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Principles of Inheritance and Variation MCQs | Principles of Inheritance and Variation Short Questions and Answers

(1) Who put forward the crossing theory of recombination
[A] Gregor Mendel
[B] Wiliam Bateson
[C] Janssen
[D] T.H.Morgan
Answer: Gregor Mendel
(2) In honeybees
[A] The males have only one set of chromosomes
[B] The males have single sex chromosomes
[C] Males produce projeny by parthenogenesis
[D] Both (a) and (c)
Answer: Both (a) and (c)
(3) First child of a normal couple is phenylketouric. The probability of second male child is affected will be
[A] 0%
[B] 25%
[C] 50%
[D] 100%
Answer: 0%
(4) Mutation of any single gene maybe
[A] Micromutation
[B] Point mutation
[C] Gene mutation
[D] All of these
Answer: Gene mutation
(5) A normal man whose father was haemophilic marries a women whose father was haemophilic. They have their first child as daughter. What is the chance that this could be
[A] 25%
[B] 50%
[C] 0%
[D] 100%
Answer: 0%
(6) Thallasemia beta is located on
[A] 11th chromosome
[B] 16th chromosome
[C] 9th chromosome
[D] 12th chromosome
Answer: 11th chromosome
(7) Choose the sex influenced trait
[A] Ovary in female
[B] Hypertrichosis
[C] Haemophilia
[D] Pattern baldness
Answer: Haemophilia
(8) Clotting factors VIII is absent in
[A] Haemophilia A
[B] Haemophiia B
[C] Thalassamia beta
[D] Both (a) and (b)
Answer: Thalassamia beta
(9) Pedigree analysis is useful for
[A] Study of inheritance when arranged mating is not possible
[B] Study of sex linked inheritance in man
[C] Study of Mendelian disorders in man
[D] All of these
Answer: Study of inheritance when arranged mating is not possible
(10) Choose the incorrect statement regarding haemophilia
[A] It is x –linked
[B] It is dominant in male
[C] it inherit from father to daughter
[D] A single protein in cascade of several protiens involved in clotting is affected
Answer: it inherit from father to daughter
(11) Choose the wrong statement
[A] Mental retardation can be the effect of phenyl pyruvic acid
[B] Thallasemia is a quantitative problem
[C] Sickle cell anemia person produce abnormal Hb
[D] Cystic fibrosis is quantitative
Answer: Sickle cell anemia person produce abnormal Hb
(12) Which of the following cannot be detected in developing foetus by amniocentesis
[A] Klinefelter syndrome
[B] Sex of the foetus
[C] Down syndrome
[D] Jaundice
Answer: Down syndrome
(13) Which mendelian idea is depicted by a cross in which the F1 generation resembles both the parents?
[A] Incomplete dominance
[B] Law of dominance
[C] Inheritance of one gene
[D] Co- dominance
Answer: Co- dominance
(14) If both parents are carriers of thalassemia , which is an autosomal recessive disorder , what are the chance of pregnancy resulting in an affected child?
[A] No chance
[B] 50%
[C] 25%
[D] 100%
Answer: 50%
(15) A human female with Turner’s syndrome
[A] Has one additional X chromosome
[B] Exhibits male characters
[C] Is able to produce children with normal husband
[D] Has 45 chromosomes with XO
Answer: Exhibits male characters
(16) Which of the following cannot be expected on the basis of Mendel’s law of dominance
[A] It explains the expression of one of the parental traits in F 1
[B] It explain expression of both traits in F 2
[C] It explains the 3:1 ratio in F 2
[D] It explains the formation of functional enzyme by dominant allele
Answer: It explain expression of both traits in F 2
(17) When heterozygous yellow round seed plants and self-fertilized, the frequency of occurrence of RrYY genotype among the offspring’s is
[A] 1/16
[B] 3/16
[C] 2/16
[D] 4/16
Answer: 1/16
(18) A person homozygous for autosomal loci ‘a’ and ‘b’ and heterozygous for gene ‘p’ shall produce how many types of gametes in respect of these loci
[A] 1 type
[B] 2 types
[C] 3 types
[D] 4 types
Answer: 2 types
(19) Experimental proof for chromosome theory of inheritance is given by
[A] Sutton
[B] Sutton and Bovery
[C] T H Morgan
[D] Sturtevent
Answer: Sturtevent
(20) The nuclear structure observed by Henking in 50% of the sperms in the testes of a insect was termed
[A] X-body
[B] Bar body
[C] Polar body
[D] Chromatin
Answer: Polar body

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