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SCIENCE
CLASS: X 2021-22 DATE: 24.01.22

CH.9. HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION

I. Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Exchange of genetic material takes place in:

(a) Vegetative reproduction (b) Asexual reproduction
(c) Sexual reproduction (d) Budding

2. If a round- green seeded pea plant (RRyy) is crossed with wrinkled –yellow seeded
Pea plant (rrYY) the seeds produced in F1 generation are:
(a) Round and yellow (b) Round and green
(c) Wrinkled and green (d) Wrinkled and yellow

3. The maleness of a child is determined by:

(a) the X chromosome in the zygote (b) the Y chromosome in the zygote
(c) sex is determined by chance (d) the cytoplasm of the germ cell

4. A trait in an organism is influenced by:

(a) paternal DNA only (b) maternal DNA only
(c) both paternal and maternal DNA (d) none of these

5. From the list given below, select the character which can be acquired but not
inherited:
(a) colour of eye (b) colour of skin
(c) nature of hair (d) size of body

II. Very Short answer type questions:

1. Name the information source for making proteins in the cells.

2. Name the mechanism by which variations are created and inherited.
3. No two individuals are absolutely alike in population. Why?
4. Give the scientific term for the development of new type of organisms from the
existing one.
5. A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding pea plants bearing violet flowers with
pea plants bearing white flowers. What will be the result in F1 progeny?

III. Questions based on HOTS:

1. A plant has two varieties, one with red petals and the other with white petals. When
these two varieties are cross-pollinated, all offsprings have red petals?
(a) Which gene is dominant?
(b) Choose suitable letters to represent the two genes.
2. A red-haired woman marries a brown-haired man, and all the children are brown
haired. Explain this genetically.

3. Pure-bred tall pea plants are first crossed with pure-bred dwarf pea plants. The pea
plants obtained in F1 generation are then cross-bred to produce F2 generation of pea
plants.
(a) What do the plants of F1 generation look like?
(b) What is the ratio of tall plants to dwarf plants in F2 generation?
(c) Which type of plants were missing in F1 generation but reappeared in F2
generation?

4. What are the possible blood groups likely to be inherited by children born to a group
A mother and a group B father? Explain with reason.

5. The person ‘A’ has only B chromosomes in all its gametes. On the other hand,
another person ‘C’ has chromosome D in half of gametes and chromosome E in the
other half of gametes. When chromosome B and D combine during fertilization, a
female zygote results. On the other hand, combination of B and E chromosomes
produce a male zygote.
(a) What are chromosomes (i) B, (ii) D and (iii) E?
(b) Out of B, D and E, which two chromosomes are of the same type?
(c) Which chromosome is smaller in size?
(d) What is the general name of chromosome such as B and E?
(e) Out of the two persons A and C, which one is (i) male, and (ii) female?

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