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Principles of Inheritance & Variation- Quiz 10

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the correct statement

a)

Spliceosomes take part in translation

b)

Punnett square was developed by a British scientist

c)

Franklin Stahl coined the term “linkage”

d)

Transduction was discovered by S. Altman

2.

A woman has an X-linked condition on one of her X chromosomes. This chromosome can be inherited by

a)

Only grandchildren

b)

Only sons

c)

Only daughters

d)

Both sons and daughters

3.

3. Which of the following characteristics represent ‘Inheritance of blood groups’ in humans?

I. Dominance

II. Co-dominance

III. Multiple allele

IV. Incomplete dominance

V. Polygenic inheritance

a)

II, IV and V

b)

I, II and III

c)

II, III and V

d)

I, III and V

4.

If the blood groups of the parents are O Rh +ve and AB Rh +ve, the child with a normal genotype cannot show a blood group:

a)

A Rh +ve

b)

AB Rh +ve

c)

O Rh +ve

d)

Both (b) and (c)

5.

Genes on same chromosome can be

a)

Linked

b)

Homologous

c)

Autosomes

d)

Identical alleles

6.

Match the column I and II

a)

(A) - i, (B) - ii, (C) - iii, (D) – iv

b)

(A) - ii, (B) - iii, (C) - iv, (D) - i

c)

(A) - iii, (B) - i, (C) - iv, (D) – ii

d)

(A) - i, (B) - iii, (C) - iv, (D)- ii

7.

In which genetic condition, each cell in the affected person, has three sex chromosomes XXY?

a)

Turner’s Syndrome

b)

Thalassemia

c)

Kleinfelter’s Syndrome

d)

Phenylketonuria

8.

In a marriage between male with blood group A and female with blood group B, the progeny had either blood group AB or B. What could be the possible genotype of parents?

a)

IA i (Male) ; IB i (Female)

b)

IA i (Male) ; IB IB(Female)

c)

IAIA(Male) ; IBIB (Female)

d)

IA IA (Male) ; IB i (Female)

9.

Match and Select the correct option from the following :

a)

(A)-(iv), (B)-(ii), (C)-(i), (D)-(iii)

b)

(A)-(ii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(i), (D)-(iii)

c)

(A)-(i), (B)-(iv), (C)-(ii), (D)-(iii)

d)

(A)-(iii), (B)-(iv), (C)-(i), (D)-(ii)

10.

Select the incorrect statement-

a)

Male fruit fly is heterogametic

b)

In male grasshoppers 50% of sperms have no sex-chromosome

c)

In domesticated fowls, sex of progeny depends on the type of sperm rather than egg

d)

Human males have one of their sexchromosome much shorter than the other