Assignment 2
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
1. In a garden, a plant breeder crossed two pea plants as shown. What are the expected
phenotypes and genotypes in the F2 generation?
(a) Phenotypes – 4; Genotypes – 16
(b) Phenotypes – 3; Genotypes – 12
(c) Phenotypes – 4; Genotypes – 9
(d) Phenotypes – 2; Genotypes – 4
2. In mice, brown fur is dominant and white fur is recessive. A biologist crossed a brown fur male
with a white fur female and obtained two brown fur and two white fur offspring. Which of the
following statements is MOST likely to be true?
(a) Both parents are heterozygous
(b) Only the male parent is homozygous
(c) Only the male parent is heterozygous
(d) Only the female parent is heterozygous
3. Two parent plants, each with a different combination of the alleles P, Q and R, are crossed. After
examining the offspring, the scientist finds that some of the plants in the next generation have
genotype ppqqrr, which indicates recessive alleles for all three traits. Which of the following can be
a possible genotype of either parent?
(a) PPQQRR
(b) PPQqRr
(c) PpQqRr
(d) PpQQRr
4. Two genes ‘D’ and ‘C’ are linked. In a dihybrid cross involving these two genes, the F1
heterozygote (DdCc) is crossed with homozygous recessive type (ddcc). What would be the ratio of
offspring in the next generation?
(a) 1:1:1:1
(b) 9:3:3:1
(c) 3:1
(d) 1:1
6. In humans, rolling of the tongue is an autosomal dominant trait (R). In a family, both the parents
have the trait of rolling tongue but their daughter does not show the trait, whereas the sons have the
trait. The genotypes of the family would be:
(a) Mother Rr, Father Rr, Daughter rr, Son rr
(b) Mother Rr, Father Rr, Daughter rr, Son RR
(c) Mother rr, Father Rr, Daughter RR, Son rr
(d) Mother RR, Father rr, Daughter Rr, Son Rr
9. During meiosis, if two gene pairs are on different chromosomes and assort independently, which
phase supports Mendel’s law of independent assortment?
(a) Prophase I
(b) Metaphase I
(c) Metaphase II
(d) Telophase
10. A plant breeder crossed a pure tall white flower plant with a pure dwarf blue flower plant. All F1
were tall blue. Upon selfing, 2160 plants were obtained. How many would be short with blue
flowers?
(a) 1215
(b) 405
(c) 540
(d) 135
11. In which of the following processes would genetic variation occur?
(P) Mutation in liver cells
(Q) Development of zygote to embryo
(R) Gene flow from one population to another
(a) Only P
(b) Only Q
(c) Only P and Q
(d) Only P and R
12. Among the following, which one is not a dominating trait?
(a) Axial position of flower
(b) Green colour of pod
(c) Violet colour of flower
(d) Green colour of seed
13. Match Column I with Column II:
Column I: (A) Axial flower (B) Terminal flower (C) Mendel (D) True-breeding line
Column II: (1) Continuous self-pollination (2) Father of genetics (3) Dominant trait (4) Recessive
trait
(a) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
(b) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
(c) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
(d) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
15. Which of the following truly represents a heterozygous organism?
(a) XXyy
(b) RRYy
(c) xxYY
(d) RrYy
16. Match Column A with Column B:
Column A: I. Chromosomal aberration II. Down’s syndrome III. Klinefelter’s syndrome IV. Turner’s
syndrome
Column B: A. Additional sex chromosome B. Inversion C. Extra chromosome D. Absence of sex
chromosome