Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Assignment

1. In a cross between a pure tall plant with green pod

& a pure short plant with yellow pod. How many
short plants are produced in F2 generation out of
16 :-
(1) 1 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 9

2. AABbCc genotype forms how many types of

gametes :-
(1) 4 (2) 8
(3) 2 (4) 6

3. The percentage of ab gametes produced by AaBb

parent will be :-
(1) 12.5 (2) 25 (3) 50 (4) 75

4. A plant of F1.generation with genotype "AABbCC".

On selfing of this plant what is the phenotypic ratio
in F2.generation :.
(1) 3 : 1
(2) 1 : 1
(3) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
(4) 27 : 9 : 9 : 9 : 3 : 3 : 3 : 1

5. A trihybrid cross is made between two plants with

genotypes A/a B/b C/c how many offsprings of
such cross will have a genotype a/a b/b c/c .
(1) 1/64 (2) 1/4
(3) 1/16 (4) 1/32

6. In Mirabilis & Antirrhinum plant the appearence of

the pink hybrid (Rr) between cross of a red (RR)
and white (rr) flower parent indicates :-
(1) Incomplete dominance (2) Segregation
(3) Dominance (4) Heterosis

7. If one parent has blood group A and the other

parent has blood group B. The offsprings have
which blood group :-
(1) AB only (2) O only
(3) B only (4) A, B, AB, O

8. A man of A blood group marries a woman of AB

blood group. which type of progeny would indicate
that man is heterozygous A :-
(1) AB (2) A
(3) O (4) B

9. A gene that shows it's effect on more than one

character is :-
(1) Polygene (2) Pleotropic gene
(3) Multifactor gene (4) Multiple gene

10. A dihybrid ratio of 1:4:6:4:1 is obtained instead of

9:3:3:1. This is an example of :-
(1) Complementary gene
(2) Supplementary gene
(3) Polygenic inheritance
(4) Incomplete dominance

11. In tomato, genotype aabbcc produces 100g

tomatoes and AABBCC produces 160g
tomatoes. What is contribution of each polygene
in the production of tomatoes:-
(1) 10 g (2) 20 g (3) 30 g (4) 40 g

12. What would be the nature of children if a colour

blind woman marries a normal man :-
(1) Colourblind daughter & normal sons
(2) Colourblind sons and carrier daughters
(3) Normal sons & carrier daughters
(4) Normal sons & Normal daughters

13. A colourblind man marries a normal lady whose

father was colour blind. If it produces two sons &
two daughters, how many of them would be suffer
(1) Both sons
(2) Both daughters
(3) One son & one daughter
(4) Both sons & both daughters

14. Which of the following is not a sex linked characters

(1) Haemophilia (2) Colour blindness
(3) Hypertrichosis (4) Baldness
15. The condition in which only one allele of a pair is
present in a diploid organism is known as :-
(1) Homozygous
(2) Heterozygous
(3) Hemizygous
(4) Incomplete dominance

16. A woman with normal vision marries a man with

normal vision and gives birth to a colourblind son.
Her husband dies and she marries a colourblind
man. what is the probability of her children having
the abnormality :-
(1) 50% colourblind sons + 50% colourblind
daughters
(2) All sons colourblind & daughter carrier
(3) All daughter colourblind & sons normal
(4) 50% sons colourblind and all daughters normal

17. There are three genes a, b, c percentage of crossing

over between a and b is 20%, b and c is 28%
and a and c is 8%. What is the sequence of genes
on chromosome
(1) b, a, c (2) a, b, c
(3) a, c, b (4) None

18. The linkage map of X-chromosome of fruitfly has

66 units, with yellow body gene (y) at one end and
bobbed hair (b) gene at the other end. The
recombination frequency between these two genes
(y and b) should be :-
(1) 60% (2) > 50%
(3) Less than or equal to 50% (4) 100%

19. In a cross between individuals homozygous for (a,

b) and wild type (+ +). In this cross 700 out of 1000
individuals were of parental type. Then the distance
between a and b is :-
(1) 70 map unit (2) 35 map unit
(3) 30 map unit (4) 15 map unit

20. In maize coloured endosperm (C) is dominant over

colourless (c) and full endosperm (R) is dominant
over shrunken (r). When a dihybrid of F1-generation
was test crossed it produced four phenotypes in the
following percentage
Coloured and Full = 45%
Coloured . Shrunken = 5%
Colourless . Full = 4%
Colourless . Shrunken = 46%
From these data what would be distance between
the two non allelic genes :-
(1) 48 unit (2) 9 unit
(3) 4 unit (4) 12 unit

21. Haemophilia is more commonly seen in human

males than in human females because .
(1) This disease is due to a Y.linked recessive
mutation
(2) This disease is due to an X.linked recessive
mutation
(3) This disease is due to an X.linked dominant
mutation
(4) A greater proportion of girls die in infancy

22. The number of linkage groups in a cell having 10

pairs of chromosomes are :-
(1) 5 (2) 10
(3) 15 (4) 20

23. Cross over value (COV) of gene A and B is 5% while

COV of genes B and C is 15% the possible sequence
of these genes on chromosome is :-
(1) A-B-C (2) C-A-B
(3) B-C-A (4) Both (1) & (2)

24. A diseased man marries a normal woman. They

get three daughters and five sons. All the daughters
were diseased and sons were normal. The gene of
this disease is :.
(1) Sex linked dominant (2) Sex linked recessive
(3) Sex limited character (4) Autosomal dominant

25. How the sex of offsprings determined in humans

(1) Sex chromosome of mother
(2) Size of ovum
(3) Size of sperm
(4) Sex chromosome of father

26. No. of Bar Body in XXXX female :-

(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4

27. Sex determination ratio in an organism is given

by
X/A= 1.5 , then organism will be :-
(1) male (2) female
(3) super female (4) intersex

28. Two genes R and Y are located very close on the chromosomal linkage map of maize plant.
When RRYY and rryy genotypes are hybridized, the F2 segregation. will show :- (

1) Higher number of the recombinant types. (2) Segregation in the expected 9:3:3:1 ratio.

(3) Segregation in 3:1 ratio. (4) Higher number of the parental types

29. A tobacco plant heterozygous for albinism is self-

pollinated and 1200 seeds are subsequently
germinated. How many seedlings would have the
parental genotype :-
(1) 900 (2) 600
(3) 1200 (4) 300

30. In human right handedness is dominant over left

handedness. What offsprings would be expected
from two left handed parents :-
(1) Only left handed
(2) Only right handed
(3) Left handed & right handed both
(4) Neither left handed nor right handed

31. A male human is heterozygous for autosomal genes

A and B and is also hemizygous for hemophilic gene
h. What proportion of his sperms will be abh
(1) 1/4
(2)1/8
(3)1/32
(4)1/16

32. In a Random mating population of 28,800

individuals percentage of dominant homozygous
individuals is 49% find out the percentage of
heterozygous individual .
(1) 21% (2) 42%
(3) 32% (4) 9%
33. In a random mating population frequency of
dominant allele is 0.7. What will be the frequency
of recessive phenotype :.
(1) 0.49 (2) 0.09
(3) 0.3 (4) 0.21

34. Polydactyly in man is due to :-

(1) autosomal dominant gene
(2) autosomal recessive gene
(3) sex - linked dominant gene
(4) sex - linked recessive gene

35. Which one of the following conditions correctly

describes the manner of determining the sex in the
given example ?
(1) Homozygous sex chromosomes (ZZ) determine
female sex in Birds.
(2) XO type of sex chromosomes determine male
sex in grasshopper
(3) XO condition in humans as found in Turner
Syndrome, determines female sex.
(4) Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce
male in Drosophila

36. A test cross is carried out to :

(1) assess the number of alleles of a gene.
(2) determine whether two species or varieties will
breed successfully.
(3) determine the genotype of a plant at F2
(4) predict whether two traits are linked

37. In a population of 1000 individuals 360 belong to

genotype AA, 480 to Aa and the remaining 160
to aa. Based on this data, the frequency of allele
A in the population is :-
(1) 0.4 (2) 0.5
(3) 0.6 (4) 0.7

38. A scientist performed the gene mapping experiments in maize. He mapped the genes on
chromosomes on the basis of % crossing over between different genes. One map unit
corresponds to one % crossing over or recombination. The genes showing more than 50%
recombination were not supposed to be linked on same chromosome. In crossing over studies
on maize, scientist observed the following % crossing over between genes A, B, C, D –between.
A and D 10%, between A and C 3%, between genes C and D 7%, between genes A and B 5%, and
between genes C and B 8%. On the basis of above observation find out the correct sequence of
genes A, B, C and D on chromosomes: -

(1) BCDA (2) ABCD (3) BACD (4) DACB

39. Which of the four couples claiming the baby with O+

blood type are possibly the biological parents of it?
(1) AB. and A+ (2) A+ and O-
(3) O+ and AB+ (4) B- and O-

40. Gynecomastia condition is found in

(1) Down`s syndrome (2) Turner`s syndrome
(3) Super female (4) Klinefelter’s syndrome .

41. Study the pedigree given below and assign the type
of inheritance of the trait.

(1) X-linked recessive

(2) Y-linked
(3) autosomal recessive
(4) autosomal dominant

42. Given below is the pedigree of sickle cell anaemia,

in a family
In this the RBC of both parents will be .
(1) Normal
(2) Sickle shaped
(3) Both normal & sickle shaped
(4) Cannot be determined

43. Study the pedigree chart given below :-

What does it show :-

(1) Inheritance of a recessive sex-linked disease like
haemophilia
(2) Inheritance of a sex-lined inborn error of
metabolism like phenylketonuria
(3) Inheritance of a condition like phenylketonuria
as an autosomal recessive trait
(4) The pedigree chart is wrong as this is not
Possible

44. Represented below is the inheritance pattern of a

certain type of traits in humans. Which one of the
following conditions could be an example of this
pattern?
(1) Haemophilia
(2) Thalassemia
(3) Phenylketonuria
(4) Sickle cell anaemia

45. Select the incorrect statement.

(1) Male fruit fly is heterogametic.
(2) In male grasshoppers, 50% of sperms have no
sex-chromosome.
(3) In domesticated fowls sex of progeny depends
on the type of sperm rather than egg.
(4) Human males have one of their sex-chromosome
much shorter than the other.

46. A pedigree is shown below for a disease that is

autosomal dominant. The genetic make-up of the
first generation is

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

(3) Aa, AA (4) Aa, Aa
47. Given below is the pedigree of an autosomal
dominant disorder-Myotonic dystrophy.

In this pedigree the genotype of all affected children

will be .
(1) AA (2) Aa
(3) AA or Aa (4) aa

48. Depending upon the distance between any two

genes which is inversely proportional to the strength
of linkage, cross overs will vary from :-
(1) 50-100% (2) 0-50%
(3) 75-100% (4) 100-150%

49. A man and woman are both affected by vitamin D

resistance rickets, which is a dominant sex-linked
allele. All of the female offsprings of this couple are
affected with rickets but some of the male offsprings
are not. What are the genotypes of the parents?
(1) Both are homozygous for the trait.
(2) The woman has two dominant alleles and man
has one dominant allele.
(3) Both parents have only recessive alleles.
(4) Each parent has only one dominant allele.

50. In a plant gene 'A' is responsible for tallness and

its recessive allele 'a' for dwarfness and 'B' is
responsible for red flower colour and it's recessive
allele 'b' for white flower colour. A tall and red
flowered plant with genotype AaBb crossed with
dwarf and red flowered (aaBb). What is the
percentage of dwarf-white flowered offspring of
above cross :-
(1) 50% (2) 6.25%
(3) 12.5% (4) 50%