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HEREDITY AND VARIATION
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EXERCISE # 1
Q.1 On which plant mendel had carried out his Q.9 Dihybrid cross proves the law of -
investigation :- (1) Segregation
(1) Garden-pea (2) Wild pea (2) Purity of gametes
(3) Cow-pea (4) Pigeon pea (3) Dominance
(4) Independent assortment
Q.2 The year 1900 AD is highly significant for
geneticists due to the- Q.10 How many gametes are produced in F1
(1) Discovery of genes generation of a trihybrid -
(2) Principle of Linkage (1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 16
(3) Mendelian rediscovery
(4) Chromosome theory of heredity Q.11 Which genotype represents a true dihybrid
condition -
Q.3 During breeding the removal of anthers from a (1) tt rr (2) Tt rr (3) Tt Rt (4) TT Rr
flower is called -
(1) Anthesis (2) Pollination Q.12 Mendel enunciated how many principles of
(3) Emasculation (4) Bagging inheritance -
(1) One (2) Two (3) Three 4) Four
Q.4 When a heterozygous tall pea plant of F1
generation upon self fertilization produces tall Q.13 Mendelian ratio 9:3:3:1 is due to -
and dwarf phenotypes it proves the principle (1) Law of segregation
of - (2) Law of purity of gemetes
(1) Dominance (3) Law of independent assortment
(2) Segregation (4) Law of unit characters
(3) Independant assortement
(4) Inheritance & purity of gametes Q.14 Branch of biology dealing with heredity and
variation is called -
Q.5 Mendelian monohybrid ratio is - (1) Palaentolozy (2) Evolution
(1) 1:2:1 (2) 3:1 (3) 9:3:1 (4) 9:3:4 (3) Genetics (4) Ecolozy
Q.6 In a monohybrid cross the genotype ratio of the Q.15 A dihybrid ratio is -
offspring is - (1) 1:1:1:1 (2) 3:1
(1) 3:1 (2) 1:2:1 (3) 1:1:1:1 (4) 4:0 (3) 9:3:3:1 (4) 9:5:1:1
Q.7 Back cross is a cross between – Q.16 AABbCc genotype forms how many types of
(1) F1 × F1 (2) F1 × Recessive gametes -
(3) F1 × Dominant (4) F1 × any parent (1) 4 (2) 8 (3) 2 (4) 6
Q.8 The cross between recessive to it’s hybrid or Q.17 Who rediscovered the results of mendel’s
it’s F1 plant is called - experiments -
(1) Devries, Tschemark, correns
(1) Back cross
(2) Devries, Tschemark, Morgan
(2) Test cross
(3) Tschemark, Morgan, correns
(3) Monohybrid cross
(4) Tschemark, Bateson, Punnet
(4) Dihybrid cross
Q.18 In mendel’s experiments, colour of seed coat, Q.26 Mendel chose character in pea -
nature of flower, position of flower, colour of (1) Three (2) Two
pod, height of stem, are called - (3) One (4) Seven
(1) Alleles
(2) Genotype Q.27 Mendel’s law of segregation is based on
(3) Phenotype separation of alleles during -
(4) All of the above (1) Gemete formation
(2) Seed formation
Q.19 According to Mendel’s law of segregation the (3) Pollination
ratio of F2 generation is - (4) Embryonic development
(1) 1:2:1 (2) 3:1
Q.28 In a cross 45 tall & 14 dwarf plants were
(3) 1:1 (4) 2:1
obtained, genotype of parents was -
(1) TT X TT (2) TT X Tt
Q.20 Pea plants were more suitable than cattle for
(3) Tt X Tt (4) TT X tt
Mendel’s experiment because -
(1) There were no breeding records of cattles Q.29 An organism with two identical alleles is -
(2) Pea plants can be self-fertilised (1) Dominant (2) Hybrid
(3) Cattle are not easy to mantain (3) heterozgous (4) Homozygous
(4) All pea plants have 2X chromosomes and
fewer gentetic traits Q.30 Gametes of AaBb individual can be -
(1) Aa, Bb (2) AB, ab
Q.21 An individal with two identical members of a (3) AB,ab,aB (4) AB,Ab,aB, ab
pair of genetic factros is called -
(1) Heteromorphic (2) Heterozygote Q.31 When two hybrids Ttrr & Rrtt are crossed, the
(3) Homomorphic (4) Homozygote phenotypic ratio of offspring shell be -
(1) 3:1 (2) 1:1:1:1
Q.22 Two allelic genes are located on – (3) 1:1 (4) 9:3:3:1
(1) The same chromosome
(2) Two homologous chromosomes Q.32 The allele which is unable to express its effect
(3) Two-non-homologous chromosomes in the presence of another is called -
(4) Any two chromossomes (1) Co-dominant (2) Supplementary
(3) Complementry (4) Recessive
Q.23 The percentage of ab gametes produced by Aa
Bb parent will be - Q.33 Genotype is -
(1) 12.5 (2) 25 (1) Genetic composition of many organisms
(3) 50 (4) 75 (2) Genetic composition of plastids
(3) Genetic composition of germ cells
Q.24 Mendel’s principles are related to – (4) Genetic composition of an individual
(1) Evolution (2) Reproduction
(3) Variantions (4) Heredity Q.34 Mendelism is genetics of -
(1) Haploids (2) Diploids
(3) Prokaryotes (4) All the above
Q.25 Different forms of a gene are called -
(1) Heterozygotes Q.35 Which technique is used by Mendel for
(2) Alleles hybridisation -
(3) Complementary genes (1) Emasculation (2) Bagging
(4) Supplementary genes (3) Protoplast fusion (4) 1 & 2 both
2 | Heredity and Variation

Q.36 The word ‘’Genetics’’ coined by - (1) Organisms with dominant genes are more
(1) Mendel (2) Johannsen vital
(3) Bateson (4) morgan (2) Harmful mutations are not expressed due
to dominant gene
Q.37 Dihybrid plants form how many types of pollen (3) Heterosis is due to dominant gene
grains - (4) All the above
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Four (4) Eight
Q.47 An offspring of two homozygous parents
differing from one another by alleles at only
Q.38 When flowers are unisexual then emasculation
is done in - one gene locus is known as -
(1) Female (2) male (1) Back cross (2) Monohybrid
(3) 1 & 2 both (4) None of these (3) Dihybrid (4) Trihybrid
Q.39 How many plants are dihybrid in F2 generation Q.48 A useful process for determining whether an
of dihybrid cross - individual is homozygous or heterozygous is -
(1) One (2) Two (1) Cross-breeding (2) Self fertilization
(3) Four (4) Sixteen (3) Back-crossing (4) Test cross
Q.40 When a plant have two alleles of contrasting Q.49 Genetic recombinations occur through -
characters it is called - (1) Mitosis & Fertilisation
(1) Homozygous (2) Dioecious (2) Mitosis & Meiosis
(3) Heterozygous (4) Monoeious (3) Meiosis & Fertilisation
(4) None of the above
Q.41 Phenotypic ratio 3:1 proves -
(1) Dominance
Q.50 Disease resistant verienties can be produced
(2) Segregation
by -
(3) Crossing-over
(4) Indepenent assortment (1) Crossing a plant with wild veriety
(2) Treating with colchicine
Q.42 What is the ratio of one pair of contrasting (3) Crossing with hormones
characters in F2 of a dihybrid cross - (4) Treating with low temperature
(1) 5:3 (2) 3:1
(3) 9:3:3:1 (4) 1:2:2:4:1:2:1:2:1 Q.51 Which of the following is the unit of
inheritance -
Q.43 What is ratio of homozygous and heterozygous (1) Phenotype (2) Genotype
individuals in F2 of a monohybrid cross - (3) Gene (4) None of these
(1) 1:1 (2) 3:1
(3) 2:1 (4) 1:2 Q.52 Allele is the -
(1) Alternate trial of gene pair
Q.44 What is ratio of homozygous plants for both (2) Total number of genes for a trait
dominant characters in F2 of a dihybrid cross- (3) Total number of chromosomes of a haploid
(1) 1/16 (2) 3/16 set
(3) 4/16 (4) 9/16 (4) Total number of genes present on a
chromosome
Q.45 Which is Mendelian ratio ?
(1) 3:1 (2) 1:2:1 Q.53 Sex linkage first observed by -
(3) 1:1 (4) 4:9:3:3:1
(1) Bateson (2) corrense
(3) Morgan (4) Muller
Q.46 Which of the following is significance of
dominance ?
Q.54 A character which is expressed in a hybrid is Q.62 When a red flower homozygous pea plant is
called - crossed with a white flower plant what colour
(1) Dominant (2) Recessive is produced in F1 -
(3) Co-dominant (4) Epistatic (1) Red (2) White
(3) Pink (4) Red + white
Q.55 Genetic constitution of an individual is
represented by - Q.63 1:1:1:1 ratio shows -
(1) Genome (2) Genotype (1) Monohybrid cross
(3) Phenotype (4) Karyotype (2) Dihybrid cross
(3) Back cross
Q.56 Genes do not occur in pairs in - (4) Dihybrid test cross
(1) Zygote (2) Somatic cell
(3) Endosperm cell (4) Gametes Q.64 Gene word was coined by -
(1) mendel (2) Hugo-de-vires
Q.57 The genes for same trait present on non- (3) Morgan (4) Johannsen
homologous chromosomes are -
Q.65 Discoverer of incomplete dominence -
(1) Alleles (2) Linked genes
(3) Multiple alleles (4) Polygenes
(1) Von Tschermak (2) Carl correns
(3) Hugo-de-vries (4) None of the above
Q.58 Genotype-phenotype concept was first
produced by - Q.66 Test cross is -
(1) Bateson (2) Johannsen (1) Tt × Tt (2) Tt × TT
(3) Sutton & Boveri (4) Punnet (3) TT × TT (4) Tt × tt
Q.59 How many types of gametes are expected from Q.67 Law of independent assortment of mendel was
the organism with genotype AABBCC - proved by -
(1) One (2) Two (1) Monohybrid cross (2) Test cross
(3) Four (4) Eight (3) Dihybrid cross (4) Back cross
Q.60 One of the following did not constitute the Q.68 Mendel does not select which chracter in his
seven contrasting pairs of characters noticed by experiment -
mendel - (1) Plant height (2) Plant colour
(1) Height of the plants (3) Pod shape (4) Pod colour
(2) Shape of the leaves
(3) Shape of pod Q.69 In Mirabilis & Antirrhinum plant the
(4) Colour of pod apppearence of the pink hybrid (Rr) between
cross of a red (RR) and white (rr) flower parent
Q.61 How is the arrangement of Mendel’s selected indicates -
seven characters on four chromosomes - (1) Incomplete dominance
(1) One in ch. no 1.4 in ch. no 4, one in ch. no. (2) Segregation
5 and one in ch. no 7 (3) Dominance
(4) Heterosis
(2) 2 in ch. no. 1,3 in ch. no. 4, two in ch. no. 5
and one in ch. no. 7
Q.70 Exception to mendel’s law is found in flower
(3) 3 in ch. no. 1,1 in ch. no. 4,2 in ch. no 5
colour of -
and one in ch. no.7
(1) Mirabilis (2) Sweet-pea
(4) 2 in ch. no. 1,3 in ch. no. 4, 1 in ch. no. 5 (3) Garden-pea (4) Beans
and 1 in ch. no. 7

Q.71 RR(red) is crossed with ww (white). All Rw off Q.79 Linkage discovered in Drosophila by -
springs are pink. This indicates that R-gene is – (1) Bateson (2) Morgan
(1) Hybrid (3) Muller (4) Correns
(2) Incompletely dominant
(3) Recessive Q.80 Mendelian dihybrid and dihybrid with linkage
(4) Mutant are respectively realated with how many
chromosomes -
Q.72 In case of incomplete dominance the (1) 1 pair & 2 pair (2) 2 pair & 1 pair
monohybrid ratio of phenotype in F2 generation (3) 2 pair & 2 pair (4) 1 pair & 1 pair
is -
(1) 1:2:1 (2) 3:1:1 Q.81 Incomplete dominance occurs in -
(3) 9:3:3:1 (4) 2:3:1 (1) Mirabilis (2) Antirrhinum
(3) Andulasion fowl (4) All of the above
Q.73 Plant, which does not obeys Mendel’s laws-
(1) Mirabilis jalapa (2) Pisum sativum Q.82 How many linkage group are there in nucleoid
(3) Cicer auriethinum (4) lberies amara of becteria -
(1) One (2) Two
Q.74 The first attempt to show linkage in plants was (3) Four (4) None
done -
(1) Pisum sativim Q.83 Which cross yields red, white & pink flowers
(2) Lathyrus odoratus variety of dog flower -
(3) Zea mays (1) RR X Rr (2) Rr X Rr
(4) Oenothera lamarckiana (3) Rr X RR (4) Rr X rr
Q.75 In case of incomplete dominance, F2 generation Q.84 What shall be ratio in offspring when a roan
has - cow is crosed with a white bull -
(1) Genotypic ratio equal to phenotypic ratio (1) 1:2:1 (2) 3:1
(2) Genotypic ratio is 3:1 (3) 1:1 (4) All roan
(3) Phenotypic ratio is 3:1
(4) None Q.85 If distance between gene on chromosome is
more, then gene shows -
Q.76 Genes controlling seven traits in pea studied by (1) Weak linkage (2) Strong linkage
mendal were actually located on - (3) Less crossing over (4) 1 & 3 both
(1) Seven chromosomes
(2) Six chromosomes Q.86 The number of linkage groups in a cell having
(3) Four chromosomes 10 pairs of chromosomes are -
(4) Five chromosomes (1) 5 (2) 10
(3) 15 (4) 20
Q.77 With increasing age the linkage becomes-
(1) Strong (2) Weak Q.87 Phenotypic ratio in codominance -
(3) Terminates (4) Remains unchange (1) 1:2:1 (2) 3:1
(3) 2:1 (4) 2:1:3
Q.78 If there were only parental combinatios in F2 of
a dihybrid cross then mendel might have Q.88 Which of the following is exception to
dicovered - Mendel’s laws -
(1) Independant assortment (1) Linkage
(2) Atavism (2) Incomplete dominance
(3) Linkage (3) Co-dominance
(4) Repulsion (4) All of the above
Q.89 The two eukaryotic organelles responsible for Q.95 AB-Blood group shows -
cytoplasmic inheritance are - (1) Co-dominance
(1) Lysosome & Mitocondria (2) Complete dominance
(2) Chloroplasts & Lysosomes (3) Incomplet dominance
(3) Mitochondria & chloroplasts (4) Composite inheritance
(4) Mitochondria & Golgi-complex
Q.96 ABO blood group is an example of -
Q.90 Which of the following conditions represent a (1) Epistasis
case of co-dominant genes - (2) Multiple allelism
(1) A gene expresses itself, suppressing the (3) Pleotropism
phenotypic effect of its alleles
(4) Complementary genes
(2) Genes that are similar in phenotypic effect
when present separately, but when together
Q.97 A child is blood group is ‘O’ His parents blood
interact to produce a different trait
group can not be -
(3) Allele, both of which interact to product a
trait, which may resemble either of the (1) B & O (2) A & O
parental type. (3) AB (4) A & B
(4) Allele, both of which interact to product a
trait, which may resemble both of the Q.98 Ratio 9:7 is due to –
parental type. (1) Supplementary genes
(2) Lethal genes
Q.91 Mendel observed the certain characters did not (3) complementry genes
assort independently. Later researches, found it (4) Epistatic genes
to be due to -
(1) Amitosis (2) Linkage Q.99 Marriages between close relatives should be
(3) Dominance (4) Crossing over avoided becouse it includes more –
(1) Recessive alleles to come together
Q.92 Inheritance of skin colour in human beings is
(2) Mutations
an example of -
(3) Multiple births
(1) Complementary gene
(4) Blood group abnormalities
(2) Monogenic inheritance
(3) Polygenic inheritance
(4) Mendelian inheritance Q.100 Hypertrichosis is -
(1) Holandric character
Q.93 The phenomenon in which an allele of one (2) X-Linked character
gene suppresses the expression of an allele of (3) Diagenic character
another gene is known as - (4) Sex-influened character
(1) Dominance (2) Inactivation
(3) Epistasis (4) Suppression Q.101 In which of the following the inheritance takes
place only by male -
Q.94 When two independentaly assorting dominant (1) Nuclear
genes interact with each other to produce (2) Cytoplasmic
perticular phenotype but when they present (3) co-dominance
alone they did not produce phenotype they are (4) Holandric inheritance
called -
(1) Complementary gene Q.102 Which of the following is not a sex linked
(2) Supplementry gene characters -
(3) Duplicate gene (1) Haemophilia (2) Colour bindness
(4) Inhibitory gene (3) Hypertrichosis (4) Baldness

Q.103 A gene located on Y-chromosome and Q.113 Blood grouping in humans is controlled by -
therefore, transmitted from father to son is (1) 4 alleles in which 1A is dominant
known as - (2) 3 alleles in which 1A and IB are dominant
(1) Supplementry gene (3) 2 alleles in which none is domainant
(2) Complementry gene
(4) 3 alleles in which 1A is recessive
(3) Duplicate gene
(4) Holandric gene
Q.114 The longer the chromosome of an orgasnism,
Q.104 The condition in which only one allele of a pair the more genetic variability its gets from -
is present is known as - (1) Independent assortment
(1) Homozygous (2) Linkage
(2) Heterozgous (3) Crossing over
(3) Hemizygous (4) Mutation
(4) Incomplete dominance
Q.115 Which of the following is a genetic or heritable
Q.105 Colourblindness is a -
disease -
(1) Sex limited character
(2) Sex linked character (1) Night blindness
(3) Sex influenced character (2) Leukemia & Leprosy
(4) None (3) Phenyl-keton-urea
(4) Cataract
Q.106 What is the effect of sexual reproduction -
(1) Offspring is weak Q.116 Which is a dominant trait -
(2) Offspring is like the parent (1) Colour blindness (2) Albinism
(3) Offspring is more vigorous (3) Haemophilia (4) Rh factor
(4) Offspring is diseased
Q.117 A family has five girls and no son, the
Q.107 Baldness in man is a -
(1) Autosomal chracter probability of the occurance of son in 6th child
(2) Sex linked character is -
(3) Sex influenced character (1) 1/2 (2) 1/5
(4) A and C both (3) 1 (4) No chance
Q.108 A gene that shows it’s effect on more than one Q.118 A genetic clone is -
character is - (1) Plants produced by asexual means
(1) Polygene (2) Pleotropic gene (2) Hybrid produced by sexual means
(3) Multifactor gene (4) Multiple gene (3) Homozygous plant produced by sexual
means
Q.109 In multiple allele system a gamete (4) Heterozgous plant produced by sexual
prossesses - means
(1) Two alleles (2) Three alleles
(3) One allele (4) Several alleles
Q.119 How the sex of offsprings determined in
Q.110 An example of the quantitative trait in man is- humans -
(1) Hair colour (2) Colour of eye (1) Sex chromosome of mother
(3) Skin colour (4) Shape of nose (2) Size of ovum
(3) Size of sperm
Q.111 Polygenic inheritance was first noted by - (4) Sex chromosome of father
(1) Devenport (2) Galton
(3) Mendel (4) Kolreuter Q.120 Test cross can not be performed in -
(1) Neurospora (2) Man
Q.112 Sex-linked chracters are generally -
(1) Lethal (2) Recessive (3) Pea (4) Dogs
(3) Dominant (4) Not inherited
Q.121 Which of the following possess homogametic Q.130 Which one of the following traits studied by
male - Mendel in garden pea was a recessive character
(1) Plants (2) Man (3) Insect (4) Birds (1) Axial flower position
(2) Green cytyledon colour
Q.122 In Drosophila sex index of super female is - (3) Green pod colour
(1) 1 (2) 0.5 (3) 1.5 (4) 0.67 (4) Yellow seed colour
Q.123 If X/A Ratio of two Drosophila is 0.6 and 0.33 Q.131 When an F1 individual is crossed with its either
respectively what would be their sex - of the two parent. Then it is known as-
(1) Female & male (1) Test cross (2) Back cross
(2) Super female & super male (3) Reciprocal cross (4) Monohybrid cross
(3) Inter sex & super male
(4) Inter sex and super female Q.132 Dihybrid test cross ratio proposed by Mendel
is-
Q.124 Which of the following genotype represent (1) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
intersex Drosophila - (2) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
(1) 2A + XXX (2) 2A + XXY (3) 1 : 2 : 2 : 4 : 1 : 2 : 1 : 2 : 1
(3) 3A + XXY (4) 2A + XY (4) 3 : 1
Q.125 Which chromosome set is found in male grass Q.133 In incomplete dominance ratio of Red : Pink:
hopper - White is -
(1) 2A + XY (2) 2A + XO (1) 1 : 2 : 1 (2) 1 : 1 : 2
(3) 2A + YY (4) 2A + XX (3) 1 : 2 : 2 (4) 2 : 2 : 1
Q.126 Genic balance theory for sex determination in Q.134 How many pairs of contrasting characters were
Drosophila was proposed by - chosen by Mendel for his study with garden
(1) Pro. R.P.Roy (2) H.E. Warmke pea -
(3) C.B. Bridges (4) Mc. clung (1) 3 (2) 5
(3) 7 (4) 14
Q.127 In Drosophila male differenctiation is
controlled by - Q.135 If a homozygous red flowered plant is crosed
(1) No. of Y chromosome with white plant, the offspring will be -
(2) No. of X-chromosomes (1) All red flowered
(3) Ratio between number of X-chromosome (2) All white flowered
and the set of autosome (3) Half red flowered
(4) Sets of autosome (4) Half white flowered
Q.136 Who postulated the ‘Chromosome Theory of

Q.128 In man sex linked characters are mainly
Inheritance’ -
transmitted through - (1) De Vries (2) Mendel
(1) X- chromosome (3) Sutton and Boveri (4) Morgan
(2) Autosomes
(3) Y-chromosome Q.137 Drosophila melangaster has -
(4) X-chromosome, Y-chromosomes and (1) 2 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex
Autosomes chromosomes
(2) 3 pairs of autosomes and 3 pairs of sex
Q.129 Klinefelter’s syndrome has chromosome chromos1omes
arrangement - (3) 1 pairs of autosomes and 3 pairs of sex
(1) XX (2) XXY chromosomes
(3) XY (4) XO (4) 3 pairs of autosomes and 1 pairs of sex
chromosomes

Q.138 Incomplete dominance is found in - Q.146 Barr body is associated with -

(1) Pisum sativum (1) sex chromosome of female
(2) Antrrhirum majus (2) sex chromosome of male
(3) Both Pisum sativum and antirrhim majus (3) autosome of female
(4) None of these (4) autosome of male
Q.139 Which of the following is a test cross - Q.147 Colour blindnes is due to -
(1) Tt × Tt (2) TT × Tt (1) recessive female chromosome
(3) TT × tt (4) tt × Tt (2) dominant female chromsome
(3) recessive male chromosome
Q.140 Mendel observed that certain characters not (4) dominant male chromosome
assort independentily. Later Reserch found it to
be due to - Q.148 Alleles are -
(1) Amitosis (1) Alternate forms of a gene
(2) Linkage of characters (2) Homologous chromosome
(3) Dominance of one trait over the other (3) pair of sex chromosome
(4) Crossing over (4) none of these
Q.141 The 1 : 2 : 1 ratio with the pink flower in the F2 Q.149 Which genotype represents a true hybrid
generation indicate the phenomenon of - condition -
(1) dominance (1) TTrr (2) TtRr (3) TTRr (4) ttrr
(2) codominance
(3) incomplete dominance Q.150 Which of the following symbols are used for
(4) segregation representing chromosome of birds -
(1) ZZ – ZW (2) XX – XY
Q.142 A cross used to ascertain whether a dominant is (3) XO – XX (4) ZZ – WW
homozygous or heteroxygous -
(1) Reciprocal (2) Back cross Q.151 Gene for coloublindness is located on -
(3) Test cross (4) Monohybrid (1) Y chromosome
(2) 13th chromosome
Q.143 A child with mother ‘A’ blood group and father (3) X chromosome
of ‘AB’ blood group - (4) 21th chromosome
(1) O (2) A
(3) A and O (4) O and B Q.152 Linkage was first studied by -
(1) Darwin
Q.144 Which one of the following is associated with (2) Morgan
sex linked inheritance - (3) Bateson and Punnett
(1) Night-blindness (4) C.B. Bridges
(2) muscular dystrophy
(3) astigmatism Q.153 Mendel choose pea plant due to -
(4) Polydactyly (1) Its economic importance
(2) presence of contrasting characters
Q.145 A test cross is perfomed - (3) its availability
(1) By selfing of F2 generation plants (4) its cheapness
(2) By selfing of F1 generaion plants
Q.154 An individual having identical alleles is called
(3) to determine whether dominand plant is is called -
homozgous or heterozygous (1) Homozygous (2) Hybrid
(4) between a homozygous dominant and (3) Phenotype (4) Heterozyous
homozygous recessive plant
Q.155 The genotypic ratio in F2 generation in a Q.158 Parents are carrier for albinism. What will be
monohybrid would be - the first three children -
(1) 1 : 1 : 2 (2) 1 : 2 : 1 (1) Some normal, heterozygous & albino
(3) 2 : 1 : 1 (4) 1: 1 : 1 : 1 (2) All normal
(3) All heterozgous albino
Q.156 Genes are the units of - (4) No normal
(1) Morphological units
(2) Functional units Q.159 If mother has blood gorup B, father has A
(3) Hereditary units group, the offspring will be of -
(4) None of the above (1) A group (2) O group
(3) AB (4) any of the above
Q.157 Which one of the following symbols and its
representation, used in human pedigree analysis
Q.160 If a colourblind man is married to a normal
is correct –
woman, then from the point of view of disease,
(1) = meting between relatives
their offsprings will be -
(2) = unaffected male
(1) All sons will be colourblind
(3) = unaffected female
(2) All daughters will be normal
(4) = male affected (3) All sons and daughters will be normal
(4) All sons and daughters will be colour blind

EXERCISE # 2
Q.1 A white flowered mirabils plant rr was crossed (1) 1:1:2 (2) 2:1:1
with red coloured RR, If 120 plants are (3) 1:0:1 (4) 1:2:1
produced in F2 generation. The result would
be– Q.8 If mendel might have studies 7 pairs of
(1) 90 uniformly coloured & 30 white characters in a plant with 12 chromosomes.
(2) 90 Non-uniformly coloured & 30 white instesd of 14, then -
(3) 60 Non-uniformly coloured & 60 white (1) He could not discover independant
(4) All coloured & No white
assortment
Q.2 When the phenotypic and genotypic ratios (2) He might have not discovered linkage
resemble in the F2 generation it is an example of – (3) He might have discovered crossing-over
(1) Independant assortment (4) He might have not observed dominance
(2) Qualitative inheritance
(3) Segregation of factors Q.9 In which type of inheritance the result are
(4) Incomplete dominance affected by reciprocal cross-
(1) Nuclear (2) Cytoplasmic
Q.3 When certain character is inherited only (3) Blending (4) All the above
through the female parent, it probably
represents the case of - Q.10 A dihybrid plant with incomplete linkage on
(1) Mendelian nuclear inheritance test cross may prduce how many types of
(2) Multiple plastid inheritance
plants -
(3) Cytoplasmic inheritance
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 1
(4) Incomplete dominace
Q.4 If mendel has chosen to study traits determined Q.11 Linked gene shows -
by linked genes he would not have discovered- (1) Always parental combination
(1) Law of segregation (2) Sometimes new combinations
(2) Law of dominance (3) Always new combination
(3) Law of independant assortment (4) New combination more
(4) Law of unit character
Q.12 The association of parental characters
Q.5 Which law would have been violated if mendel combinations in the offsprings of a dihybrid is
has chosen eight character in garden-pea- excess to non-parental combination is said to be
(1) Law of dominance
due to -
(2) Law of segregation
(3) Principle of independant assortment (1) Co-dominance (2) Blending inheritance
(4) Law of purity of gametes (3) Linkage (4) Duplicate genes
Q.6 Mendel had a difficulity in explaining the Q.13 Complete linkage is found in -
linked character due to - (1) Birds
(1) Law of dominance (2) Snakes
(2) Law of segregation (3) Female-Drosophila
(3) Law of independant assortment (4) Male-Drosophila
(4) All the above
Q.14 A phenomenon which works opposite to the
Q.7 In Mirabilis jalapa when homozygous red linkage is -
flowered and white flowered plants are crossed,
all F1 plants have pink coloured flowers. In F2
(2) Crossing-over
produced by selfing of F1 plants, red, pink,
(3) Segregation
white flowered plants would appear
respectivley in the ratio of - (4) Mutation
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Q.15 Cytoplasmic male sterility is passed down- Q.22 Mendel formulated the law of purity of gametes
(1) Throgh bacteriophages on the basis of -
(2) Paternally (1) Dihybrid cross
(3) Maternally (2) Monohybrid cross
(4) Biparentally (3) Back cross
(4) Test cross
Q.16 In a dihybrid cross, when one pair of alleles
show incomplete dominance, genotypic ratio
comes to - Q.23 A cross between AaBB X aa BB yieldds a
(1) 3 : 6 : 3 : 1 : 2 : 1 genotypic ratio of -
(2) 1 : 2 : 2 : 4 : 1 : 2 : 1 : 2 : 1 (1) 1 AaBB: 1 aaBB (2) 1 AaBB: 3 aaBB
(3) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (3) 3AaBB : 1 aa BB (4) All AaBb
(4) 1 : 2 : 1
Q.24 In monohybrid cross what is the ratio of
Q.17 Which of the following is the example of homozygous dominant and homozygous
codominance - recessive individuals in F2-generation -
(1) HbA HbA, lA lB (2) Hbs Hbs, lA lB (1) 1: 2:1 (2) 2:1/1:2
A s A
(3) Hb Hb ,l l B (4) Hbs Hbs, lA lA (3) 3:1/1:3 (4) 1:1
Q.18 Cross over value (COV) of gene A and B is 5%
Q.25 What is the genotypic and phenotypic ratio of
while COV of genes B and C is 15% the
possible sequence of three genes on monohybrid test cross -
chromosome is - (1) 1:1 (2) 1:2 (3) 3:1 (4) 1:2:1
(1) A-B-C (2) C-A-B
(3) B-C-A (4) Both (1) & (2) Q.26 What is the ratio of a progeny of cross between
F1 heterozygous and recessive –
Q.19 A test cross of F1 files + a/+b produced the (1) 3:1 (2) 1:2:1 (3) 1:1 (4) 2:1
following offspring
++/ab = 9 Q.27 How many types & in what ratio the gametes
ab/ab = 9 are produced by a dihybrid heterozygous -
+b/ab = 41
(1) 4 types in the ratio of 9:3:3:1
a+/ab = 41
What will be distance between linked gene- (2) 2 types in the ratio of 3:1
(1) 82 cm. (3) 3 types in the ratio of 1:2:1
(2) 18 cm. (cis) (4) 4 types in the ratio of 1:1:1:1
(3) 20 cm.
(4) 18 cm. (trans) Q.28 In a cross between a pure tall plant with green
pod & a pure short plant with yellow pod. How
Q.20 In female Drosophila the linked gene exhibit many short plants are produced in F2 generation
recombination during meiosis of gamete
out of 16 -
formation, but such a recombination does not
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 9
occur during the formation of sperm in male
Drosophila -
(1) Male Drosophila is sterile Q.29 In a dihybrid cross between AABB and aabb
(2) Male Drosophila is parthenogentic male the ratio of AABB, AABb, aaBb, aabb in F2
(3) No crossing over accur in male Drosophila generation is -
(4) Male Drosophila is haploid (1) 9:3:3:1 (2) 1:1:1:1
(3) 1:2:2:1 (4) 1:1:2:2
Q.21 Which of the following in non-heritable :
(1) Point mutation Q.30 Crossing AABB & aabb, the ratio of AaBb
(2) Chromososmal mutation would be in F2 generation -
(3) Gene mutation
(1) 1/16 (2) 2/16 (3) 8/16 (4) 4/16
(4) Somatic mutation

Q.31 On crossing Black & while flowered plants the Q.38 Types of genotypes in F2 generation of dihybrid
ratio of Black and white flowered plants in F2 cross -
gen.was 120:40, then on selfing the (1) 4 (2) 16 (3) 8 (4) 9
heterozygous Black flowered plants, the
offsprings would be - Q.39 Cross AABb X aaBb yields AaBB : AaBb :
(1) 144:48 (2) 40:60 Aabb : aabb of spring in the ratio of -
(1) 0 : 3 : 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 2 : 1 : 0
(3) 52:48 (4) 84:16
(3) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 (4) 1 : 2 : 1 : 1
Q.32 120 Plants are produced on crossing pure red Q.40 The plant which made Hugo-de vries famous
and pure white flowered pea plants, these ratio is -
is- (1) Antirrhinum majas
(1) 90 Red : 30 White (2) Lathyrus odoratus
(2) 30 Red : 90 White (3) Oenathera lamarckina
(3) 60 Red : 60 White (4) Pisum sativum
(4) All Red
Q.41 If 3n is the theoretically possible number of
different genotypes (when n = the number of
Q.33 Mendel did not propose -
chromosome pairs with each carrying one pairs
(1) Dominance of heterozygous alleles). the different
(2) Incomplete dominance genotypes produced by pea plant is -
(3) Segregation (1) 310 (2) 312 (3) 314 (4) 37
Q.42
Q.34 From a single ear of con, a farmer planted 200 Male gametes
kernels which produced 140 tall & 40 short Female AB Ab aB ab
plants. The genotypes of these of springs are ?
gametes AaBB AaBb aaBB aaBb
most likely -
In the Punnet square given above, the genotype
(1) TT, Tt & tt (2) TT & tt
of the female parents and male parents
(3) TT & Tt (4) Tt & tt
respecticley -
(1) AABB, AaBb (2) AaBB, AaBb
Q.35 Heterozygous tall plants were crossed with
(3) aaBB, AaBb (4) AAbb, AaBb
dwarf plants. What will be the ratio of dwarf
plants in the progeny - Q.43 When AABBcc is corossed with Aa Bb Cc then
(1) 50% (2) 25% the ratio of hybrid for all the three genes is –
(3) 75% (4) 100% (1) 1/8 (2) 1/4 (3) 1/16 (4) 1/32
Q.36 A pure tall plant can be differentiated from a Q.44 Out of three characters on chromosome no. 4,
hybrid tall plant - two characters indicate linkage and not
(1) By measuring length of plant mentioned by Mendel. These characters were
(2) By spraying gibberalins (1) Pod form - stem length
(3) If all plants are tall after self-pollination (2) Pod form - pod position
(4) If all plants are dwarf after self-pollination (3) Pod form - pod colour
(4) Pod position - stem length
Q.37 If the cell of an organism heterozygous for two
pairs of genes represented by AaBb, undergoes Q.45 Mr. verma has a autosomal gene pair ‘Bb’ and
meiosis, then the possible genotypic he contain x-linked gene ‘d’ What is
the percentage of gamete which contain ‘bd’
combination of gametes will be -
genes -
(1) AB, Ab, aB, ab (2) AB ab (1) 1/2 or 50% (2) 1/4 or 25%
(3) Aa, Bb (4) A, a, B, b (3) 3/4 or 75% (4) 1 or 100%

Q.46 When two different genotypes produce the Q.51 In rabbit black skin (B) is dominant over brown
same phenotype due to environmental skin (b) and short (S) is dominant over long
difference, then each one is known as - hair (s). If homozygous black-short haired male
(1) Phenotype is crossed with homozygous brown-long haired
(2) Phenocopy female. All F1 -offspring are heterozygous
(3) Progeny black-short haired. F1 male crossed with F1 -
(4) Independent offspring female. In F2 generation what is the percentage
of homozygous black-short haired off spring -
Q.47 The Punnett square shown below represents the (1) 50% (2) 12.5%
pattern of inheritance in dihybrid cross when (3) 6.25% (4) 18.75%
yellow (Y) is dominant over white (y) and
round (R) is dominant over wrinkled (r) seeds - Q.52 A normal woman whose father was albino,
marries an albino man. what proportion of
YR Yr yR yr normal and albino are expected among their off
YR F J N R springs -
Yr G K O S (1) All normal
(2) 2 normal : 1 Albino
yR H L P T (3) All albino
yr I M Q U (4) 1 normal : 1 Albino
A plant of type ‘H’ will produce seeds with
the genotype identical to seeds produced by Q.53 What is the inheritance of colour bindness of
the plants of - both parents having a normal vision but mother
(1) Type M (2) Type J has a recessive gene for colour blindness -
(3) Type P (4) Type N Son Daughter
(1) 50% Nil
Q.48 If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a (2) 100% Nil
homozygous dwarf plant then what shall be the (3) Nil 100%
percentage of dwarf in offspring - (4) Nil Nil
(1) 25% (2) 100%
(3) 75% (4) 50% Q.54 What would be the nature of children if a
colour blind woman marries a normal man-
Q.49 If a homozygous tall plant is crossed with a (1) Colourblind daughter & normal sons
dwarf plant, what shall be the ratio of plants in (2) Colourblind sons and carrier daughters
offsprings - (3) Normal sons & carrier daughters
(1) All heterozygous tall (4) Normal sons & Normal daughters
(2) Two tall & Two dwarf
Q.55 A colourblind man marries a normal lady
(3) 1:2:1
whose father was colour blind. If it produces
(4) All homozygous dwarf
two sons & two daughters. how many of them
Q.50 In a plant gene ‘A’ is responsible for tallness would be suffer -
and its recesive allele ‘a’ for dwarfness and ‘B’ (1) Both sons
is responsible for red colour it’s recessive allele (2) Both daughters
‘b’ for white flower colour. A tall and red (3) One son & one daughter
flowered plant with genotype AaBb crossed (4) Two sons & two daughters
with dwarf and red flowered (aaBb). What is Q.56 Polygenic genes show -
the percentage of dwarf-white flowered (1) Identical phenotype
offspring of above cross - (2) Identical biochemistry
(1) 50% (2) 6.25% (3) Different phenotype
(3) 12.5% (4) 50% (4) Identical genotype

Q.57 If selfing occurs in the plant having genotype Q.65 Epistatic gene differs from dominant gene in-
RrYy, then ratio of given genotype will be- (1) Epistatic gene in non-allelic
RRYY. RrYY. RRYy. RrYy (2) Epistatic gene never express it self
(1) 1 : 2 : 2 : 4 (2) 1 : 2 : 2 : 1 independently
(3) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 (4) 2 : 2 : 2 : 1 (3) Epistatic and hypostatic genes are present
at different loci
Q.58 If one parent has blood group A and the other (4) All the above
parent has blood group B. The offspring have
which blood group -
Q.66 A dihybrid ratio of 1:4:6:4:1 is obtained instead
(1) AB (2) O
(3) BO (4) A, B, AB, O of 9:3:3:1 This is an example of -
(1) Complementary gene
Q.59 A colourbind daughter is born when - (2) Supplementary gene
(1) Father is colourblind, mother is normal (3) Polygenic inheritance
(2) Mother is colourblind, father is normal (4) Incomplete dominance
(3) Mother is carrier, father is normal
(4) Mother is carrier, father is colourblind Q.67 A single recessive trait which can express its
effect should occur on -
Q.60 A man of A blood group marries a woman of (1) Any autosome
AB blood group. which type of progeny would (2) Any-chromosome
indicate that man is heterozygous A -
(3) X-chromosome of female
(1) AB (2) A (3) O (4) B
(4) X-chromosome of male
Q.61 A child of O blood group. has B-blood group
father, the genotype of father would be - Q.68 If dominant C and P genes are essential for the
(1) I0I0 (2) IBIB (3) IAIB (4) IBI0 development of purple colour in sweet pea
flowers, what would be the ratio of white and
Q.62 Blue eye colour in human is recessive to brown purple colour in a cross between CcPpxCcpp -
eye coloue. The expected children of a marriage (1) 5 : 3 (2) 9 : 7 (3) 2 : 6 (4) 6 : 2
between a blue eyed woman and a brown eyed
man who had a blue eyed mother will be - Q.69 In Drosophila crossing over occurs in female
(1) All black eyed but not in male. Gene A and B are 10 map unit
(2) All blue eyed apart on chromosome. A female Drosophila
(3) All brown eyed AB
(4) One blue eyed and one brown eyed with genotype and male Drosophila with
ab
AB
Q.63 A colourblind man marries a daughter of genotype . How many type of gametes are
colourblind father, then in the offspring - ab
(1) All sons are colourblind produced by female and male Drosophila
(2) All daughters are colourblind respectivel -
(3) Half sons are colourblind (1) 4 types : 2 type (2) 2 types : 2 types
(4) No daughter is colourblind (3) 4 types : 4 type (4) 4 types : one types
Q.64 A woman with normal vision marries a man
Q.70 In polygenic inheritance triat which controlled
with normal vision and gives birth to a
by three pairs of genes. Two individuals which
colourblind son. Her husband dies and she
are heterozygous for three alleles, Crossed each
marries a colourblind man. what is the
probability of her children having the other. Such type of cross produced phenotypic
abnormality - ratio in what ratio
(1) 50% colourblind sons + 50% colourblind (1) 1 : 2 : 1
daughters (2) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
(2) All sons colourblind & daughter carrier (3) 1 : 4 : 6 : 4 : 1
(3) All daughter colourblind & sons normal (4) 1 : 6 : 15 : 20 : 15 : 6 : 1
(4) 50% sons colourblind and all daughters
normal

Q.71 In jersey hog, the coat colour is dependant on Coloured and Full = 45%
two pairs of alleles, R and r or S and s. Any Coloured - Shrunken = 5%
genotype containing at least one R-gene and at Colourless - Full = 4%
least one S-gene result in red coat colour. The Colourless - Shrunken = 46%
double recessive genotype results in white coat From these data what would be distacne
colour. All other genotypes results in sandy between the two allelic genes -
coat colour. If one hog with genotype ‘’RrSs’’ (1) 48 unit (2) 9 unit
mated with another hog (rrss) will be prduced (3) 4 unit (4) 12 unit
by above cross-
(1) 9 red : 6-sandy : 1 white
Q.76 What ratio is expected in off springs if father is
colour blind and mother’s father was colour
blind -
(1) 50% daughter - colour blind
(2) All the sons are colour blind
Q.72 Multile alleles are present -
(3) All the daughters colour blind
(1) In different chromosomes
(4) All the sons are normal
(2) At different loci on chromosome
(3) At the same locus on homologous
chromosomes Q.77 In totmto, genotype aabbcc produces 100g
(4) At the non homologous chromosomes tomatoes and AABBCC produces 160g
tomatoes. What is contribution of each
Q.73 A scientist performed the gene mapping polygene in the production of tomatoes -
experiments in maize. He mapped the genes on (1) 10 g (2) 20 g
chromosomes on the basis of % crossing over (3) 30 g (4) 40 g
between different genes. One map unit
corresponds to one% crossing over or Q.78 If father shows normal genotype and mother
recombination. The genes showing more than shows a carrier trait for haemophelia -
50% recombination were not supposed to be (1) All the female children will be carrier
linked on same chromosome. In crossing over (2) A male child has 50% chances of active
studies on maize, scientist observed the disease
following % crossing over between genes A, (3) Female child has probability of 50% to
B,C,D- between. A and D 10% between B active disease
and D 15% between genes A and B 5% and (4) All the female children will be colourblind
between genes C and B 8% On the basis of
above observation find out the correct sequecne Q.79 Which of the following show linkage group in
of genes A, B, C and D on chromosmes - coupling phase -
(1) BCDA (2) ABCD A B A b
(3) BACD (4) DACB (1) (2)
a b a B
Q.74 In a cross between individuals homozygous for A b a B
(a, b) and wild type (++) In this cross 700 out (3) (4)
of 1000 individuals were of parental type. Then a b a b
the distacne between a and b is -
(1) 70 map unit (2) 35 map unit Q.80 In a family, father has a blood group ‘A’ and
(3) 30 map unit (4) 15 map unit mother has a blood group ‘B’. Their children
show 50% probility for a blood group ‘AB’
Q.75 In maize coloured endosperm (3) is dominant idicating that -
(1) Father is heterozygous
over colourless (c) and full endosperm (R) is
dominant over shrunken (r). When a dihybrid (2) Mother is heterozygous
of F1 generation was test crossed it produced (3) Either of parent is heterozgous
(4) Mother is homozygous
four phenotype in the following percentage -

Q.81 In a plant three dominant independetly Q.87 Albinism is a congenital disorder resulting from
assorting gene A. B and C are essential for the lack of enzyme -
production of purple pigment. If any of the (1) Tyrosinase (2) Catalase
genes or all three genes are present in recessive (3) Fructokinase (4) Xanthine - oxidase
condition then flower is colourless
Raw material pigment A purple plant with
Q.88 If a normal woman marries an albino man and
genotype AABBCC crossed with a colourless
plant with genotype aabbcc gives purple F1 their offsprings are half albino, half normal the
woman is -
hybrid. On selfing of F1 - what proportion of
(1) Homozgous normal
coloured offspring in F2 - (2) Heterozgous normal
27 1
(1) (2) (3) 9 (4)
37 (3) Homozgous recessive
64 64 64 64 (4) Homozygous dominant
Q.82 When a red grain veriety of wheat is crossed Q.89 If a cross is made between two individuals each
with another white grain variety a F1 - hybrid is having genotype Bb, two offsprings are
produced. On selfing of this F1 hybrid, how
obtained. Out of these has dominant trait what
many offsprings of F2 -generation resemble
is the probability that the second offspring will
phenotypically to it’s parents (let grain colour
exhibit recessive trait -
of wheat controlled by three gene pairs)
(1) 1/4 (2) 100 (3) Zero (4) 3/4
(1) 2/16 (2) 20/64
(3) 15/64 (4) 2/64
Q.90 A tobacco plant heterozygous for albinism is
Q.83 Epistasis differs from dominance because- self pollinated and 1200 seeds are subsequently
(1) In epistasis one gene pair mask the germinated. How many seedlings would have
expression of another pair of genes the parental genotype-
(2) Epistasis is an allelic interaction (1) 900 (2) 600 (3) 1200 (4) 300
(3) Many genes collectively controls a
particular phenotype Q.91 Which one of the following character in man is
(4) One gene pair independendenly controls controlled by recessive gene -
a particuar phenotype (1) Colourblindness (2) Woolly hair
(3) Brachy-dactyly (4) Curly hairs
Q.84 In a plant flower colour is the example of
polygenic trait and controlled by one gene pair. Q.92 A child is born with an extra chromosome in
How many plants show parental phenotype in each of its cell, this condition is the result of-
F2 generation - (1) Synapsis (2) Crossing over
2 2 2
(1) (2) (3) (4) 2 (3) Non-disjunction (4) Disjunction
16 4 64 256
Q.93 What is the probability of three daughters to a
Q.85 Which statement is incorrect about linkage- couple in three children -
(1) It helps in maintaining the valuable traits of 1 1 1 3
new varieties (1) (2) (3) (4)
4 8 16 8
(2) It helps in forming new recombinants
(3) Knowledge of linkage helps the breeder to
combine all desirable traits in a single Q.94 In human right handedness is dominant over
variety left handedness. What offspring would be
(4) It helps in locating genes on chromosome expected from two left handed parents
(1) Only left handed
Q.86 In a genetic cross having recessive epistais, F2 (2) Only right handed
phenotypic ratio would be - (3) Left handed & Right handed both
(1) 9 : 6 : 1 (2) 15 : 1 (4) Neither left handed nor right handed
(3) 9 : 3 : 4 (4) 12 : 3 : 1

Q.95 In man gene producing the disease phenyl 1 2
ketonuria also produces a number of abnormal
phenotypic traits, which are collectively II
1 2 3 4 5 6
syndrome. This gene results mental retardation,
widely spaced incisors, pigmented patches on III
1 2 3 4 5 678
the skin and excessive sweating such types of
genes are called 1 1
(1) Polygene (2) Pleiotropic gene (1) (2)
(3) Lethal gene (4) Multiple allele 3 2
2 1
(3) (4)
Q.96 Human embryo all the genetic instructions, it 3 4
needed to become a male or female. The male
foetus have a master gene which acts as a Q.101 Study the given pedigree carefully the trait
bilogical switch, turning other genes on and off. indicated is -
Loss of theis gene results in female which
remain sexually immature. This master gene is
located on –
(1) Homologous part of X-chromosome

(2) Non hjomologou part X-chromosome : Normal male : Affected male
(3) All the autosome
: Normal female : Affected female
(4) Y–chromosome
Q.97 Probability of four son to a couple is

(1) Autosomal recessive
(2) X-linked recessive
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4) (3) Material imprinting
4 8 16 32
(4) Mitochondiral inheritance
II - I is homozygous Normal -
Q.98 In pedigree analysis symbol is used for -
(1) Heterozygous for autosomal recessive
(2) Affected individuals
(3) Death
(4) Carrier for sex linked recessive
Q.99 The pedgree show the occurence of albinism

which is a recessive trait. If person 4 is
homozygous, the carrier for the trait is -
1 2
3 4
5 6
 Female  Male
 Albinism
(1) 1, 4, 5 and 6 (2) 5 and 6
(3) 1, 2 and 3 (4) 1, 2, 5 and 6
Q.100 This is paedigree for autosomal recessive

disease albinism (aa) what is probability of

Q.102 A male is heterozygous for autosomal gene
A, B and G male human also haemizygous
for hemophilic gene h. What proportion of
his sperm will be sperm will be abgh -
(1) 1/4 (2) 1/8
(3) 1/16 (4) 1/32
Q.103 The genotype of Rh+ person could be -

(1) RR (2) Rr
(3) rr (4) 1 or 2
Q.104 Given pedigree shows inheritance of

autosomal recessive gene. What is the
genotype of given parents -
Parent
A B
(1) AA, aa (2) aa, AA

(3) aa, Aa (4) Aa, Aa

Q.105 A pedigree is shown below for a disease that is (1) Loss of one X-chromosome
autosomal recessive. The genetic make up of (2) Segregation of X-chromosome in female
the first generation - (3) Non disjunction of X-chromosome in
I female
(4) Non disjunction of X-chromosome in male
II
Q.112 Mark the add one (w.r.t. genomatic mutation)
III (1) Hypoploidy (2) Tetrasomy
(3) Duplication (4) Allopolyploidy
(1) AA, aa (2) Aa, Aa
(3) Aa, aa (4) aa, aa Q.113 Substitution of a purine with another type of
purine is called
Q.106 Haemolytic jaundice is due to dominant gene
(1) Transversion (2) Transition
but only 20% of the people develop this
(3) Inversion (4) Translocation
disease. A heterozygous man marries a
homozygous normal woman. What proportion
of the children in population would be expected Q.114 Inversion without involving the centromere is
to have this disorder - called
(1) 1/5 (2) 1/20 (3) 1/10 (4) 1/2 (1) Paracentric (2) Monosomy
(3) Pericentric (4) Tautomerization
Q.107 A plant is heterozygous and is designated Bb
and produces two kinds of gametes B and b. Q.115 Aneuploidy which results in loss of a
The probability of b gamete fertilising B or b. complete homologous pair of chromosome is
is - (1) Trisomy (2) Tetrasomy
(1) 1/2 (2) 1/1 (3) 0/1 (4) 1/4 (3) Nullisomy (4) Euploidy
Q.108 A pedigree is shown below for a disease that is
Q.116 Which of the following chemical is an base
autosomal dominant. The genetic make up of
the first generation is - analogue?
Generation -I (1) 5-bromouracil (2) Acridines
(3) Nitrous acid (4) Hypoxanthine
Generation -II
Q.117 A trihbrid cross involve three pair of characters
Generation -III
which will give rise to the F1 hybrids which are
(1) AA, Aa (2) Aa, aa heterozygous for three genes. How many types
(3) Aa, AA (4) Aa, Aa of gametes will be produced in both male and
female -
Q.109 One gene-one enzyme hypothesis was (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 8
postulated by -
(1) R. Franklin (2) Hershey and Chase Q.118 What would be the colour of flower in F1
(3) A. Garrod (4) Bedle and Tatum progeny as a result of cross between
homozygous red and homozygous white
Q.110 Segregation of genes take place during - flowered Snapdragon -
(1) Metaphase (2) Anaphase (1) Red (2) White
(3) Prophase (4) Embryo formation
(3) Red and White (4) Pink
Q.111 A cross between white eyed female and red Q.119 How many types of genotypes are formed in F2
eyed male Drosophila gives rise eyed females progeny obtained from self polination of a
and white eyed male. Rarely the cross gives dihybrid F1 -
rise to white eyed females and red eyed males. (1) 9 (2) 3 (3) 6 (4) 1
This is due to -

Q.120 If a colourblind woman marries with a normal Q.127 If a cross is made between AA and aa, the
man. The offspring will be - nature of F1 progeny will be -
(1) All colourblind (1) genotypically AA, phenotypically a
(2) All daughters normal and all son will be (2) genotypically Aa, phenotypically a
colourblind (3) genotypically Aa, phenotypically A
(3) All normal (4) genotypically aa, phenotypically A
(4) All daughters will be colourblind and all
sons will be normal Q.128 When a tall plant with round seeds (TTRR) is
crossed with a dwarf plant with wrinkled seeds
Q.121 In Mirabilis red (RR) and white (rr) flower (ttrr), the F1 generation consists of tall plants
produces pink (Rr) flower. A plant with pink with rounded seeds. How many types of
flower is crossed with white flower the gametes F1 plant would produce -
expected phenotypic ratio is - (1) One (2) Three (3) Four (4) Eight
(1) red : pink : white (1 : 2 : 1)
(2) pink : white (1 : 1) Q.129 Fmily has 9 girls, Probability of son at 10th
(3) red : pink (1 : 1) birth is -
(4) red : white (3 : 1) (1) 50 % (2) 100 % (3) 25 % (4) 75%
Q.122 If a dwrf plant is treated with gibberellins it Q.130 Haemophilic female marries normal male, the
becomes tall and this plant now crosses with theoretical ratio of their offsprings regarding
pure tall plant then progeny of first generation haemophilia will be -
(F1) is - (1) All offsprings are haemophilic
(1) All dwrf (2) All girls are haeophilic
(2) All tall (3) All sons are haemophilic
(3) 75% tall and 25% dwrf (4) Half daughters and half sons are
(4) 75% dwrf and 25% tall haemophilic
Q.123 Epistasis implies - Q.131 A child with mother of blood group A and
(1) One pair of genes can completely mask the father of blood group AB, will not be have
expression of another pair of genes which of the following blood group -
(2) One pair of genes independently controls a (1) A (2) B
paritcular phenotype (3) AB (4) O
(3) One pair of genes enhances the phenotypic
(4) Many genes collectively control a particulr Q.132 In male grass hoppers and moths there are two
phenotype pairs of autosomes and -
(1) X only (2) X and Y
Q.124 The possible blood groups of children born to (3) Y only (4) None of these
parents having A and AB groups are : Q.133 A dihybrid plant on self pollination, produced
(1) O, A (2) A, B, AB 400 seeds with 4 types of phenotypes. How
(3) O, A, B (4) O, A, B, AB many seeds will have genotype TtRr -
(1) 200 (2) 100
Q.125 If somatic cells of a human male contain single (3) 50 (4) 150
Barrbody, the genetic composition of the
person would be - Q.134 Which of the following points further
(1) XYY (2) XXY strengthed Mendelism -
(3) XO (4) XXXY (1) Law of Independent assortment which was
based on monohybrid cross
Q.126 A man with blood group B marries a female (2) Law of independent assortment which
with blood group A and their first child is could be stated on the basis of segregation
having blood group B. What is the genotype of of gametes
child - (3) Incomplete dominance gave a new way to
(1) IAIB (2) IAIO mendelism
(3) IBIO (4) IBIB (4) A character controlled by a pair of unit
factors

Q.135 If Aabb × aaBb, then genotypic ratio of its Q.143 Sex determination in humans takes place by-
progeny will be - (1) sex chromosomes of father
(1) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (2) 1 : 2 : 1 (2) measurement of sperm
(3) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 (4) 4 : 1 (3) measurement of ovum
(4) sex chromosomes of mother
Q.136 A pure tall and a pure dwrf plant were crossed
to produce offspring. Offsprings were self Q.144 The genotype of a plant showing the dominant
crossed, then find out the ratio between true phenotype can be determined by –
breeding tall to true breding dwrf -
(1) Test cross (2) Dihybrid cross
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 3 : 1
(3) 2 : 1 (4) 1 : 2 : 1 (3) Pedigree analysis (4) Back cross
Q.137 X-linked recessive gene is – Q.145 ABO blood groups in humans are controlled by
(1) always expressed in male the gene I. It has three alleles – IA, IB and i.
(2) always expressed in female Since there are three different alleles, six
(3) lethal different genotypes are possible. How many
(4) sub lethal phenotypes can occur –
(1) Three (2) One
Q.138 When F1 generation hybrid tall Tt is crossed
(3) Four (4) Two
with dwrf tt parent, it is a case of -
(1) Dhybrid cross (2) Test cross
(3) Crossing over (4) Reciprocal cross Q.146 Select the correct statement from the ones
given below with respect to dihybrid cross –
Q.139 Red and tall dominant character hybrid plant (1) Tightly linked genes on the same
when crossed with recessive white dwrf plant chromosome show higher recombinations
(Rr Tt × rr tt). What will be the ratio of
(2) Genes far apart on the same chromosome
respecitve four combinations red tall, red dwrf,
white tall and white dwrf plants in the next show very few recombinations
generation - (3) Genes loosely linked on the same
(1) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (2) 15 : 1 : 0 : 0 chromosome shwo similar recombinations
(3) 9 : 3 : 4 : 0 (4) 4 : 4 : 4 : 4 as the tightly linked ones
(4) Tightly linked genes on the same
Q.140 If hybrid red flowered plants of pea are crossed
chromosome show very few recombination
back to pure red flowered parent, the progeny
will show -
(1) All red flowered plants Q.147 An inherited character and its detectable variant
(2) White flowered plants is termed as -
(3) 50% red and 50% white flowered plants (1) unit factor
(4) 3 Red : 1 white flowered plants (2) trait
(3) genetic profile
Q.141 Mendel’s laws of inheritance are applicable on
(4) genotypic character
the plants which -
(1) Reproduce asexually
(2) Reproduce sexually
(3) Reproduce vegetatively
(4) All of the above plants
Q.142 Polydactyly in man is due to -

(1) Autosomal dominant gene
(2) Autosomal recessive gene
(3) Sex - linked dominant gene
(4) Sex - linked recessive gene

EXERCISE # 3
Q.1 Albinism is determined by a recessive gene in Q.7 Which of the following is the example of
man the pressence of albinism in 50% children pleiotropic gene - [AIPMT-2002]
born to a couple proves that - [AIPMT-2001] (1) Haemophilia (2) Thalaessemea
(1) Both parents are heterozygous for albinism (3) Sickle cell anaemia (4) Colour blindness
(2) Father is homozygous normal and mother
is heterozygous Q.8 There are three genes a,b,c percentage of
(3) Father is homozygous for albinism but crossing over between a and b is 20% b and c
mother is heterozygous is is 28% and a and c is 8% What is the
(4) Both are homozygous sequence of genes on chromosome -
[AIPMT-2002]
(1) b, a c (2) a, b, c (3) a, c, b (4) None
Q.2 Independent assortment of genes does not take
place when - [AIPMT-2001]
Q.9 The linkage map of X-chromosome of fruitfly
(1) Genes are located on homologous
has 66 units, with yellow body gene (y) at one
chromosomes end and bodded hair (b) gene at the other end.
(2) Genes are linked and located on same The recombination frequecy between these two
chromosome genes (y and b) should be - [AIPMT-2003]
(3) Genes are located on non-homologous (1) 60% (2) > 50% (3)  50% (4)100%
chromosome
(4) All the above Q.10 Baldness, moustaches and beard in human
males are examples of –
Q.3 Ratio of complementry genes is - [AIPMT-2003]
[AIPMT-2001] (1) Sex linked traits
(1) 9 : 3 : 4 (2) 12 : 3 : 1 (2) Sex limited traits
(3) 9 : 3 : 3 : 4 (4) 9 : 7 (3) Sex differentiating traits
(4) Sex-influenced traits
Q.4 A and B genes are linked. What shall be
genotype of progeny in a cross between AB/ab Q.11 When a cluster of genes show linkage
and ab/ab - [AIPMT-2001] behaviour they - [AIPMT-2003]
(1) AAbb and aabb (1) Do not show a chromosome map
(2) AaBb and aabb (2) Show recombination during meiosis
(3) AABB and aabb (3) Do not show independent assortment
(4) None (4) Induce cell division
Q.5 Two nonallelic genes produces the new Q.12 Genetic Map is one that - [AIPMT-2003]
phenotype when present together but fail to do (1) Establishes sites of the genes on a
so independently then it is called - chromosome
(2) Establishes the various stage in gene
[AIPMT-2001]
evolution
(1) Epistasis
(3) Shows the stage during the cell division
(2) Polygen
(4) Shows the distribution of various species in
(3) Non complimentry gene
a region
(4) Complimenatry gene
Q.13 One of the genes present exclusively on the X-
Q.6 Male XX and female XY sometime occur due
chromosome in humans is concerned with-
to - [AIPMT-2001]
[AIPMT-2003]
(1) Deletion (1) Baldness
(2) Transfer of segments in X and Y (2) Red green colour bindness
chromosomes (3) Facial hair/Moustaches in males.
(3) Anneuploidy (4) Night blindness
(4) Hormonal imbalance

Q.14 The recessive genes located on X-chromosome Q.20 A man and a woman, who do not show any
in humans are always - apparent signs of a certain inherted disease,
[AIPMT-2004] have seven children (2 daughters and 5 sons).
(1) Expressed in females Three of the sons suffer from the given disease
(2) Lethal but none of the daughters are affected. Which
(3) Sub-lethal of the following mode of inheritance do you
(4) Expressed in males suggest for this disease -
[AIPMT-2005]
Q.15 Lack of independent assortment of two genes A (1) Sex-limited recessive
and B in fruit fly Drosophila is due to - (2) Autosomal dominant
[AIPMT-2004] (3) Sex-linked recessive
(1) Crossing over (2) Repulsion (4) Sex-linked dominant
(3) Recombinantio (4) Linkage
Q.21 Grain colour in wheat is determined by three
Q.16 A normal woman, whose father was colour- pairs of polygenes. Following cross AABBCC
blind is married to a normal man. The sons (dark colour) x aabbcc (light colour), in F2
would be - [AIPMT-2004] generation what proportion of the porgeny is
(1) All colour-blind (2) 75% colour-blind linkely to resemble either parent ?
(3) 50% colour-blind (4) All normal [AIIMS-2005]
(1) None (2) Less than 5 percent
Q.17 Which of the following is not a hereditary (3) One third (4) Half
disease ? [AIPMT-2005]
(1) Haemophilia (2) Cretinism Q.22 Which one of the following conditions
(3) Cystic fibrosis (4) Thalassaemia correctly describes the manner of determining
the sex in the given examples ?
Q.18 A woman with normal vision, but whose father [AIPMT--2011]
was colour blind, marries a colour blind man. (1) Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX)
Suppose that the fourth child of his couple was produce male in Drosophila
a boy. This boy - (2) Homozygous sex chromosomes (ZZ)
[AIPMT-2005] determine female sex in Birds
(1) Must have normal colour vision (3) XO type of sex chromosomes determine
(2) May be colour blind or may be normal male sex in grasshopper
vision (4) XO condition in humans as found in
(3) Will be partially colour blind since he is Turner Syndrome, determines female sex
heterozygous for the colour blind mutant
allele Q.23 When two unrelated individuals or lines are
(4) Must be colour blind crossed, the performance of F1 hybrid is often
superior to both parents. This phenomenon is
Q.19 Haemiphilia is more commonly seen in human called : [AIPMT--2011]
males than in human females because- (1) Metamorphosis (2) Heterosis
[AIPMT-2005] (3) Transformation (4) Inbreeding
(1) This disease is due to a Y-linked recessive
mutation Q.24 Test cross in plants or in Drosophila involves
(2) This disease is due to an X-linked recessive crossing : [AIPMT MAINS--2011]
mutation (1) between two genotypes with dominant trait
(3) This disease is due to an X-linked (2) between two genotypes with recessive trait
dominant mutation (3) between two F1 hybrids
(4) A greater proportion of girls die in infancy (4) the F1 hybrid with a double recessive
genotype

Q.25 F2 generation in a Mendelian cross showed that Q.30 Which of the following statements is not true of
both genotypic and phenotypic ratios are same two genes that show 50% recombination
as 1 : 2 : 1. It represents a case of frequency ? [NEET - 2013]
[AIPMT--2012] (1) The genes may be on different chromosomes
(1) Monohybrid cross with complete (2) The genes are tightly linked
dominance (3) The genes show independent assortment
(2) Monohybrid cross with incomplete (4) If the genes are present on the same
dominance chromosome, they undergo more than one
(3) Co - dominance crossovers in every meiosis.
(4) Dihybrid cross
Q.31 If two persons with 'AB' blood group marry and
Q.26 A normal - visioned man whose father was have sufficiently large number of children,
colour bilind, marries a woman whose father these children could be classified as 'A' blood
was also colour - blind. They have their first group : 'AB' blood group : 'B' blood group in 1 :
child as a daughter. What are the chances that 2 : 1 ratio. Modern technique of protein
this child would be colour blind electrophoresis reveals presence of both 'A' and
[AIPMT--2012] 'B' type proteins in 'AB' blood group
(1) 25% (2) 50% individuals. This is an example of :
(3) 100% (4) Zero percent [NEET - 2013]
(1) Codominance
Q.27 A test cross is carried out to : (2) Incomplete dominance
[AIPMT - 2012] (3) Partial dominance
(1) Predict whether two traits are linked (4) Complete dominance
(2) Assess the number of alleles of a gene
(3) Determine whether two species or varieties Q.32 The incorrect statement with regard to
will breed successfully Haemophilia is : [NEET - 2013]
(4) Determine the genotype of a plant at F2 (1) It is a sex-linked disease
(2) It is a recessive disease
Q.28 The idea of mutations was brought forth by:
(3) It is a dominant disease
[AIPMT - 2012]
(4) A single protein involved in the clotting of
(1) Gregor Mendol, who worked on Pisum
blood is affected
sativum
(2) Hardy Weinberg, who worked on allele
Q.33 If both parents are carriers for thalessemia,
frequencies in a population
which is an autosomal recessive disorder, what
(3) Charles Darwin, who observed a wide
are the chances of pregnancy resulting in an
variety of organisms during sea voyage
affected child ? [NEET - 2013]
(4) Hugo do Vries, who worked on evening
primrose (1) no chance (2) 50%
(3) 25% (4) 100%
Q.29 Represented below is the inheritance pattern of
Q.34 Which mendelian idea is depicted by a cross in
the certain type of traits in humans. Which one
which the F1 generation resembles both the
of the following conditions could be an
parents ? [NEET - 2013]
example of this pattern ?
(1) incomplete dominance
[AIPMT - 2012]
(2) law of dominance
(3) inheritance of one gene
FEMALE MALE (4) co-dominance.
MOTHER FATHER
Q.35 Fruit colour in squash is an example of –

[NEET - 2014]
Daughter Son
(1) Recessive epistasis
(2) Dominant epistasis
(1) Sickel cell anaemia (2) Haemophilia (3) Complementary genes
(3) Thalassemia (4) Phenylketonuria (4) Inhibitory genes

Q.36 A man whose father was colour blind marries a Q.43 A colour blind man marries a woman with
woman who had a colour blind mother and normal sight who has no history of colour
normal father. What percentage of male blindness in her family. What is the
children of this couple will be colour blind ? probability of their grandson being colour
[NEET - 2014] blind? [NEET - 2015]
(1) 25 % (2) 0 % (3) 50 % (4) 75 %
(1) 0.25 (2) 0.5 (3) 1 (4) Nil
Q.37 A human female with Turner's syndrome –
[NEET - 2014] Q.44 The term "linkage" was coined by -
(1) has 45 chromosomes with XO [NEET - 2015]
(2) has one additional X chromosome (1) W. Sutton (2) T.H. Morgan
(3) exhibits male characters (3) T. Boveri (4) G. Mendel
(4) is able to produce children with normal
husband Q.45 A pleiotropic gene - [NEET - 2015]
(1) Controls multiple traits in an individual
Q.38 How many pairs of contrasting characters in (2) is expressed only in primitive plants
pea plants were studied by Mendel in his (3) is a gene evolved during Pliocene
experiments? [NEET - 2015] (4) controls a trait only in combination with
(1) Five (2) Six (3) Eight (4) Seven anther gene
Q.39 Which is the most common mechanism of
Q.46 In his classic experiments on pea plants,
genetic variation in the population of a
Mendel did not use : [NEET - 2015]
sexually reproducing organism ?
[NEET - 2015] (1) Flower position (2) Seed colour
(1) Transduction (3) Pod length (4) Seed shape
(2) Chromosomal aberrations
(3) Genetic drift Q.47 A gene showing codominance has :
(4) Recombination [NEET - 2015]
(1) both alleles independently expressed in
Q.40 Multiple alleles are present : the heterozygote
[NEET - 2015] (2) one allele dominant on the other
(1) On different chromosomes (3) alleles tightly linked on the same
(2) At different loci on the same chromosome
chromosome (4) alleles that are recessive to each other
(3) At the same locus of the chromosome
(4) On non-sister chromatids Q.48 In the following human pedigree, the filled
symbols represent the affected individuals.
Q.41 Alleles are : [NEET - 2015] Identify the type of given pedigree.
(1) Different phenotype [NEET - 2015]
(2) True breeding homozygotes (I)
(3) Different molecular forms of a gene

(II)
(4) Heterozygotes
(III)
Q.42 A man with blood group 'A' marries a woman
with blood group 'B'. What are all the (IV)
possible blood groups of their offsprings ?
(1) X-linked dominant
[NEET - 2015]
(2) Autosomal dominant
(1) A and B only (2) A, B and AB only (3) X-linked recessive
(3) A, B, AB and O (4) O only (4) Autosomal recessive

Q.49 Which of the following statements is not true Code :
for cancer cells in relation to mutations ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
[NEET-1 2016] (1) ii iii iv i
(1) Mutations destroy telomerase inhibitor (2) iv i ii iii
(2) Mutations inactivate the cell control
(3) iv iii I ii
(3) Mutations inhibit production of telomerase
(4) Mutations in proto-oncogenes accelerate (4) ii i iv iii
the cell cycle
Q.53 In context of Amniocentesis, which of the
Q.50 A tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed following statement is incorrect ?
with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plant. [NEET-1 2016]
When the F1 plants were selfed the resulting (1) It is used for prenatal sex determination
genotypes were in the ratio of - (2) It can be used for detection of Down
[NEET-1 2016] syndrome
(1) 1 : 2 : 1 :: Tall heterozygous : Tall
(3) It can be used for detection of Cleft palate.
homozygous : Dwarf
(4) It is usually done when a woman is
(2) 3 : 1 :: Tall : Dwarf
between 14-16 weeks pregnant
(3) 3 : 1 :: Dwarf : Tall
(4) 1 : 2 : 1 :: Tall homozygous : Tall
Q.54 Which of the following most appropriately
heterozygous : Dwarf
describes haemophilia ? [NEET-1 2016]
Q.51 In a test cross involving F1 dihybrid flies, more (1) X-linked recessive gene disorder
parental-type offspring were produced than the (2) Chromosomal disorder
recombinant-type-offspring. This indicates - (3) Dominant gene disorder
(4) Recessive gene disorder
[NEET-1 2016]
(1) Chromosomes failed to separate during
Q.55 Which one of the following generates new
meiosis
genetic combinations leading to variation ?
(2) The two genes are linked and present on
the same chromosome [NEET-2 2016]
(1) Vegetative reproduction
(3) Both of the characters are controlled by
more than one gene (2) Parthenogenesis
(4) The two genes are located on two different (3) Sexual reproduction
(4) Nucellar polyembryony
chromosomes
Q.52 Match the terms in Column-I with their Q.56 The mechanism that causes a gene to move
description in Column-II and choose the correct from one linkage group to another is called –
option : [NEET-2 2016]
(1) inversion (2) duplication
[NEET-1 2016]
(3) translocation (4) crossing-over
Column-I Column-II
(a) Dominance (i) Many genes Q.57 A true breeding plant is - [NEET-2 2016]
govern a single (1) one that is able to breed on its own
character (2) produced due to cross-pollination among
(b) Codominance (ii) In a heterozygous unrelated plants
organism only (3) near homozygous and produces offspring
one allele of its own kind
expresses itself (4) always homozygous recessive in its genetic
(c) Pleiotropy (iii) In a heterozygous constitution
organism both
alleles express Q.58 If a colour-blind man marries a woman who is
themselves fully homozygous for normal colour vision, the
(d) Polygenic (iv) A single gene probability of their son being colour-blind is
inheritance influences many [NEET-2 2016]
characters (1) 0 (2) 0.5 (3) 0.75 (4) 1

Q.59 According to mendelism which character is Q.66 In a plant, red fruit (R) is dominant over yellow
showing dominance - [AIPMT-2000] fruit (r) and tallness (T) is dominant over
(1) Terminal position of flower shortness (t). If a plant with RRTt genotype is
(2) Green colour in seed coat crossed with a plant that is rrtt -
(3) Wrinkled seeds
(4) Green pod colour [AIPMT-2004]
(1) All the offsprings will be tall with red fruit
Q.60 Due to the cross between TTRr x ttrr the (2) 25% will be tall with red fruit
resultant progenies showed how many percent (3) 50% will be tall with red fruit
plants would be, tall, red flowered:- (4) 75% will be tall with red fruit
[AIPMT-2000]
(1) 50% (2) 75% (3) 15% (4) 100%
Q.67 A trihybrid cross is made between two plants
Q.61 lrregularity is found in Drosophila during the with genotyes A/a B/b C/c how many offspring
organ differentiation for example-inplace of of such cross will have a genotype a/a b/b c/c -
wing, long legs are formed. Which gene is (1) 1/64 (2) 1/4
responsible for - [AIPMT-2000] (3) 1/16 (4) 1/32
(1) Double dominant gene
(2) Homeiotic gene Q.68 How many different types of gametes can be
(3) Complimentary gene
formed by F1 progeny, resulting from the
(4) Plastid
following cross, : AA BB CC x aa bb cc -
Q.62 Mendel obtained wrinkled seeds in pea due to [AIIMS-2004]
deposition of sugars instead of starch. It was (1) 3 (2) 8
due to which enzyme - [AIPMT-2001] (3) 27 (4) 64
(1) Amylase
(2) Invertase
(3) Diastase Q.69 In order to find out the different types of
(4) Absence of strach branching enzyme gametes produced by a pea plant having the
genotype AaBb, it should be crossed to a plant
Q.63 A gene said to be dominant if - with the genotype - [AIPMT-2005]
[AIPMT-2002] (1) AaBb (2) aabb (3) AABB (4) aaBB
(1) It express it’s effect only in homozygous stage
(2) It expressed only in heterozygous condition Q.70 When dominant and recessive alleles express
(3) It expressed both in homozygous and itself together it is called - [AIPMT-2001]
heterozygous condition (1) Co-dominance (2) Dominance
(4) It never expressed in any condition
(3) Amphidominance (4) Pseudo dominance
Q.64 A plant of F1 generation with genotype
Q.71 Nucleus of a donor embryonal cell/somatic cell
‘’AABbCC’’ On selfing of this plant what is
the phenotypic ratio in F2 –generation – is transferred to an enucleated egg cell. Then
[AIPMT-2002] after the formation of organism, what shell be
(1) 3 : 1 true : [AIPMT-2002]
(2) 1 : 1 (1) Organism will have extranuclear genes of
(3) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 the donor cell.
(4) 27 : 9 : 9 : 9 : 3 : 3 : 3 : 1 (2) Organism will have extra nuclear genes of
recipient cell.
Q.65 Which one of the following traits of garden pea (3) Organism will have extra nuclear genes of
studied by Mendel, was a recessive feature – both donor and recipient cell.
[AIPMT-2003] (4) Organism will have nuclear genes of
(1) Axial flower position
recipient cell.
(2) Green seed colour
(3) Green pod colour
(4) Round seed shape

Q.72 Genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants (1) Inheritance of a recessive sex-linked
are generally located in - [AIPMT-2003] disease like haemophilia
(1) Chloroplast genome (2) Inheritance of a sex-linked inborn error of
(2) Mitochondrial genome metabolism like phenylketonuria
(3) Nuclear genome (3) Inheritance of a condition like
(4) Cytosol phenylketonuria as an autosomal recessive
trait
Q.73 Two crosses between the same pair of (4) The pedigree chart is wrong as this is not
genotypes or phenotypes in which the source of possible
the gametes are reversed in one cross, is known
as - [AIPMT-2003] Q.79 The most popularly known blood grouping is
(1) Test cross (2) Reciprocal cross the ABO grouping. It is named ABO and not
(3) Dihybrid cross (4) Reverse cross ABC, becouse ‘’O’’ in it refers to haivng :
[AIPMT-2009]
Q.74 The genes controlling the seven pea characters (1) No antigens A and B on RBCs
studied by Mendel are known to be located on (2) Other antigens besides A and B on RBCs
how many different chromosomes - (3) Overdominance of this type on the genes
[AIPMT-2003] for A and B types
(1) Seven (2) Six (4) One antibody only-either anti-A or anti-B
(3) Five (4) Four on the RBCs
Q.75 Extranuclear inheritance is a consequence of Q.80 Select the incorrect statement from the
presence of genes in - [AIPMT-2004] following - [AIPMT-2009]
(1) Lysosomes and ribosomes (1) Baldness is a sex-limited trait
(2) Mitochondria and chloroplasts (2) Linkage is an exception to the principle of
(3) Endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria independent assortment in heredity
(4) Ribosomes and chloroplast (3) Galactosemia is an inborn error of
metabolism
Q.76 Genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants (4) Small population size result in random
are generally located in - [AIPMT-2005] genetic drift in a population
(1) Nuclear genome
(2) Chloroplast genome Q.81 A diseased man marries a normal woman. They
(3) Cytosol get three daughters and five sons. all the
(4) Mitochondrial genome daughters were diseased and sons were
normal. The gene of the disease is –
Q.77 Sickle cell anemia is - [AIPMT-2009] [AIPMT-2002]
(1) Characterized by elongated sickle like (1) Sex linked dominant
RBCs with a nucleus (2) Sex linked recessive
(2) An autosomal linked dominant trait (3) Sex limited character
(3) Caused by substitution of valine by (4) Autosomal dominant
glutamic acid in the beta globin chain of
haemoglobin Q.82 Which one of the following conditions though
(4) Caused by a change in a single base pair of harmful in itself, is also a potential sviour from
DNA a mosquito borne infectious disease –
[AIPMT -2003]
Q.78 Study the pedigree chart given below - (1) Thalaessaemia (2) Sickle cell anaemia
What does it show - [AIPMT-2009] (3) Pernicius Leukemia(4) Leukemia
Q.83 Down’s syndrome is caused by an extra copy

of chromosome number 21. What percentage of
offsprings produced by an affected mother and
a normal father would be affected by this
disorder - [AIPMT-2003]
(1) 50% (2) 25% (3) 100% (4) 75%

Q.84 A male human is heterozygous for autosomal Q.88 Phenotype of an organism is the result of -
genes A and B and is also hemizygous for [AIPMT - 2006]
hemophilic gene h. What proportion of his (1) Mutations and linkages
sperms will be abh - [AIPMT - 2004] (2) Cytoplasmic effect and nutrition
1 1 1 1 (3) Environmental changes and sexual
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 8 32 16 dimorphism
(4) Genotype and environment interactions
Q.85 A sef-fertilizing trihybrid plant forms -
Q.89 In which mode of inheritance do you expect
[AIPMT - 2004]
more maternal influence among the offspring-
(1) 8 different gametes and 32 differetnt
[AIPMT - 2006]
zygotes
(1) Autosomal (2) Cytoplasmic
(2) 8 different gametes and 64 different
(3) Y-linked (4) X-linked
zygotes
(3) 4 different gametes and 16 different Q.90 How many different kinds of gametes will be
zygotes produced by a plant having the genotype
(4) 8 different gametes and 16 different AABbCC ? [AIPMT - 2006]
zygotes (1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 9 (4) 2
Q.86 The total number of nitrogenous bases in
human genome is estimated to be about - Q.91 In Mendel’s experiments with garden pea,
[AIIMS - 2004] round seed shape (RR) was dominant over
(1) 3.5 million (2) 35 thousand wrinkled seeds (rr), yellow cotyledon (YY)
(3) 35 million (4) 3.1 billion was dominant over green cotyledon (yy). What
are the expected phenotypes in the F2
generation of the cross RRYY × rryy ?
Q.87 Given below is a pedigree chart of a family
[AIPMT - 2006]
with five childeren. It shows the inheritance of
(1) Only round seeds with green cotyledons
attached ear-lobes as opposed to the free ones. (2) Only wrinkled seeds with yellow
The squares represent the male individuals and cotyledons
circles the female individuals-
(3) Only wrinkled seeds with green cotyledons
(4) Round seeds with yellow cotyledons, and
wrinkled seeds with yellow cotyledons
Q.92 Test cross involves - [AIPMT - 2006]

(1) Crossing between two genotypes with
Attached recesive trait
Ear Lobe (2) Crossing between two F1 hybrids
(3) Crossing the F1 hybrid with a double
FREE
recessive genotype
EAR LOBE (4) Crossing between two genotypes with
dominant trait.
Which one of the following conclusions drawn Q.93 If a colourblind woman marries a normal
is correct - visioned man, their sons will be -
[AIIMS-2004] [AIPMT - 2006]
(1) The parents are homozygous recessive (1) All normal visioned
(2) The trait is Y - linked (2) One-half colourblind and one-half normal
(3) The parents are homozygous dominant (3) Three-fourths colourblind and one-fourth
(4) The parents are heterozygous normal
(4) All colourblind

Q.94 A human male produces sperms with the Q.100 In Drosophila the XXY condition leads to
genotypes AB, Ab, aB, and ab pertaining to female ness whereas in human beings the same
two diallelic characters in equal proportions. condition leads to kilenfelter’s syndrome in
What is the corresponding genotype of this male. It proves - [AIPMT-2000]
person - [AIPMT - 2007] (1) In human beings Y chromosome is active
(1) AaBb (2) AaBB (3) AABb (4) AABB in sex determination
(2) Y chromosome is active in sex
Q.95 Inheritance of skin colour in humans is an determination in both human beings and
example of - [AIPMT - 2007] Drosophila
(1) chromosomal aberration (3) In Drosophila Y-chromosome decides
(2) point mutation femaleness
(3) polygenic inheritance (4) Y chromosome of man has genes for
(4) codominance syndrome
Q.96 One gene - one enzyme relationship was Q.101 No. of Bar Body in XXXX female -
established for the first time in - [AIPMT-2001]
[AIPMT - 2007] (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
(1) Neurospora crassa
(2) Salmonella typhimurims Q.102 Predict from the following chart -
(3) Poygenic ingeritance
(4) Codominance
Q.97 Two genes R and Y located very close on the

chromosmal linkage map of maize plant. When
RRYY and rryy genotypes are hybridized, the
F2 segregaion will show [AIPMT - 2007]
(1) Higher number of the recombinant types
(2) Segregation in the expected 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
ratio (1) Character is dominant and carried by x
(3) Segregation in 3 : 1 chromosome
(4) Higher number of the parental types (2) Character is carried by y chromosome
(3) Character is sex linked recessive
Q.98 A common test to find the genotype of hybrid (4) Character is autosomal recessive
is by - [AIPMT - 2007]
(1) Crossing of one F2 progeny with male Q.103 In Drosophila, the sex is determined by -
[AIPMT-2003]
parent
(1) The ratio of number of X-chromosomes to
(2) Crossing of one F2 progeny with female
the sets of autosomes
parent (2) X and Y chromosomes
(3) Studying the sexual behaviour of F1 (3) The ratio pairs of X-chromosomes to the
progenies pairs of autosomes
(4) Crossing of one F1 progeny with male (4) Whether the egg is fertilized or develops
parent parthenogenetically
Q.99 In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to Q.104 The theory where ratio between the number of
green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is X-chromosomes and number of complete sets
crossed with a green seeded plant, what ratio of of autosomes will determine the sex is known
yellow and green seeded plants would you as - [MP PMT - 2002]
expect in F1 generation – (1) Chromosome theory of sex determination
[AIPMT - 2007] (2) Genic balance theory of sex determination
(1) 50 : 50 (2) 9 : 1 (3) Harmonal balance theory of sex
(3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 1 determination
(4) Environmental sex determination

ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # 1
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 1 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 2
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 4 2 2 4 2 4 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 4 3 3
Ques. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 4 4 2 1 2
Ques. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. 2 1 4 4 2 4 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 2 2
Ques. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 1
Ques. 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
Ans. 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 4 1 1 4 1
Ques. 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
Ans. 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 4 3 4 2
Ques. 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160
Ans. 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 3
EXERCISE # 2
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 1 4 3 3 3 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 3
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 4 2 1 4 1 3 4 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 2
Ques. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 4 3 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 1 4 4 4
Ques. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. 4 4 3 1 4 3 4 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 3
Ques. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. 1 4 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 1
Ques. 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
Ans. 3 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 4 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 4 1 2
Ques. 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
Ans. 2 2 1 4 2 3 3 3 1 1 4 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 1
Ques. 141 142 143 144 145 146 147
Ans. 2 1 1 1 3 4 2

EXERCISE # 3
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 3 2 4 2 4 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 3
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 3 1 4 4 3
Ques. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 4 3 4 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 1 4 1
Ques. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 1 1
Ques. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 1 3 1 4 4 1 1
Ques. 101 102 103 104
Ans. 3 3 1 2


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Q.136 Who postulated the ‘Chromosome Theory of

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Q.138 Incomplete dominance is found in - Q.146 Barr body is associated with -

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(1) Homologous part of X-chromosome

Q.97 Probability of four son to a couple is

Q.99 The pedgree show the occurence of albinism

Q.100 This is paedigree for autosomal recessive

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Q.103 The genotype of Rh+ person could be -

Q.104 Given pedigree shows inheritance of

(1) AA, aa (2) aa, AA

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Q.142 Polydactyly in man is due to -

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Q.35 Fruit colour in squash is an example of –

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(3) Different molecular forms of a gene

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Q.83 Down’s syndrome is caused by an extra copy

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Q.92 Test cross involves - [AIPMT - 2006]

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Q.97 Two genes R and Y located very close on the

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