CBSE Test Paper-01

Chapter 09 Heredity and Evolution

1. Name the organ analogous to the wings of birds. (1)

a. Forelimb of human
b. None of these
c. wings of insect
d. Fore-leg of horse
2. Who was the first scientist to isolate DNA? (1)
a. Darwin
b. Watson and crick
c. Frederick
d. Weismann mishear
3. What are the carriers of factor? (1)
a. Chromosomes
b. Genes
c. Alleles
d. DNA
4. The genetic constitution of an organism is called (1)
a. genome
b. trait
c. genotype
d. phenotype
5. Human being belongs to the species of (1)
a. Homo habillis
b. Hominidae
c. Homo sapiens
d. Homo erectus
6. What is gene according to molecule structure? (1)

7. What is gene? Where are genes located? (1)

 8. Define variation. (1)

9. Name the Father of Genetics. (1)

10. Show how man has been able to produce crop plants by selective breeding. (3)

11. What is speciation? List four factors that could lead to speciation. Which of these
cannot be a major factor in the speciation of a self-pollinating plant species? Give
reason to justify your answer. (3)

12. Where are genes located? What is the chemical nature of gene? (3)

13. Give difference between diploid and haploid. (3)

14. Describe briefly Mendel's experiment. (5)

15. Name any five vegetables generated from a common ancestor through artificial
selection rather than natural selection. Also mention the features for which each
vegetable is selected? (5)
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Chapter 09 Heredity and Evolution

Answers

1. c. wings of insect
Explanation: Wings of bird and wings of insect both are analogous as both of
them perform the same function of flight while structures and origin are
different. Feathers of birds originate from their forelimbs, the wings of insects
originate from the inner or outer surface of the insect’s body.

2. c. Frederick
Explanation: DNA isolation is a process of purification of DNA from sample
using a combination of physical and chemical methods. The first isolation of
DNA was done in 1869 by Friedrich Miescher.

3. a. Chromosomes
Explanation: The carriers of factor (genes) are chromosomes and transfer
hereditary information from one generation to another.

4. c. genotype
Explanation: The genotype is the part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup
of a cell, and therefore of an organism or individual, which determines a
specific characteristic of that cell/organism/individual.

5. c. Homo sapiens
Explanation: The billions of human beings living today all belong to one
species: Homo sapiens. As in all species, there is variation among individual
human beings, from size and shape to skin tone and eye color. But we are much
more alike than we are different.
6. A section of DNA that provides information for one protein is called gene for the
protein.

7. Gene is a segment of DNA on chromosomes occupying specific position. Genes are

located on chromosomes.

8. The occurrence of differences among the individuals of a species is called variation.

 9. Gregor Johann Mendel

10. Crop plants produced by selective breeding

11. Speciation is the process by which new species develop from the existing species.
Factors responsible for speciation are as follows
i. Genetic drift
ii. Mutation
iii. Natural selection
iv. Migration
Out of the following, geographical isolation will not be a major factor in the speciation
of a self-pollinating plant species. Because, here single parent is involved as male and
female gametes both are contributed by same individual. Hence, even though if a self-
pollinating plant is seperated geographically they can reproduce without creating
much variation.

12. Genes are located at a specific position on a chromosome.

Chemical nature of gene: Chemically gene is a segment of deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) consisting of specific sequence of the nucleotides. The sequence of the
constituent nucleotides determines the functional property of a gene.

13.

Diploid Haploid

Two chromosomes set. One chromosome set.

Chromosomes are present in pairs. Chromosomes are not present in pairs.

 Formed due to mitosis. Formed due to meiosis.

Found in Human beings and higher plants. Found in lower plants.

14. Mendel's Experiment: Gregor Mendel (1822 - 1884) was an Austrian monk. He
conducted experiments with garden pea (Pisum sativum). The results thus formulated
the laws of inheritance. He studied inheritance of each character separately.
Method of experiment: In breeding experiments (artificial mating) the
undeveloped anthers are removed from the flowers of one of the plants to prevent
self-pollination. This removal of anther is called as emasculation. On the stigma of this
plant are placed the mature pollen of the other selected plant. The artificially
pollinated flowers are then covered with bags to prevent access of the other pollen.
The seeds produced this way are collected. They are called hybrid seeds.
Now let us follow one of Mendel's breeding experiments. He selected two pure
varieties of pea (Pisum sativum) which different in size. One of them was tall and the
other dwarf. He cross - pollinated them in the way described above. He placed the
pollen of tall one of the stigmas of dwarf and vice versa. The hybrid seeds obtained in
both the cases were sown. Which ever way the cross was made, on germination the
seeds grew into plants which were all tall. This first hybrid generation, is called the
first filial generation and is usually written as F1. The hybrids of F1 generation were

all similar to the tall parent. The result of this generation surprised Mendel. He
expected the hybrids to be intermediate in size. Accordingly the character which
appeared in the F1 generation (tallness in this case) he called dominant and the other

which did not appear he called recessive.

Mendel's next step was to allow the F1 hybrids to self - pollinate and produce seeds.

He collected the seeds, planted them and observed the results. He found that three-
fourths of the plant of F2 generation were tall like the original tall parent and one-

fourth dwarf like the original dwarf parent. The result of F2 generation was all the

more surprising to Mendel.

He continued the experiment. He allowed the dwarf plants and tall plants of F2

generation to self-pollinate. The dwarf plants which formed one-fourth of F2

generation bred true. They produced dwarf offspring in the F3 generation. The tall
 which formed three fourth of F2 generation did not breed true for tallness in the F3

generation. One third of them produced tall pea plants in F3 generation. These bred

true like the dwarfs of F3 generation. The two thirds, again gave the same ratio, 3 tall :

1 dwarf in generation. All these experiments gave result of the same sort. He was
greatly surprised by the ratio of two parental types of 3 : 1 in all the seven cases.

15. Humans have, for more than two thousand years, cultivated wild cabbage. They have
selected various character artificially rather than selecting naturally, which led to
development of various species. It has resulted in generation of the following
vegetables due to some specific characters such as:
i. Cabbage selected for short distance between leaves.
ii. Broccoli selected for arrested flower development and thick stem.
iii. Cauliflower selected for sterile flowers forming a large flower.
iv. Kohlrabi selected for a swollen edible stem.
v. Kale selected for large leaves.