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Mendel’s Laws Of Inheritance:


The science of genetics originated in year……….with the rediscovery of an article by G.J. Mendel.
a) 1600                                   
b) 1700
c) 1800                                   
d) 1900

d

Who put forward speculations and theories to explain the mechanism of inheritance?
a) Alfred Wallace       
b) Jean. B. De Lamarck
c) Gregor John Mendel       
d) Charles Darwin

c

Explanation: Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity and laid the mathematical foundation of the science of genetics


Who was the pioneer of the classical genetics and are also known as “father of genetics”?
a) Gregor John Mendel       
b) Charles Darwin
c) Alfred Wallace
d) Jean. B. De Lamarck


a

Mendel was born on July 22, 1822 in…
a) Croatia                   
b) Austria
c) U.K                        
d) Czech Republic

d

Between 1856 and 1863, Mendel cultivated and tested at least 28,000 …… plants.
a) bean                        
b) garden pea
c) wheat                                 
d) maize

b

Explanation: pea, (Pisum sativum), also called garden pea, herbaceous annual plant in the family Fabaceae, grown virtually worldwide for its edible seeds.



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