Q.1
What is true in case of Honey Bee? .... ... [ Bih PMT 1994]
  • a) Male diploid, female haploid
  • b) Male diploid, female diploid
  • c) Male haploid, female haploid
  • d) Male haploid, female diploid
Q.2
Down's syndrome and Turner's syndrome are sue to respectively .... .. [ kerala 2007 ]
  • a) Monosomic and nillisomic conditions
  • b) Trisomic and monosomic conditions
  • c) Monosomic and trisomic conditions
  • d) Trisomic and tetrasomic conditions
Q.3
If BB represents barr body and Y0 Y-body, XXY or Klinefelter's syndrome has .... ... [ CPMT 1997 ]
  • a) BB - 1, Y0 - 0
  • b) BB - 1, Y0 - 1
  • c) BB - 0, Y0 - 1
  • d) BB - 2, Y0 - 1
Q.4
Which genotype and phenotype is a result of aneuploidy in sex chromosomes? ... [ CPMT 2004 ]
  • a) 22 pairs + XXY male
  • b) 22 + XX female
  • c) 22+ pairs + XXXY female
  • d) 22 pairs + Y female
Q.5
A lady carries for haemophilia (Hh) marries a normal man (HO). Daughters of such a lady would be ... ... [ kerala 2001 ]
  • a) 50% normal (HH) and 50% carrier (Hh)
  • b) 50% normal (HH) and 50% haemophilic (hh)
  • c) 25% carrier (Hh) and 75% haemophilic
  • d) 75% carrier (Hh) and 25% haemophilic (hh)
Q.6
Chromosomes other than sex chromosomes are called ... ... [ CMC 2003 ]
  • a) Allosomes
  • b) Autosomes
  • c) Lampbrush chromosomes
  • d) Heterosomes
Q.7
A monosomic (2N-1) abnormality in human is ... ... [ JIPMER 2002 ]
  • a) Klinefelter's syndrome
  • b) Turner's syndrome
  • c) Edward's syndrome
  • d) Down's syndrome
Q.8
If father is normal while mother is carrier of haemophilia .... .... [ KCET 2012 ] Explanation is provided, please click on
  • a) All female offspring ill be carriers
  • b) A male offspring has 50% chance of active disease
  • c) A female offspring has 50% chance of active disease
  • d) All female offspring will be normal
Q.9
Frequency of A allele is 0.6 and that of a allele is 0.What would be frequency of hetero zygotes in random mating population? ...... [CBSE 2005]
  • a) 0.36
  • b) 0.16
  • c) 0.24
  • d) 0.48
Q.10
Sickle cell anaemia has not been eliminated from African population as ... ... [ CBSE 2006 ]
  • a) It is controlled by dominant genes
  • b) it is controlled by recessive genes
  • c) It is not a fata disease
  • d) It provides immunity against malaria
Q.11
Wilson detected colour blindness in ... .. [ kerala 2003]
  • a) Colour blind
  • b) Normal male
  • c) Normal female
  • d) Haemophilic
Q.12
In a chromosome the protein content is .... .. [ DPMT 1996]
  • a) Nil
  • b) trace
  • c) Half of DNA
  • d) Same as DNA
Q.13
Marriage between colour blind man and normal woman shall result in .... .. [ EAMCET 1999 ]
  • a) Colour blind female progeny
  • b) Colour blind male progeny
  • c) Normal vision female progeny
  • d) Normal vision male and female progeny
Q.14
Crossing over produces ... .. [ CPMT 1991 ]
  • a) Recombination of linked genes
  • b) Synapsis of linked genes
  • c) Expression of recessive genes
  • d) Linkage of dominant genes
Q.15
Cause of chromosome laggards in meiosis is .... .. { Chd. CET 2012 ]
  • a) Inversion
  • b) Di centric chromosome
  • c) A centric chromosome
  • d) Duplication of a gene
Q.16
Genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants are located in ... .. [ AMU 2011 ]
  • a) Chloroplast genome
  • b) Mitochondrial genome
  • c) Nuclear genome
  • d) Cytosol
Q.17
Which represents correct hexaploid nature of Wheat? [ AIIMS 2003 ]
  • a) Monosomic - 21 ; Haploid - 28; Nullisomic - 42; Trisomic -43
  • b) Monosomic - 7 ; Haploid - 28; Nullisomic -40; Trisomic -42
  • c) Monosomic - 21 ; Haploid - 7; Nullisomic -42; Trisomic -43
  • d) Monosomic - 41 ; Haploid - 21; Nullisomic -40; Trisomic -43
Q.18
Mutations can be induced in bacteria by ... ... [ AFMC 1999]
  • a) Growing different strains in same culture
  • b) Starvation
  • c) Providing growth substances
  • d) High energy radiation
Q.19
Failure of separation of sister chromatids is ... ... [ kerala 2004 ]
  • a) Fusion
  • b) Non disjunction
  • c) Complementation
  • d) Interference
Q.20
Number of chromosomes in male grasshopper is .... .. [ MHTCET 2007]
  • a) 8
  • b) 45
  • c) 46
  • d) 23
Q.21
Linkage decreases frequency of .. ... [ CPMT 1998 ]
  • a) recessive allele
  • b) Dominant allele
  • c) Hybridization
  • d) Both B and C
Q.22
Huntington's chorea appears at the age of .... ....
  • a) 25 -55 years
  • b) 15 -25 years
  • c) 50 -60 years
  • d) 10 -15 years
Q.23
The word chromosome was called by .... ... [ MPPMT 1997 ]
  • a) Benda
  • b) Waldeyer
  • c) Robert Hooke
  • d) T.H. Morgan
Q.24
Which is a base analogue .... ... [MPPMT 1990 ]
  • a) 5-Bromouracil
  • b) Caffeine
  • c) Colchicine
  • d) Nitrous acid
Q.25
Two linked genes a and b show 20% recombination. The individuals of dihybrid cross between + +/+ + × ab/ab shall show gametes ... .. [ BHU 1997 ]
  • a) + + 80 : ab : 20
  • b) + + 50 : ab : 50
  • c) + + 40ab40: +a10 : +b:10
  • d) + + 30ab30: +a20 : +b:20
Q.26
Which one is found in males only ? ..... ... [ RPMT 1996]
  • a) X-chromosome
  • b) Y-chromosome
  • c) 2X chromosomes
  • d) X+X - chromosomes
Q.27
Which one of the following symbols and is representation, used in human pedigree analysis is correct? [ CBSE 2010 ]
  • a) ◯ = unaffected male
  • b) ◹ = unaffected female
  • c) ♦ = male affected
  • d) □=◯ = mating between relatives
Q.28
Exchange of one part of a chromosome with a part of the same or another chromosome is . ..... [ AFMC 2002 ]
  • a) inversion
  • b) crossing over
  • c) translocation
  • d) linkage
Q.29
A disease found only in males is .... ... [ AMU 2002 ]
  • a) Gaucher's disease
  • b) Lesch-Nyhan disease
  • c) Hunter's disease
  • d) Fabry's disease
Q.30
If haemophilic female survives and marries a normal male, the theoretical ratio of their offspring regarding haemophilia will be ... ... [ CPMT 2005 ]
  • a) All offspring haemophilic
  • b) All girls haemophilic
  • c) All sons haemophilic
  • d) 50% of sons and 50% daughters haemophilic
Q.31
Drosophila is metamale with chromosomal formula ... ... [ kerala 2007 ]
  • a) 2A + 3X
  • b) 3A + 3X
  • c) 4A +3X
  • d) 3A + XY
Q.32
Albinism and phenylketonuria are disorders due to ... ... [ AIIMS 2000 ]
  • a) recessive autosomal genes
  • b) Dominant autosomal genes
  • c) Dominant sex genes
  • d) Recessive sex genes
Q.33
Haemophilia does not occur in woman .... .. [ BHU 2003 ]
  • a) It is autosomal recessive
  • b) Women have to be homozygous which is fatal
  • c) They have only one X-chromosoe
  • d) They are more resistant to this disorder
Q.34
Epicanthus skin fold above the eyes and transverse palmer crease are typical symptoms of ... ...
  • a) Cri-du-chat
  • b) Klinefelter's syndrome
  • c) Down's syndrome
  • d) Turner's syndrome
Q.35
Nobel Prize for jumping gene/transposable DNA elements was given to ... ... [AMU 1996 ]
  • a) Muller
  • b) Mc Clintock
  • c) Morgan
  • d) Kornberg
Q.36
More men suffer from colour blindness than women because .... ... [ KCET 2011 ]
  • a) Women are more resistant to diseases
  • b) Male sex hormone testosterone causes the disease
  • c) Colour blindness gene occurs on Y-chromosome
  • d) Men are hemizygous and are defective allele is enough to cause the disease
Q.37
Percentage of similarity of β-chain of Hb in humans and Rhesus monkey is ... [ Odisha 2004 ]
  • a) 2%
  • b) 4%
  • c) 8%
  • d) 40%
Q.38
Chromosomal doubling for producing polyploid plants is carried out by ... .. [ CMC 2003 ]
  • a) PEG
  • b) NAA
  • c) EMS
  • d) Colchicine
Q.39
Rearrangement of genes occurs due to .... ... [ CPMT 1997 ]
  • a) translocation and duplication
  • b) translocation and deficiency
  • c) deletion and deficiency
  • d) translocation and inversion
Q.40
Datura is a classical example of study of ..... ...
  • a) Monosomics
  • b) Trisomics
  • c) Triploids
  • d) Nullisomics
Q.41
An auxotroph is .... ... [ DPMT 2001]
  • a) Plant capable of synthesizing own carbohydrates
  • b) Plant showing quick bending response to sunlight
  • c) A mutant having lost the ability to synthesis one or more nutrients
  • d) An organism dependent on another for nutritional requirements
Q.42
Nucleoprotein structures found at the end of chromosome are ... ...[ JKCMEE 2007 ]
  • a) Lilium
  • b) Zea mays
  • c) Allium
  • d) Trillium
Q.43
requency of recessive allele is 0.What is the frequency of homozygous dominant? [ EAMCET 2002 ]
  • a) 0.64
  • b) 0.32
  • c) 0.8
  • d) 0.064
Q.44
Exchange of segments between non homologous chromosomes is ... ... [ DPMT 1996]
  • a) Translocation
  • b) Inversion
  • c) Crossing over
  • d) Tetrasomy
Q.45
A fruit fly exhibiting both male and female traits is .... ... [ CBSE 1994]
  • a) Heterozygous
  • b) Gynandromorph
  • c) Hemizygous
  • d) Gynander
Q.46
A man with enlarged breasts, sparse body hair and XXY chromosme complement is suffering from ? .... .. [ AIIMS 2000 ]
  • a) Down's syndrome
  • b) Turner's syndrome
  • c) Klinefelter's syndrome
  • d) Super female
Q.47
Which one contains haploid set of chromosomes ... ....[ kerala 2000 ]
  • a) Spermatogonium
  • b) Primary spermatocyte
  • c) Secondary spermatocyte
  • d) Primordial germ cell
Q.48
Which statement about colour blindness is correct .... ... [ AMU 2010 ]
  • a) 6% men are red colour blind, 2% are green colour blind
  • b) 2% men are red colour blind, 6% are green colour blind
  • c) 10% men are red colour blind, 5% are green colour blind
  • d) 5% men are colour blind, 10% green colour blind.
Q.49
Ultraviolet radiations cause mutations due to ... ... [ Odisha 2003 ]
  • a) Formation of thymine dimers/ thymidine
  • b) Deletion of base pairs
  • c) Addition of base pairs
  • d) Methylation of base pairs
Q.50
The plant on which Hugo de Vries based his evolution theory is ... ... [ CPMT 1992 ]
  • a) Antirrhinum majus
  • b) lathyrus odoratus
  • c) Oenothera lamarckiana / Evening Primrose
  • d) Pisum sativum
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