NEET Biology Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion : In a monohybrid cross, generation indicate dominant characters. Reason : Dominance occurs only in heterozygous state.

    A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D) If both the assertion and reason are false

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Monohybrid cross is a cross between two organisms of a species which is made to study the inheritance of a single pair of alleles or factors of a character. Dominant character is one of a pair of alleles which can express itself whether present in homozygous or heterozygous state. In \[{{F}_{1}}\] generation, (the generation of hybrids produced from a cross between the genetically different homozygous individuals called parents) the progenies are heterozygous dominant.


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