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WorksheetsChromosome Introduction
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The term chromosome was coined by ___________.
Sutton
Boveri
Waldeyer
Hoffmeister
Which of the following statements is true about the ends of the chromosome?
The ends of the chromosome are called Satellites
The ends of the chromosome are called Centromeres
The ends of the chromosome are called Telomeres
The ends of the chromosome are called Kinetochore
How many sex chromosomes are present in a human being?
1 pair
2 pairs
3 pairs
4 pairs
How many autosomes are present in a human being?
20 pairs
22 pairs
23 pairs
44 pairs
A chromosome with a very short arm and a very long arm is referred to as
Metacentric
Telocentric
Acrocentric
Sub-metacentric
Euchromatin is -----------
Stains lightly
Is partially condensed
Genetically active chromatin with genes
All of the above
The short arm of the chromosomes is also called as ----------------
q arm
p arm
c arm
g arm
Nucleolar organizer basically found at ---------------- region.
Secondary Constriction -I
Secondary Constriction – II
Primary Constriction
Centriole
The term Heterochromatin and Euchromatin was coined by ------------- in 1928.
Winchester
Flemming
Emil Heitz
Watson
------------ shows tightly packed form of DNA, containing transcriptionally inactive sequences.
Euchromatin
Heterochromatin
Chromomere
Telomere
Which of the following is most common heterochromatin?
Constitutive
Facultative
Both
None
In humans, Which chromosome pair shows high amount of heterochromatin?
3
5
9
12
Which of the following heterochromatin type is partially heterochromatin?
Constitutive
Facultative
Both
None
------------ is extremely important as it contains genes that are transcripted into RNA, which are then translated into proteins.
Facultative
Heterochromatin
Constitutive
Euchromatin
A complete, diploid set of chromosomes of an individual or species is called as ------------
Ideogram
Karyotype
Histogram
Dendrogram
Which chromosome contain small amount of euchromatin and large amount of heterochromatin.
X
Y
Autosomes
None of these
In this type of chromosome, the centromere occupies a middle position with reference to the length of chromosome.
Telocentric
Acrocentric
Sub-metacentric
Metacentric
The process of duplication of chromosome without division of the cell is called ----------
Endomitosis
Mitosis
Meiosis
All
The polytene chromosome first reported by ------------
Flemming
Balbiani
Winchester
Emil Heitz
Lamp-brush chromosome found in the --------- of the fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds.
Saliva
Blood
Oocytes
All
