Q.15.  It is said that Mendel proposed that the factor controlling any character is discrete and independent. This proposition was based on the 

a.  results of F3-generation of a cross

b.  observations that the offspring of a cross made between the plants having two constrasting characters shows only one character without any blending 

c.  self-pollination of F1 offsprings

d.  cross-pollination of F1-generation with recessive parent


(b).   

Phenotypic ratio     Round  :  Round  :  Wrinkled  :  Wrinkled green
                            yellow-green       yellow   

                              9       :      3     :      3         :         1   

Genotypic ratio 1     2    :  2  :   4  :  1:   2  :    1   :    2     :            1

Results of a dihybrid cross where the two parents differed in two pairs of contrasting triats seed colour and seed shape

Rest of the options does not support the Mendel's law of segregation.