Plant Genetics MCQs : This section focuses on the "Plant Genetics". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Plant Genetics skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
What is the approximate size (in kb) of the melon mitochondrial genome?
A. 600 kilobase
B. 1200 kilobase
C. 2400 kilobase
D. 3000 kilobase
Question 2
When an organism has a life cycle with alternation of generations, the haploid generation is the
A. zygote
B. gametophyte
C. gamete
D. sporophyte
Question 3
Plant genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity specifically in plants.
A. True
B. False
Question 4
When do kinetochore microtubules pull chromosomes towards opposite spindle poles?
A. In anaphase A
B. In anaphase B
C. In metaphase
D. In telophase
Question 5
Plants, like all known organisms, use DNA to pass on their traits.
A. True
B. False
Question 6
During meiosis crossing over takes place at
A. zygotene stage
B. diplotene stage
C. diakinesis stage
D. pachytene stage
Question 7
The shortest of mitotic phases is the
A. telophase
B. interphase
C. metaphase
D. anaphase
Question 8
Which of the following transposable elements are not found in plants?
A. Ac
B. Tam3
C. L1
D. All of the above
Question 9
In case of incomplete dominance, the phenotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross will be
A. 01:02:01
B. 03:01:01
C. 01:03:01
D. 01:01:02
Question 10
Which of the following transposable elements are not found in plants?
A. Ac
B. Tam3
C. L1
D. All are found
Question 11
The homologous chromosomes follow the process of synopsis in the
A. leptotene
B. zygotene
C. pachytene
D. diplotene
Question 12
The earliest evidence of plant domestication found has been dated to 11,000 years before present in ancestral wheat.
A. True
B. False
Question 13
When F1 plants are crossed with homozygous recessive plants, it is known as
A. test cross
B. recessive cross
C. criss-cross
D. para-cross
Question 14
A plasmid used to introduce BT toxin into a plant cell
A. carries an antibiotic resistance gene that makes the plant resistant to antibiotics
B. causes the plant to produce opines
C. is toxic for the plant cell
D. carries a bacterial gene with a plant promoter
Question 15
In case of incomplete dominance, the phenotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross will be
A. 1:2:1
B. 3:1:1
C. 1:3:1
D. 1:1:2
Question 16
In the meiotic cell divison in daughter cells are produced by two successive division in which
A. first division is equational, second is reductional
B. first division is reductional and second is equational
C. both divisions are reductional
D. both divisions are equational