Chapter: Heredity and Variation
51.

When there is no Possibility of independent assortment of genes during gametogenesis then What Will be the real ratio of F2 in dihybrd cross?

A. 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
B. 11 : 1 : 1 : 3
C. 12 : 1 : 1 : 2
D. 9 : 3 : 2 : 2
E. cessive
Answer» B. 11 : 1 : 1 : 3
52.

What is incorrect statement Gynandromorphs ?

A. Individuals who show male characters and female characters
B. Individuals who show only female characters
C. It happens due to less of X- chromosomes
D. It happens due to binacleated eggs
E. cessive
Answer» B. Individuals who show only female characters
53.

What is Barr body ?

A. One more than the number of X - chromosomes
B. One more than the number of Y-chromosomes
C. One less than the number of X - chromosomes
D. Two less than the number of X - chromosomes
E. cessive
Answer» C. One less than the number of X - chromosomes
54.

What is called Free martin ?

A. Sterile male born along with a fertile female
B. Sterile intersex born along with a fertile female
C. Sterile super male born along with a intersex
D. Sterile female born along with a fertile male
E. cessive
Answer» D. Sterile female born along with a fertile male
55.

Out of the following , Find out the reason for occurrence of free martin in cattles ?

A. Both the twins are connected by a common umbilical cord
B. Gonad of the male develop earlier then those of the female
C. Male hormones reach the female embryo and influence the development of male sex in the female embryo
D. All of the above
E. cessive
Answer» D. All of the above
56.

In this group of plants male is heterogametic and female is homogametic type

A. Gymnosperms
B. Bryophytes
C. pteridophytes
D. angiosperms
E. cessive
Answer» D. angiosperms
57.

Name the Plant possessing two X chromosomes

A. Humulus japanic
B. Dioscoria sinulate
C. Flagellaria
D. Both (A) & (B)
E. cessive
Answer» D. Both (A) & (B)
58.

State the mutant gene Which converts the male flowers into female flowers In Maize plant

A. TA TA
B. ta ta
C. TA Ta
D. Both (A) &(C)
E. cessive
Answer» B. ta ta
59.

By which gene sex is determind in Spinach ?

A. Single gene "m" located in the X- chromosome
B. Single gene "m" located in the Y- chromosome
C. Single gene "t" located in the X- chromosome
D. Single gene "t" located in the Y- chromosome
E. cessive
Answer» A. Single gene "m" located in the X- chromosome
60.

Which factor in nature causes discontinuous Variation in a population ?

A. Recombination
B. Shufflng of parental genes
C. Mutation
D. Geneflow
E. cessive
Answer» C. Mutation
61.

This is reversal of mutation

A. Spontneous mutation
B. Zygotic mutation
C. Back mutation
D. Recessive mutation
E. cessive
Answer» C. Back mutation
62.

Which condition among the following is lethal ?

A. (2n-2)
B. (2n +2)
C. (2n +1)
D. (2n- 1)
E. cessive
Answer» A. (2n-2)
63.

State the cause of Philadelphia syndrome

A. Deletion from the long arm of chromosome number 20
B. Duplication in long arm of chromosome number 20
C. Deletion from the long arm of chromosome number 22
D. Deletion from the short arm of chromosome number 22
E. cessive
Answer» C. Deletion from the long arm of chromosome number 22
64.

which statement is incorrect regarding gene mutation

A. Mutations may be gradual or they may not be induced.
B. Mutation is an evolutionary agent
C. Any gene can undergo mutation
D. Mutated gene is harmful to the individual
E. cessive
Answer» A. Mutations may be gradual or they may not be induced.
65.

What happens to excessive phenylalanine accumulation in the blood of phenylketonuria patient ?

A. Get deposited on synovial membrane
B. excreted in urine
C. Get deposited in storage organs
D. All of the above
E. cessive
Answer» B. excreted in urine
66.

Name the enzyme needed for the following biochemical reaction Tyrosine  enzyme Melanin

A. Melanase
B. tyrosinase
C. Tyrosine aminase
D. transaminase
E. cessive
Answer» C. Tyrosine aminase
67.

Which is very common method to study Human Karyotype ?

A. Blood culture method
B. Tissue culture method
C. Pedigree method
D. Statistical method
E. cessive
Answer» A. Blood culture method
68.

Name the disorder caused by trisomy of sex chromosomes.

A. Down’s syndrome
B. Kline felter’s syndrome
C. Turner’s syndrome
D. Edward’s syndrome
E. cessive
Answer» B. Kline felter’s syndrome
69.

What will be expected blood groups in the off spring when there is a cross between AB blood group mother and heterozygous B blood group father ?

A. 25 % AB group 25 % A group 50 % B group
B. 50 % AB group 25 % A group 25 % B group
C. 25% AB group 50% O group 25 % A group
D. 25 % O group 50 % B group 25 % A group
E. cessive
Answer» A. 25 % AB group 25 % A group 50 % B group
70.

Which law of Mendel can be explained on chromosomal basis of inheritance ?

A. Law of dominance
B. Law of segregation
C. Law of independent assortment
D. All the above
E. cessive
Answer» C. Law of independent assortment
71.

Out of the marked portions X, Y and Z, in which region the male worm develop ?

A. X
B. Y
C. Z
D. All the three regions
E. cessive
Answer» C. Z
72.

Which kind of structural abnormality is seen in the above chromosome?

A. Terminal deletion
B. Duplication (Tandem)
C. Duplication (Reverse)
D. Inversion
E. cessive
Answer» B. Duplication (Tandem)
73.

Name the abnormality seen in chromosome number - 2

A. Interstitial Deletion
B. Terminal Deletion
C. Tandem Duplication
D. Reverse Duplicaton
E. cessive
Answer» A. Interstitial Deletion
74.

What does the following pedigree chart represent ?

A. Pedigree of sex - influenced disorder
B. Pedigree of sex - linked disorder
C. Pedigree of polydactylous in man
D. Pedigree of gene mutation
E. cessive
Answer» C. Pedigree of polydactylous in man
75.

What kind of chromosomal aberrations is seen in the given diagram?

A. Deletion
B. Duplication
C. inversion
D. Translocation
E. cessive
Answer» C. inversion
76.

What kind of sex determination is seen in the given chart?

A. Sex determination in drosophila
B. Sex determination in honey bee
C. Sex determination in moth
D. Sex determination in butterfly
E. cessive
Answer» B. Sex determination in honey bee
77.

What do A, B, C represent in the given diagram?

A. Centromere, chromatids chiasma
B. Chromatid, chiasma, centromere
C. Centromere, chiasma, chromatid
D. Chromatid, chiasma centromere
E. cessive
Answer» A. Centromere, chromatids chiasma
78.

What does the diagram represent ?

A. synapsis Zygotene
B. crossing over, Diplotene
C. Tetrad, Pachytene
D. Terminalization, Diakinesis
E. cessive
Answer» B. crossing over, Diplotene
79.

Whose karyotype is represented below ?

A. Female Drosophila
B. Male Drosophila
C. Intersex Fly
D. Super female fly
E. cessive
Answer» B. Male Drosophila
80.

What does the above cross represent ?

A. Incomplete linkage
B. Complete linkage
C. Crossing over
D. Evolution
E. cessive
Answer» B. Complete linkage
81.

The genes Controlling the seven characters of a pea plant studied by Mendel are now known to be located on how many different chromosomes? AIPMT - 2003

A. Seven
B. Six
C. Five
D. Four
E. cessive
Answer» D. Four
82.

Which one of the following traits of garden pea studied by Mendel was a recessive feature? AIPMT - 2003

A. Axial flower position
B. Green Seed colour
C. Green pod colour
D. Round Seed shape
E. cessive
Answer» B. Green Seed colour
83.

Down's Syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome number 21. What percent age of off spring produced by an affected mother and a normal father? AIPMT - 2003

A. 100%
B. 75%
C. 50%
D. 25%
E. cessive
Answer» D. 25%
84.

Lack of independent assortment of two genes A and B in fruitfly the Drosophilia is due to

A. Repulsion
B. Recombination
C. Linkage
D. Crossing over
E. cessive
Answer» C. Linkage
85.

. A male human is heterozygous for autosomal genes A and B and is also hemizygous for haemophilic gene h. What proportion of his sperms will be abh? AIPMT - 2004

A. 1/8
B. 1/32
C. 1/16
D. 1/4
E. cessive
Answer» A. 1/8
86.

. In a plant, red fruit (R) is dominant over yellow fruit (r) and tallness (T) is dominant over shortness (t). If a plant with RRTt genotype is crossed with a plant that is rrtt. AIPMT - 2004

A. 25% will be tall with red fruit
B. 50% will be tall with red fruit
C. 75% will be tall with red fruit
D. All the offspring will be tall with red fruit.
E. cessive
Answer» B. 50% will be tall with red fruit
87.

A normal woman, whose father was colour blind is married with normal man. The sons would be AIPMT - 2004

A. 75% Colour blind
B. 50% colour blind
C. all normal
D. all colourblind
E. cessive
Answer» A. 75% Colour blind
88.

.The recessive genes located on X - chromosome of humans are alwaysAIPMT-2004

A. Lethal
B. Sub - Lethal
C. expressed in males
D. expressed in females
E. cessive
Answer» C. expressed in males
89.

. Inorder to find out the different types of gametes produced by a pea plant having the genotype AaBb it should be crossed to a plant with the genotype AIPMT - 2004

A. AABB
B. AaBb
C. aabb
D. aaBB
E. cessive
Answer» C. aabb
90.

. A woman with normal vision, but whose father was colourblind, marries a colourblind man. AIPMT - 2004 Suppose that the fourth child of this couple was a boy. This boy

A. May be colourblind or may be of normal vision
B. Must be colourblind
C. Must have normal colour vision
D. Will be partially colourblind since he is heterozygous for the colourblind mutant allele.
E. cessive
Answer» A. May be colourblind or may be of normal vision
91.

.Which of the following is not a hereditary disease? AIPMT - 2004

A. Cystic Fibrosis
B. Thalassaemia
C. Haemophilia
D. Cretinism
E. cessive
Answer» D. Cretinism
92.

.Haemophilia is more commonly seen in human males than in human females because

A. a greater proportion of girls die in infancy AIPMT - 2004
B. this disease is due to a Y- linked recessive mutation
C. this disease is due to an X - linked recessive mutation
D. this disease is due to an X- linked dominant mutation
E. cessive
Answer» C. this disease is due to an X - linked recessive mutation
93.

.A woman with 47 chromosomes due to 3 copies of chromosome 21 is characterized by AIPMT - 2005

A. Super Femaleness
B. Triploidy
C. Turner's Syndrome
D. Down's Syndrome
E. cessive
Answer» D. Down's Syndrome
94.

. A man and a woman, who do 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 daughters affected. Which of the following mode of inheritance do you suggest for this disease? AIPMT - 2005

A. Sex - linked dominant
B. Sex - linked recessive
C. Sex - limited recessive
D. Autosomal dominant
E. cessive
Answer» B. Sex - linked recessive
95.

.Which one of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance ? AIPMT - 2006

A. Skin colour in humans
B. Flower colour in Miralibilis jalapa
C. Production of male honey bee
D. Pod shape in garden pea
E. cessive
Answer» A. Skin colour in humans
96.

.Phenotype of an organism is the result of AIPMT - 2006

A. genotype and environmental interactions
B. mutations and linkages
C. Cytoplasmic effects and nutrition
D. environmental changes and sexual dimorphism
E. cessive
Answer» A. genotype and environmental interactions
97.

.How many different gametes will be produced by a plant having the genotype AABbCC? AIPMT - 2006

A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Nine
E. cessive
Answer» A. Two
98.

.In Mendel's experiments with garden pea, round seed shape (RR) was dominant over wrinkledSeeds (rr), Yellow cotyledon (YY) was dominant over green cotyledon (yy). What are the expected Phenotypes in the F2 generation of the cross RRYY x rryy?

A. Round Seeds with yellow cotyledons, and wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyle dons
B. Only round seeds with green cotyledons
C. Only wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons
D. Only wrinkled seeds with green cotyledons
E. cessive
Answer» A. Round Seeds with yellow cotyledons, and wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyle dons
99.

Test cross involves AIPMT - 2006

A. Crossing between two genotypes with dominant trait
B. Crossing between two genotypes with recessive trait
C. Crossing between two F1 hybrids
D. Crossing the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype
E. cessive
Answer» D. Crossing the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype
100.

. If a colourblind woman marries a normal visioned man, their sons will be AIPMT - 2006

A. all colourblind
B. all normal visioned
C. one - half colourblind and one - half normal
D. three - fourths colourblind and one - fourth normal
E. cessive
Answer» A. all colourblind

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