Chapter 5: Inheritance - Biology For High School - Grade 10(Biology ) Questions and Answers

Question 1. Nitrogenous base adenine of one nucleotide forms pair with
  1.    thymine
  2.    cytosine
  3.    guanine
  4.    adenine
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> thymine
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Question 2. Mendel crossed a true-breeding round seeded plant with
  1.    oval seeded plant
  2.    circular seeded plant
  3.    wrinkled seeded plant
  4.    elongated seeded plant
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> wrinkled seeded plant
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Question 3. The Persian scientist who expressed the term of "artificial selection" was
  1.    Abu Rehyan Beruni
  2.    Ibn ul Haithem
  3.    Avi Cena
  4.    Al-Khwarizmi
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Abu Rehyan Beruni
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Question 4. If a true-breeding tall plant was crossed with true-breeding short the result was
  1.    all short
  2.    all tall
  3.    half tall
  4.    half short
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> all tall
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Question 5. The organic evolution mechanism was proposed by
  1.    Nikola tesla
  2.    Marie curie
  3.    Gregor Mendel
  4.    Charles Darwin
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Charles Darwin
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Question 6. How many total chromosomes are present in a human's body cell?
  1.    23
  2.    46
  3.    26
  4.    52
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> 46
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Question 7. Phenotype is the expression of
  1.    genetic makeup
  2.    physical makeup
  3.    chemical composition
  4.    metabolism
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> physical makeup
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Question 8. The round structures of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) around histone proteins are called
  1.    monohybrid genes
  2.    hybrid genes
  3.    chromosomes
  4.    nucleosomes
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> nucleosomes
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Question 9. Fundamental principles of genetics were developed by
  1.    Gregor Johann
  2.    Edward Jenner
  3.    J.Watson and F.Crick
  4.    Darwin and Lamark
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> Gregor Johann
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Question 10. Gregor Mendel developed the fundamental principles of
  1.    botany
  2.    genetics
  3.    chemistry
  4.    inheritance
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> genetics
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