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Plant Genetics MCQ Questions & Answers

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

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

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Question 2

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

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Question 3

What is the approximate size (in kb) of the melon mitochondrial genome?

A. 600 kilobase
B. 1200 kilobase
C. 2400 kilobase
D. 3000 kilobase

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Question 4

When an organism has a life cycle with alternation of generations, the haploid generation is the

A. zygote
B. gametophyte
C. gamete
D. sporophyte

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Question 5

When do kinetochore microtubules pull chromosomes towards opposite spindle poles?

A. In anaphase A
B. In anaphase B
C. In metaphase
D. In telophase

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Question 6

During meiosis crossing over takes place at

A. zygotene stage
B. diplotene stage
C. diakinesis stage
D. pachytene stage

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Question 7

Which of the following transposable elements are not found in plants?

A. Ac
B. Tam3
C. L1
D. All of the above

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Question 8

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

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Question 9

The homologous chromosomes follow the process of synopsis in the

A. leptotene
B. zygotene
C. pachytene
D. diplotene

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Question 10

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

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Question 11

The shortest of mitotic phases is the

A. telophase
B. interphase
C. metaphase
D. anaphase

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Question 12

Plant genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity specifically in plants.

A. True
B. False

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Question 13

Plants, like all known organisms, use DNA to pass on their traits.

A. True
B. False

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Question 14

The earliest evidence of plant domestication found has been dated to 11,000 years before present in ancestral wheat.

A. True
B. False

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Question 15

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

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Question 16

Which of the following transposable elements are not found in plants?

A. Ac
B. Tam3
C. L1
D. All are found

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