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10th Foundation
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Mendel selected garden peas as his experimental material because
(i) Pea plants possess a number of well defined contrasting characters.
(ii) Pea plants contain unisexual flowers.
(iii) Pea plants have perfect bisexual flowers.
 (iv) These are annual plants.

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Important Questions on Heredity and Evolution

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Two species of hen X and Y breed in the month of April and November respectively. They cannot interbreed due to………….

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10th Foundation
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Refer to the given figure. It shows bones of wings of two animals X and Y. These wings are Z structures.

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Select the option that correctly identifies X, Y and Z.

X Y Z
(A) Bat Bird Analogous
(B) Bat Insect Homologous
(C) Bird Bat Homologous
(D) Bird Insect Analogous
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10th Foundation
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Farmers have produced (or evolved) entirely different looking vegetables from wild cabbage. Below are given some evolved types along with their characteristics. Select the incorrect match among them.
 
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10th Foundation
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A group of population splitting into two populations due to some factor, can be called two independent species only when 
 
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10th Foundation
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The genotype for the height of an organism is Tt. What conclusion may be drawn from this?
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10th Foundation
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Pure breeding pea plants with green pods are crossed with pure breeding pea plants with yellow pods. All the F1 generation plants have green pods. Plants from the F1 generation are allowed to be interbred. What colour of pods will be observed in F2 generation plants?

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10th Foundation
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In mice, the allele for black fur colour is dominant over the allele for white fur colour. What does this mean in a mouse population?
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The given figure shows undisturbed sedimentary strata at the bottom of an ocean. The fossil found in layer Y resembles the fossil found in layer X. This similarity most likely suggests that

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