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Principles of Inheritance and Variation-II (Upto: From sex determination to chromosomal disorder)
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1. Eggs fertilised by sperms having an X-chromosome 4. A disorder due to defect in either red or green cone of eye
develop into females and, those fertilised by sperms that do resulting in failure to discriminate between red and green
not have any sex chromosome develop into males. This colour occurs more often in male than females because
statement is true for
CC-003 CC-003 CC-003 CC-003 (1) ThisCC-003 CC-003
defect is due to mutation CC-003
in certain genes present in
(1) Humans the autosomes of males.
(2) Drosophila The genes that lead to red-green colour blindness are
(2)
on the Y chromosome
(3) Birds
It is a sex-linked recessive disorder and males have
(4) Grasshopper (3)
only one X chromosome and females have two.
2. Read the following statements and select the correct (4) Carrier girls are homozygous for this genetic disorder.
option.
Statement A: Inheritable mutations can be studied by 5. Identify the statements that are true for blood related genetic
generating a pedigree of a family. disorder and mark the correct option
Statement B: In addition to recombination, deletions or (A) Myotonic dystrophy disorder can occur only in male
insertion of a segment of DNA, leads to variation in DNA. individuals.
(B) A classical example of point mutation is controlled by a
(1) Both the statements A and B are incorrect
single pair of alleles, HbA and HbS.
(2) Both the statements A and B are correct (C) The RBC transforms from biconcave disc to an
(3) Only statement A is correct elongated sickle-like structure due to defect in the beta-
globin chain of haemoglobin that depolymerises under low-
(4) Only statement B is correct oxygen tension.
(D) A quantitative problem of synthesising too few globin
3. A haemophilic man had a phenotypically normal daughter. molecules results into anaemia which is a characteristic of
She marries a man who does not have haemophilia. If they the thalassemia disease.
have four sons, what would be the probability that all will be
haemophilic? (1) (A) and (B) are true
(1) Zero (2) (A) and (C) are true
(2) 1/2 (3) (B) and (D) are true
(3) 1/16 (4) (B)and (C) are true
(4) 1/8
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6. Consider the given pedigree chart. 9. The famous genetic disorder seen in the family pedigree of
Queen Victoria in which a single protein that is a part of the
cascade of proteins involved in the clotting of blood is
affected. The disease is
(1) Autosomal dominant
(2) Autosomal recessive
If the male parent is colorblind as well as suffering from (3) Sex linked recessive
phenylketonuria and the females in F1 generation marry to
males suffering from phenylketonuria but have normal (4) Sex linked dominant
vision, what would be true for F2, generation? 10. α Thalassemia is
50% of the male children will suffer with colorblindness (1) Controlled by two closely linked genes HBA1 and HBA2
(1)
and 50% with phenylketonuria.
(2) Controlled by a single gene HBB
All girls will be unable to discriminate between red and
(2) A problem of synthesising an incorrectly functioning
green colour. (3)
globin
Chances of female progeny being colorblind is more
(3) (4) Controlled by genes on chromosome 11 of each parent
than male progeny
All the individuals which will be suffering from 11. Read the following Assertion(A) and Reason (R) statements
(4) and select the correct option.
phenylketonuria will also be colourblind.
Assertion (A): The possibility of a human female becoming
7. Select the incorrect match a haemophilic is extremely rare.
Reason (R): Haemophilic female has to be homozygous
Caused by substitution of amino recessive for the trait, i.e., her father must be a haemophilic
acid in the globin protein due to the and mother must be at least a carrier.
Sickle-cell
(1) – single
anaemia Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
base substitution from purine to (1)
explanation of (A)
pyramidine in coding strand.
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct
(2)
explanation of (A)
The affected individual lacks
CC-003 CC-003 alanine CC-003
phenyl hydroxylase CC-003 (3) BothCC-003 CC-003
(A) and (R) are false CC-003
(2) Phenylketonuria – enzyme that converts
(4) (A) is true but (R) is false
the amino acid tyrosine into
phenylalanine. 12. Absence of one of the chromosomes as compared to the
normal number can be seen in
In an affected individual a simple (1) Cystic fibrosis
(3) Haemophilia –
cut will result in non-stop bleeding.
(2) Myotonic dystrophy
The defect could be due to either (3) β Thalassemia
mutation or deletion which
(4) Turner’s syndrome
ultimately results in reduced rate of
(4) Thalassemia –
synthesis of 13. Select the incorrect option w.r.t haplodiploid sex-
one of the globin chains (α and β determination system.
chains) that make up haemoglobin.
It is seen in honey bee and is based on the number of
(1)
(1) (1) sets of chromosomes an individual receives
(2) (2) In honey bee, eggs develop as a drones by means of
(2)
parthenogenesis
(3) (3)
Males have half the number of chromosomes than that
(4) (4) (3)
of a female honey bee
8. Failure of cytokinesis after telophase stage of cell division Honey bees do not have mother but have grandfather
results in an increase in a whole set of chromosomes in an (4)
and can have grandsons
organism and, this phenomenon is known as
(1) Aneuploidy
(2) Pleiotropy
(3) Heterogamety
(4) Polyploidy
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14. Regarding sickle cell anaemia, which of the given amino- 17. In which genetic condition, there is the presence of an
acid sequences is true for the HbS peptide? additional copy of the chromosome number 21 in an
individual?
(1) Val-His-Leu-Thr-Pro-Glu-Glu
(1) Turner’s Syndrome
(2) Val-His-Leu-Thr-Val-Glu -Glu
(2) Thalassemia
(3) Val-His-Leu-Thr-Pro-Val-Glu
(3) Down’s Syndrome
(4) Val-His-Leu -Glu-Pro-Glu-Glu
(4) Phenylketonuria
15. The following symptoms are seen an individual.
(a) Mental retardation 18. Which of the following is an autosome linked dominant
(b) Reduction in hair pigmentation disorder?
(c) Reduction in skin pigmentation
(1) Thalessemia
(d) Phenylalanine accumulation in the body
Identify the type of genetic disorder the individual is (2) Sickle cell anaemia
suffering from
(3) Myotonic dystrophy
(1) Haemophilia
(4) Haemophilia
(2) Down’s syndrome
19. A human female is sterile as her ovaries are rudimentary
(3) Phenylketonuria besides other features including lack of other secondary
(4) Klinefelter’s syndrome sexual characters. The karyotype of such an individual is
(1) Aneuploidy at chromosome 21
16. Identify the given statements as true(T) or false(F) and
select the correct option. (2) 47 chromosomes with XXY sex chromosome
(a) In humans, the genetic makeup of the sperm
determines the sex of the child. (3) 45 chromosomes with X0 sex chromosome
(b) By pedigree analysis one can easily understand (4) 45 chromosome with XX sex chromosome
whether the trait is dominant or recessive.
(c) In α Thalassemia, the more the number of genes are 20. The individual suffering from Klinefelter’s Syndrome
affected, the more alpha globin molecules are produced. exhibits all the given phenotypic features, except
(d) The total number of chromosomes in a normal human
(1) Tall stature with feminised character
cell is 46 pairs.
CC-003 CC-003 CC-003 CC-003 (2) Has CC-003
overall masculine CC-003
development CC-003
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(3) Gynaecomastia
(1) T T T F
(4) Mental development is retarded
(2) T T F F
(3) F F T T
(4) T F F T
(1) (1)
(2) (2)
(3) (3)
(4) (4)