LIFE SCIENCE TEST
HEREDITY
F.M. – 50 TIME – 1 HR 30 MIN
GROUP – A
(Answer all questions)
1) Determine which of the following genotypes is homozygous for both loci:
a) BbRr
b) BBRr
c) BbRR
d) bbrr
2) Identify the genotype of the guineapig having white coat colour and rough hair
a) bbRR,bbrr
b) BBRR, bbrr
c) bbRR, bbRr
d) BbRr, BbRR
3) Decide which of the following two were selected by Mendel as dominant traits:
a) Length of stem – Long, Shape of seed – Round
b) Position of flower – Terminal, Colour of flower – White
c) Colour of cotyledon – Green, Shape of seed – Wrinkled
d) Length of stem – Dwarf, Shape of seed – Wrinkled
4) Determine the nature of pea plant germinated from the seed produced as a result of
pollination between a hybrid tall (Tt) and pure dwarf (tt) pea plant:
a) 100% tall
b) 50% tall, 50% dwarf
c) 100% dwarf
d) 75% tall, 25% dwarf
5) Identify the genotype of guineapig having black colour and rough hair
a) BbRr, BBRr
b) BBrr, Bbrr
c) bbRR, bbRr
d) bbrr, bbRr
6) Decide which of the following two were selected by Mendel as recessive traits:
a) Colour of flower – Purple, Position of flower –Axial
b) Length of stem – Dwarf, Shape of seed – Wrinkled
c) Shape of seed – Round, Colour of seed – Yellow
d) Position of flower – Axial, Length of stem – Tall
7) Assess from the following, the probable genotypes of parents having haemophilic son and
normal daughter:
a) Hh, hY
b) HH, HY
c) HH, hY
d) Hh, HY
8) For a dihybrid cross in guineapig, the ratio between BbRr and BbRR genotypes in F2
generation is
a) 2:1
b) 4:1
c) 1:2
d) 1:1
9) Which of the following genotypes is associated with Yellow colour and wrinkled seeds in
pea?
a) Yyrr, Yyrr
b) YYRr, YyRR
c) yyRR, yyRr
d) YYRR, yyrr
10) For incomplete dominance, the phenotypic and genotypic ratios in the F2 generation is
a) 2:1:1
b) 1:1:1
c) 1:2:1
d) 1:2:2
GROUP – B
(Answer all questions)
Fill in the blanks given below:
11) The gene having the power of rolling tongue is __________
12) As the gene responsible for haemophilia is recessive, so the symptoms of the disease is
only manifested in _________ condition
13) A disease in human population caused by recessive gene located in X-chromosome is
_________
14) Wrinkled shape of seed is a _________
State True or False:
15) In pea plants having genotype YyRR only one type of gamete is produced
16) Mendel used the term gene while describing his experiments related with heredity
17) There is no role of female in determining sex of human
18) If any pea plant contains TT or tt trait, then the pea plant becomes heterozygous with
respect to such alleles
Match appropriate words in Column A with those in Column B:
Column A Column B
19) Genetic disease a) rrYY
20) The second law of Mendel b) Controlled by autosome
21) Genotype of pea plant having wrinkled c) Law of Segregation
and yellow coloured seed
22) Tongue roller d) Colour blindness
e) Law of Independent Assortment
Answer in a single word or single sentence
23) What is dominant trait?
24) Which law Mendel concluded from his dihybrid cross experiment?
25) Give an example of a variation found among healthy individuals which is transmitted
through generations
26) State a characteristic of the gene responsible for colour blindness
GROUP – C
(Answer all questions)
27) State Mendel’s Second law of heredity
28) Prove the authenticity of the statement – “The phenotype and genotype ratio remain
identical in the case of Incomplete dominance.”
29) Write two causes behind Mendel’s success in conducting experiments on heredity
30) “Some phenotypes have multiple genotypes and some other phenotypes may have a
single genotype” – Justify the staement from the results derived from dihybrid experiment in
pea plant
31) Show with the help of a cross, who is more important among parents in determining the
sex of their offspring
32) State the role of genetic counselling in marriages
33) State two reasons why Mendel chose pea plant to conduct his experiments on heredity
GROUP – D
(Answer all questions)
34) a) Predict what could be the hereditary results in the following cases:
i) One of the parents is thalassemic and the other is a carrier of thalassemic gene
ii) Both of the parents are carriers for thalassemic gene
State the symptoms of thalassemia
OR
b) Tabulate three pairs of opposite traits regarding pod and seed of pea plant as selected by
Mendel.
Show the process of sex determination in man with the help of a checkerboard.
35) A colour blind female married a normal male. Judge the probability of colour blindness
among the children in the first filial generation.
Show with the help of a cross how the first law of Mendel is deviated in the case of 4 o’ clock
plant in the F2 generation.