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In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by...

In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by

A

inducing mutation

B

bombarding the protoplast

C

crossing of two inbred parental lines

D

harvesting seeds from the most productive plants

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crossing of two inbred parental lines
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KUMAR PRAKASHAN-PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION -SECTION -F (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQS)) (MCQS FROM .DARPAN. BASED ON TEXTBOOK)
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  2. Which of the following points further strengthened Mendelism ?

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  4. Which genotype represents a true hybrid condition ?

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  5. In progeny of dihybrid cross in F2 generation how many plants are homo...

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  6. A dwarf pea plant treated with gibberellic acid becomes tall, then cro...

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  7. When RR(red) and rr(white) are being crossed, we got Rr (pink). This s...

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  8. The number of genotypes produced when individual of genotype YyRrTt ar...

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  9. Skin colour inheritance in man is

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  10. Genetics of blood group in human illustrates.

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  11. When parents P1 and P2 were crossed, F2 progeny was produced with thre...

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  12. The main reason for the success of Mendel was that

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  13. Mendel was not able to say anything about recombination and crossing o...

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  14. Mendel.s law of segregation is applicable during

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  15. When a dihybrid cross is fitted into a pannet square with 16 boxes, th...

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  16. The phenomenon of a single gene regulating several phenotypes is calle...

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  17. Which character was dominant among the 7 characters in Mendel.s experi...

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  18. Monohybrid cross F1 progeny Tt is inbred. What will be the maximum typ...

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  19. Heritable sudden change in composition of gene is known as

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  20. Haploids are more suitable for mutation studies then the diploids. Thi...

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