PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION TEST -I
Section A 1X20=20
1. A: Violet flower colour is the recessive trait of Pea plant.
R: It expresses in both heterozygous and homozygous condition.
2. A: Law of segregation is applicable to both chromosomes and genes.
R: Genes are similar to chromosomes in behavioral aspect.
3. A: In a dihybrid cross, No. of possible phenotypes are four.
R: Dihybrid condition can result due to linkage as well.
4. A: X chromosomes always show Criss cross inheritance.
R: For every progeny there is 50% probability to develop alternate sex.
5. A: Pleiotropism can be seen in Phenylketonuria.
R: Pleiotropic gene does not follow Mendelism.
6. A: Few progeny in F2-generation traits were identical to their parental type.
R: The progeny show no blending of traits.
7. A: A good example of Co dominance is ABO blood group system.
R: When IA and IB alleles are present together in ABO blood group system, they both express
their own types.
8. A: Man has 23 linkage groups and fruit fly only 4.
R : Man has 46 chromosomes and fruit fly only 8.
9. A: In humans, red-green colour blindness is due to an X-linked dominant gene.
R: The father transmits his gene for colour blindness to son not to his daughter
10. A: A Turner syndrome individual would be expected to have no Barr body.
R: Their sex chromosome constitution is XO.
Multiple Choice Questions
11. 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, then
(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 off springs will be tall with red fruit
12. Which of the following most appropriately describes haemophilia?
(a) Chromosomal disorder (b) Dominant gene disorder
(c) Recessive gene disorder (d) X-linked recessive disorder
13. Choose the wrong statement.
(a) Failure of segregation of chromatids during cell division results in aneuploidy
(b) Additional copy of 'X' chromosome in males result in Klinefelter's syndrome
(c) Closely located genes in a chromosome always assort independently resulting in recombinants
(d) According to Mendel, recessive character never blend in heterozygous condition
14. Identify the correct order of organisation of genetic material from largest to smallest:
(a) Chromosome, gene, genome, nucleotide (b) Genome, chromosome, nucleotide, gene
(c) Genome, chromosome, gene, nucleotide (d) Chromosome, genome, nucleotide, gene
15. Down's syndrome is associated with trisomy of chromosome number:
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23
16. Choose the best explanation for the mechanism of inheritance keeping in mind Mendel‟s law of
segregation and independent assortment.
(a) A characteristic is inherited in combination with others.
(b) The presence of one characteristic (e.g., colour) modifies the inheritance of other (e.g., shape).
(c) A characteristic (say shape) is inherited independent of the influence of other (e.g., colour).
(d) Rare combination of characters is always due to mutations, which are inherited by the progeny.
17. A Red colour flower is found to be dominant over violet colour flower. The genotype of white
flower can be determined by
(a) Back cross (b) test cross (c) monohybrid cross (d) dihybrid cross
18. The F 1 of genotype Tt were self-pollinated. The resultant F 2 plants appear to be both tall and
dwarf in the phenotypic ratio 3:1. What would be the genotypic ratio of the F 2 generation plants?
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19. Genes which are located only in the Y-chromosome are known as:
(a) epistatic genes (b) holandric genes (c) Operator genes (d) Hologynic genes
20. The nuclear structure observed by Henkings in 50% of the insect sperm after spermatogenesis was:
(a) X-body (b) autosome (c) Y-chromosome (d) Y body
