Question 1 - Assertion Reasoning questions (MCQ) - Chapter 9 Class 10 - Heredity and Evolution

Assertion: A geneticist crossed a pea plant having violet flowers with a pea plant having white flowers, he got all violet flowers in first generation.

Reason: White colour gene is not passed on to next generation.

Answer:

• Violet color flower gene is dominant over white color flower gene. 
• Even though the white color gene is passed to the first generation , due to the dominance of the violet color flowers, all the flowers in the first generation will be violet . 
• White color flowers will show its trait in the second generation.

Thus,

• The assertion is true.
• The reason is false.

So, the correct answer is (c)