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Chromosome Introduction

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term chromosome was coined by ___________.

a)

Sutton

b)

Boveri

c)

Waldeyer

d)

Hoffmeister

2.

Which of the following statements is true about the ends of the chromosome?

a)

The ends of the chromosome are called Satellites

b)

The ends of the chromosome are called Centromeres

c)

The ends of the chromosome are called Telomeres

d)

The ends of the chromosome are called Kinetochore

3.

How many sex chromosomes are present in a human being?

a)

1 pair

b)

2 pairs

c)

3 pairs

d)

4 pairs

4.

How many autosomes are present in a human being?

a)

20 pairs

b)

22 pairs

c)

23 pairs

d)

44 pairs

5.

A chromosome with a very short arm and a very long arm is referred to as

a)

Metacentric

b)

Telocentric

c)

Acrocentric

d)

Sub-metacentric

6.

Euchromatin is -----------

a)

Stains lightly

b)

Is partially condensed

c)

Genetically active chromatin with genes

d)

All of the above

7.

The short arm of the chromosomes is also called as ----------------

a)

q arm

b)

p arm

c)

c arm 

d)

g arm

8.

Nucleolar organizer basically found at ---------------- region.

a)

Secondary Constriction -I

b)

Secondary Constriction – II

c)

Primary Constriction

d)

Centriole 

9.

The term Heterochromatin and Euchromatin was coined by ------------- in 1928.

a)

Winchester

b)

Flemming

c)

Emil Heitz

d)

Watson  

10.

------------ shows tightly packed form of DNA, containing transcriptionally inactive sequences.

a)

Euchromatin

b)

Heterochromatin

c)

Chromomere

d)

Telomere

11.

Which of the following is most common heterochromatin?

a)

Constitutive

b)

Facultative

c)

Both

d)

None

12.

In humans, Which chromosome pair shows high amount of heterochromatin?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

9

d)

12

13.

Which of the following heterochromatin type is partially heterochromatin?

a)

Constitutive

b)

Facultative

c)

Both

d)

None

14.

------------ is extremely important as it contains genes that are transcripted into RNA, which are then translated into proteins.

a)

Facultative

b)

Heterochromatin

c)

Constitutive

d)

Euchromatin

15.

A complete, diploid set of chromosomes of an individual or species is called as ------------

a)

Ideogram

b)

Karyotype

c)

Histogram

d)

Dendrogram

16.

Which chromosome contain small amount of euchromatin and large amount of heterochromatin.

a)

X

b)

Y

c)

Autosomes

d)

None of these

17.

In this type of chromosome, the centromere occupies a middle position with reference to the length of chromosome.

a)

Telocentric

b)

Acrocentric

c)

Sub-metacentric

d)

Metacentric

18.

The process of duplication of chromosome without division of the cell is called ----------

a)

Endomitosis

b)

Mitosis

c)

Meiosis

d)

All

19.

The polytene chromosome first reported by ------------

a)

Flemming

b)

Balbiani

c)

Winchester

d)

Emil Heitz

20.

Lamp-brush chromosome found in the --------- of the fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds.

a)

Saliva

b)

Blood

c)

Oocytes

d)

All