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Crash Course Practice Sheet-1

PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND

VARIATIONS
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1. Among the seven pairs of contrasting traits in 5. On crossing two heterozygous tall plants (Tt), a
pea plant as studies by Mendel, the number of total of 500 plants were obtained in F1
traits related to flower, pod and seed generation. What will be the respective number
respectively were of tall and dwarf plants obtained a F1
A. 2,2,2 B. 2,2,1 generation?
C. 1,2,2 D. 1,1,2 A. 375,125 B. 250,250
C. 475,25 D. 350,150
2. _______ pairs of contrasting traits were studies
by Mendel in pea plant. 6. What is the probability of production of dwarf
A. 6 B. 7 offspring in a cross between two heterozygous
C. 8 D.10 tall pea plants?
A. Zero B. 50%
3. Which of the following characters was not C. 25% D. 100%
closer by Mendel?
A. Pod shape 7. A tobacco plant heterozygous for a recessive
B. Pod colour character is self-pollinated and 1200 seeds are
C. Position of flower subsequently germinated. How many seedlings
D. Position of pod would have the parental genotype?
A. 1200 B. 600
4. ________code for a pair of contrasting traits of C. 300 D. 750
……. gene.
A. Dominant genes
B. Alleles
C. Linked genes
D. Recessive genes
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8. Read the given statements and select the correct 14. Inheritance of roan coat in cattle is an example
option, of
Statement 1: Test cross is used to determine A. incomplete dominance
an unknown genotype within one breeding B. co-dominance
generation. C. multiple allelism
Statement 2: Test cross is a cross between F1 D. none of these
hybrid and dominant parent.
A. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct. 15. ABO blood grouping in human beings ____ the
B. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is example of
incorrect A. incomplete dominance
C. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is B. co-dominance
correct C. multiple allelism
D. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect. D. both B and C

9. Which of the following Mendel's law is derived 16. The percentage of ab gamete produced by
from dihybrid cross? AaBb parent will be
A. Law of dominance A. 25 % B. 50 %
B. Law of segregation C. 75 % D. 12.5 %
C. Law of independent assortment
D. All. 17. How many types of gametes can be produced
by a diploid ________ who is heterozygous for
10. In Antirrhium (dog), phenotypic ratio in F2 4 loci?
generation for the inheritance of flower colour A. 4 B. 8
would be C. 16 D. 32
A. 3:1 B. 1:2:1
C. 1:1 D. 2:1 18. Law of independent assortment can be
explained with the help of
11. Phenotypic and genotypic ratio similar in case A. dihybrid cross
of B. test cross
A. Complete dominance C. back cross
B. Incomplete dominance D. monohybrid cross
C. Over dominance
D. epistasis 19. Mendel’s work was rediscovered by three
s______ in the year
12. ABO blood groups in human beings are A. 1865 B. 1900
controlled by the gene I. The gene I has three C. 1910 D. 1920
alleles – I4, I3, and I. Since there are three
different alleles six different genotypes are 20. Chromosomal theory of inheritance was given
possible. by
How many phenotypes can occur? A. Morgan B. Sutton and Boveri
A. Six B. Two C. Hugo de Vries D. None
C. Three D. Four
21. Genes located very close to one another on
13. What can be the blood group of offspring when Same chromosome tend to be transmitted
both parents have AB blood group? together and are called
A. AB only B. A, B and AB A. allelomorphs
C. A, B, AB and O D. A and B only B. identical genes
C. linked genes
D. recessive genes

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22. What is true about the crossing over between known as

linked genes? A. hypostatic genes
A. No crossing over at all B. duplicate genes
B. High percentage of crossing over C. pleiotropic genes
C. Hardly any crossing over D. complementary genes
D. None of these
28. When a single gene influences more than one
23. The distance between the gene is measured by trait it is called
A. angstrom B. map unit A. pseudo-dominance
C. Dobson D. millimetre B. pleiotropy
C. epistasis
24. Which of the following is an exception to law D. None of these
of independent assortment?
A. Linkage 29. XO type of sex determination and XY type of
B. Incomplete dominance sex determination are the examples of
C. Codominance A. male hetrogamety
D. All B. female hetrogamety
C. male homogamety
25. In a cross between negro and albino skin colour D. both (b) and (c)
of humans showing polygenic inheritance, the
phenotypic______F2 generation will be 30. In XO type of sex determination
A. 9:3:3:1 B. 1:6:15: 20:15:6:1 A. females produce two different types of
C. 1:4:6: 4:1 D. 1:2:2: 4:1:2: 1:2:1 gametes
B. males produce two different types of
26. The gene disorder Phenylketonuria is an gametes
example for C. females produce gametes with Y
A. multiple alleism B. duplicate inheritance chromosome
C. multiple factor D. pleiotropy D. males produce gametes with Y chromosome

27. Genes with multiple phenotypic effect are

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ANSWERS KEY
1. (A) 12. (D) 23. (B)
2. (B) 13. (B) 24. (A)
3. (D) 14. (B) 25. (B)
4. (B) 15. (D) 26. (D)
5. (A) 16. (A) 27. (C)
6. (C) 17. (C) 28. (B)
7. (B) 18. (A) 29. (A)
8. (B) 19. (B) 30. (B)
9. (C) 20. (B)
10. (B) 21. (C)
11. (B) 22. (C)

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Crash Course Practice Sheet-2

PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND

VARIATIONS
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Direction: Refer to the given family tree and 4. A marriage between a colourblind man and a
answer the question 1 and 2. normal women produces
A. all carries daughters and normal sons
B. 50% carrier daughters, 50% normal
daughters
C. 50% colourblind sons, 50% normal sons
D. all carries offspring’s

5. An individual affected by phenylketonuria

lacks an enzyme that converts the amino acid
_______into_______.
A. tyrosine, phenylalanine
1. If A = normal allele, a = albino allele, then B. phenylalanine, tyrosine
genotypes of father and mother are respectively C. homogentisisc acid, phenylalanine
A. Aa and Aa B. AA and Aa D. homogentisisc acid, tyrosine
C. Aa and AA D. Aa and aa
6. Which of the following is not an example of
2. What are the chances of this couple’s child recessive autosomal disease?
being an albino A. Haemophilia B. Cystic fibrosis
A. 1 in 1 B. 1 in 2 C. Pheylketonuria D. Sickle-cell anemia
C. 1 in 3 D. 1 in 4
7. Which of the following trait is controlled by
3. Father of a child is colourblind and mother is dominant autosomal genes?
carrier for colorblindness, the probability of the A. Polydactyly
child being colour blind is B. Huntingtons chorea
A. 25% B. 50% C. PTC (phenylthiocarbamide)
C. 100% D. 75% D. Haemophilia
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8. Failure of segregation of chromatids during cell 16. In the following pedigree chart, the mutant trait
division results in the gain or loss of is shaded. The gene responsible for the trait is
chromosomes, this is called as
A. Euploidy B. Monoploidy
C. Aneuploidy D. Polyploidy

9. Klinefelter’s syndrome is characteri by a k

karyotypes of
A. XYY B. XD
C. XXX D. XXY A. dominant and sex linked
B. dominant and autosomal
10. Which of the following is mismatched pair of C. recessive and sex linked
diseases and its related symptom? D. recessive and autosomal
Disease Symptom
A. Phenylketonuria Urine turns black
on exposure to air 17. Given pedigree chart depicts the inheritance of
B. Down’s syndrome Physical and attached ear lobes, an autosomal recessive trait.
mental retardation
C. Klinefelter’s Sterile males
syndrome
D. Turner’s Syndrome Sterile females

11. Number of autosomes present in liver cells of a Which of the following conclusions drawn is
human female is correct?
A. 22 autosomes B. 22 pairs A. Parents are heterozygous
C. 23 autosomes D. 23 pairs B. Parents are homozygous dominant
C. Parents are homozygous recessive
12. Find out the mismatched pair D. None of these
A. Haemophilia - Sex linked recessive
B. Cystic fibrosis - Autosomal recessive 18. Study the pedigree chart of a family showing
C. Down’s syndrome- Trisome 21 the inheritance of sickle-cell anemia.
D. Turner’s syndrome – Y-linked

13. Rate of mutation is affected by

A. temperature B. X-rays
C. gamma rays D. all of these

14. Insertion or deletion of a single base causes

A. inversion mutation The trait traced in the above pedigree chart is
B. transition mutation A. dominant X-linked
C. frame-shift mutation B. recessive X-linked
D. transversion mutation C. autosomal dominant
D. autosomal recessive
15. Point mutation may occur due to
A. alteration in DNA sequence 19. Which one is the incorrect match?
B. change in a single base pair of DNA A. - Consanguineous mating
C. deletion of segment of DNA B. - Sex unspecified
D. gain of a segment in DNA C. - Male
D. - - Affected individuals

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20. In honeybees, females are ____(i)___ having 25. Which one of the following symbols and its
____(ii)____ chromosomes and males are representation, used in human pedigree analysis
____(iii)_____ having _____(iv)_____ is correct?
chromosomes A. - male affected
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) B. - mating between relatives
A. diploid 46 haploid 23 C. - unaffected male
B. haploid 23 diploid 46 D. - unaffected female
C. diploid 32 haploid 16
D. haploid 16 diploid 32 26. Which one of the following conditions in
humans is correctly matched with its
21. Refer to the given figure chromosomal abnormality/linkage?
A. Down syndrome – 44 autosomes + XO
B. Klinefelter syndrome – 44 autosomes +
XXY
C. Colour blindness –Y-linked
D. Erythroblastosis foetalis –X-linked

27. Inheritance of skin colour in humans is an

example of
This type of sex determination is found in A. Codominance
A. grasshoppers and cockroaches B. Chromosomal aberration
B. birds and reptiles C. Point mutation
C. butterflies and moths D. Polygenic inheritance
D. honeybees, ants and wasps
28. Point mutation involves
22. The term “Linkage” was coined by A. Deletion
A. W. Sutton B. Insertion
B. T.H. Morgan C. Change in single base pair
C. T.Boveri D. Duplication
D. G. Mendel
29. The defect sickle-cell anaemia is caused by the
23. How many pairs of contrasting characters’ in _____ of glutamic acid by valine at the 6th
pea plants were studies by Mendel in position of the ______ globin chain of the
experiments? haemoglobin molecule.
A. Seven B. Five A. Substitution, β
C. Six D. Eight B. Deletion, α
C. Duplication, β
24. An abnormal human baby with ‘XXX’ sex D. Translocation, α
chromosomes was born due to
A. Fusion of two sperm and one ovum 30. Mark the correct option (w.r.t. monosomy)
B. Formation of abnormal sperms in the father A. Klinefelter’s syndrome
C. Formation of abnormal ova in the mother B. Down’s syndrome
D. Fusion of two ova and one sperm C. Turner’s syndrome
D. Haemophilia

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1. (A) 12. (D) 23. (A)
2. (D) 13. (D) 24. (C)
3. (B) 14. (C) 25. (B)
4. (A) 15. (B) 26. (B)
5. (B) 16. (D) 27. (D)
6. (A) 17. (A) 28. (C)
7. (D) 18. (D) 29. (A)
8. (C) 19. (C) 30. (C)
9. (D) 20. (C)
10. (A) 21. (D)
11. (B) 22. (B)

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