Genetics and Evolution - 1

Genetics and Evolution - 1

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chiasmata formation in Drosophila

  1. generally takes place in males and females
  2. takes place only in males
  3. never or rarely takes place in males
  4. never or rarely take place in females
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following crosses will the progenies obtained be fifty percent homozygous recessive and fifty percent heterozygous?

  1. TT x Tt
  2. Tt x Tt
  3. Tt x tt
  4. TT x tt
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Haploid chromosome number is 10. What will be its monosomy?

  1. 18
  2. 19
  3. 21
  4. 17
  5. 23
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: The following question has four choices out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

The genetic codes representing amino acid valine are

  1. GGU,GGC,GGA,GGG
  2. CUU,CUC,CUA,CUG
  3. GCU,GCC,GCA,GCG
  4. GUU,GUC,GUA,GUG
  5. GCU,GCC,GCA,GGG
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

‘Gametes are never hybrid’. It is a statement of the law of

  1. dominance
  2. segregation
  3. independent assortment
  4. random fertilisation
  5. linkage
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A Barr body is present in a male child. The syndrome most likely to occur is

  1. Klinefelter’s syndrome
  2. Down’s syndrome
  3. Turner's syndrome
  4. Edward’s syndrome
  5. Trisomy
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A cross between yellow round and green wrinkled seed pea plants gave the following four types of progeny in equal proportions: yellow round, yellow wrinkled, green round and green wrinkled. The genotypes of the parents in this case must be

  1. YYRR X yyrr
  2. YyRr X yyrr
  3. YYRR X YYRR
  4. YyRr X YYRR
  5. yyrr X yyrr
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

DNA generally acts as a template for the synthesis of

  1. protein only
  2. DNA only
  3. RNA only
  4. RNA and DNA both
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sex-influenced genes are coded by

  1. autosomal genes
  2. X linked genes
  3. Y linked genes
  4. epistatic genes
  5. none of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Phenylketonuria is a genetic disorder of

  1. trisomic condition
  2. monosomic dominant gene
  3. autosomal dominant gene
  4. autosomal recessive gene
  5. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a living fossil?

  1. Euglena
  2. Limulus
  3. Sycon
  4. Balanoglossus
  5. Herdmania
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Teminism is a phenomenon which refers to

  1. mutual activity of operator and promoter genes
  2. central biological dogma
  3. reverse transcription
  4. transduction in bacteria
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Xenia refers to

  1. effect of pollen on stem
  2. effect of pollen on taste of fruit
  3. effect of pollen on vascular tissue
  4. effect of pollen on endosperm
  5. effect of pollen on leaves
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When chromosome sets are present in multiples of ‘n’, the condition is called

  1. polyploidy
  2. aneuploidy
  3. euploidy
  4. diploidy
  5. monoploidy
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following chromosome numbers is present in a trisomic individual?

  1. 2n + 1
  2. 2n - 1
  3. 2n - 2
  4. 2n + 2
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In DNA, two nucleotides are linked by

  1. hydrogen bonds
  2. peptide bonds
  3. disulphide bonds
  4. phosphate diester bonds
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Loss of one chromosome from one set is called

  1. tetrasomy
  2. nullisomy
  3. monosomy
  4. trisomy
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The addition or deletion of one or more chromosomes in a set is called

  1. euploidy
  2. aneuploidy
  3. polyploidy
  4. heteroploidy
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

‘Homo erectus’ is the zoological name of

  1. Cro-Magnon man
  2. Peking man
  3. Nut cracker man
  4. Neanderthal man
  5. None of the above.
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Theory of spontaneous creation was supported by

  1. Van Helmont
  2. Redi
  3. Spallanzani
  4. Pasteur