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The document contains multiple-choice questions, assertion and reasoning questions, and case-based questions related to heredity and genetics. It covers topics such as blood groups, dominant and recessive traits, and Mendelian experiments with pea plants. The questions aim to assess understanding of genetic principles and inheritance patterns.

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Heredity MCQ A&r CBQ

The document contains multiple-choice questions, assertion and reasoning questions, and case-based questions related to heredity and genetics. It covers topics such as blood groups, dominant and recessive traits, and Mendelian experiments with pea plants. The questions aim to assess understanding of genetic principles and inheritance patterns.

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HEREDITY (MCQ, A&R, CBQ)

Multiple Choice Questions –


1. The statement that correctly describes the characteristic(s) of a gene is: a) In individuals of a
given species, a specific gene is located on a particular chromosome.
b) A gene is not the information source for making proteins in the cell.
c) Each chromosome has only one gene located all along its length.
d) All the inherited traits in human beings are not controlled by genes.
2. A man with blood group A marries a woman having blood group O. What will be the blood group
of the child?

a) O only b) A only
c) AB d) Equal chance of acquiring blood group A or blood group O
3. Which of the following is the correct genotype of the mother and the father?

a) XX, Yy b) XX,YY c) Xx, Yy d) Xx, YY

4. In a population of cats, black fur color(B) is dominant over white fur color (b). Two cats mated to
produce a litter of kittens, but all the kittens have Black fur. What can you infer about the genotypes
of the parents?

a)Both parents must be heterozygous (Bb)


b)Both parents must be homozygous dominant (BB)
c )Both parents must be homozygous recessive (bb)

d) One parent is (BB) and the other is (Bb)

5. The sex of a child is determined by which of the following?

a) length of the mother’s pregnancy b) length of time between ovulation and copulation
c) presence of an X chromosome in an ovum d) presence of Y chromosome in a sperm
6. A normal cell of human body contains 23 pairs of chromosomes. the number of Chromosomes in
a sex cell (sperm or ovum) of a human being is most likely to be

a) 46 b) 23 c) 21 d) 42

7. In pea plants, tall phenotype is dominant over dwarf phenotype, and the alleles are designated as
T and t respectively. Upon crossing one tall and one dwarf pant, total 250 plants were obtained out
of which 124 displayed tall phenotype and rest were dwarf. Thus, the genotype of the parent plants
was

a) TT X TT b)TT X tt c )Tt X Tt d) Tt X tt

8. A Mendelian experiment consisted of tall pea plants bearing violet flowers with short pea plants
bearing white flowers. The progeny all bore violet flowers, but almost half of them are short. This
suggests that the genetic make-up of the tall parent can be depicted as

a) TTWW b) ttWw c) TtWW d)TtWw


9. Humans inherit color of their eyes from their parents. Brown-eyed couple has three blue-eyed
children. Which of the following statements gives correct explanation of this situation?

(i) Each parent has an allele for brown eyes and an allele for blue eyes
(ii) the allele for blue eyes is recessive
(iii) the probability that their next child will have blue eyes is 75%
(iv) The probability that their next child will have brown eyes is 50%
a) (i) and (ii) only b) (i) and (iii) only c) (ii) and (iv) only d) (iii) and (iv) only
10. In a plant smooth seeds (S) are dominant over wrinkled seeds (s) and green seeds (G) are
dominant over yellow seeds (g). A plant homozygous for smooth and green seed is crossed with a
plant having wrinkled and yellow seeds. The F1 offspring are self-pollinated to produce F2
generation. If a total of 160 offspring are produced, how many plans are expected to be having
wrinkled and green seeds in F2 generation, according to a typical mendelian cross?

a) 90 b) 30 c) 20 d) 10

Assertion & Reasoning

Here two statements are given-one is Assertion and the other is Reason. Select the correct answer
from a,b,c and d.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of the assertion.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
c)A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
1. Assertion(A): A geneticist crossed two pea plants and got 50% tall and 50% dwarf in the progeny.
Reason (R) : One plant was heterozygous tall and the other was dwarf.

2. Assertion(A) : Mutation is sudden change in the genetic material.


Reason (R) : Variation is useful for the survival of species over time.

3. Assertion(A): The sex of a child is determined by the mother.


Reason (R) : Humans have two types of sex chromosomes: XX and XY.

4. Assertion(A): Monohybrid cross deals with inheritance of one pair of contrasting characters.

Reason(R): Dihybrid cross deals with inheritance of two pairs of contrasting characters.
5. Assertion(A): ABO are Human blood groups.
Reason(R): Blood group ‘O’ is a dominant group

Case Based Questions


1. In order to trace the inheritance of traits Mendel crossed Pea plants having one contrasting
character or a pair of contrasting characters. When he crossed pea plants having round and yellow
seeds with pea plants having wrinkled and green seeds, he observed that no plants with wrinkled
and green seeds obtained in F1 generation. F1 generation plants are cross bred by self-pollination to
produce F2 generation.
1. Write any two pairs of contrasting characteristics of pea plant used by Mendel other than those
mentioned above.

2. Differentiate between dominant and recessive traits.

3. State the ratio of the combinations observed in seeds of F2 generation (in the above case) . What
do you interpret from this result?

4. Given below is a cross between Pure violet flowered pea plant (V) and a pure white flowered pea
plant (v) . Diagrammatically represent what type of progeny is obtained in F1 and F2 generations?

2. A plant with red flower (Rw)is cross bred with a plant with white flower(ww). There are two
variations of the gene controlling the colour of the flower. The gene for red flower (R) is dominant
over that for white flower(w). Red flower (Rw) White flower (ww)
The punnett square shows the result of the cross.

1. What percentage of the plants is likely to


produce white flowers?

2. What type of a cross is this?

3. Draw a cross between a Homozygous red flower plant and a white flower plant. Mention their
phenotype and genotype ratio.

4. What is the biological name of a pea plant on which Mendel has worked?

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