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Q. No.All the following are recessive traits in Pisum sativum except:
1.
Green pod colour
2.
Green seed colour
3.
Terminal flower position
4.
Constricted pod shape
Subtopic: Introduction to Genetics: 1 | Introduction to Genetics: 2 |
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Sex determination is based on the number of sets of chromosomes an individual receives in:
| 1. | Honeybees | 2. | Grasshoppers |
| 3. | Fruit fly | 4. | Birds |
Subtopic: Sex Determination |
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α Thalassemia is controlled by:
| 1. | two closely linked genes on chromosome 16 |
| 2. | two closely linked genes on chromosome 11 |
| 3. | a single gene on chromosome 11 |
| 4. | a single gene on chromosome 16 |
Subtopic: Mendelian Disorders: Thalassemia |
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The given pedigree shows the inheritance pattern of a rare mutant phenotype (filled-in symbols) in humans. What is the most likely mode of inheritance of the trait?
1. Autosomal recessive
2. Sex-linked recessive
3. Autosomal dominant
4. Sex-linked dominant
1. Autosomal recessive
2. Sex-linked recessive
3. Autosomal dominant
4. Sex-linked dominant
Subtopic: Pedigree Analysis: Basics | Pedigree Analysis: Problem Solving |
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The son of a woman who carries the gene for colour blindness [but herself is not affected]:
| 1. | can never be colour blind |
| 2. | has a 25 per cent chance of being colour blind |
| 3. | has a 50 per cent chance of being colour blind |
| 4. | has a 100 per cent chance of being colour blind |
Subtopic: Mendelian Disorders |
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Which of the following conditions is not a case of aneuploidy?
1. Down’s syndrome
2. Turner’s syndrome
3. Thalassemia
4. Klinefelter’s syndrome
1. Down’s syndrome
2. Turner’s syndrome
3. Thalassemia
4. Klinefelter’s syndrome
Subtopic: Mendelian Disorders: Thalassemia | Non - Disjunction & Aneuploidy | Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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A man has type AB blood and he marries a woman with type O blood. Two children are born to the couple and they also adopted one child. If child 1 has type A blood, child 2 has type B blood, and child 3 has type O blood, which child was adopted?
1. Child 1
2. Child 2
3. Child 3
4. Cannot be determined
1. Child 1
2. Child 2
3. Child 3
4. Cannot be determined
Subtopic: Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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The number of chromosomes in the male and female is/are not equal in:
1. Only II
2. Only I and IV
3. Only II and III
4. I, II, III and IV
| I: | Humans |
| II: | Honeybees |
| III: | Grasshoppers |
| IV: | Drosophila |
2. Only I and IV
3. Only II and III
4. I, II, III and IV
Subtopic: Sex Determination |
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For a female becoming haemophilic:
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
| I: | mother of such a female has to be at least a carrier. |
| II: | father of such a female has to be at least a carrier. |
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic: Mendelian Disorders: Hemophilia |
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In Pisum sativum, the allele for tallness [T] is completely dominant over the allele for dwarfness [t]. What proportion of the tall progeny of the cross Tt X Tt will be homozygous tall?
| 1. | 1/3 | 2. | 1/4 |
| 3. | 1/2 | 4. | 3/2 |
Subtopic: Monohybrid Cross: 1 |
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