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Mendelian Genetics and Dihybrid Inheritance

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

Individuals having dissimilar traits (alleles) on homologous chromosomes are called

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Homozygous

d)

Heterozygous

2.

An allele is considered dominant

a)

When it express desirable phenotype

b)

Both (b) and (c)

c)

When it express in homozygosity

d)

When it express even in the presence of alternate allele

3.

Mendel's dihybrid ratio is

a)

1:1:1:1

b)

3:1

c)

9:3:3:1

d)

9:1:1:5

4.

Mendel studied seven contrasting characters for his breeding experiment with Pisum sativum, which of the following characters did he not use?

a)

Plant height

b)

Pod color

c)

Pod shape

d)

Leaf shape

5.

An organism with two identical allele of a gene in a cell is called

a)

Hybrid

b)

Homozygous

c)

Heterozygous

d)

Homozgous

6.

Which principle of inheritance was not given by Mendel

a)

Independent assortment

b)

Dominance

c)

Purity of gametes

d)

Linkage

7.

When dominant BB and recessive bb is crossed, the percentage of progeny showing the parental genotype is

a)

75%

b)

0%

c)

50%

d)

25%

8.

The year 1900 AD is highly significant for genetics due to

a)

Chromosome theory of heredity

b)

Principle of linkage

c)

Discovery of genes

d)

Rediscovery of Mendelism

9.

The process by which the segregation of Mendelian factors takes place is

a)

Hybridisation

b)

Mitosis

c)

Meiosis

d)

Fertilisation

10.

Which would most probably be the genetic makeup of the parents of a colour blind daughter?

a)

Normal mother and normal father

b)

Carrier mother and color blind father

c)

Color blind mother and normal father

d)

Carrier mother and normal father

11.

If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant the proportion of dwarf progeny will be

a)

75%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

25%

12.

When two tall plants are crossed 45 tall plants and 14 dwarf plants are obtained. The genotype of parent plants is

a)

TT × TT

b)

TT × tt

c)

Tt × Tt

d)

TT × Tt

13.

Which of the following is not a dominant character selected by Mendel in Pisum?

a)

Axillary flowers

b)

Violet flower colour

c)

Yellow pod color

d)

Yellow seed colour

14.

Who discovered the phenomenon of incomplete dominance in Mirabilis and Antirrhinum?

a)

De Vries

b)

Bateson

c)

Davenport

d)

Carl Correns

15.

How many types of gametes are produced by a trihybrid?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

3

d)

16

16.

A dihybrid heterozygous tall plant with round seed is crossed with a similar genotype, what percentage of plants should possess Tt Rr genotype?

a)

6.25%

b)

12.5%

c)

75%

d)

25%

17.

A cross by changing the source of ovum is

a)

Back cross

b)

Test cross

c)

Monohybrid

d)

Reciprocal cross

18.

When the phenotypic and genotypic ratios resemble in the F2 generation it is an example of

a)

Independent assortment

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Qualitative inheritance

d)

Segregation

19.

When the dihybrid Tt rr plants are self-fertilized, what percentage of descendants would be heterozygous for one character and homozygous for another?

a)

100%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

20.

In a double heterozygous plant (Eg: Aa Bb) four types of gametes are produced. This illustrate the law of

a)

Purity of gametes

b)

Independent assortment

c)

Segregation

d)

Dominance

21.

Back cross with recessive parent is called

a)

Monohybrid cross

b)

Multiple cross

c)

Single cross

d)

Test cross

22.

If a gene has multiple effects, it is called

a)

Polygeny

b)

Pleiotropism

c)

Multiple allelism

d)

Epistasis

23.

Maize has 10 pairs of chromosomes. How many linkage groups should it possess

a)

20

b)

5

c)

40

d)

10

24.

Linked genes may be separated by

a)

Segregation

b)

Crossing over

c)

Polyploidy

d)

Gene mutation

25.

Crossing over in diploid organism is responsible for

a)

Dominance of genes

b)

Linkage between genes

c)

Segregation of alleles

d)

Recombination of linked gene

26.

Drosophila melanogaster has

a)

2 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes

b)

3 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes

c)

2 pairs of autosomes and 2 pairs of sex chromosomes

d)

1 pair of autosomes and 3 pairs of sex chromosomes

27.

A trisomic individual has a chromosomal number of

a)

2n -1

b)

2n +2

c)

2n +3

d)

2n +1

28.

Among the following which one is the best chemical for inducing the polyploidy?

a)

Acridines

b)

Ethylene

c)

Mustard gas

d)

Colchicine

29.

Down’s syndrome is an example of

a)

Monosomy

b)

Trisomy

c)

Triploidy

d)

Euploidy

30.

Which of the following is 6x (hexaploid) wheat?

a)

Triticum durum

b)

T. monococcum

c)

T. aestivum

d)

Triticale

31.

The holandric genes are located on

a)

Mitochondria

b)

Y-chromosome

c)

Polytene chromosome

d)

X-chromosome

32.

If the haploid number of chromosomes in a plant is 12, then the number of chromosomes in monosomic is

a)

25

b)

23

c)

26

d)

22

33.

Alleles are paired in

a)

Dihybrid

b)

In diploid organism

c)

All of these

d)

In zygote

34.

Inheritance of flower colour is an example of incomplete dominance, which is seen in:

a)

Antirrhinum

b)

Pisum

c)

Solanum

d)

Hibiscus

35.

Haemophilia most likely originated as a result of

a)

A non disjunction of chromosome number 21

b)

The crossing over to two sex chromosomes

c)

A gene mutation in the X- chromosome

d)

The separation of two homologous chromosomes

36.

Chromosome complement with 2n-1 is called as

a)

Tetrasomy

b)

Monosomy

c)

Trisomy

d)

Nullisomy

37.

The most striking example of point mutation is found in a disease called

a)

Sickle cell anemia

b)

Night blindness

c)

Turners syndrome

d)

Down’s syndrome

38.

Gynaecomastia is a common feature seen in:

a)

Cystic fibrosis

b)

Down’s syndrome

c)

Turner’s syndrome

d)

Klinefelter’s syndrome

39.

XO type of sex determination is seen in:

a)

Man

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Birds

d)

Drosophila

40.

Which of the following is not a Mendelian disorder?

a)

Thalesemia

b)

Turner’s syndrome

c)

Cystic fibrosis

d)

Haemophilia

41.

How many type of phenotypes possible for ABO blood group

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

42.

Haemophilia in man is due to

a)

Sex-linked inheritance

b)

Sex-limited inheritance

c)

Sex-influenced inheritance

d)

Primary non-disjunction

43.

In XO type of sex determination

a)

Females produce two different types of gametes

b)

Males produce two different types of gametes

c)

Males produce single type of gametes

d)

Females produce gametes with Y chromosome

44.

Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel’s Law of Dominance?

a)

The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor

b)

Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation

c)

Factors occur in pairs

d)

Out of one pair of factors one is dominant, and the other recessive

45.

The genotype of a plant showing the dominant phenotype can be determined by:

a)

Dihybrid cross

b)

Back cross

c)

Test cross

d)

Pedigree analysis

46.

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

a)

Homozygous sex chromosomes (ZZ) determine female sex in birds

b)

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

c)

Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce male in Drosophila

d)

XO type of sex chromosomes determine male sex in grasshopper

47.

F2 generation in a Mendelian cross showed that both genotypic and phenotypic ratios are same as 1:2:1. It represents a case of

a)

Monohybrid cross with incomplete dominance

b)

Monohybrid cross with complete dominanace

c)

Dihybrid cross

d)

Co-dominance

48.

Alleles which can express only in pair with similar allele is

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

49.

Among the following traits that Mendel studied, choose the recessive one

a)

Yellow pods

b)

Axile flower

c)

Terminal flower

d)

Green seed

50.

When a dominant ‘AA’ and a recessive ‘aa’ are crossed percentage of the progenies showing the parental genotypes will be

a)

0%

b)

100%

c)

25%

d)

50%

51.

A normal visioned man whose father was colour blind, marries a women whose father is also colour blind. They have their first child as a daughter. What are the chances that this child would be colour blind?

a)

0%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

25%

52.

The incorrect statement with regard to Haemophilia is

a)

It is sex linked disease

b)

A single protein involved in the clotting of blood is affected

c)

It is a recessive disease

d)

It is a dominant disease

53.

Person with blood group AB is considered as universal recipient because he has

a)

Both A and B antigens in the plasma but no antibodies in the plasma

b)

No antigen on RBC and no antibody in the plasma

c)

Both A and B antigens on RBC but no antibodies in the plasma

d)

Both A and B antibodies in the plasma

54.

A patient with unknown blood group needs immediate blood transfusion. The group that can be donated will be

a)

Blood group O

b)

Blood group AB

c)

Blood group A

d)

Blood group B

55.

Which Mendelian idea is depicted by a cross in which the F1 generation resembles both parents

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Inheritance of 1 gene

c)

Co-dominance

d)

Multiple allelism

56.

An F2 hybrid generation will have

a)

4 types of genotypes

b)

7 types of genotypes

c)

9 types of genotypes

d)

16 types of genotypes

57.

Who among the following is not concerned with re-discovery of Mendelism

a)

Theodre Bovery

b)

Hugode Vries

c)

Carl Correns

d)

Von TschermaK

58.

The diploid number of drosophila melanogaster

a)

16

b)

8

c)

4

d)

12

59.

Linkage phenomenon explained first by

a)

T.H.Morgan

b)

William Batson

c)

Johanson

d)

Alfsed Sturtevant

60.

Who put forward the crossing theory of recombination

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

William Bateson

c)

T.H.Morgan

d)

Janssen

61.

In honeybees

a)

The males have single sex chromosomes

b)

The males have only one set of chromosomes

c)

Males produce projeny by parthenogenesis

d)

Both (a) and (c)

62.

First child of a normal couple is phenylketouric. The probability of second male child is affected will be

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

0%

d)

100%

63.

Mutation of any single gene maybe

a)

Gene mutation

b)

All of these

c)

Point mutation

d)

Micromutation

64.

A normal man whose father was haemophilic marries a woman whose father was haemophilic. They have their first child as daughter. What is the chance that this could be

a)

100%

b)

0%

c)

50%

d)

25%

65.

Choose the sex influenced trait

a)

Ovary in female

b)

Hypertrichosis

c)

Haemophilia

d)

Pattern baldness

66.

Clotting factors VIII is absent in

a)

Both (a) and (b)

b)

Haemophilia B

c)

Thalassemia beta

d)

Haemophilia A

67.

Pedigree analysis is useful for

a)

Study of inheritance when arranged mating is not possible

b)

Study of sex linked inheritance in man

c)

Study of Mendelian disorders in man

d)

All of these

68.

Choose the incorrect statement regarding haemophilia

a)

It is x–linked

b)

it inherit from father to daughter

c)

A single protein in cascade of several protiens involved in clotting is affected

d)

It is dominant in male

69.

Choose the wrong statement

a)

Cystic fibrosis is quantitative

b)

Sickle cell anemia person produce abnormal Hb

c)

Thallasemia is a quantitative problem

d)

Mental retardation can be the effect of phenyl pyruvic acid

70.

Which of the following cannot be detected in developing foetus by amniocentesis

a)

Sex of the foetus

b)

Jaundice

c)

Down syndrome

d)

Klinefelter syndrome

71.

Which mendelian idea is depicted by a cross in which the F1 generation resembles both the parents

a)

Law of dominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Co- dominance

d)

Inheritance of one gene

72.

If both parents are carriers of thalassemia, which is an autosomal recessive disorder, what are the chance of pregnancy resulting in an affected child

a)

25%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

No chance

73.

A human female with Turner’s syndrome

a)

Has 45 chromosomes with XO

b)

Exhibits male characters

c)

Is able to produce children with normal husband

d)

Has one additional X chromosome

74.

Which of the following cannot be expected on the basis of Mendel’s law of dominance

a)

It explains the expression of one of the parental traits in F1

b)

b) explain expression of both traits in F2

c)

It explains the 3:1 ratio in F2

d)

It explains the formation of functional enzyme by dominant allele

75.

When heterozygous yellow round seed plants and self-fertilized, the frequency of occurrence of RrYY genotype among the offspring’s is

a)

4/16

b)

2/16

c)

1/16

d)

3/16

76.

A person homozygous for autosomal loci ‘a’ and ‘b’ and heterozygous for gene ‘p’ shall produce how many types of gametes in respect of these loci

a)

1 type

b)

2 types

c)

3 types

d)

4 types

77.

Experimental proof for chromosome theory of inheritance is given by

a)

Sturtevant

b)

Sutton and Bovery

c)

Sutton

d)

T H Morgan

78.

The nuclear structure observed by Henking in 50% of the sperms in the testes of a insect was termed

a)

Chromatin

b)

Polar body

c)

Bar body

d)

X-body

79.

First artificial mutation was induced in

a)

Drosophila

b)

Maize

c)

Barley

d)

Neurospora

80.

Hemophilic person marries a girl having no history of the disease in her pedigree. What is the chance that a haemophilic child is born to them

a)

75%

b)

50%

c)

0%

d)

25%