Zoology
Colour blindness is more likely to occur in males than in females because:
A.
The genes for characters are located on the sex-chromosomes
B.
The trait is dominant in males and recessive in females
C.
Some males suffer from deficit of vitamin A which is essential for the synthesis of visual purple(rhodopsin)
D.
The 4 chromosome of males have the genes for distinguishing colours
Which condition is caused by a mutation that involves an entire chromosome rather than a single gene?
A.
Phenylketonuria
B.
Down's syndrome
C.
Sickle cell anaemia
D.
Haemophilia
Proband in human genetics is:
A.
The dark band present on the chromosomes
B.
The region produced by staining human chromosomes with Giemsa stain
C.
Person affected by hereditary disease and the one who brings that particular disease to the notice of geneticists
D.
The heterozygous carries of hereditary disease in the pedigree map
An Rh woman marries an Rh+ man. She can bear a child Erythroblastosis foetails at her :
A.
First delivery only
B.
Second delivery
C.
Third delivery
D.
Cannot be predicted
Congenital deafness in man is due to the homozygous condition of either or both of the recessive factors d and e. Both dominant factors D and E are necessary for normal hearing. What are the genotypes of the parents and children respectively if a deaf man marries a deaf woman and all the children have normal hearing?
A.
Ddee and ddEE; DdEe
B.
Ddee and Ddee; DDEe
C.
DDEE and DdEe; ddee
D.
ddEE and DDEe; Ddee
Genes which interact to produce only one phenotypic trait, but neither of them if present alone produces the phenotypic trait in the absence of other are:
A.
Supplementary genes
B.
Complimentary genes
C.
Epistasis genes
D.
Hypostatic genes
If for a pea plant, round yellow seeds are crossed with green wrinkled seeds then what is the phenotypic ratio of the offspring?
A.
All round yellow
B.
1 round yellow, 1 round green, 1 wrinkled yellow, 1 wrinkled green
C.
1 round yellow, 3 round green, 3 wrinkled green
D.
Data insufficient
An offspring of two homozygous parents differing from one another by alleles at only one gene locus is known as:
A.
Monohybrid
B.
Dihybrid
C.
Trihybrid
D.
Back cross
In F1, generation in the case of incomplete dominance:
A.
The ratio of phenotypes is 3 : 1
B.
The ratio of genotypes is 3 : 1
C.
The ratio of phenotypes and genotypes is different
D.
Ratio of both genotype and phenotype is 1 : 2 : 1
Mendel contributed to genetics by discovering the:
A.
Principle of mutation
B.
Chromosome theory of inheritance
C.
Independent assortment of factors
D.
Principle of genetic recombination
Human females are referred to as sex chromatin positive because of the presence of:
A.
More chromatin material in sex chromosomes
B.
Barr body in nuclei of their body cells
C.
The X Chromosomes in the sex chromosomal pair
D.
None of these
The ABO blood group in man is an example of:
A.
Pseudoallelis
B.
Multiple allelism
C.
Codominance
D.
Epistasis
In human beings the dominant trait is:
A.
Idiocy
B.
Diabetes
C.
Brown eyes
D.
Haemophilia
In Mendel's dihybrid cross, the phenotypic ratio in F2 generation was:
A.
9:1
B.
9 : 3 : 3 : 1
C.
3:1
D.
3 : 6 : 6 : 3
Genes which reduce the viability or cause the death of an individual are called:
A.
Penetrance genes
B.
Pleiotropic genes
C.
Holandric genes
D.
Lethal genes
The external appearance of an organism for a particular contrasting character is known as:
A.
Genotype
B.
Phenotype
C.
Phenocopy
D.
Wild type
Co-existence of two or more genes in the same chromosome is known as:
A.
Recombination
B.
Linkage
C.
Aberration
D.
Translocation
The trait which shows dominance in human is:
A.
Blue eyes
B.
Albino colour
C.
Black body
D.
Short structure
In Mendel's experiment the character which did not appear in F1 generation was termed as:
A.
Dominant character
B.
Codominant character
C.
Recessive character
D.
On completely dominant character
Short DNA fragments referred to as Okazaki pieces are synthesized during DNA replication. The template strand for their synthesis is:
A.
Each of the strands of DNA duplex
B.
Leading strand of DNA
C.
Lagging strand of DNA
D.
Single strand DNA of virus like ø(x)-174
Point mutations are due to:
A.
Gross changes in chromosomes
B.
Changes in the number of chromosomes
C.
Changes in the nucleotide sequence of a gene
D.
Changes in the normal arrangement of genes in the chromosomes
Amniocentesis is one of the most widely used techniques for the diagnosis of:
A.
Sex in pregnancy
B.
Genetic abnormalities
C.
Good dermplasm
D.
Lethal mutation
The male is a hybrid produced by cross breeding between a male donkey and a female:
A.
Donkey
B.
Horse
C.
Deer
D.
None of these
Red fruit (R) is dominant to yellow (r) and tallness (T) is dominant to short (t) in tomato plants. What will be phenotype of the offspring if one of the present plants is red homozygous and tall homozygous and the other is red heterozygous and tall heterozygous?
A.
50% red tall and 50% yellow short
B.
75% red tall and 25% yellow short
C.
75% red short and 25% yellow tall
D.
100% red tall
In four 'O' clock plants red colour of flowers (R) is incompletely dominant over white (r), the heterozygous having pink flower colour. What will be the offspring in a cross between red flowers and pink flowers?
A.
50% white and 50% red
B.
75% pink and 25% white
C.
75% red and 25% white
D.
50% red and 50% pink