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principal of inheritance and variations quiz 3

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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Instructor name: Ankita Tiwari Sharma

1.
Conditions of a karyotype 2n+1 and 2n ± 2 is called

a) Aneuploidy b) Monosomy
c) Polyploidy d) Alloploidy

2. In sickle cell anaemia, glutamic acid is replaced by valine. Which one of the
following triplets codes for valine

a) GUG b) GAG
c) GUA d) GAA

3. Persons having genotype IAIB would show the blood group AB. This is because
of

a) Co-dominanace b) Pleiotropy
c) Incomplete dominanace d) Segregation

4. The inheritance pattern of a gene over generations among humans is studied

by the pedigree analysis. Character studied in pedigree analysis is equivalent
to

a) Quantative trait b) Polygenic trait

c) Mendelian trait d) Maternal trait

5. Distance between genes and advantages of recombination shows

a) parallel relationship b) no relationship

c) direct relationship d) inverse relationship
6. All genes located on the same chromosome

a) form one linkage group b) will not form any linkage groups
c) forms interactive group that affect d) forms different groups depending
the phenotype upon their relative distance

7. If a haemophilic woman marries a normal man

a) all their daughters will be b) 50% sons and 50% daughters will
haemophilic be haemophilic
c) all their sons will be haemophilic d) all their children will be normal

8. A woman with normal vision has a colourblind father. she marries a

colourblind man. What proportion of their children will be colourblind?

a) 100% b) 0%
c) 50% d) 25%

9. In a dihybrid cross if you get 9:3:3:1 ratio, it denotes that

a) Its multigenic inheritance b) The alleles of two genes are

segregating independently
c) The alleles of two genes are d) It exhibits multiple allelism
interacting with each other

10. Ocassionally a single gene may express more than one effect. This
phenomenon is called

a) mosaicism b) multiple allelism

c) pleiotropy d) polygeny

11. A tall red-flowered pea plant after crossing with a dwarf white-flowered plant
yields only tall red-flowered plants. A test cross shall give a ratio of

a) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 b) 1 : 1
c) 3 : 1 d) 1 : 2 : 4 : 6 : 4 : 2 : 1

12. Mendel did not propose the theory of –

a) dominance b) segregation
c) independent assortment d) incomplete dominance
13. Pleiotropic gene has –

a) single genotype b) multiple genotype

c) multiple phenotype d) single phenotype

14. A blue fowl obtained from mating between black and white fowls, is self-
crossed. The F2 ratio is

a) 1 black : 2 white : 1 blue b) 1 black : 2 blue : 1 white

c) 2 black : 1 white : 1 blue d) none of these

15. A child with mother of A group and father of AB group, will not have the
following blood group –

a) O b) A
c) B d) AB

16. Linkage was discovered by

a) Muller b) Morgan
c) Mendel d) Crick

17. What will be the number of linkage groups in a cell having 2n = 20?

a) 40 b) 4
c) 15 d) 10

18. Column A Column B

I. Gene ------------------------ A. Homozygote
II. TT -------------------------- B. DNA
III. Alternate form of gene---- C. Dihybrid cross
IV. TtRr x TtRr ---------------------- D. Allele
The correct match is –

a) I – B, II – A, III – D, IV – C b) I – D, II – A, III – B, IV – C
c) I – B, II – C, III – D, IV – A d) I – D, II – B, III – A, IV – C
19. Linkage is

a) It depends upon the nature of the b) Stronger between genes located

concerned genes close together upon the
chromosome
c) Stronger between genes located d) Strength of linkage is not
far away from each other upon the dependent upon the distance
chromosome between the genes

20. X and Y-chromosomes are

a) Morphologically as well as b) None are correct.

genetically dissimilar
c) Only morphologically dissimilar d) Only morphologically similar

21. Inheritance of skin colour in human beings is an example of –

a) complementary genes b) monogenic inheritance

c) polygenic inheritance d) Mendelian inheritance

22. The ratio 9 : 7 is produced due to –

a) supplementary genes b) epistatic genes

c) complementary genes d) lethal genes

23. In a red and white-flowered cross of Mirabilis jalapa, F2 generation has red,
pink and white-flowered plants in the ratio of

a) 1 : 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 : 1
c) 1 : 0 : 1 d) 1 : 2 : 1

24. How many types of gametes will be produced by individuals of AABbcc

genotype ?

a) Six b) Nine
c) Two d) Four
25. ABO blood groups is determined by

a) three alleles, two recessive and b) three recessive alleles

one dominant
c) three alleles, two dominant and d) three codominant alleles
one recessive

26. In keeping with the law of independent assortment what is actually assorted?

a) Heterologous chromosomes b) Non homologous chromosomes

c) Centromeres d) Different genes on the same
chromosome

27. In sweet pea, the epistatic interaction between the genes for purple and white
colour produced the two colours in the ratio –

a) 8:8 b) 3: 1
c) 9:3:3: 1 d) 9:7

28. Polygenes are

a) always linked genes b) multiple copies of a single gene

c) genes which control continuously d) pseudogenes
variable characters like height,
weight, etc.

29. Multiple alleles control the character of

a) only skin colour b) blood groups and skin colour

c) only blood groups d) sickle-cell anaemia

30. Gene located on the same locus but having different expressions are

a) oncogenes b) multiple alleles

c) polygenes d) codominants
Answer Keys

1. a) Aneuploidy 2. a) GUG 3. a) Co-dominanace

4. c) Mendelian trait 5. c) direct relationship 6. a) form one linkage

group

7. c) all their sons will 8. c) 50% 9. b) The alleles of two

be haemophilic genes are
segregating
independently

10. c) pleiotropy 11. a) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 12. d) incomplete

dominance

13. c) multiple 14. b) 1 black : 2 blue : 1 15. a) O

phenotype white

16. b) Morgan 17. d) 10 18. a) I – B, II – A, III –

D, IV – C

19. b) Stronger between 20. a) Morphologically 21. c) polygenic

genes located as well as inheritance
close together genetically
upon the dissimilar
chromosome

22. c) complementary 23. d) 1 : 2 : 1 24. c) Two

genes

25. c) three alleles, two 26. b) Non homologous 27. d) 9:7

dominant and chromosomes
one recessive

28. c) genes which 29. c) only blood groups 30. b) multiple alleles
control
continuously
variable
characters like
height, weight,
etc.