Select the genotype amongst the given genotypes which will result in lightest skin colour in humans:
1. AAbbCC
2. AABBCc
3. aaBBCC
4. AaBbCc

Subtopic:  Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy |
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Which of the following describes a male in birds?
1. 2.
3.   4.  
Subtopic:  Sex Determination | Sex Determination: Further Considerations |
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Which of the following is not aneuploidy?
1. Down’s syndrome
2. Klinefelter’s syndrome
3. Turner’s syndrome
4. Phenylketonuria
Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders | Non - Disjunction & Aneuploidy | Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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Which of the following is a dominant trait in Pisum sativum?
1. Yellow pod colour
2. Green seed colour
3. Axial flower position
4. Constricted pod shape
Subtopic:  Introduction to Genetics: 1 | Introduction to Genetics: 2 | Monohybrid Cross: 1 |
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A pure tall plant is crossed with a hybrid tall plant [tall completely dominant over dwarf]. What proportion of progeny is expected to be dwarf?
1. 0
2. ½
3. ¼
4. ¾
Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 | Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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The strength of linkage between two genes will be:
1. higher if the genes are farther from each other
2. higher if the genes are closer to each other
3. higher if gametic coupling is present
4. higher if gametic repulsion is present

Subtopic:  Understanding Linkage | Recombination & Gene Mapping |
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Study the given diagram and select the best option:
  
1. The mating between I-1 and I-II is consanguineous
2. The first born child of I-1 and I-II is a male
3. The first born child of I-1 and I-II is a female
4. The first born child of I-1 and I-II is affected by a genetic disease
Subtopic:  Pedigree Analysis: Basics | Pedigree Analysis: Problem Solving |
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It is possible to induce mutations artificially through the use of radiations. Which of the following is especially suitable for inducing mutations in plants?
1. X rays
2. UV rays
3. γ rays
4. PEG
Subtopic:  Mutation |
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A person suffering from Klinefelter’s syndrome:
1. has 45 autosomes
2. is likely to have short stature and webbed neck
3. can develop Gynecomastia
4. has normal fertility
Subtopic:  Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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Identify the option where the names of scientists given in Column I are not correctly matched with their contribution to the science of genetics:
COLUMN I COLUMN II
1. De Vries, Correns, Tschermak Disproved Mendel’s law of Independent Assortment
2. Sutton and Boveri Gave the chromosomal theory of inheritance
3. Alfred Sturtevant Developed the first genetic map
4. T. H. Morgan Discovery of the white-eyed mutation in the fruit fly
Subtopic:  Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction | Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Further Considerations | Linkage Types | Recombination & Gene Mapping |
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