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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
One gene provides the code for the production of which molecule?
Amino acid
Nucleotide
DNA
Polypeptide
Whether an allele is dominant or recessive depends on:
How common the allele is relative to another allele
Whether or not it is linked to other genes
Which chromosome it is on
Its expression in F1 generation
Which of the following traits of garden pea studied by Mendel was a recessive feature?
Green pod colour
Round seed shape
Green seed colour
Axial flower position
The three principles if Mendelism are:
B. C.
D.
none
Linkage, dominance-recessiveness and segregation
Dominance-recessiveness, segregation and independent assortment
Dominance-recessiveness, linkage and independent assortment
Mendel’s law of segregation is applicable to:
Dihybrid cross only
Monohybrid cross only
Dihybrid but not monohybrid
Both dihybrid and monohybrid cross
Correct ratio of number of homozygous round and heterozygous round in Mendel’s
dihybrid cross is:
4:4
1:2
9:3
1:1
One of Mendel’s pure strains of pea plants had while flowers. How many different kinds of eggs could such a plant produce with regard to flower colur?
One
Two
Four
‘Tt × tt’. What is term used for the cross mentioned?
Back cross
Test cross
Reciprocal cross
Monohybrid
Ratio 9:3:3:1 is due to:
Lethal genes
Dihybrid cross
Duplicate genes
Monohybrid cross
Which of these could be a normal gamete?
Ry
RYy
RrY
RrYy
An individual heterozygous for two alleles (CcDd) produce one million sperms. How
many of sperms will have both dominant alleles?
1 million
0.50 million
0.25 million
0.75 million
A trihybrid cross is made between two pears, both with genotypes AaBbCc. What
proportion of the offspring will be of the genotype aabbcc?
0
1/4
1/64
1/16
Who discovered the phenomenon of ‘incomplete dominance’ by working on 4 O’ clock plant?
W. Bateson
Mendel
Correns
Johannsen
Blood groping in human being is controlled by
3 alleles in which ‘IB’
is dominant
4 alleles in which ‘IA’
is dominant
3 alleles in which none is dominant
3 alleles in which ‘IA’ and ‘IB’ are co-dominant and ‘i’ is recessive
Genes whose combined action affects one particular character are known are:
Polygenes
Oncogenes
Dominant genes
Pleiotropic genes
Association of parental combination of characters in offspring in excess of dihybrid cross is due to:
Linkage
Polygyny
Pseudo-alleles
Co-dominance
The number of linkage groups in E. coli is/are:
1
2
4
5
Alleles of different genes found on same chromosome may separated by:
Epistasis
Pleiotropy
Crossing over
Continuous variation
Genetic map is the one that:
Show the stage during the cell division
Establishes sites of the genes on a chromosome
Establishes the various stage in gene evolution
Shows the distribution of various in a region
Name the scientist who was awarded the Nobel prize for his genetic studies on the linear arrangement of genes on chromosomes in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster:
C.F Wolff
T. A Knight
R.C Punnett
T. H. Morgan
A man and a woman, who not show any apparent signs of a certain inherited disease, have seven children (2 daughters and 5 sons). Three of the sons suffer from the given disease but none of the daughter is affected. Which of the following mode of inherence do you suggest for this disease?
Sex-linked dominant
Sex-linked recessive
Sex limited recessive
Autosomal dominant
The recessive genes located on X-chromosome in humans are always:
Lethal
Sublethal
Expressed in males
Expressed in females
When mismatched blood is given to the recipient, the antigens of the donor react with_____________ of the recipient.
Immunogens
Cytokines
Histamine
Agglutinins
If a colour blind man marries the daughter, having normal vision, of a colour blind man,
All sons will be colour blind
All daughters will be colour blind
50% of the progeny will by colour blind
Some daughters and all sons will be colour blind
Which disease is genetically linked?
Plague
Haemophilia
Dysentery
Tuberculosis
A hemophilic man marries a normal homozygous woman. What is the probability that their son will be hemophilic?
0%
50%
75%
100%
Christmas ‘disease’ is another name for:
Hepatitis ‘B’
Haemophilia ‘B’
Down syndrome
Sleeping sickness
An example for sex influenced inheritance is:
Hemophilia
Pattern baldness
Colour blindness
Down syndrome
Genes which are confined to differential region of the Y-chromosome only are called:
Mutant
Holandric
Autosomal
Completely sex-linked
Blood group is due to:
Type of Haemoglobin present in blood
Specific antigen on the surface of RBCs
Specific antigen on the surface WBCs
Specific antibodies on the surface of RBCs
An injured person of unknown blood group needs immediate blood transfusion. He can be given following blood group:
A
O
B
AB
Rh factor is concerned with:
Eugenics
Blood clotting
Blood grouping
Protein synthesis
After examining the blood group of husband and wife, the doctor advised them not to have more than one child, the blood groups of the couple are likely to be:
Male Rh- and female Rh
Male Rh- and female Rh+
Female Rh- and male Rh+
Male Rh+
and female Rh+
Which one of the following techniques is employed in human genetic counselling?
Polyploidy
Serological technique
Pedigree analysis
Genetic engineering
Which type of reparation probably arose first?
Aerobic as it is more complex
Aerobic as it releases more energy
Anaerobic as it releases more energy
Anaerobic as early atmosphere contained litter or no oxygen
The concept of chemical avocation is based on:
Crystallization of chemicals
Effect of solar radiation on chemicals
Interaction of water,air and clay under intense heat
Possible origin of life by combination of chemicals under suitable environment condition
Darwin saw that populations of Galapagos fiches:
Are adapted to different island habitats
Resemble birds in South America
Show variation in traits
All A, B, C
Below mentioned pairs of structures are considered to be homologous:
Wing of birds and wing of moth
Tentacles of Hydra and arms of starfish
Forelimbs of a bat and forelimbs of horse
Wing of grasshopper and forelimb of flying squirrel
Convergent evolution of two species is associated with:
Different habitat
Analogues organs
Homologues organs
Recent common ancestor
Which of the following is a vestigial structure in man?
Goblet cells
Mid Brain
Wisdom tooth
Prostate gland
The presence of gill slits in the embryos of all vertebrates support the theory of:
Biogenesis
Recapitulation
Metamorphosis
Organic evolution
Which one provides direct and solid evidence in favor of organic evolution through
evolution through ages?
Atavism
Paleontology
Vestigial
Galapagos island fauna
The oldest fossils usually:
Have the longest half-lives
Are found in the deepest strata
Are found above younger fossils
Which of the following is a true statement about Lamarck?
He was first to realize that Earth is billion of year old
He worked out the principles of population genetics
He based his theory on the inheritance of acquired characters
He proposed nature selection as mechanism of evolution
Weismann cut off tails of nice generation after generation but tails neither
disappeared nor shorted showing that:
Darwin was correct
Mutation theory
Tail is an essential organ
Lamarckism was wrong in inheritance of acquired
Darwin was influenced by reading the essays of:
Wallace
Spencer
Mandel
Malthus
Diversity in the types of beaks of finches adapted to different feeding habits on the
Galapagos Islands, as observed by Darwin provides evidence for:
Intraspecific variations
Interspecific completion
Interspecific competition
Origin of species by natural selection
Which of the following is not under Darwin’s theory of natural selection?
Over production
Survival of fittest
Cause of variation
Struggle for existence
Which one of the following phenomena supports Darwin’s concept of natural selection in organic evolution?
Development of transgenic animals
Prevalence of pesticide resistant insects
Production of Dolly the sheep by cloning
Development of organs from ‘stem cell’ for organ transplantation
Which of the following cross and resultant phenotypic issue are mismatched?
A
B
C
D
