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Genetics 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who among the authors is not involved in writing the 4th Edition of the Book Genetics?

a)

Griffiths

b)

Hartwell

c)

Reynolds

d)

Silver

2.

Who wrote the book Introduction to Genetic Analysis?

a)

Goldberg

b)

Caroll

c)

Silver

d)

Hood

3.

What is Genetics?

a)

It is a study of genes.

b)

It is an information science.

c)

It is a study of transmission of genes.

d)

All of the these.

4.

What do you mean by DNA?

a)

Deoxyribose Acid

b)

Deoxynuclease Acid

c)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

d)

Deoxynucleus Acid

5.

Who is considered as the Father of Inheritance?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Gregg Mendeleev

c)

Gregory Mendel

d)

Gregore Mendel

6.

What is the shape of the DNA?

a)

Double sperical

b)

Helical

c)

Spherical

d)

Double-helix

7.

What type of bond is present between 2 nitrogeneous bases in DNA?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Hydrogen

c)

S bond

d)

Phosphorus

8.

What are the purposes of tools for gene analysis?

a)

Copying

b)

Chopping

c)

Translating

d)

Sequencing

9.

These enzymes are used in gene analysis, except:

a)

Ligase

b)

Nuclease

c)

Polymerase

d)

Amylase

10.

What enzyme is responsible for joining the end of DNA to another end?

a)

Amylase

b)

Ligase

c)

Polymerase

d)

Nuclease

11.

What enzyme is responsible for copying the DNA strand to make strand that will be paired with the bases?

a)

Amylase

b)

Polymerase

c)

Ligase

d)

Nuclease

12.

What enzyme is used to cut regions of DNA?

a)

Nuclease

b)

Polymerase

c)

Prophase

d)

Nuclease

13.

What do you call the process of inserting DNA molecules in genomes?

a)

Transformation

b)

Cloning

c)

Modifying

d)

Copying

14.

What do you call the organisms that receive set of DNA from other organism?

a)

GMO

b)

DNO

c)

MMO

d)

HMO

15.

What is the scientific name of the pea?

a)

Homunculus

b)

Pisum sativum

c)

Pisum satvum

d)

Psum sativum

16.

What will happen to the ovule after fertilization?

a)

It will become the ovary.

b)

It will become the pea.

c)

It will become the flower.

d)

It will become the anther.

17.

Who coined the term Genetics?

a)

Hartsoeker

b)

Hooke

c)

Mendel

d)

Bateson

18.

When did Hartsoeker contended that male is lying inside a sperm cell?

a)

1954

b)

1964

c)

1694

d)

1946

19.

What do you call the structure described by Hartsoeker a male inside the sperm cell?

a)

Incubus

b)

Homuculus

c)

Homunculus

d)

Homo

20.

What do you call the genetic misconception that the traits of the offspring are combination of the traits of parents?

a)

Homunculus

b)

Blended

c)

Self-fertilization

d)

Cross-pollination

21.

What part of the flower does the pollen is produced?

a)

Anther

b)

Stigma

c)

Ovules

d)

Ovary

22.

What will happen to the mature pollen?

a)

It will become the ovule.

b)

It will become part of the ovary.

c)

It will move to the other flower.

d)

It will land on the stigma.

23.

What process did Mendel used instead of self-fertilization of pea plants?

a)

Fertilization

b)

Breeding

c)

Cross-pollination

d)

All of these

24.

What simple material did Mendel used to transfer anther from one pea to another?

a)

Paint

b)

Brush

c)

Pen

d)

Scalpel

25.

What are the offsprings when Mendel crossed the yellow and green peas as P generation?

a)

Yellow green

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

Light yellow

26.

What will be produced when parental plant is bred?

a)

First filial

b)

Second filial

c)

Offspring

d)

Pure breed

27.

What do you call the yellow colored trait of an offspring when yellow and green was crossed?

a)

Dominant

b)

Submissive

c)

Recessive

d)

Combination

28.

What do you call the offspring of first filial generation?

a)

First filial generation

b)

Second filial generation

c)

Third filial generation

d)

None of these

29.

What do you call the unit that specifies each characteristic or trait?

a)

DNA

b)

Gene

c)

Chromosome

d)

Genome

30.

Traits do not have contrasting forms.

a)

True

b)

Rarely true

c)

False

d)

Sometimes

31.

What do you call the two alternative forms of a gene?

a)

Alelles

b)

Genome

c)

GMO

d)

Pure-breed

32.

What do call the cross between hybrids for single trait?

a)

Dihybrid

b)

Monohybrid

c)

Hybrid

d)

Offspring

33.

What characteristics is considered when one is using different trait?

a)

Variation

b)

Large number of offspring

c)

Short life cycle

d)

Recombination

34.

Why is there a need to use organism with short life cycle?

a)

To easily breed them in an environment.

b)

To produce many generations.

c)

To finish experiment on time.

d)

To allow the study to be repeated many times.

35.

What is referred to as offspring?

a)

Child

b)

Birth

c)

Generation

d)

Progeny

36.

Who proposed the Chromosome Theory of Inheritance?

a)

Mendel

b)

Morgan

c)

Hartsoeker

d)

Punnet

37.

Where in the cell is Mendel's gene?

a)

Gene

b)

DNA

c)

Chromosome

d)

All of these

38.

When did Morgan proved Mendel's Laws?

a)

1910

b)

1901

c)

1921

d)

1911

39.

What way is used to visualize segregation and random union of alleles?

a)

Punnett

b)

Panet

c)

Punet

d)

Punet

40.

What is the law present when two alleles of the trait separate or segregate during gamete formation?

a)

Law of Segregation

b)

Law of Independent Assortment

c)

Mendel's Law

d)

All of the above

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