Test ID : 354

GREEN PARK INTERNATIONAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, NAMAKKAL

WEEKEND TEST – 6 (SECOND YEAR)
Std : XII* - CBSE (JUNIOR) Marks : 360
Date : 26.06.2021 BIOLOGY Time : 1.30 Hrs.
Choose the correct answer: 90 x 4 = 360
Note :
For every correct answer four marks will be awarded. For every wrong answer one mark will be
reduced. For unanswered questions zero mark.
1. According to central dogma of molecular 1) Both the statements are correct
biology the flow of information is 2) Both the statements are incorrect
1) Protein → RNA → DNA 3) Statement – I is correct, statement – II is
incorrect
2) RNA → Protein → DNA
4) Statement – I is incorrect, statement – II is
3) DNA → RNA → Protein correct
4) Protein → DNA → RNA 7. Who used the radioactive Thymidine to prove

2. If Meselson and Stahl experiment is continued

that DNA replication is semiconservative also
in chromosomes?
for four generations in bacteria, the ratio of
1) Watson 2) Franklin Stahl
N15N15, N15N14, N14N14 containing DNA
3) Messelson 4) Taylor
molecules in the fourth generation is
8. Which of the given nitrogen bases is common
1) 1 : 2 : 1 2) 1 : 4 : 0 in both DNA and RNA?
3) 0 : 7 : 1 4) 0 : 1 : 7 1) Cytosine 2) Thymine
3. 5 –methyl Uracil is an another chemical name 3) Uracil 4) Both (2) and (3)
for 9. The distance between two adjoining base pairs is
1) Uracil 2) Cytosine 1) 0.34 A° 2) 3.4 nm
3) Thymine 4) Adenine 3) 0.34 nm 4) 20A°
35 10. Considering Hershey and Chase experiment,
4. In Hershy and Chase experiment, S was
the elements that are not found in DNA and
incorporated into
protein of bacteriophage are respectively
1) Bacterial DNA 1) Carbon and Nitrogen
2) Protein capsid of phage 2) Sulphur and Phosphorus
3) Cytoplasm of bacteria 3) Nitrogen and Carbon
4) DNA of phage 4) Phosphorus and sulphur
5. Chemically RNA and RNase are respectively 11. Which the following statement is incorrect
w.r.t Nucleosome?
1) Nucleic acid and Nucleic acid
1) It constitutes the repeating units of a
2) Protein and Nucleic acid chromatin
3) Nucleic acid and Protein 2) Histones are organized to form a unit of
4) Protein and Protein eight molecules called histone octamer
6. Statement – I : RNA is a better genetic 3) In nucleosome histones are rich in basic
material than DNA. amino acids
4) DNA is positively charged and proteins are
Statement – II : 2′-OH group is absent at
negatively charge
every nucleotide in RNA.
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12. Find out the correct sequence of the steps 18. Which of the following is correct w.r.t to
with respect to Hershey and Chase E.coli?
experiment? 1) It roughly takes 40 minutes to divide
1) Blending → Infection → Centrifugation 2) It has 4.6 x 106 bp long genetic material
2) Infection → Centrifugation → Blending 3) It infects the bacteriophage
4) It consists of double stranded, linear DNA
3) Centrifugation → Blending → Infection
19. Beads on string structure in chromatin can be
4) Infection → Blending → Centrifugation seen when viewed under
13. Choose the correct statement w.r.t the 1) Electron microscope
B-DNA? 2) Compound microscope
1) Backbone of helix is made up of sugar and 3) Dissection microscope
nitrogen base 4) Both (2) and (3)
2) Adenine binds to guanine with two 20. Unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic
hydrogen bonds material came from the experiments of
3) Presence of roughly 10bp per turn 1) Griffith 2) Avery et al
4) Two chains do not show antiparallel 3) Watson and Crick 4) Hershey and Chase
polarity 21. Heterochromatin is
14. In human cell, haploid content of DNA is I) Darkly stained
1) 4.6 x 106 bp II) Densely packed
2) 3.3 x 108 nucleotides III) Transcriptionally active
3) 3.3 x 109 bp 1) I and II only 2) II and III only
3) I and III only 4) I, II and III
4) 4.6 x 106 nucleotides
22. NHC proteins are
15. A molecule that can act as a genetic material
1) catalytic proteins
must fulfill the following criteria except
2) basic proteins rich in lysine and tryptophan
1) It should be stable chemically and
3) required for packaging of chromatin at
structurally
higher level
2) It should be able to generate its replica 4) the glycoproteins of cell membrane, which
3) It should provide the scope for fast changes are the receptors
4) It should be able to express itself in the 23. In the Griffith’s experiment, mice get infected by
form of Mendelian characters 1) R - strain
16. DNA polymerase enzyme is required in 2) Heat killed R – strain
1) S – phase 2) G1 phase 3) S – strain
3) M – Phase 4) G2 phase 4) Heat killed S - strain
17. Histones are rich in which basic amino acid 24. Choose the incorrect match w.r.t scientists
residues? and organisms they used in their experiments
1) Lysine and Alanine 1) Frederick Griffith - Streptococcous
pneumoniae
2) Arginine and Leucine
2) Hershey and Chase – Escherichia coli
3) Arginine and Lysine
3) Meselson and Stahl – Escherichia coli
4) Lysine and Valine 4) Taylor – Pisum sativum
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25. A typical nucleosome contains A bp of 30. DNA is acidic due to
DNA helix. Find the suitable option for blank 1) Sugar 2) Purine
A. 3) Phosphoric acid 4) Pyrimidine
1) 200 2) 54 31. Choose the correct option for A, B and C
3) 20 4) 100 labellings.
26. The diagram given below represents

1) A – Transcription, B – Translation,
C – Replication
2) A – Replication, B – Reverse transcription,
C – Translation
3) A – Translation, B – Reverse transcription,
1) Watson – Crick model for semiconservative C – Replication
DNA replication 4) A – Replication, B – Transcription, C –
2) Watson – Crick model for semiconservative Translation
DNA transcription 32. Common structure present in deoxyguanosine
3) Hershey – Chase model for semiconservative and deoxycytidine is
DNA transcription 1) N-Base 2) Phosphate group
4) Hershey – Chase model for semi – 3) Pentose sugar 4) Both (1) and (2)
conservative DNA replication 33. DNA is the polymer of
27. For the transmission of genetic information 1) Amino acids 2) Pentose sugars
1) DNA is better 2) RNA is better 3) Nucleosides 4) Nucleotides
3) Proteins are better 4) Lipids are better 34. Uracil is associated with which sugar?
28. Which of the following represents correct 1) Deoxyribose (Pentose)
method of DNA replication? 2) Ribose (Hexose)
3 5 3) Deoxyribose (Hexose)
4) Ribose (Pentose)
1)
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2) 35. Which of the following serves dual purposes
3 during DNA replication?
5
3 5 1) DNA dependent RNA polymerase
2) Ribonucleoside triphosphates
3) Deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate
4) Ribonucleotide diphosphate
3) 4) 36. The definite region, in E.coli DNA, where the
replication originates is termed as
1) origin of process
29. In Meselson and Stahl experiment
centrifugation is done in which medium? 2) region of duplication
1) NH4Cl 2) NH4I 3) origin of replication
3) CsCl 4) CsI 4) region of polymerization
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37. Which of the following does not belong to the 45. Suppose the sequence on template strand is
replication of DNA? 3′ATCGCGTA5′, then what will be the
1) Energetically it is a very expensive process sequence of its replica after the replication
2) It is a semi-conservative process process
3) It takes place in the cytoplasm of 1) 3′TAGCGCAT5′ 2) 5′TAGCGCAT3′
Eukaryotes 3) 3′TUGCGCUA5′ 4) 5′TUGCGCUA3′
4) It requires DNA dependent DNA 46. If the mother is carrier for colourblind and
polymerase father is normal, then
38. Reverse transcription takes place in A) 50% of sons are colour blind
1) Bacteria 2) Retrovirus B) 50% of the total progeny are normal
3) Bateriophage 4) E.coli without mutant gene
39. If the length of E.coli DNA is 1.36 mm, C) 50% of daughters are carriers
calculate the number of base pairs in E.coli? D) 50% of sons are normal
1) 6 x 104 2) 4 x 106 Which of the above are correct?
3) 3 x 106 4) 2 x 106 1) A and D 2) A and C
40. Types of proteins present in a Histone 3) A, C and D 4) A, B, C and D
Octamer are 47. Dystrophin is
1) H2A, H2B, H3, H4 2) H2A, H2B, H3, H1 1) the largest gene in human genome
3) H1, H2A, H4 4) H1, H2A, H2B, H3 2) X linked gene
41. 5′ end of ribose sugar in a nucleotide bears 3) X linked recessive disorder
1) N-base 2) Pentose sugar 4) both 1 and 2
3) Uracil 4) Phosphate group 48. Statement – I: A single recessive allele in
men and two alleles in women are required to
42. Friedrich Meischer identified DNA as
express sex linked recessive characters.
1) an acidic substance and named it as Nucleic
Statement – II: Haemophilia, a sex linked
acid
character is more common in men and women.
2) a basic substance and named it as Nuclein
1) Both Statements I and II are correct
3) an acidic substance and named it as Nuclein
2) Statement I is correct, Statement II is
4) a basic substance and named it as Nucleic incorrect
acid
3) Statement I is incorrect, statement II is
43. The first evolved genetic material was
correct
1) DNA 2) RNA
4) Both statements I and II are incorrect
3) Lipids 4) Protein
49. The female is heterogametic in
44. Arrange the following biomolecules in
1) butterfly, grasshopper 2) reptile, moth
ascending order based on their molecular
3) human, bird 4) cockroach, bug
weight respectively
50. Sex of the offspring depends on the fertilising
I) Nucleoside II) Nucleotide
sperm in
III) Nucleic acid IV) Nitrogen base
1) insects 2) humans
1) IV, I, II, III 2) I, II, III, IV
3) grasshoppers 4) all of these
3) IV, III, II, I 4) I, III, II, IV
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51. ‘Male honey bees have no father and sons’. 56. Match the following and choose the correct
Which of the following options supports the option.
above statement? Column - I Column - II
1) Males receive all the chromosomes only A) Holandric genes i) X - chromosome
from queen bee ii) X - linked recessive
B) Gynosome
2) Diploid organisms cannot produce males trait
3) Unfertilized eggs have chromosomes of C) Criss - cross
iii) Y - chromosome
drones only inheritance
4) Queen bee cannot produce drones D) Protanopia iv) X - linked trait
52. A fertile male Drosophila Karyotype is v) Autosomal trait
1) AA + XO 2) AAA + XY 1) A - iii, B - i, C - iv, D - v
3) AA + XY 4) AA + XX 2) A - iii, B - i, C - iv, D - ii
53. i) Two types of gametes are produced by 3) A - iv, B - ii, C - i, D - v
males. 4) A - ii, B - v, C - iv, D - iii
ii) 50% of the sperms carry ‘X’ chromosome. 57. Find the odd one from the following.
1) Colour blindness 2) Haemophilia - A
iii) The sex of the offspring depends on
3) Tritanopia 4) Deuteranopia
fertilizing sperm.
58. A female is affected by X - linked recessive
iv) Females karyotype is AA + XX. disorders when
The above conditions are seen in which of the 1) father is affected and mother is carrier
following sex determination methods? 2) father is normal and mother is carrier
1) XX - XY 2) Haplo - diploidy 3) both mother and father are normal
3) XX - XO 4) both 1 and 3 4) father is affected and mother is normal
54. Number of Barr bodies in the cells of 59. Which of the following phenotype has two
Klinefelter’s male, normal male, normal copies of an allele in its genotype in male
humans?
female and Turner’s female is respectively
1) Protanopia
1) 1, 1, 2 and 1 2) 2, 1, 1 and 0
2) Duternopia
3) 1, 0, 1 and 0 4) 1, 1, 0 and 0
3) Haemophilia - C
55. Which of the following statements is 4) Duchene muscular dystrophy
incorrect w.r.t X - linked traits? 60. If the mother is haemophilic and father is
1) Genes are never passed on from father to normal for haemophilic genes, what is the
son probability of offsprings?
2) Mother passes these genes to all her 1) All the male and female progeny are
progeny affected
2) 50% of the male and 50% of female
3) Daughters inherit these genes only from
progeny are affected
their mother
3) All the male progeny are affected and
4) Sons inherit these genes only from their female progeny are carriers
mother 4) 75% of the progeny are affected
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61. The females are rarely homozygous for colour 1) Both Statements I and II are correct
blind genes when 2) Statement I is correct, Statement II is
1) father is colour blind and mother is carrier incorrect
2) mother and father both are colour blind 3) Statement I is incorrect, statement II is
3) father is normal and mother is carrier correct
4) both 1 and 2 4) Both statements I and II are incorrect
62. The affected father passes on his mutant genes 67. Find the karyotype of male grasshopper.
to only his sons is seen in 1) A + X 2) AA + XX
1) X - linked inheritance 3) AA + XO 4) A + O
2) Y - linked inheritance 68. If bird is represented with P, reptile is with Q,
3) autosomal recessive inheritance moth is with R and bug is with S, find the
suitable statements for them.
4) autosomal dominant inheritance
i) Females are heterogametic.
63. Find the mismatch from the given w.r.t honey
bees. ii) Males decide the sex of the organism.
1) Unfertilised eggs - Drones iii) Females are homogametic
iv) 50% of sperms are with A + X karyotype.
2) Sterile females - Worker bees
1) ii - P and Q 2) ii, iii, iv - S
3) Fertile female - Queen bee
3) iii, iv - R 4) iii - Q
4) Male bees - meiosis
69. Number of sets of chromosomes determine the
64. Match the following and choose the correct
sex in
option.
1) Drosophila and honey bee
Column - I Column - II
2) Ants and wasps
C
A) XX i) Colour blind male 3) Butter files and moths
B) XCXC ii) Normal male 4) Tortoise and snakes
C) XO iii) Carrier female 70. Autosomal genes are present in
D) XCY iv) Colour blind female 1) only males
2) only females
v) Turner’s female
3) both males and females
1) A - iv, B - iii, C - v, D - ii
4) only in intersex
2) A - iii, B - iv, C - v, D - ii
71. Which of the following genes do not take part
3) A - iii, B - iv, C - v, D - i in crossing over?
4) A - v, B - iv, C - ii, D - iii 1) X - linked genes
65. For X or Y linked genes males are always 2) Y - linked genes
1) homozygous 2) hemizygous 3) Holandric genes
3) codominant 4) all of these 4) all of these
66. Statement – I: Human females produce only 72. If the number of X chromosomes is 3 in a cell,
one type of ovum with an X-chromosome. what is the number of Barr bodies in it?
Statement – II: In each pregnancy there is 1) 2 2) 1
always 50% probability of a male child or 3) 0 4) 3
female child.
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73. The gene which codes for dystrophin protein 79. The gametes with A + X genotype is seen in
is located on 1) cockroaches, humans, Drosophila
1) X - chromosome 2) butter files, birds, fish
2) Y - chromosome 3) fish, bugs, moths
3) 13th - chromosome 4) fruit flies, bugs, birds
4) 19th - chromosome 80. Female honey bees in a bee hive are
74. Haemophilia - B shows _____ inheritance. 1) diploid in condition
2) either queen or worker bee
1) Y - linked
3) developed from zygotes
2) X - linked dominant
4) all of these
3) autosomal recessive
81. Ishihara test is used to diagnose
4) X - linked recessive
1) haemophilia 2) colour blindness
75. Which of the following diseases causes a 3) hypertrichosis 4) DMD
random loss of melanin pigment from skin?
82. Sex influenced genes are
1) Colour blindness 1) autosomal 2) X - linked
2) DMD 3) Y - linked 4) Pseudo autosomal
3) Incontinentia pigmenti 83. If the mother is heterozygous for haemophilia
4) Hypertrichosis and the father is colour blind the progeny will be
76. If father is non bald and mother is 1) 50% of sons are haemophilic
homozygous to baldness, the probability of the 2) all the sons are haemophilic and colour
progeny would be blind
1) all the sons are bald 3) 75% of progeny are haemophilic and colour
blind
2) all the daughters are heterozygous non bald
4) all the daughters are carriers for haemophilia
3) no homozygous non bald progeny is possible
84. The trait is inherited from grandparent to
4) all of these
grandchild of the same sex through the
77. Find out the genotype of asymptomatic carrier opposite sex of offspring in
female for haemophilia. 1) Y - linked inheritance
1) XH XH 2) XH Xh 2) autosomal inheritance
3) Xh Xh 4) X X 3) X - linked inheritance
78. Choose the correct statement from the 4) XY - linked inheritance
following. 85. Match the following and choose the correct
1) Haploid male honey bees help to produce option.
only haploid progeny Column - I Column - II
2) Females decide the sex of the organism in A) AA + XY i) male cockroach
butterflies B) AA + ZW ii) male Drosophila
3) Dissimilar gametes are produced by male
C) AA + ZO iii) female moth
birds
D) AA + XO iv) female bird
4) The first pair of chromosomes are different
in both male and female humans v) male fish
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1) A - ii, B - v, C - iii, D - i 89. A female human is non bald in heterozygous
2) A - iv, B - ii, C - i, D - v condition unlike a male, because of
3) A - v, B - ii, C - i, D - iv 1) sex influenced genes
4) A - ii, B - iv, C - iii, D - i 2) sex limited genes
86. Genic balance theory of sex determination is 3) X - linked genes
proposed by 4) Y - linked genes
1) Henking 2) Bridges 90. Statement – I: In both male and female birds
3) Otto 4) Clung the total number of chromosomes is same.
87. The genotype of a gamete is differentiated to Statement – II: Both male and female birds
the genotype of a diploid organism in having produce different types of gametes.
1) diploid chromosomes 1) Both Statements I and II are correct
2) haploid chromosomes 2) Statement I is correct, Statement II is
3) only diploid autosomes incorrect
4) only allosomes 3) Statement I is incorrect, statement II is
88. Sex determination in humans is an example of correct
1) haplo-diploidy mechanism 4) Both statements I and II are incorrect
2) male heterogametic
3) female heterogametic
4) male homogametic

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