Poll-19
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BOTANY (B-19)
Syllabus: Principles of Inheritance
Choose the correct answer.
1. In Mendel’s words, the stable and discrete units
that controlled the expression of traits were
(1) Chromosomes
(2) Factors
(3) Genes
(4) Alleles
2. Read the following statements and choose the
option for the correct ones.
(a) Mendel provided the physical proof for the
existence of characters on chromosomes.
(b) Mendel’s results on the inheritance of
characters were rediscovered by different
scientists.
(c) Through his experiments, Mendel noted that
the behaviour of chromosomes was parallel to
the behaviour of genes.
(d) The two alleles of a gene pair are located on
homologous sites of homologous
chromosomes.
(e) During metaphase I, the two chromosome
pairs can align at the metaphase plate
independently of each other.
(1) (b) & (e) only
(2) (a) & (c)
(3) (b), (d) & (e)
(4) (b), (c) & (d)
3. Sutton gave the chromosomal theory of
inheritance by uniting the Mendelian principles
with
(1) The knowledge of chromosomal segregation
(2) Theory of linkage of genes
(3) Behaviour of chromosomal pairing during cell
division
(4) Properties of duplication of chromatids for the
division of nucleus
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4. Morgan worked with Drosophila melanogaster.
This organism has many characteristics that made
it suitable for the Morgan’s experiment. Which of
the following was not amongst them?
(1) It completes its life cycle in about two weeks
(2) Morphologically distinct sex chromosomes in
both the sexes
(3) It produces a large number of progeny flies in
a single mating
(4) There is a clear differentiation of sexes
5. On the basis of Morgan’s experiment on fruit fly it
was concluded that
(1) Alleles for body colour is present in pair in
male fly
(2) Alleles for eye colour and body colour are
present on different chromosomes
(3) Traits for eye colour and wing size are not
inherited to offspring from male fly
(4) Genes for body colour and eye colour are
more closely located as compared to that of
eye colour and wing size
6. Which of the following is extensively used as a
starting point in the sequencing of whole
genomes?
(1) Contrasting traits of a character
(2) Chromosomal recombination
(3) Multiple phenotypic expression of a gene
(4) Genetic maps
7. If the skin colour in human is controlled by three
genes P, Q and R then, which of the following
genotypes would show the same phenotype?
(a) PpQQRr (b) PPQqrr
(c) ppQqRR (d) ppQQRr
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(1) (a) and (b) only (d) Causes alteration in chromosome.
(2) (a), (b) and (c) The correct one(s) is/are
(3) (b), (c) and (d) (1) (a) and (c)
(4) (c) and (d) only (2) (b) only
8. Identify the incorrect statement regarding (3) (b) and (d)
phenylketonuria.
(4) (b) and (c)
(1) It occurs due to a single gene mutation
14. In a pedigree chart, parents with five unaffected
(2) The gene for this disorder is located on an offspring can be represented as
autosome
(3) This disorder does not follow Mendelian laws
(1)
of inheritance
(4) It is an example of pleiotropy
9. The X body that was named by Henking was
observed by him in a few
(1) Insects (2)
(2) Birds
(3) Mammals
(4) Protozoans
10. All the eggs and sperms have same number of (3)
chromosomes. This statement is true for all of the
following organisms, except
(1) Drosophila
(2) Grasshopper
(4)
(3) Human
(4) Honey bee
11. In human being, the probability of fertilising an egg
with the sperm having Y chromosome is 15. Match the following columns and choose the
1
correct option.
(1)
2
1
(2)
8 Column I Column II
1
(3)
4 a. Turner’s syndrome (i) X linked recessive
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(4) disorder
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12. Select the incorrect statement from the following. b. Haemophilia (ii) Sterile female has
(1) Worker bees are developed from eggs by only one X
means of parthenogenesis
chromosome
(2) In some insects, sperms are produced by
mitosis c. Klinefelter’s (iii) Inherited as
(3) There is no contribution of male honey bee to syndrome autosomal
produce male progeny
recessive trait
(4) Queen honey bees are diploid
13. Change in a single base pair of DNA d. Phenylketonuria (iv) Individual with
(a) Is called chromosomal aberration. karyotype 47, XXY
(b) Is known as point mutation.
(c) Causes frame-shift mutation.

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a. b. c. d. 18. In a normal individual which is carrier for sickle-cell
anaemia
(1) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(1) Mutant haemoglobin molecules are not
(2) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
synthesized
(3) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(2) Normal haemoglobin molecules are not
(4) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) synthesized
16. A women, carrier for colour blindness, is married (3) Both non-mutant and mutant haemoglobin
to a man whose mother is colour-blind. What is the molecules are synthesized
probability of their first child being colour-blind
(4) Both mutant and non-mutant genes
daughter?
synthesize normal haemoglobin molecules
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(1) 19. In which of the following disorders, mental
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1 retardation is a common feature
(2)
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1
(1) Thalassemia and Turner’s syndrome
(3)
2 (2) Phenylketonuria and Down’s syndrome
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(4) (3) Haemophilia and phenylketonuria
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17. Select the option which is not true regarding (4) Cystic fibrosis and Turner’s syndrome
myotonic dystrophy. 20. Read the following statements and choose the
(1) It is an autosomal trait option which is true for them.
(2) It is due to a dominant gene Statement-1: β thalassemia is controlled by two
linked genes located on chromosome 11.
(3) It is a gender specific trait
Statement-2: α thalassemia is controlled by a
(4) It is a Mendelian disorder
single gene located on chromosome 16.
(1) Only statement-1 is correct
(2) Only statement-2 is correct
(3) Both the statements are incorrect
(4) Both the statements are correct

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