Question: 92: 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 :
(1) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(2) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
(3) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(4) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Answer: Option (3)
Explanation:
Gregor Mendel conducted experiments on pea plants and studied seven pairs of contrasting traits,
which led to the formulation of the Laws of Inheritance.
The seven characters studied by Mendel were seed shape, seed colour, flower colour, pod shape, pod colour, flower position and stem height.
Thus, Statement I correctly describes Mendel’s work on inheritance.
Statement II correctly lists all seven characters examined by Mendel in his pea plant experiments.
Hence, both Statement I and Statement II are correct.