MCAER PG CET 2026 – Botany, Genetics & Plant Breeding

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1. The law of segregation was proposed by:

Darwin Mendel Morgan Bateson

2. The process of development of homozygous lines through repeated selfing is called:

Backcrossing Pure line selection Inbreeding Mutation breeding

3. The phenomenon where one gene masks the effect of another gene is: (PYQ MCAER 2022)

Linkage Epistasis Pleiotropy Codominance

4. The chromosome number in gametes is:

Diploid Haploid Triploid Tetraploid

5. Heterosis is maximum in:

F1 generation F2 generation F3 generation Backcross generation

6. The technique used to produce haploid plants is: (PYQ MCAER 2023)

Embryo culture Anther culture Meristem culture Protoplast fusion

7. The transfer of pollen from anther to stigma of the same flower is:

Cross pollination Self pollination Geitonogamy Xenogamy

8. The concept of ideotype breeding was proposed by: (PYQ MCAER 2021)

Donald Borlaug Vavilov Johansen

9. The primary center of origin of crop plants was proposed by:

Mendel Vavilov Darwin Morgan

10. Male sterility is mainly used for:

Mutation breeding Hybrid seed production Pure line selection Mass selection