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Biology Unit-10 Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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Class
Date
1.

Series of changes in the genetic composition of a population over time is called:

a)

Revolution

b)

Population genetics

c)

Evolution 

d)

Succession

2.

Product of evolution is:

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Community

c)

Biome

d)

Species

3.

Archaebacteria can survive at:

a)

150°C

b)

120°C

c)

300°C

d)

200°C

4.

What was the source of hydrogen for first photosynthetic organisms?

a)

Water

b)

Hydrogen sulphate

c)

Hydrogen present in soil

d)

Hydrogen sulphide

5.

Prokaryotes are considered to be evolved:

a)

3.5 billion years ago

b)

4.5 billion years ago

c)

1.5 billion years ago

d)

1000 million years ago

6.

Adaptations that an organism acquires by its own actions are:

a)

Heritable

b)

Not heritable

c)

Can be made heritable through some modifications

d)

Both heritable and not heritable

7.

Which one is according to Lamarckism is true?

a)

Variation→adaptations→inheritance

b)

Recombination → variation → adaptations

c)

Adaptations→variation→inheritance

d)

Mutations →variations → adaptations

8.

Unique fauna was observed by Darwin in:

a)

Ecuador

b)

Bahamas

c)

Galapagos

d)

Maldives

9.

Survival is only for the fittest is true for:

a)

Artificial selection

b)

Descent with modification

c)

Natural selection

d)

Revolution

10.

Functionally different but structurally alike organs are:

a)

Analogous

b)

Homologous

c)

Anamolous

d)

Cosmopolitan

11.

In Mendelism, the linkage was not observed due to:

a)

Mutation

b)

Synapsis

c)

Independent assortment

d)

Crossing over

12.

A cross between plants having RRYY and rryy composition will yield plants with:

a)

Round and yellow seeds

b)

Wrinkled and yellow seeds

c)

Round and green seeds

d)

Wrinkled and green seeds

13.

Self-cross between Tt and Tt plants results into the genotype ratio of:

a)

3:1

b)

1:3

c)

1:2:1

d)

4:0

14.

When a tall plant with rounded seeds (TTRR) is crossed with a dwarf plant with wrinkled seeds (ttrr), then the generation consists of tall plants with rounded seeds. How many types of gametes a plant would produce?

a)

One

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Eight

15.

The contrasting pair of alleles for all the seven traits chosen by Mendel showed:

a)

Complete dominance

b)

Partial dominance

c)

Incomplete dominance

d)

Over dominance

16.

Inheritance of ABO blood group system is an example of

a)

Multiple allelism

b)

Epistasis

c)

Partial dominance

d)

Pleiotropy

17.

Multiple alleles are the altered forms of a gene whose number is more than two and may have as many as 300 alleles, but a diploid organism can:

a)

Have just one of them in its genome

b)

Have four of them in its genome

c)

Have two of them in its genome

d)

Have multiple of them in its genome

18.

In humans, the polymorphic gene ‘I’ has three multiple alleles which are the result of:

a)

Epistasis

b)

Mutation

c)

Pleiotropy

d)

Gene linkage

19.

The genotype of blood group ‘A’ can be:

a)

IAIA

b)

IAIA or IAIO

c)

IBIB

d)

IAIO

20.

A person with antigens ‘B’ present of membrane of RBCs and ‘anti-A’ antibodies in the blood plasma will have:

a)

Blood group ‘A’

b)

Blood group ‘AB’

c)

Blood group ‘B’

d)

Blood group ‘O’

21.

If a female has ‘A’ blood group and her husband has ‘O’ blood group, then the blood group of their children possibly be:

a)

A and B groups only

b)

A and O groups only

c)

AB only

d)

All four groups

22.

ABO blood grouping is controlled by gene I which has three alleles and show co-dominance. There are six genotypes. How many phenotypes are possible?

a)

Six

b)

Four

c)

Three

d)

Five

23.

A man having a blood group O marries a woman having a blood group A whose father was also O. What is the probability of ‘O’ in their offspring?

a)

50%

b)

75%

c)

25%

d)

0%

24.

Rh factor is named after:

a)

Man

b)

Monkey

c)

Rat

d)

Chimpanzee

25.

Rh factor may be responsible for:

a)

Turner’s syndrome

b)

Sickle-cell anaemia

c)

AIDS

d)

Erythroblastosis fetalis

26.

Which of the following will not result in variations among siblings?

a)

Independent assortment of genes

b)

Linkage

c)

Crossing over

d)

Mutation

27.

All of the following can form a linkage group on human chromosome 11 except:

a)

Gout

b)

albinism

c)

Leukemia

d)

Sickle cell anemia

28.

Genes A, B, C, and D are located on the same chromosome. The recombination frequencies (RF) are as follows:

What is the most likely order of the genes on the chromosome?

a)

BCAD

b)

CBAD

c)

ACBD

d)

DBAC

29.

A couple has a baby boy, the chances of baby girl as a next child are:

a)

100%

b)

No chances

c)

50%

d)

Cannot predict

30.

How many chromosomes in human male and female are similar?

a)

23

b)

44

c)

45

d)

46

31.

If a ‘Y’ carrying sperm fertilizes the egg the zygote will be:

a)

45A+ YY

b)

44A+ XY

c)

44A+ XX

d)

43A+ X0

32.

_________ is male sex switch which triggers developmental process towards maleness.

a)

Se

b)

TFM

c)

SRY

d)

H

33.

Which one of the following conditions correctly describes the manner of determining the sex in the given example?

a)

XO type of sex chromosomes determine male sex in grasshopper.

b)

XO condition in humans as found in Turner syndrome, determines female sex.

c)

Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce male in Drosophila.

d)

Homozygous sex chromosomes (ZZ) determine female sex in birds

34.

Drosophila has four pairs of chromosomes. How many linkage groups does it have?

a)

Eight

b)

One less than the pairs of chromosomes

c)

Four

d)

One more than the pairs of

35.

Which of the following is not a genetic disorder?

a)

Hemophilia

b)

Colour blindness

c)

Phenylketonuria

d)

Epilepsy

36.

Example of X-linked dominant trait is:

a)

Hemophilia A

b)

Tritanopia

c)

Hemophilia B

d)

Hypophosphatemia

37.

All of the following are non-allelic X-linked traits except:

a)

Hemophilia A

b)

Hemophilia C

c)

Hemophilia B

d)

TFM syndrome

38.

What is the probability of a hemophilic daughter of a normal man whose father was hemophilic and a carrier woman?

a)

0%

b)

50%

c)

25%

d)

75%

39.

Position of a gene on the chromosome is called its:

a)

Phenotype

b)

Junction

c)

Locus

d)

Genotype

40.

If all the members of a population are homozygous for the same allele, that allele is said to be:

a)

Random in population’s pool

b)

Random in a species

c)

Fixed in population’s pool

d)

Fixed in the gene pool