Topic : PRINCIPLE OF INHERITANCE

46. Which one of the following is the most suitable 51. A diagram is given here that represents :
medium for culture of Drosophila melanogaster ?
(1) Moist bread (2) Agar-agar
(3) Ripe banana (4) Cow dung
47. A man with blood group B marries a female
with blood group A and their first child is
having blood group B. What is the genotype of
child :-
(1) IAIB (2) IAIO (1) Independent assortment of chromosome
(3) IBIO (4) IBIB (2) Linkage
48. ______ is the degree by which progeny differ (3) Law of dominance
from their parent :
(4) None of these
(1) Variation
52. Choose the incorrect option :
(2) Heredity
(1) Mendel's experiment has large sampling size
(3) Inheritance
(4) Evolution (2) Genes are the unit of inheritance

49. Which one of the following is example of (3) 3 : 1 ratio of mono hybrid cross also
dominant trait : explain law of dominance
(1) Yellow seed colour (4) Factor never occur in pair
(2) Yellow pod colour 53. Which of the following statement is true for
(3) Wrinkled shaped seed colourblindness :
(4) Terminal flower position (1) It is an autosomal linked disorder
50. Mendel selected _______ true breeding pea
(2) It occurs more in female as compared to male
plant varieties, as pair which were similar
except for ______ characters with contrasting (3) It is due to mutation in certain gene present
traits : in Y-chromosome
(1) 4, one (2) 7, one (4) It occurs in about 8% of male and only 0.4%
(3) 14, two (4) 14, one of females
54. About genotype 'Rr' select the incorrect statement : 59. In F2 generation of Mendelian dihybrid corsses,
(1) Allelic gene pair source of non parental phenotype is :-
(2) They control common character (1) Crossing over
(3) They share common locus (2) Mutation
(4) Can be present on non homologous chromosome (3) Independent assortment
55. In pea plant, genotype 'Bb' shows : (4) Non disjunction
(1) Round seed with large sized starch grain 60. A trait of mendelian character which express in
(2) Round seed with intermediate sized starch both homozygous and heterozygous condition
grain is :
(3) Round seed with small sized starch grain (1) Green pod
(4) Wrinkled seed with small sized starch (2) Green cotyledon
grain
(3) Terminal flower
56. Henking observed that in few insects, 50% of
the sperm received a specific nuclear structure, (4) Constricted pod
whereas the other 50% sperm did not receive it. 61. Emasculation process is responsible for :
Henking gave a name to this structure as :- (1) To prevent cross pollination
(1) Y-body (2) X-body (2) To prevent self pollination
(3) Barr Body (4) W-Chromosome (3) To prevent hybridization
57. Crossing the F1 hybrid with a double recessive
(4) All of these
genotype is called :
62. Genes which code for a pair of contrasting
(1) Out cross (2) Test cross
traits are known as :
(3) Reciprocal cross (4) None of these (1) Non allele (2) Allele
58. _____and______ noted that the behaviour of
(3) Linked genes (4) Iso allele
chromosome was parallel to the behaviour of
genes : 63. Recessive traits are seen due to :-
(1) Sutton, Morgan (1) Formation of non-functional enzyme
(2) Walter, Sutton (2) Formation of functional of enzyme
(3) Sutton, Boveri (3) Enzyme is not produced
(4) Theodore, Boveri (4) More than one options are correct
64. Mendel's work remained unrecognized for long 68. In some insects half of the sperms possess X
time due to :- chromosome along with autosomes while half
(A) Communication was not easy those days of the sperms carries:-
(B) His concept about factor which did not (1) Only autosomes
blend was unacceptable (2) y chromosome along with autosome
(C) Use of mathematics to explain biological
(3) x chromosome only
phenomenon was unacceptable
(D) He could not provide any physical proof for (4) x chromosome along with autosomes
the existence of factors 69. Female heterogamety can be seen is :-
Find out the correct combinations of the above ? (1) Human beings
(1) A and B (2) B and C (2) Drosophilla
(3) A, B and D (4) All of the above (3) Hen
65. Phenotype is due to : (4) Honey bees
(1) Genotype 70. Drosophila melanogaster is best material for
(2) Suitable environmental condition study of inheritance. Which of the following
reason is not appropriate for selection of
(3) Genotype and suitable environmental condition
Drosophila
(4) Dominance (1) They can grow on simple synthetic medium
66. Study of family history about inheritance of a
(2) They complete their life cycle in about two
particular trait in several generations of a family
weeks
called
(3) Single mating could produce small number
(1) Phytogeny of progeny
(2) Ontogeny (4) Clear differentiation of the sexes
(3) Pedigree analysis 71. Who among the following used the frequency
(4) Cladistics of recombination between gene pairs on the
67. If yellow body, white eyed drosophila is crossed same chromosome as a measure of distance
with wild brown body red eyes drosophila. Then between genes and mapped their position
what would be frequency of recombinants in F1 (1) Davenport
generation (2) Sturtevant
(1) 100 % (2) 1.3 % (3) Morgan
(3) 98.7 % (4) 0 % (4) Nillson
72. In case of codominance : 77. Match the following :-
(1) F1 - generation resembles both parents (A) Down's Syndrome (I) 44 + XY

(2) F1 - generation is in between both parents (B) Klinefelter's (II) 45 + XY

Syndrome
(3) F1- generation resembles either of the (C) Turner's Syndrome (III) 44 + XO
two parents (D) Phenylketonuria (IV) 44 + XXY
(4) All the above
73. Incomplete dominance can be seen in :- A B C D
(1) Flower colour in Mirabilis jalapa (1) I IV III II
(2) II IV III I
(2) Flower colour in Pisum sativum
(3) I II III IV
(3) Size of starch grains in pea (4) I II IV III
(4) 1 and 3 both
78. Select incorrect statement for ABO blood group.
74. Symbols used in pedigree analysis, represents :-
(1) It is determined by three alleles present in
(1) Five offspring with unspecified sex a population of human
(2) Five diseased offspring (2) It has four phenotype and six genotype
(3) Five unaffected offspring (3) It shows codominance, if genotype is IAIB
(4) Five affected offsprings (4) Each individual has three alleles but its
75. Genetic disorders determined by alteration or gamete contain only one allele.
mutation in single gene are known as 79. In the following human pedigree, the filled
(1) Chromosomal disorders symbols represent the affected individuals. Identify
the disease which is represent by given pedigree.
(2) Mendelian disorders
(3) Non inheritable disorders
(4) All above
76. Polymerisation of mutant haemoglobin molecule
in sickle cell anaemia is due to :-
(1) Sulphadrugs (1) Sickel cell anaemia
(2) High oxygen (2) Myotonic dystrophy
(3) Low oxygen concentration (3) Haemophilia
(4) Plasmodium falciperum (4) Phenyl ketonuria
80. 82. Read the following statements carefully and
choose the correct option :-
(A) The progeny obtained from monohybrid
test cross are in equal proportion.
(B) Test cross helps to find out the genotype of
recessive individual.
(C) Result of maternal inheritance do change
by reciprocal cross
(D) Out cross is a cross in which F1 individuals
are crossed with any of their parents.
(E) Phenotypes and genotypes ratio are same in
Read the following statements :- test cross.
(a) All the statements of column A are true for (1) All except B
chromosome
(2) All except D
(b) All the statements of column B are always
true for chromosome (3) All except B and D
(c) All these statements of column A are (4) All except C and D
always true for Gene
(d) All the statements of column B are always 83. Which of following blood group is only possible
true for Gene in homozygous condition ?
How many statements are incorrect ? (1) A+
(1) One (2) AB–
(2) Two (3) B–
(3) Three (4) O–
(4) Four 84. In a hospital, accidental interchange of two
81. A female is carrier for both albinism and colour babies was happened. The baby of 'A' blood
blindness. She marries a man who is carrier for group could not be rightly given to a couple
albinism but colourblind. What percentage of with :-
her daughter will be albino and colourblind :- (1) Both husband and wife of 'O' blood group
(1) 50% (2) Husband of 'A' and wife of 'O' blood group
(2) 25% (3) Both husband and wife of 'A' blood group
(3) 12.5% (4) Husband of 'O' and wife of 'AB' blood
(4) 37.5% group
85. Which of the following statement is true for 88.
colourblindness :-
(1) It is due to mutation in certain genes
present in y-chromosome
(2) It occurs in about 8% of female and about
0.4 % of male
(3) The son of a woman who is carrier of Identify correct option for cross A and B in
colourblind has 50% chance of being Morgan experiment :-
colourblind
(4) It is an autosomal linked disorder
86. In his classic experiment on pea plant, Mendel
did not use :-
(a) Seed shape
(b) Flower position
(c) Arrangement of flower 89. If both parents have 'AB' blood groups. How
(d) Fruit colour many types of phenotypes and genotypes are
(e) Pod length formed in their progeny :-
(1) c, d and e (1) 4, 4 (2) 3, 3 (3) 2, 2 (4) 4, 6
(2) b, c and e 90. Pick out the correct statements :
(3) a and e (a) Grasshopper is an example of ZO type of
(4) c and e sex determination in which the male have a pair
87. In pea plant gene of seed shape shows :- of Z-chromosome besides the autosome
(a) Dominance (b) In human male produce two different types
(b) Incomplete dominance of gametes some gametes with X-chromosome
(c) Pleiotropy and some with Y-chromosome
(d) Multiple allele (c) Female heterogamete occurs in birds, hens
(e) Polygenic inheritance and butterflies
(1) Only a and b (d) In fire fly and cockroach, females have only
(2) a, b and c one X-chromosome besides the autosomes.
(3) b, c, d and e (1) a, b and c (2) a, b, c and d
(4) a, b, c and d (3) Only b, c (4) Only a and d
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