MCQS on History and role of medicine in genetics

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1. When did genetics as a systematic science begin?

a) 18th century

b) 19th century

c) 20th century

d) 21st century

2. Who is considered the pioneer of genetics?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Isaac Newton

c) Gregor Johann Mendel

d) Albert Einstein

3. What did Gregor Johann Mendel's work on pea plants describe?

a) The principles of photosynthesis

b) The process of evolution

c) Mendelian Inheritance

d) The structure of DNA

4. What is responsible for heredity in genetics?

a) Genes

b) Proteins

c) Enzymes
 d) Chromosomes

5. Before the 19th century, what was the understanding of heredity mechanisms?

a) Fully understood

b) Partially understood

c) Not understood

d) Invented

6. Which term is used to describe the fundamental units responsible for heredity?

a) Cells

b) Genes

c) Organelles

d) Mitochondria

7. When was Gregor Johann Mendel's work on pea plants published?

a) 1824

b) 1866

c) 1901

d) 1942

1. Who coined the word "gene"?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Wilhelm Johannsen

c) Gregor Mendel
 d) Thomas Edison

2. What do genes control in individuals?

a) Personality

b) Development

c) Wealth

d) Luck

3. What is the primary focus of genetics?

a) Cell structure

b) Genealogy

c) Transmission, expression, and evolution of genes

d) Geographical features

4. How can genetics be defined?

a) The study of the universe

b) The study of minerals

c) The study of genes only

d) The study of genes at all levels, including their cellular action and transmission from parents to
offspring

5. Which molecule controls the function, development, and appearance of individuals?

a) Protein

b) RNA

c) Genes

d) Enzymes
6. In genetics, what does the term "transmission" refer to?

a) The transmission of radio signals

b) The passing of genes from one generation to the next

c) The transmission of diseases

d) The transmission of light waves

7. What are the different aspects covered by genetics according to the provided information?

a) Cellular and subcellular structures

b) Study of all living organisms

c) Study of the Earth's geography

d) Study of genes at all levels, including cellular actions and inheritance patterns

1. What concept were the Greeks obsessed with, as mentioned in the text?

a) Tracing their wealth

b) Tracing their ancestry

c) Tracing their geographic origins

d) Tracing their education

2. Why were genetic concepts developed by the Greeks?

a) To create new scientific theories

b) To understand the concept of DNA

c) To trace the ancestry of ancient Greek heroes to the gods

d) To enhance agriculture
3. When is it believed that the practice of tracing one's ancestry was first used, as mentioned in the
text?

a) 1st century AD

b) 500 BC

c) 800 BC

d) 2000 AD

4. Who used the method of "inquiry" for ancestral study as described in the text?

a) Socrates

b) Plato

c) Aristotle

d) Herodotus

5. How did Herodotus conduct ancestral studies, as mentioned in the text?

a) Through genetic testing

b) By seeking information from relevant individuals and comparing notes with his own knowledge and
experiences

c) Through archaeological excavations

d) By consulting ancient texts only

6. What did Herodotus test when conducting ancestral studies?

a) The probability of scientific theories

b) The probability of myths and legends

c) The probability of winning a lottery

d) The probability of natural disasters

1. What field provided the origins of genetics, according to the text?

a) Geology

b) Evolution

c) Physics

d) Medicine

2. In which era did contributors like Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Epicurus play a role in the
history of genetic theories?

a) Renaissance

b) Classical era

c) Industrial era

d) Modern era

3. Before Mendel, what were the various viewpoints aimed at explaining the transmission of characters
from parents to offspring called?

a) Genetic theories

b) Hypotheses

c) Philosophical concepts

d) Speculations

4. What term is often used to describe the theories that believed parents blended or mixed during the
transmission to offspring?

a) Blending theories

b) Hybrid theories

c) Fusion theories

d) Segregation theories
5. According to the blending theory, what characteristics do offspring inherit when traits are passed
down from two parents?

a) Characteristics that are identical to one parent

b) Characteristics that are a blend of the two parents

c) Characteristics that are completely different from the parents

d) Characteristics that are determined by chance

6. Which historical figure is not mentioned in the text as a contributor to the classical era of genetic
theories?

a) Pythagoras

b) Hippocrates

c) Mendel

d) Epicurus

1. Who is considered to be the father of genetics?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Albert Einstein

c) Gregor Johann Mendel

d) Isaac Newton

2. In what year did Gregor Johann Mendel shed light on how characteristics are passed down the
generations?

a) 1800

b) 1866

c) 1900

d) 1950
3. Which religious order did Gregor Johann Mendel belong to?

a) Franciscan

b) Benedictine

c) Augustinian

d) Jesuit

4. What did Mendel suspect about the inheritance of traits?

a) Traits were inherited through a blending process

b) Traits were inherited as continuous, uninterrupted units

c) Traits were inherited as discrete units

d) Traits were not inherited

5. What became the basis for the development of the present understanding of heredity, according to
the provided information?

a) Physical or chemical elements

b) Environmental factors

c) Mendel's discrete units

d) Genetic mutations

6. When did genetics as a scientific discipline stem from the work of Gregor Mendel?

a) Late 18th century

b) Early 19th century

c) Middle of the 19th century

d) Early 20th century

1. Who are the scientists credited with the "rediscovery of Mendel" in 1900?

a) Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Charles Darwin

b) Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak

c) Gregor Johann Mendel, William Bateson, and Charles Darwin

d) Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Sigmund Freud

2. In which year was the term "genetics" introduced by English biologist William Bateson?

a) 1880

b) 1895

c) 1905

d) 1915

3. Which organism was notably used in the application of the basic principles of Mendelian genetics by
1915?

a) Pea plants

b) Dogs

c) Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

d) Earthworms

4. What did the basic principles of genetics by Mendel become, according to the provided information?

a) Outdated theories

b) The foundation of modern genetics

c) Irrelevant concepts

d) A subject of debate

5. What was the significance of 1900 in the history of genetics?

 a) It marked the birth of Gregor Mendel.

b) It was the year when genetics was first studied.

c) It marked the rediscovery of Mendel's work.

d) It was the year when the word "genetics" was coined.

1. Who is credited with the work on pea plants that laid the foundation for modern genetics?

a) Charles Darwin

b) Louis Pasteur

c) Gregor Mendel

d) Albert Einstein

2. When were the basic principles of heredity first discovered, as mentioned in the text?

a) In the 1800s

b) In the 1900s

c) In the 1700s

d) In the 1600s

3. What did experiments in the 1940s and early 1950s point to as the portion of chromosomes that held
genes?

a) Proteins

b) RNA

c) Carbohydrates

d) DNA
4. What is the chemical substance that genes are made of, as emphasized in the text?

a) Proteins

b) Carbohydrates

c) Lipids

d) Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)

5. What became a central issue in genetics in the 1960s?

a) The discovery of new genes

b) The regulation of gene expression

c) The development of genetic engineering

d) The study of heredity

6. In which decade did the ability to control and manipulate gene expression through genetic
engineering become possible?

a) 1950s

b) 1960s

c) 1970s

d) 1980s

7. According to the text, what does gene action depend on?

a) The weather

b) The organism's age

c) Interaction with other genes

d) The color of the organism

1. What does gene action depend on, according to the text?

a) Genetics only

b) Interaction with the environment

c) The organism's age

d) The color of the organism

2. In the last decades of the 20th century, what did many biologists primarily focus on in genetics?

a) Breeding techniques

b) Sequencing entire genomes

c) Environmental factors

d) Botany

3. According to the text, to what is all present research in genetics traced back?

a) Gregor Mendel's laws of inheritance

b) The discovery of DNA

c) The study of dominant traits

d) The Human Genome Project

4. What are new concepts different from Mendel's findings often referred to as?

a) Mendelian theories

b) Mendelian deviations or exceptions

c) Genetic abnormalities

d) Mendel's offspring

5. Which of the following is not an example of a "Mendelian Deviation" or exception mentioned in the
text?
 a) Incomplete dominance

b) Co-dominance

c) Multiple alleles

d) Gregorian mutations

6. Which term describes the phenomenon where neither allele is dominant over the other, and both are
expressed?

a) Incomplete dominance

b) Co-dominance

c) Multiple alleles

d) Linkage

7. What type of effects are associated with polygenes, as mentioned in the text?

a) Environmental effects

b) Pleiotropic gene effects

c) Cytoplasmic effects

d) Lethal gene effects

8. Which of the following is not a Mendelian Deviation or exception listed in the text?

a) Lethal genes

b) Genes interactions

c) Environmental effects

d) Dominant genes

1. What does genomics study primarily focus on?

a) The functions of a single gene

 b) The interactions of a few genes

c) The functions and interactions of many genes in the genome

d) The structure of DNA

2. How can medical genetics be defined?

a) The application of genetic principles to agriculture

b) The application of genetic principles to art

c) The application of genetic principles to medical practice, including inheritance, disease gene
mapping, diagnosis, treatment, and genetic counseling

d) The application of genetic principles to space exploration

3. Why is understanding genetic factors and genetic disorders important?

a) To promote the use of genetic engineering

b) To increase the risk of disease

c) To promote health and prevent disease

d) To create new genetic technologies

4. What is the focus of genomic medicine, as mentioned in the text?

a) Studying single genes

b) Analyzing DNA for criminal investigations

c) Understanding how variations in an individual's DNA may affect disease and health

d) Researching the history of genetics

5. What can a family history of conditions such as cancer indicate?

a) A tendency to develop artistic abilities

b) A hereditary tendency to develop these afflictions

 c) A likelihood of developing superhuman strength

d) An increased risk of developing mental disorders

6. What is one of the earliest methods of gene therapy called?

a) DNA editing

b) Genetic recombination

c) Gene transfer or gene addition

d) Genomic modification

7. How does gene therapy work?

a) By changing an individual's name

b) By altering a person's genetic makeup

c) By modifying an individual's lifestyle

d) By introducing new clothing styles

8. What is the basis of gene therapy, as described in the text?

a) Modification of defective genotypes by adding functional genes made through recombinant DNA
technology

b) Altering an individual's appearance

c) Altering the weather

d) Changing an individual's personality

1. In which year was the first drug (insulin) produced using genetic engineering?
 a) 1970

b) 1982

c) 1990

d) 2003

2. When were the first human trials of gene therapy conducted?

a) 1982

b) 1990

c) 2003

d) 2010

3. What is one of the greatest advances in modern genetics, as mentioned in the text?

a) The discovery of the DNA double helix

b) The development of cloning technology

c) Sequencing the human genome in 2003 by the Human Genome Project

d) The introduction of genetic engineering

4. What has sequencing the human genome in 2003 increased knowledge of?

a) Genetic mutations

b) Molecular cloning techniques

c) Genetic disorders and diseases caused by mutations

d) DNA sequencing technology

5. What has given us knowledge of the basis for disease and the genes to target, according to the text?

a) The advent of molecular cloning

 b) The invention of DNA sequencing

c) The development of cell biology

d) Molecular cloning, DNA sequencing, and tools of molecular genetics

6. What is the study of how genetic makeup determines how the body metabolizes medications?

a) Pharmacology

b) Pathology

c) Pharmacogenomics

d) Molecular biology

7. How does pharmacogenomics aim to optimize drug response?

a) By customizing the drug's color

b) By altering the drug's taste

c) By considering an individual's genetics

d) By increasing the drug's price

8. What is the primary goal of pharmacogenomics, as mentioned in the text?

a) To create more complex drugs

b) To improve the effectiveness of drugs and minimize side effects on an individual

c) To increase the shelf life of drugs

d) To reduce the cost of drugs

1. How has an increased knowledge of genomic information benefited our understanding of diseases
like cancer and heart disease?

a) It has no impact on disease understanding.

 b) It has led to a decrease in the incidence of these diseases.

c) It has improved our knowledge of disease mechanisms and potential treatments.

d) It has led to the development of vaccines for these diseases.

2. Genomic information has been particularly helpful in advancing our understanding of which types of
diseases?

a) Infectious diseases

b) Neurological diseases

c) Rare diseases like cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease

d) Cardiovascular diseases

3. What are some of the advancements in genetic testing technologies that have been made possible
through genomic information?

a) Microscope development

b) Blood pressure monitoring

c) DNA sequencing

d) Radiology techniques

4. How have advancements in new drug therapies been influenced by genomic information?

a) They have led to a decrease in drug availability.

b) They have primarily focused on a one-size-fits-all approach.

c) They are targeted or tailored to an individual's genetic information.

d) They have led to an increase in drug prices.