amitosis and fission (D) All the above
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
(a)Mitosis is simple division of somatic cells and it is responsible for growth of plant.

(37) The living differentiated cells, regain capacity of division under certain condition which called ....
(A) Redifferentiation (B) Dedifferentiation (C) Differentiation (D) Reverse division
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)

(38) All given tissues are formed as a result of redifferentiation process, except
(A) Phellem (B) Phelloderm
(C) Secondary xylem (D) Interfascicular cambium
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
It is formed due to dedifferentiation of parenchyma of medullary rays.

(39) Indole −3− acetic acid called as auxin was first isolated from
(A) Human urine (B) Corn germ oil (C) Fusarium (D) Rhizopus
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
(a)Th first naturally accurring auxin i.e., Indole 3− acetic acid was isolated by Kogl and Haagen-Smit from human urine.

(40) Parthenocarpy is induced by

(A) ABA (B) Auxins (C) Zeatin (D) Cytokinin
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
(b)In presence of auxins unfertilized overy get changed into fruit.

(41) High concentration of synthetic auxins would

(A) Kill plants (B) Prevent lateral buds to grow
(C) Control cell division (D) Cause photoperiodism

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(b)In many plants, the apical bud grows and the lower axillary buds are suppressed. Removal of apical bud results in the growth of lower buds.
The auxin (IAA) of the terminal bud inhibits the growth of lateral buds.

(42) Phototropism in shoots is attributed to

(A) Auxin (B) Gibberellins (C) Cytokinins (D) Abscisic acid
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
It’s obvious.

(43) Ethylene is a
(A) Gaseous hormone (B) Gaseous enzyme (C) Liquid-gas mixture (D) Solid hormone
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
(a)Ethylene is gaseous hormone which stimulates transverse or isodiamteric growth but retards the longitudinal one.

(44) Which of the following is produced during water stress and causes closure of stomata
(A) Cytokinin (B) Auxin (C) GA3 (D) ABA
Solution:(Correct Answer:D)
(d) In the case of hydroactive control abscisic acid (ABA) plays an important role in the closure of stomata, when ever there is shortage of
water ABA is synthesized resulting in the closure of stomata.

(45) The following is a naturally occuring growth inhibitors

(A) IAA (B) ABA (C) N AA (D) GA
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
(b)Because IAA, N AA and GA are growth promoters and ABA is growth inhibitor.

(46) Which of the following causes delaying of senescence

(A) Cytokinins (B) Auxins (C) Gibberellins (D) Ascorbic acid
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
(a)Under this effect when green leaves are kept in cytokinin solution then they become green for long time. So this effect of cytokinin is called
as Richmond-Lang effect of senescence.

(47) Zeatin is a
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(A) Vitamin (B) Growth inhibitor (C) Growth promotor (D) None of the above
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Solution:(Correct Answer:C)
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(c)Zeathin, promotes meristematic tissue division.

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(48) Specific property attributed to gibberellins is

(A) Shortening of genetically tall plants (B) Elongation of genetically dwarf plant
(C) Promotion of rooting (D) Yellowing of young leaves
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
(b) Gibberellins are weakly acidic hormones having gibbane ring structure which cause cell elongation of intact plants in general and increased
internodal lenght of genetically dwarfed plants (i.e., corn, pea) in particular.

(49) During seed germination its stored food is mobilized by

(A) ABA (B) gibberellin (C) ethylene (D) cytokinin.
Solution:(Correct Answer:B)
(b) : Gibberellins are plant growth substances chemically related to terpenes and occurring naturally in plants and fungi. They promote
elongation of stems, e.g., bolting in cabbage plants, and the mobilization of food reserves in germinating seeds and are influential in inducing
flowering and fruit development.

(50) The chemical nature of gibberellins is

(A) Acidic (B) Alkaline (C) Proteinaceous (D) Amines
Solution:(Correct Answer:A)
Gibberellins (Tabuta; 1935) are weakly acidic plant growth hormones.

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