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1. The trait shown in the given pedigree chart is 4. Study the pedigree chart of a family showing
most likely a/an: the inheritance of myotonic dystrophy.

1. Autosomal recessive trait The trait under study is

2. Autosomal dominant trait (1) dominant X-linked
3. Sex linked recessive trait (2) recessive X-linked
4. Sex linked dominant trait (3) autosomal dominant
(4) recessive Y-linked.
2. The disease inheritance pattern exemplified
in the given pedigree analysis can be:
5. Pedigree analysis is not utilized to trace
(1) Specific trait
(2) Sex ratio
(3) Disease
(4) Abnormality

6. Which of the following symbols represent

consanguineous mating?

(1)

(2)

Red-green colour
1. Hemophilia 2.
blindness
(3)
Phenyl
3. 4. Polydactyly
ketonuria
(4)
3. Which one of the following symbols and its
representation, used in human pedigree
analysis is correct?
(1) = Marriage between relatives
(2) = Unaffected male
(3) = Unaffected female
(4) = Male affected

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7. In the given pedigree chart select the correct 10. On the basis of information given in the
statement: pedigree, if II 3 marries a hemophilic man,
what is the probability that her first child will
be normal?

(1) A & B are twins

(2) A is younger than B
(3) B is younger than A
(4) Can’t determine the age of A & B

8. Study the pedigree chart given below to

identify the disorder
1. 1/4 2. 1/2
3. 3/4 4. 0

11. The family pedigree of Queen Victoria

shows a number of haemophilic descendants as
she was:
(1) Sickle cell anaemia 1. Affected by the disease
(2) Haemophilia 2. Carrier for the disease
(3) Myotonic dystrophy 3. Did not carry the allele for hemopihilia
(4) Phenylketonuria 4. Was not a queen

9. What does the given pedigree chart shows? 12. Study the given pedigree chart and choose
the correct statement

1. The trait under study is dominant.

2. Both parents are homozygous.
3. The trait can be X-linked recessive disease
(1) Sex-linked recessive trait
haemophilia.
(2) Sex-linked dominant trait
4. The trait depicted is autosomal recessive like
(3) Inheritance of Sickle cell anaemia
cystic fibrosis.
(4) Inheritance of autosomal dominant trait
13. The inheritance pattern of a gene over
generations among humans is studied by
pedigree analysis. The character studied in the
pedigree analysis is equivalent to:
1. quantitative trait 2. Mendelian trait
3. polygenic trait 4. maternal trait

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14. A normal woman whose father was colour 19. The pedigree chart of a family shows the
blind is married to normal visioned man. Their occurrence of affected individuals in every
sons would be generation. The trait most probably is
1. 75% colour blind (1) an autosomal recessive trait
2. 50% colour blind (2) an autosomal dominant trait
3. 100% colour blind (3) a Holandric trait
4. All normal. (4) a sex-linked recessive trait

15. A woman with normal vision but with 20. An affected male and a normal female have
colorblind father marries a colorblind man. Thefour children.The two daughters are affected
fourth child of the couple is a boy. This boy while the two sonsare normal. The daughters
1. May or may not be colorblind have normal husbands. The sons also marry
2. Must be colorblind normal women. Each of the daughters
3. Must have normal vision produced affected sons and affected daughters.
4. Will be partially colorblind due to being The sons had all normal children. The disorder
heterozygous most likely
is inherited as _________ condition.
16. Which one of the following symbols and its (1) autosomal dominant
representation, used in human pedigree (2) autosomal recessive
analysis is correct? (3) sex-linked dominant
(4) sex-linked recessive

21. In pedigree analysis, the symbol for affected

male is

1.
17. In the pedigree analysis, the meaning of the

symbol is 2.
1. Still birth
2. Dizygotic twin
3.
3. Mating between relatives
4. Sex unspecified
4.
18. The mode of inheritance of the trait [shown
by red color] in the given pedigree is most 22. Which of the following genetic disorders is
likely: shown in the given pedigree?

(1) Haemophilia
(2) Sickle cell anaemia
1. Autosomal recessive (3) Myotonic dystrophy
2. Autosomal dominant (4) Colour blindness
3. Sex-linked recessive
4. Sex-linked dominant

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23. Study the pedigree chart given below. 26. If a colour blind female marries a man
whose mother was also colour blind, what are
the chances of her progeny having colour
blindness
1. 100%
2. 25%
3. 50%
4. 75%
What does it show?
Inheritance of a sex-linked inborn error of 27. Select the incorrect match regarding the
1. symbols used in Pedigree analysis:
metabolism
Inheritance of a condition like
1. Sex unspecified
2. phenylketonuria as an autosomal recessive
trait
The pedigree chart is wrong as this is not 2. Affected individual
3.
possible
Inheritance of a recessive sex-linked disease 3. Consanguineous mating
4.
like haemophilia

24. Which of the following symbols represent Parent with male child
4.
consanguineous mating? affected with disease

1. 2.

3. 4. 28. Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

Pedigree
Meaning
Symbol
Mating between relatives
25. Study the given diagram and select the best 1. (consanguineous mating)
option:
Parents above and children
2. below (in order of birth – left
to right)

Parents with a male child

3.
affected with the disease

The mating between I-1 and I-II is 4. Five affected offspring

1.
consanguineous
2. The first born child of I-1 and I-II is a male
3. The first born child of I-1 and I-II is a female
The first born child of I-1 and I-II is affected
4.
by a genetic disease

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29. The given pedigree shows the inheritance

pattern of a rare mutant phenotype (filled-in
symbols) in humans. What is the most likely
mode of inheritance of the trait?

1. Autosomal recessive
2. Sex-linked recessive
3. Autosomal dominant
4. Sex-linked dominant

30. Which one of the following symbols

represents mating between relatives in human
pedigree analysis?

1. 2.

3. 4.

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