1.

In a cross between a heterozygous tall pea plant and a homozygous dwarf pea plant, the F1 progeny
will be:
(a) 50% of the progeny will be tall (b) 25% of the progeny will be dwarf
(c) 50% of the progeny will be dwarf (d) 75% of the progeny will be tall
Choose the correct option :
(1) a & b (2) a & c (3) a,d, c (4) Only d
2. Out of a population of 800 individuals in F2 generation of a cross between yellow round and green
wrinkled pea plants, what would be number of green wrinkled seeds:
(1) 100 (2) 200 (3) 50 (4) 150
3. In a cross between AABB x aabb, the ratio of genotype in F2 generation between AaBB, AaBb,
Aabb, aabb would be :
(1) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 (2) 2 : 4 : 2 : 1 (3) 2 : 1 : 1 : 2 (4) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
4. Which one of the following is mismatched pair :
Character Dominant Recessive
(1) Colour of pod Green Yellow
(2) Position of flower Terminal Axillary
(3) Shape of pod Inflated Constricted
(4) Colour of seed yellow green
5. Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Mendal selected 14 true breeding pea plant varieties as pairs which were similar
except for one character with contrasting traits.
Statement-II : Stable trait inheritance is due to continuous self-pollination. Choose the correct
answer from the option given below:
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(2) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(3) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
(4) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
6. In dihybrid experiment on garden peas worked by Mendel, what is the % of seed with RrYy
genotype:
(1) 12.5% (2) 25% (3) 6.25% (4) 37.5%
7. Statement I : Deletions and insertions of base pairs of DNA cause frame shift mutation
Statement-II : Chromosomal aberrations are commonly observed in cancer cells.
(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(2) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(3) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
(4) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
8. A true breeding pureline chosen by Mendel shows ____________ trait inheritance and is obtained by
continuous _______pollination for __________ generations.
1) Stable, cross, many 2) Unstable, self, many
3) Stable, cross, few 4) Stable, self, many.
9. Identify the traits [A -D] chosen by Mendel.
Characters in pod Dominant Recessive
(Chosen by Mendel)
i. Colour A B
ii. Shape C D
1) A - Green, B - Yellow, C - Inflated, D - Constricted
2) A - Yellow, B -Green, C - Inflated, D -Constricted
3) A - Green, B -Yellow, C - Constricted, D - Inflated
4) A - Yellow, B - Green, C - Constricted, D – Inflated
10. According to Mendel, what w as the ratio of gametes formed by YyRr?
1) YR : yr = 1 : 1 2) YR : yr = 3 : 1
3) RY : yr : yR : Yr = 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 4) YR : yr : yR : Yr = 1 : 1 : 1 : 1
11. More the frequency of recombination –
1) More the distance between two genes 2) Less the distance between two genes
3) Less are the chances of crossing over 4) More are chances of forming parental type.
12. Who worked out the biochemical nature of transforming principle of Griffith's experiments?
1) Hugo de Vries, Tschermak and Correns 2) Avery, MacLeod and McCarty
3) Watson, Crick and Wilkins 4) Franklin, Klug and Holmes.
13. The phenomenon of pleiotropism refers to
(1) Presence of several alleles of a single gene controlling a single character
(2) A single gene affecting multiple phenotypic expression
(3) Presence of two alleles, each of the two genes controlling a single trait
(4) More than two genes affecting a single character
14. Assertion: In a monohybrid test cross the F2 parent produces genetically similar gametes. Reason: A
monohybrid test cross gives 1:1 phenotypic ratio.
(1) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
(2) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
(3) Assertion is true but Reason is false
(4) Assertion is false but Reason is true
15. Some of the dominant traits studied by Mendel were:
(1) Round seed shape, constricted pod
(2) Yellow seed colour, inflated pod shape and axial flower position
(3) Yellow seed colour, violet flower colour and yellow pod colour
(4) Axial flower position, green pod colour and green seed colour
16. Statement I: Genes are the units of inheritance.
Statement II: Genes contain the information that is required to express a particular trait in an
organism.
(1) Statement I is false & statement II is true
(2) Both statement I & II are False
(3) Both statement I & II are correct
(4) Statement I is true & statement II is false
17. Sickle cell anemia is an example of
i. Mendelian disorder ii. Genetic disorder
iii. Chromosomal disorder iv. Y-linked character
v. Point mutation vi. Frame-Shift mutation
vii. Sex-linked disease viii. Recessive disorder
ix. Qualitative disorder x. Quantitative disorder
xi. Autosomal disorder
(1) i, ii, iv, v, viii, x, xi (2) i, v, viii, ix, xi
(3) i, ii, v, viii, ix, xi (4) ii, iii, v, vii, ix
18. Statement - I: Punnett square is a graphical representation to calculate the probability of all possible
genotypes of offsprings in a genetic cross.
Statement - II: It was developed by a British geneticist, Reginald C. Punnett
(1) Statement I is false & statement II is true
(2) Both statement I & II are False
(3) Both statement I & II are correct
(4) Statement I is true & statement II is false
19. In his classic experiments on pea plants, Mendel did not use
(1) seed shape (2) flower position (3) seed colour (4) pod length.
20. Which of the following characteristics represent 'Inheritance of blood groups' in humans
a. Dominance b. Co-dominance c. Multiple allele d. Incomplete dominance
e. Polygenic inheritance
(1) a, b and c (2) a, c and e (3) b, d and e (4) b, c and e
21. Statement I : When two alleles of a gene are present together in a heterozygous state, do not fuse or
blend in any way, but remain distinct and segregate during meiosis
Statement II : In a dissimilar pair of factors pertaining to a character one member of a pair
dominates the other
(1) Statement I is false & statement II is true
(2) Both statement I & II are False
(3) Both statement I & II are correct
(4) Statement I is true & statement II is false
22. Match the following:
Column I Column II
(a) Dominance (i) Many genes govern a single character
(b) Codominance (ii) In a heterozygous organism only one allele expresses itself
(c) Pleiotropy (iii) In a heterozygous organism both allele expresses themselves fully
(d) Polygenic (iv) A single gene influences inheritance of many characters
(1) a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-I (2) a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
(3) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii (4) a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
23. In case of incomplete dominance, F2 generation has:
(1) Genotypic ratio equal to phenotypic
(2) Genotypic ratio is 3: 1
(3) Phenotypic ratio is 3: 1
(4) Phenotypic ratio 3:1 and Genotypic ratio 1:2:1
24. If one parent belongs to 'A' blood group and the other to 'O' blood group, their children possibly
represent
(1) A and B groups only (2) AB only
(3) A and O groups only (4) All four groups
25. If a child has O type of blood group and the father has B type, then the genotype of the father will be
(1) IOIO (2) IAIB (3) IOIB (4) IBIB
26. Identify the set of correct statement:
(a) Mendel investigated inheritance with usage of statistical analysis and mathematical logics.
(b) Mendel's experiments had a small sampling size.
(c) Mendel conducted artificial pollination for the hybridisation experiment.
(d) Mendel selected 14 true-breeding pea plant varieties.
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:
(1) (a) and (c) only (2) (b), (c) and (d) only
(3) (a), (c) and (d) only (4) (a), (b), (c) and (d) all
27. RR (red) is crossed with rr (white). All Rr offsprings are pink. This indicates that R-gene is
(1) Hybrid (2) Incompletely dominant
(3) Recessive (4) Mutant
28. A person with antigens 'B' in RBC and antibodies 'A' in the plasma belongs to the blood group
(1) A (2) B (3) AB (4) O
29. Who noted that the behaviour of chromosomes was parallel to the behaviour of genes and uses
chromosome movement to explain Mendel's law?
(1) T. H. Morgan (2) Hugo de Vries (3) Sutton and Boveri (4) Beadle and Tatum
30. A test cross is carried out to
(1) Determine the unknown genotype of a dominant plant
(2) Predict whether the recessive individual is homozygous or heterozygous
(3) Assess the number of alleles of a gene
(4) Determine whether two species or varieties will breed successfully
31. Match the following:
List I (Type of cross) List II (Phenotypic ratio)
(A) Monohybrid Cross (I) 1:1
(B) Dihybrid Cross (II) 1:2:1
(C) Incomplete dominance (III) 3:1
(D) Test Cross (IV) 9:3:3:1
(1) A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I (2) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
(3) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I (4) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I