Q.

In his classic experiments on pea plants, Mendel did not use                [2015]

1 seed shape  
2 flower position  
3 seed colour  
4 pod length  

Ans.

(4)

Mendel considered the following characters of pea in his experiments:

  Character Dominant Recessive
(i) Seed shape Round (R)
Wrinkled (r)
(ii) Seed cotyledon colour Yellow (Y) Green (y)
(iii) Flower colour Violet (V) White (v)
(iv) Pod shape Inflated (I) Constricted (i)
(v) Pod colour Green (G) Yellow (g)
(vi) Flower position Axial (A) Terminal (a)
(vii) Stem height Tall (T) Dwarf (t)