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Assignment 1: Principle of Inheritance

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered X-body in spermatogenesis-

a)

Henking

b)

Gregor Mandel

c)

Watson Crick

d)

De Vries

2.

In Grasshopper-

a)

Male is Homogametic and Female is Heterogametic

b)

XX-XO Mechanism is present

c)

Male is Heterogametic and Female is Homogametic

d)

Both 2 and 3

3.

In Honeybee ,no.of Chromosomes present are-

a)

In Female 32,In Male 16

b)

32 in both Male and Female

c)

16 in Both Male and female

d)

40 in female

4.

Mutation due to Change in a single base pair of DNA is-

a)

Frame shift eg.Sickle Cell Anaemia

b)

Point,eg.Sickle Cell Anaemia

c)

Point, eg.Down's Syndrome

d)

Frame shift ,eg.Down's Syndrome

5.

Mustard gas, Phenol and Ammonia are-

a)

Chemical Compounds

b)

Chemical Mutagens

c)

Physical mutagens

d)

Insecticides

6.

Which one is not Non -Mendelian inheritance-

a)

Pleitropy

b)

Polygenic Inheritance

c)

Multiple allelism

d)

Complete Dominance

7.

Genotypic and Phenotypic ratio of incomplete dominance is-

a)

1:2:1,1:21:

b)

1:2:1,2:4:2

c)

1:2:1,1:1:1

d)

2:4:2,2:4:2

8.

Human skin colour and Human height are examples of-

a)

Pleiotropy

b)

Polygenic inheritance

c)

Codominance

d)

Multiple allelism

9.

Starch synthesis in Pea is example of-

a)

Co dominance

b)

Pleiotropy

c)

Polygenic inheritance

d)

Multiple allelism

10.

Who rediscovered Mendel's work and when-

a)

In 1992,De Vries,Correns and Von Tschermak Independently

b)

In 1990,De Vries,Correns and Von Tschermak Together

c)

In 1990,De Vries,Correns and Von Tschermak Independently

d)

In 1990,De Vries,Correns and Von Tschermak Together

11.

Who proposed Chromosomal Theory of inheritance-

a)

In 1992,Walter Sutton and Theodore Crick

b)

In 1902,Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri

c)

In 1902,Walter Sutton and Theodore Crick

d)

In 1992,Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri

12.

Vehicles of heredity are-

a)

Genes

b)

Chromosomes

c)

Chromatin

d)

Factors

13.

Life cycle of fruit fly(Drosophila) is-

a)

9-10days

b)

12-14 days

c)

3-4 days

d)

4-5 days

14.

Physical association of 2 or more genes on a chromosome is-

a)

Recombinantion

b)

Crossing over

c)

Linkage

d)

Assortment

15.

In his Cross 1 on Drosophila,T.H.Morgan crossed between-

a)

yyww X y+y+w+w+

b)

y+y+ww X yyw+w+

c)

yyw+w+ X y+y+ww

d)

yyww X wwmm

16.

Major findings of Morgan's Experiment are-

a)

Loosely linked genes show low recombinantion and Tightly linked genes show high recombination

b)

Both Tightly and Loosely linked genes show high recombination

c)

Both Tightly and Loosely linked genes show low recombination

d)

Tightly linked genes show low recombinantion and loosely linked genes show high recombination

17.

Alfred sturtevant work is-

a)

Sequencing of Human Genome Project

b)

Used recombinantion frequency between gene pairs for measuring distance between genes

c)

Discovered linkage

d)

Explained crossing over

18.

Sickle Cell Anaemia is-

a)

Sex Linked Recessive Disorder

b)

Autosomal DominantTrait

c)

Autosomal Recessive Trait

d)

Sex Linked Dominant Trait

19.

Down's Syndrome is due to-

a)

Trisomy of 18

b)

Trisomy of 21

c)

Monosomy of 18

d)

Monosomy of 21

20.

Gynaecomastia condition is result of-

a)

Down's Syndrome

b)

Turner's Syndrome

c)

Klinefelter's Syndrome

d)

Edward's Syndrome