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Ch. 3 Inheritance and Variation
Level I
01. _______ pairs of contrasting traits were studied 06. 0n crossing two heterozygous tall plants (Tt), a
by Mendel in pea plant. total of 500 plants were obtained in F1
(a) 6 generation. What will be the respective number
(b) 7 of tall and dwarf plants obtained in F1
(c) 8 generation?
(d) 10 (a) 375, 125
02. Some of the dominant traits studied by Mendel (b) 250, 250
were (c) 475, 25
(a) round seed shape, green seed colour and (d) 350, 150
axial flower position 07. What is the probability of production of dwarf
(b) terminal flower position, green pod colour offsprings in a cross between two heterozygous
and inflated pod shape tall pea plants?
(c) violet flower colour, green pod colour, (a) Zero
round seed shape (b) 50%
(d) wrinkled seed shape, yellow pod colour, (c) 25%
and axial flower position. (d) 100%
03. Which of the following characters was not 08. In Antirrhinum (dog flower), phenotypic ratio in
chosen by Mendel? F2 generation for the inheritance of flower colour
(a) Pod shape would be
(b) Pod colour (a) 3:1
(c) Location of flower (b) 1:2:1
(d) Location of pod (c) 1:1
04. A recessive allele is expressed in (d) 2:1
(a) heterozygous condition only 09. In four o' clock plants, the gene for red flower
(b) homozygous condition only colour (R) v is incompletely dominant over the
(c) F3 generation gene for white flower colour (r), hence the
(d) both homozygous and heterozygous plants heterozygous for flower colour (Rr) have
conditions. pink flowers. What will be the ratio of
05. What will be the distribution of phenotypic offsprings in a cross between red flowers and
features in the first filial generation after a cross pink flowers?
between a homozygous female and a (a) 75% red flowers 25% pink flowers
heterozygous male for a single locus?
(b) All red flowers
(a) 3:1
(c) 50% red flowers 50% pink flowers
(b) 1:2:1
(c) 1:1 (d) Red : pink : white : : 1 : 2 : 1
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10. What can be the blood group of offspring when (b) test cross
both parents have AB blood group? (c) back cross
(a) AB only (d) monohybrid cross
(b) A, B and AB 15. Chromosomal theory of inheritance was given
(c) A, B, AB and O by
(d) A and B only (a) Morgan et al
11. The percentage of ab gamete produced by AaBb (b) Sutton and Boveri
parent will be (c) Hugo de Vries
(a) 25% (d) Gregor J. Mendel
(b) 50% 16. Experimental verification of 'chromosomal
(c) 75% theory of inheritance' was done by
(d) 12.5% (a) Sutton and Boveri
12. When a cross is made between a tall plant with (b) Morgan et al
yellow seeds (Tt Yy) and a tall plant with green (c) Henking
seeds (Tt yy), what is true regarding the (d) Karl Correns
proportions of phenotypes of the offsprings in F1 17. True-breeding red-eyed Drosophila flies with
generation? plain thoraxes were crossed with pink-eyed flies
Proportion of Tall Proportion of Dwarf with striped thoraxes.
and Green and Green Red eye plain thorax  Pink eye striped thorax
3 1 The F1 flies were then test crossed against the
(a)
8 8 double recessive.
2 1 The following F2 generation resulted from the
(b)
8 8 cross:
1 3 80 16 12 92
(c)
8 8
Red eye Red eye Pink eye Pink eye
2 2
(d) Plain Striped Plain Striped
8 8
thorax Striped thorax Striped
13. Which of the following is correct for the
What percentage number of recombinants
condition when plant YyRr is back crossed with
resulted from the test cross?
the double recessive parent?
(a) 12
(a) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 ratio of phenotypes only
(b) 14
(b) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 ratio of genotypes only
(c) 16
(c) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 ratio of phenotypes only
(d) 28
(d) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 ratio of phenotypes and
18. What is true about the crossing over between
genotypes
linked genes?
14. Law of independent assortment can be explained
(a) No crossing over at all
with the help of
(b) High percentage of crossing over
(a) dihybrid cross

 
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(c) Hardly any crossing over (iii) Maintenance of statistical records of
(d) None of these experiments
19. The distance between the genes is measured by (iv) Knowledge of linkage and incomplete
(a) angstrom dominance
(b) map unit (a) (i) and (ii) only
(c) Dobson unit (b) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(d) millimeter (c) (i) and (iv)only
20. If map distance between genes P and Q is 4 (d) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
units, between P and R is 11 units, and between 23. In XO type of sex determination
Q and R is 7 units, the order of genes on the (a) females produce two different types of
linkage map can be traced as follows. gametes
(a) (b) males produce two different types of
gametes
(b) (c) females produce gametes with Y
chromosome
(c) (d) males produce gametes with Y
chromosome.
(d) 24. A couple has six daughters. What is the
possibility of their having a girl next time?
21. In maize, coloured endosperm (C) is dominant (a) 10%
over colourless (c); and full endosperm (R) is (b) 50%
dominant over shrunken (r). When a dihybrid of (c) 90%
F1 generation was test crossed, it produced four (d) 100%
phenotypes in the following percentage: 25. Number of autosomes present in liver cells of a
Coloured full - 48% Coloured shrunken - 5% human female is
Colourless full - 7% Colourless shrunken - 40% (a) 22 autosomes
From this data, what will be the distance (b) 22 pairs
between two non-allelic genes? (c) 23 autosomes
(a) 48 units (d) 23 pairs
(b) 5 units 26. In honeybees, females are (i) having (ii)
(c) 7 units chromosomes and males are (iii) having (iv)
(d) 12 units chromosomes.
22. Which of the following are reasons for Mendel’s (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
success? (a) diploid 46 haploid 23
(i) Usage of pure lines or pure breeding (b) haploid 23 diploid 46
varieties (c) diploid 32 haploid 16
(ii) Consideration of one character at a time (d) haploid 16 diploid 32

 
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27. Haplodiploidy is found in
(a) grasshoppers and cockroaches
(b) birds and reptiles
(c) butterflies and moths
(d) honeybees, ants and wasps
28. A man having the genotype EEFfGgHH can
produce P number of genetically different
sperms and a woman of genotype liLLMmNn
I-2 II-3 III-1
can generate Q number of genetically different (a) aa Aa Aa
eggs. Determine the values of P and Q. (b) aa AA AA
(a) P = 4, Q = 4
(c) Aa Aa Aa
(b) P = 4, Q = 8
(d) aa Aa AA
(c) P = 8, Q = 4 33. In the following pedigree chart, the mutant trait
(d) P = 8, Q = 8
is shaded black. The gene responsible for the
29. Rate of mutation is affected by
trait is
(a) temperature
(b) X-rays
(c) gamma rays
(d) all of these
30. Two or more independent genes present on
different chromosomes which determine nearly
same phenotype are called (a) dominant and sex linked

(a) supplementary genes (b) dominant and autosomal

(b) complementary genes (c) recessive and sex linked

(c) duplicate genes (d) recessive and autosomal.
(d) none of these 34. What are the chances of this couple’s fifth child
31. Which one is the incorrect match? being an albino?
(a) 1 in 1
(a) Consanguineous mating
(b) 1 in 2
(b) Sex unspecified (c) 1 in 3
(d) 1 in 4
(c) Male 35. The possibility of a female becoming
haemophilic is extremely rare because mother of
(d) Affected individuals such a female has to be at least (i) and father
32. Fused ear lobes appear in the progeny due to an should be (ii).
autosomal recessive gene. Work out the (a) (i) haemophilic, (ii)carrier
genotypes of members in the given pedigree. (b) (i) carrier, (ii) haemophilic

 
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(c) (i) haemophilic, (ii) normal position of (iv)_ globin chain of haemoglobin
(d) (i) haemophilic, (ii) haemophilic molecule.
36. Result of a cross between a normal homozygous Which of the following correctly fills the blanks
female and a haemophiliac male would be in the above statement?
(a) normal males and normal females (a) (i) valine, (ii) glutamic acid, (iii) sixth,
(b) haemophilic males and normal females (iv) beta
(c) normal males and carrier females (b) (i) glutamic acid, (ii) valine (iii) sixth,
(d) haemophilic males and carrier females. (iv) beta
37. Father of a child is colourblind and mother is (c) (i) glutamic acid, (ii) valine (iii) fifth,
carrier for colourblindness, the probability of the (iv) beta
child being colour blind is (d) (i) valine (ii) glutamic acid, (iii) fifth,
(a) 25% (iv) beta
(b) 50% 41. In sickle-cell anaemia, shape of RBCs under
(c) 100% oxygen tension becomes
(d) 75% (a) biconcave disc like
38. A marriage between a colourblind man and a (b) elongated and curved
normal woman produces (c) circular
(a) all carrier daughters and normal sons (d) spherical.
(b) 50% carrier daughters 50% normal 42. Which of the following is not an example of
daughters recessive autosomal disease?
(c) 50% colourblind sons, 50% normal sons (a) Haemophilia
(d) all carrier offsprings. (b) Cystic fibrosis

39. Red green colourblindness is a sex linked trait. (c) Phenylketonuria

(d) Sickle-cell anaemia
Which of the given statements is not correct
43. Match column I with column II and select the
regarding colourblindness?
correct option from the given codes.
(a) It is more common in males than in
Column I Column II
females.
th
A. Sickle cell (i) 7 chromosome
(b) Homozygous recessive condition is
anaemia
required for the expression of
B. Phenylketonuria (ii) 4th chromosome
colourblindness in females.
C. Cystic fibrosis (iii) 11th chromosome
(c) Males can be carriers of the trait.
D. Huntington’s (iv) X-chromosome
(d) Colourblind women always have
disease
colourblind father and always produce
E. Colourblindness (v) 12th chromosome
colourblind son.
(a) A-(iii), B-(v), C-(ii), D-(i), E-(iv)
40. disease sickle-cell anaemia is caused by the
(b) A-(iii), B-(v), C-(i), D-(ii), E-(iv)
substitution of (i) by (ii) at the (iii)_
(c) A-(v), B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(iii), E-(i)
(d) A-(iv), B-(ii), C-(iii), D-(i), E-(v)

 
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44. Failure of segregation of chromatids during cell (a) Edward’s syndrome
division results in the gain or loss of (b) Down’s syndrome
chromosomes this is called as (c) Turner's syndrome
(a) euploidy (d) Klinefelter’s syndrome
(b) monoploidy 49. Females with Turner’s syndrome have
(c) aneuploidy (a) small uterus
(d) polyploidy. (b) rudimentary ovaries
45. Trisomy is represented by (c) underdeveloped breasts
(a) (2n – 1) (d) all of these.
(b) (2n – 2) 50. Distance between the genes and percentage of
(c) (2n + 2) recombination shows
(d) (2n + 1) (a) a direct relationship
46. Match the column I with column II and select (b) an inverse relationship
the correct option from the given codes. (c) a parallel relationship
Column I Column II (d) no relationship.
A. Autosomal recessive (i) Down's syndrome 51. In sickle cell anaemia glutamic acid is replaced
trait by valine. Which one of the following triplets
B. Sex-linked recessive (ii) Phenylketonuria codes for valine?
trait (a) GGG
C. Metabolic error (iii) Haemophilia (b) AAG
linked to autosomal (c) GAA
recessive trait (d) GUG
D. Additional 21st (iv) Sickle cell 52. ZZ/ZW type of sex determination is seen in
chromosome anaemia (a) platypus
(b) snails
(a) A-(ii), B-(i), C-(iv), D-(iii)
(c) cockroach
(b) A-(iv), B-(i), C-(ii), D-(iii)
(d) peacock.
(c) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(i)
53. The inheritance pattern of a gene over
(d) A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(i), D-(ii)
generations among humans is studied by the
47. Mongolism is a genetic disorder which is caused
pedigree analysis. Character studied in the
by the presence of an extra chromosome number
pedigree analysis is equivalent to
(a) 20
(a) quantitative trait
(b) 21
(b) Mendelian trait
(c) 17
(c) polygenic trait
(d) 23
(d) maternal trait.
48. This abnormality occurs due to monosomy
(2n – 1); the individual has 2n = 45
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54. Mother and father of a person with ‘O’ blood 55. Assertion : The pink coloured flowers appear in
group have ‘A’ and ‘B’ blood group F2 generation of plant Mirabilis jalapa.
respectively. What would be the genotype of Reason : This is observed due epistatic
both mother and father? suppression of white colour alleles in one of
(a) Mother is homozygous for ‘A’ blood parental flowers by red colour alleles.
group and father is heterozygous for ‘B’. 56. Assertion : Pairing and separation of pair of
(b) Mother is heterozygous for ‘A’ blood chromosomes would lead to segregation of a
group and father is homozygous for ‘B’. pair of factors they carried.
(c) Both mother and father are heterozygous Reason : Two alleles of a gene pair are located
for ‘A’ and ‘B’ blood group, respectively, on similar sites on non-homologous
(d) Both mother and father are homozygous chromosomes.
for ‘A’ and ‘B’ blood group, respectively. 57. Assertion : Females, homozygous for genes on
 Directions : In the following questions, a the X chromosomes do not express a trait more
statement of assertion is followed by a statement markedly than do hemizygous males.
of reason. Reason : Dosage compensation mechanism
Mark the correct choice as : accounts for effective dosage genes in males and
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and females.
reason is the correct explanation of 58. Assertion : Sickle-cell anaemia is an autosome-
assertion. linked recessive disorder that can be transmitted
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but if both parents are heterozygous for the gene.
reason is not the correct explanation of Reason : In sickle-cell anaemia, haemoglobin
assertion. molecule undergoes polymerisation under low
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false. oxygen tension causing the change in shape of
(d) If both assertion and reason are false. RBC.
59. Assertion : Phenylpyruvic acid is excreted
through urine in case of phenylketonuria.
Reason : The affected individual lacks enzyme
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Level II
01. Alleles are 07. Mendel was successful in discovering the
(a) different phenotype principles of inheritance as
(b) true breeding homozygotes (a) he took pea plants for his experiments
(c) different molecular forms of a gene (b) he did not encounter linkage between the
(d) heterozygotes genes for the characters he considered
02. Which factor expresses itself in homozygous (c) he had an indepth knowledge on
and even in heterozygous condition? hybridization
(a) Dominant factor (d) he was a famous mathematician
(b) Weak factor 08. A homozygous sweet pea plant with blue
(c) Recessive factor flowers (RR) and long pollen (R0R0) is crossed
(d) Incomplete factor with a homozygous plant having red flowers (rr)
03. It heterozygous dominant (Tt) crossed with and round pollen (r0r0). The resultant F1-hybrid
homozygous dwarf plant, then the percentage of is test crossed. Which of the following genotype
progeny having dwarf character is does not appear in its progeny?
(a) 60% (a) Rrrr0
(b) 40% (b) RrRr0
(c) 50% (c) R0r0rr0
(d) 70% (d) Rr0rr0
04. Mendel’s law were true for situation in which 09. A self-fertilising trihybrid plant forms
(a) alleles are affected by their environment (a) 8 different gametes and 64 different
(b) alleles show complete dominance zygotes
(c) alleles of a gene alter the effect of a (b) 4 different gametes and 16 different

different gene zygotes

(c) 8 different gametes and 16 different
(d) a given character is determined by more
zygotes
than one gene
(d) 8 different gametes and 32 different
05. Chances of segregation of alleles in gametes are
zygotes
(a) 25%
10. Blood grouping is the example of
(b) 35%
(a) multiple allele
(c) 50%
(b) codominance
(d) 75%
(c) Both (a) and (b)
06. The best method to determine the homozygosity
(d) independent assortment
and heterozygosity of an individual is
11. Multiple alleles are present
(a) self-fertilisation
(a) on different chromosomes
(b) back cross
(b) at different loci on the same chromosome
(c) test cross
(c) at the same locus of the chromosome
(d) inbreeding
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12. All of this obeys Mendel’s laws except (c) environmental changes and sexual
(a) codominance dimorphism
(b) independent assortment (d) genotype and environment interactions
(c) dominance 17. The recessive gene that always produces its
(d) purity of gametes effect is
13. Consider the following statement regarding (a) pleiotropic gene
ABO blood group in human. (b) complementary gene
I. It is controlled by multiple allele. (c) holandric gene
II. It shows codominance. (d) supplementary gene
III. Codominance can be manifested 18. Example of intragenic gene interaction is/are
phenotypically in human. (a) incomplete dominance
IV. It follows the Mendel law of inheritance. (b) codominant
Which of the following statement(s) are correct? (c) multiple alleles
(a) Only I (d) All of these
(b) I and II 19. Multiple phenotype is seen in
(c) II and III (a) pleiotropy
(d) IV and II (b) incomplete dominance
14. Sickle-cell anaemia is caused due to the (c) multiple allelism
substitution of (d) polygenic inheritance
th
(a) valine at the 6 position of alpha globin 20. Linkage was first suggested by
chain by glutamic acid (a) Sutton and Boveri
th
(b) glutamic acid at the 6 position of beta (b) Morgan
globin chain by valine (c) de Vries
th
(c) valine at the 6 position of beta globin (d) Pasteur
chain by glutamine 21. Frequency of crossing over is …A… in linked
th
(d) glycine at the 6 position of alpha globin gene …B… in unlinked gene.
chain by glutamic acid Choose correct combination for A and B
15. A gene that masks another gene’s expression is (a) A-more; B-less
called (b) A-less; B-more
(a) dominant (c) A-same; B-same
(b) recessive (d) A-same; B-happened
(c) epistatic 22. The chromosomes in which centromere is
(d) assorted situated close to one end are
16. Phenotype of an organism is the result of (a) metacentric
(a) mutations and linkages (b) acrocentric
(b) cytoplasmic effects and nutrition (c) telocentic
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23. Diploid cells have (a) Normal sons and carrier daughters
(a) two chromosomes (b) Colourblind sons and carrier daughters
(b) one set of chromosomes (c) Colourblind sons and 50% carrier
(c) two pairs of homologous chromosomes daughters
(d) two sets of chromosomes (d) 50% colourblind sons and 50% carrier
24. L-shaped chromosomes are also called daughters
(a) acrocentric 30. If a colourblind woman marries a normal
(b) telocentric visioned man, their sons will be
(c) sub-metacentric (a) all normal visioned
(d) None of these (b) one half colourblind and one half normal
25. The arrangement of genes on chromosome is (c) three-fourth colourblind and one-fourth
(a) linear normal
(b) ovoid (d) all colourblind
(c) diffused 31. Low pitched voice, beared and moustaches,
(d) spiral belong to the
26. A condition characterised by not having an (a) sex limited traits
exact number of chromosomes in a multiple of (b) sex-linked trait
haploid set is called (c) nullisomic traits
(a) polyploidy (d) sex influenced traits
(b) synploidy 32. The chromosomal denotation for heterogametic
(c) aneuploidy female and homogametic males are
(d) None of these (a) ZW and ZZ
27. In XX and XY type of sex-determination, the (b) ZO-ZZ
males are (c) XX-XO
(a) homogametic (d) Both (a) and (b)
(b) heterogametic 33. Haploid-diploid mechanism of sex-
(c) Both (a) and (b) determination (haplodiploidy) takes place in
(d) isogametic (a) bees
28. Milk secretion and baldness, both the traits (b) wasps
belongs to (c) Ants
(a) sex limited (d) All of these
(b) sex-linked 34. Females in haplodiplody sex determination are
(c) sex influenced (a) n
(d) autosomal traits (b) 2n
29. A marriage between normal visioned man and 1
(c) n
colourblind woman will produce which of the 2
following types of offspring ? (d) 3n

 
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35. Thalassemia is (c) Bateson
(a) autosomal recessive disease (d) Robert Hooke
(b) autosomal dominant disease 42. Unit of inheritance that is required to express a
(c) sex-linked dominant disease particular trait of organism is called
(d) sex-linked recessive disease (a) factors
36. In Turner’s syndrome (b) genes
(a) female is fertile (c) phenotype
(b) male is fertile (d) genotype
(c) female is sterile 43. The factors which expresses only in
(d) male is sterile homozygous condition is
37. Sex chromosomes of a female bird are (a) dominant
represented by (b) recessive
(a) XO (c) hidden
(b) XX (d) cryptic
(c) XY 44. The ABO blood groups are controlled by
(d) ZW (a) l-gene
38. When an animal has both the characters of male (b) c-gene
and female, it is called (c) B-gene
(a) intersex (d) n-gene
(b) superfemale 45. How many phenotypes and genotypes are
(c) supermale possible in ABO group systems ?
(d) gynandromorphy (a) Four, five
39. Which of the one does not indicate the presence (b) Four, six
of chromosomal disorder ? (c) Four, seven
(a) 44 AA + XXX (d) Three, four
(b) 44 AA + YY 46. The types of gametes formed by the genotype
(c) 44 AA + XY RrYy are
(d) 45 AA + XX (a) RY, Ry, rY, ry
40. The chromosome constitution 2n – 2 of an (b) RY, Ry, ry, ry
organism represents (c) Ry, Ry, Yy, ry
(a) monosomic (d) Rr, RR, Yy, YY
(b) nullisomic 47. A man has blood group A. His wife has blood
(c) haploid group B. Their children can have blood group
(d) trisomic (a) AB
41. Father of ‘genetics’ is (b) A or B
(a) de Vries (c) A or B or AB
(b) Mendel (d) A or B or AB or O

 
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48. Mating of an organism to a double recessive in 51. Mendel crossed tall and dwarf plant. In F2-
order to determine whether it is homozygous or generation, both the tall and dwarf plants were
heterozygous for a character under consideration produced. This shows
is called (a) blending of characters
(a) reciprocal cross (b) atavism
(b) test cross (c) non-blending of characters
(c) dihybrid cross (d) intermediate characters
(d) back cross 52. The law of segregation of characters is also
49. …A… gene produces all gametes that are called the law of purity of gametes because
similar, while a …B… produces two kinds of (a) gametes have only one of the two alleles
gametes each having one allele with equal for each characters
proportion. (b) gametes cannot be contaminated
Choose the correct options for A and B. (c) gamete and very different type of cells
(a) A-homozygous; B-heterozygous (d) Both tall and dwarf plants in 1 : 2
(b) A-homozygous; B-dominance
(c) A-homozygous; B-recessive
(d) A-heterozygous; B-homozygous
50. When alleles of two contrasting characters are
present together, one of the character expresses
itself during the cross while the other remains
hidden. This is the
(a) law of purity of gametes
(b) la of segregation
(c) law of dominance
(d) law of independent assortment

 
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Level III
01. In Mirabilis jalapa, when rad and white varieties (c) Klinefelter’s syndrome
are crossed, the hybrid obtained will be _____ (d) Down's syndrome
pink. 07. Select the correct statement.
(a) 25% (a) Sex-linked traits appear more frequently
(b) 50% in females
(c) 75% (b) Colour blindness is caused due to proper

(d) 100% formation of colour sensitive cells

(c) Human females have double dose of X-
02. Snapdragon is an example of _________ gene
chromosome
interaction.
(d) Drone bees produce sperms by meiosis
(a) codominance
08. One of the following is not an example of
(b) multiple alleles
incomplete sex linkage.
(c) incomplete dominance
(a) Total colour blindness
(d) polygenic inheritance
(b) Retinitis pigmentosa
03. In a person suffering from sickle-cell anaemia,
(c) Nephritis
the _______ becomes hall moon-shape(d)
(d) Myopia
(a) RBC
09. The number of phenotype recombinant offspring
(b) thrombocyte
formed during F2-generation of a dihybrid cross
(c) monocyte are
(d) lymphocyte 9
(a)
04. In a dihybrid cross with contrasting characters, 16
the number of different genotypes obtained in 7
(b)
16
F2-generation are
6
(a) 16 (c)
16
(b) 9
4
(c) 6 (d)
16
(d) 4 10. Which of the following is an example of
05. Mendel obtained purelines by selling yellow intergenic gene interaction ?
round seeds as female parent and green wrinkled (a) Multiple alleles
as male parent for ________ generations. (b) Codominance
(a) 2 (c) Incomplete dominance
(b) 3 (d) Polygenes
(c) 4 11. How many different types of gametes will be
(d) 5 formed by a pea plant with genotype TtYy?
06. An extra sex chromosome is present in ______. (a) 16
(b) 08
(a) Turner's syndrome
(c) 06
(b) Thalassemia
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12. To determine whether F1 hybrid is homozygous inheritance, the phenotypic ratio in F 2-
or heterozygous for a particular trait _______ generation will be
cross is performed. (a) 1 : 6 : 15 : 20 : 15 : 6 : 1
(a) monohybrid (b) 1:4:6:4:1
(b) test (c) 1:2:1
(c) back (d) 2:1
(d) reciprocal 18. How many types of gametes will be produced
13. Select the correct sequence of the F1-generation. by an individual having genotype AaBbcc?
(a) four
(b) three
(c) two
(d) one
(a) 1  XHXH, 2  XhXH, 3  XHY, 4  XHY 19. Find out the odd one with respect to X-linkage.
(b) 1  X X , 2  X X , 3  X Y, 4  X Y
H h H h H H
(a) Haemophilia
(c) 1  X X , 2  X X , 3  X Y, 4  X Y
H h h H h h
(b) Myopia
(d) 1  XhXH, 2  XHXh, 3  XHY, 4  XHY (c) Nephritis
14. The ________ is a primary constriction. (d) Night blindness
(a) telomere 20. Epicathal skin fold and simian crease are
(b) sarcomere characteristic of
(c) chromomere (a) Down's syndrome
(d) centromere (b) Klinefelter's syndrome
15. Feminised males have ________ chromosomes. (c) Thalassemia
(a) 44 (d) Turner’s syndrome

(b) 45 21. In the given diagram, I and II indicate

(C) 46
(d) 47
16. In the first stop of monohybrid cross
experiment, Mendel selected pea plants which
were
(a) pure tall as male and pure dwarf as female
(b) pure tall as female and pure dwarf as male
(c) heterozygous tall as male and pure dwarf,
as female (a) chromomere and chromonemata

(d) heterozygous tall as female and pure (b) centromere and secondary constriction
(c) secondary constriction and satellite
dwarf as male
(d) telomere and satellite
17. In a cross between red kernelled and white
kernelled varieties of wheat showing polygenic

 
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22. Which of the spindle fibres connect the 27. Which Mendelian idea is depicted by a cross in
centromere of chromosome to the respective which the F1-generation resembles both the
poles called? parents?
(a) Astral rays (a) Incomplete dominance
(b) Interpolar fibres (b) Law of dominance
(c) Chromosomal fibres (c) Inheritance of one gene
(d) Inter chromosomal fibres (d) Codominance
23. A couple, both carriers for the gene sickle-cell 28. The complex formed by a pair of synapsed
anaemia planning to get married, wants to know homologous chromosomes is called
the chances of having anaemic progeny? (a) equatorial plate
(a) 100% (b) kinetochore
(b) 75% (c) bivalent
(c) 50% (d) axoneme
(d) 25% 29. Which of the following statements is not true for
24. The chromosome with centromere near the end two genes that show 50% recombination
is called frequency?
(a) acrocentric (a) the genes may be on different
(b) metacentric chromosomes
(c) sub-metacentric (b) the genes are tightly linked
(d) telocentric (c) the genes show independent assortment
25. Which of the following cross will give recessive (d) if the genes are present on the same
progeny in F1-generation? chromosome, they undergo more than one
(a) TT  tt crossovers in every meiosis
(b) Tt  TT 30. The incorrect statement with regard to

(c) tt  tt haemophilia is

(d) TT  TT (a) it is a sex-linked disease

26. If two persons with ‘AB’ blood group marry and (b) it is a recessive disease

have sufficiently large number of children, these (c) it is a dominant disease

children could be classified as ‘A’ blood group : (d) a single protein involved in the clotting of
‘AB’ blood group : ‘B’ blood group in 1 : 2 : 1 blood is affected
ratio. Modern technique of protein 31. If both parents are carriers for thalassemia,
electrophoresis reveals presence of both ‘A’ and which is an autosomal recessive disorder. What
‘B’ type proteins in ‘AB’ blood group are the chances of pregnancy resulting in an
individuals. This is an example of affected child?
(a) codominance (a) No chance
(b) incomplete dominance (b) 50%
(c) partial dominance (c) 25%
(d) complete dominance (d) 100%

 
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32. The female children of haemophilic father and 38. A tall plant was grown in nutrient deficient soil
carrier mother are and remained dwarf. When it is crossed with
(a) all haemophilic dwarf plant then
(b) half haemophilic, half carrier (a) All hybrid plants are dwarf
(c) all normal (b) All hybrid plants are tall
(d) all carrier (c) 50% tall and 50% dwarf
33. Number of Barr bodies in XXXXY is (d) 75% tall and 25% dwarf
(a) 1 39. Test cross involves
(b) 2 (a) crossing between two genotypes with
(c) 3 recessive trait
(d) 4 (b) crossing between two F1-hybrids
34. A test-cross distinguishes between (c) crossing the F1-hybrid with a double
(a) a homozygous dominant and the recessive genotype
heterozygous form (d) crossing between two genotypes with
(b) a homozygous recessive and the dominant trait
heterozygous form 40. Down's syndrome is due to
(c) two homozygous form (a) trisomy of 13th chromosome
(d) two heterozygous form (b) non-disjunction of 21st chromosome
35. In the F2-generation, genotypic and phonotypic (c) trisomy of 18th chromosome
ratios are identical in case of (d) fusion of normal sperm with egg having 2
(a) complementary genes X chromosomes
(b) Mendelian dihybrids 41. Which of the following disease is related to
(c) Mendelian monohybrids haemophilia?
(d) incomplete dominance (a) Myopia
36. Which of the following characters studied by (b) Cataract
Mendel in garden pea was found to be (c) Night blindness
dominant? (d) Colour blindness
(a) Green seed colour 42. The trisomy for 21st chromosome is called
(b) Terminal flower position (a) Down's syndrome
(c) Green pod colour (b) Turner’s syndrome
(d) Wrinkled seed (c) Klinefelter's syndrome
37. Chromatin contains (d) Sickle-cell anaemia
(a) DNA only 43. In Klinefelter's syndrome, the sex chromosome
(b) histone proteins only complement is
(c) non-histone proteins only (a) XXY
(d) All of these (b) XYY
(c) XY
(d) XX

 
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44. Sex chromosomes of male are 48. A test cross is performed
(a) homozygous (a) by selfing of F2-generation plants
(b) heterozygous (b) by selfing of E-generation plants
(c) hemizygous (c) to determine whether F1-plant is
(d) autosomes homozygous or heterozygous
45. In humans, which of the following is a sex- (d) between a homozygous dominant and
linked disease? homozygous recessive plant
(a) Albinism 49. Genetic counsellors can identify heterozygous
(b) HaemoPhilia individuals by
(c) Phenylketonuria (a) height of individuals
(d) Sickle-cell anaemia (b) colour of individuals
46. Recessive characters are expressed (c) screening procedures
(a) on any autosome (d) None of these
(b) on both the chromosomes of female 50. Type of gamete participating in selfing of
(c) when they are present on X-chromosomes members in monohybrid cross are
of male (a) one type
(d) when they are present on X-chromosomes (b) two types
of female (c) four types
47. The shape of chromosome is determined by (d) many types
(a) centrosome
(b) centromere
(c) chromomere
(d) telomere

 
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Answerkey

Level I

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (c)

8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (a)
15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (d)
22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (b)
29. (d) 30. (c) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (d) 35. (b)
36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (a)
43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (d)
50. (a) 51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (c)
57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (a)
 

Level II

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (b)

8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (b)
15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (b)
22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (a)
29. (b) 30. (d) 31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (a)
36. (d) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (b)
43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (d) 48. (b) 49. (a)
50. (c) 51. (c) 52. (a)
 

Level III

1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (c)

8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (d)
15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a) 21. (d)
22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (c)
29. (b) 30. (c) 31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (d)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (a)
43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (b) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (c)
50. (b)