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
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
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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
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
Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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The number of chromosomes in the male and female is/are not equal in:
I: Humans
II: Honeybees
III: Grasshoppers
IV: Drosophila
1. Only II
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:
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.           
1. Only I is correct
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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A pea plant shows the dominant phenotype. You conduct a single gene test cross to determine the genotype of this pea plant (T = tall, t = short). All progeny of the test cross show the dominant phenotype. The genotype of the plant in question is most likely:
1. TT.
2. TTtt.
3. Tt.
4. tt.

Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 | Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select the correct match from the codes given:
Column I Column II
A Number of possible phenotypes in ABO blood group system P 1 : 2 : 1
B Number of possible genotypes in ABO blood group system Q 3 : 1
C F2 phenotypic ratio in incomplete dominance R 4
D F2 phenotypic ratio in complete dominance S 6
Codes:
A B C D
1. P Q R S
2. Q R S P
3. R S P Q
4. S P Q R
Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 | Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 1 | Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 2 |
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