Question

Mendel selected pea plant because of 

(A) its short life span. 

(B) it produced many seeds and large flowers. 

(C) many contrasting characters. 

(D) all of these 

Answer 1

Correct Option -  (D) all of these

Explanation- 

Mendel observed many variable characters in pea plant like short life span so that he could study more generations in a short duration. Pea plant produced many seeds, so he could grow thousands of pea plants. There were no intermediate characters. Large flowers would help in easy hybridization.