NEET2022Botany-Genetics

NEET 2022 Botany Mendelian Inheritance Assertion Reason Question

Type: Assertion Reason-fact-Easy-Class 12

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.

Statement II: Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

B

Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

C

Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

D

Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

Correct Answer

Option C

Detailed Explanation

Mendel indeed studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants, which include the traits mentioned in Statement II.

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