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- 1)The first genetically modified plant commercially released in India is ________.
- 2)Match List-I with List-II:
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:List-I (Term)
List-II (Coined by)
(A) Mutation
(I) W. Waldeyer
(B) Gene
(II) K. Mather
(C) Chromosome
(III) Hugo de Vries
(D) Polygenes
(IV) Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen
- 3)In open pollinated variety of maize, how much minimum isolation distance is required to produce foundation seed:
- 4)What was the title of the paper written by Gregor Johann Mendel and published in 1866?
- 5)Which of the following statements is TRUE about T cytoplasm?
- 6)Match List I with List II –
List I
List II
A
Polymer gene action
I. 9 : 7
B
Complementary gene action
II. 15 : 1
C
Duplicate gene action
III. 13 : 3
D
Inhibitory gene action
IV. 9 : 6 : 1
- 7)It is group of genetically similar plants of a crop species that can be distinguished from other groups of plants in the same species. Name that?
- 8)Given below are two statements: Statement I: Triticale is a cross between two crops. Statement II: Oat × barley = Triticale.
- 9)Mendel’s theory of Inheritance is based on garden pea ( Pisum sativum) whose chromosome number (2n) is
- 10)
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
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- 1)The first genetically modified plant commercially released in India is ________.
- 2)Match List-I with List-II:
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:List-I (Term)
List-II (Coined by)
(A) Mutation
(I) W. Waldeyer
(B) Gene
(II) K. Mather
(C) Chromosome
(III) Hugo de Vries
(D) Polygenes
(IV) Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen
- 3)In open pollinated variety of maize, how much minimum isolation distance is required to produce foundation seed:
- 4)What was the title of the paper written by Gregor Johann Mendel and published in 1866?
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- 6)Match List I with List II –
List I
List II
A
Polymer gene action
I. 9 : 7
B
Complementary gene action
II. 15 : 1
C
Duplicate gene action
III. 13 : 3
D
Inhibitory gene action
IV. 9 : 6 : 1
- 7)It is group of genetically similar plants of a crop species that can be distinguished from other groups of plants in the same species. Name that?
- 8)Given below are two statements: Statement I: Triticale is a cross between two crops. Statement II: Oat × barley = Triticale.
- 9)Mendel’s theory of Inheritance is based on garden pea ( Pisum sativum) whose chromosome number (2n) is
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