Q.

Characters transmitted from parents to offspring are present in:

1 cytoplasm  
2 ribosome  
3 golgi bodies  
4 genes  

Ans.

(4)

Characters are transmitted from parents to offspring through genes. Genes are the heredity units of the body in living organisms. Chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell contain information for the inheritance of features from parents in the form of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid). This DNA contains genes.