Q.1
The variations occurring due to meiosis are due to the independent segregation of chromosomes during Metaphase II.
  • a) True
  • b) False
Q.2
What is the pair of homologous chromosomes that line together during the meiosis I called?
  • a) Chromatid
  • b) Bivalent
  • c) Trivalent
  • d) Divalent
Q.3
Who interpreted by observing the independent segregation of chromosomes during meiosis, that the factors they carry would also separate independently?
  • a) Crick and Watson
  • b) Newton and Einstein
  • c) Sutton and Boveri
  • d) Franklin and Wilkins
Q.4
What theory was coined by Sutton and Boveri?
  • a) Chromosomal theory of inheritance
  • b) Genetic theory of inheritance
  • c) Theory of Gravitation
  • d) Universal theory of everything
Q.5
Who was responsible for the theory of chromosomal inheritance?
  • a) Crick and Watson
  • b) Newton and Einstein
  • c) Sutton and Boveri
  • d) Franklin and Wilkins
Q.6
Which theory states that the segregation of one chromosomal pair during meiosis is independent of the other chromosomal pairs?
  • a) Chromosomal theory of inheritance
  • b) Genetic theory of inheritance
  • c) Theory of Gravitation
  • d) Universal theory of everything
Q.7
What does the chromosomal theory of inheritance state?
  • a) Factors segregate independently of each other
  • b) Genes segregate independently of each other
  • c) Chromosomes segregate independently of each other
  • d) Cells divide independently of each other
Q.8
Who was the pioneer of studies in fruit flies?
  • a) Morgan
  • b) Sutton
  • c) Mendel
  • d) Boveri
Q.9
What is the scientific name of fruit fly?
  • a) Felis domestica
  • b) Drosophila melanogaster
  • c) Drosophila domestica
  • d) Felis melanogaster
Q.10
Thomas Morgan is known for his studies on ________
  • a) Felis domestica
  • b) Drosophila melanogaster
  • c) Drosophila domestica
  • d) Felis melanogaster
Q.11
Who was responsible for the experimental verification of chromosomal theory of inheritance using fruit flies?
  • a) Morgan
  • b) Sutton
  • c) Mendel
  • d) Boveri
Q.12
Which model organism was used to verify the chromosomal theory of inheritance?
  • a) Felis domestica
  • b) Drosophila melanogaster
  • c) Homo sapiens
  • d) Rattus rattus
Q.13
In fruit flies, females are larger in body size than males.
  • a) True
  • b) False
Q.14
Which of the following organisms is easy to culture on artificial medium in a laboratory setting?
  • a) Felis domestica
  • b) Drosophila melanogaster
  • c) Homo sapiens
  • d) Canis familiaris
Q.15
Which of the following is not an advantage of using fruit flies?
  • a) Low life span
  • b) Violent organisms
  • c) Easy to culture
  • d) Large number of progeny
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