KSA

Chapter 3. Inheritance and Varia on

Q.1. mul ple choice ques ons (MCQ): a) ABO blood group
1. Who is known as the Father of Gene cs? b) Eye colour in Drosophila
a) Charles Darwin b) Gregor Mendel c) Sickle cell anemia
c) Hugo de Vries d) Watson d) Coat colour in rabbits
2. Mendel selected which plant for his 10. A person with genotype IAi has which blood
hybridiza on experiments? group?
a) Maize b) Wheat a) A
c) Pea d) Bean b) B
3. Which of the following is a dihybrid cross c) AB
ra o? d) O
a) 1:2:1 b) 9:3:3:1 11. Who proposed the chromosomal theory of
c) 3:1 d) 2:1 inheritance?
4. In Mendel's experiments, tallness (T) is a) Watson and Crick
dominant over dwarfness (t). A cross b) Bateson and Punne
between Tt and Tt will produce what ra o of c) Su on and Boveri
phenotypes? d) Darwin and Wallace
a) 1 tall : 1 dwarf b) 3 tall : 1 dwarf 12. Genes are located on:
c) All tall d) All dwarf a) Centrioles
5. Law of Segrega on is also called: b) Ribosomes
a) Law of Purity of Gametes c) Chromosomes
b) Law of Dominance d) Nucleus
c) Law of Independent Assortment 13. Linked genes are inherited together because
d) Law of Inheritance they are:
6. Incomplete dominance was first discovered a) Close together on same chromosome
in: b) On different chromosomes
a) Pea c) On sex chromosomes only
b) Mirabilis jalapa d) Mutated genes
c) An rrhinum 14. Crossing over occurs in:
d) Drosophila a) Mitosis b) Interphase
7. In codominance, the phenotype shows: c) Metaphase of mitosis
a) Only dominant allele d) Pachytene of meiosis I
b) A blend of both alleles 15. The physical basis of heredity is:
c) Both alleles expressed equally a) Genes b) RNA
d) Only recessive allele c) Proteins d) Nucleolus
8. Blood group AB in humans is an example of: 16. Sex of a child is determined by:
a) Incomplete dominance a) Mother's egg b) Father's sperm
b) Co dominance c) Both parents equally d) Hormones
c) Recessive trait 17. XO genotype in humans leads to:
d) Linked genes a) Turner’s syndrome
9. Which one is not an example of mul ple b) Klinefelter’s syndrome
alleles?
 c) Down syndrome 28. Independent assortment results in
d) Edward’s syndrome forma on of:
18. XY sex chromosomes are found in: a) Iden cal gametes
a) Female humans b) Diverse gametes
b) Male humans c) Mutated gametes
c) Female grasshoppers d) Same phenotypes
d) Female birds 29. Which cross confirms the genotype of an
19. ZZ-ZW system of sex determina on is found individual?
in: a) Monohybrid cross b) Dihybrid cross
a) Humans c) Test cross d) Back cross
b) Grasshopper 30. Haemophilia is a:
c) Birds a) Autosomal recessive disorder
d) Monkey b) Sex-linked recessive disorder
20. In humans, Y chromosome determines: c) Chromosomal abnormality
a) Female development d) Dominant trait
b) Sex of embryo 31. A man with blood group A marries a woman
c) Hormone produc on with blood group B. What blood group is
d) All of the above impossible in their offspring?
21. Down syndrome is caused by: a) A
a) Trisomy 21 b) Monosomy X b) B
c) Trisomy 18 d) Extra X chromosome c) AB
22. Which of the following is a Mendelian d) O (only if both are homozygous)
disorder? 32. In a dihybrid cross, the phenotypic ra o
a) Down syndrome b) Klinefelter syndrome 9:3:3:1 is seen when:
c) Sickle cell anemia d) Turner syndrome a) Genes are linked
23. Phenylketonuria is due to absence of b) Genes are unlinked and assort
enzyme: independently
a) Tyrosinase b) Phenylalanine hydroxylase c) Genes show codominance
c) Amylase d) Lipase d) One gene suppresses another
24. Sickle cell anemia is caused due to a 33. Mendel’s law of independent assortment is
muta on in gene coding for: applicable only when:
a) Myoglobin b) Hemoglobin a) Genes are located on same chromosome
c) Ac n d) Albumin b) Genes are linked
25. A person with one sickle cell gene and one c) Genes are on different chromosomes
normal gene is: d) Genes show codominance
a) Normal b) Affected 34. Which of the following statements about
c) Carrier d) Immune linked genes is correct?
26. The term ‘genotype’ refers to: a) They assort independently
a) Physical appearance b) They are always inherited together
b) Gene c cons tu on c) They show higher recombina on
c) Environmental influence frequency
d) Muta on d) They are located on different
27. Phenotype is influenced by: chromosomes
a) Only genotype 35. A normal female is represented by the
b) Only environment karyotype:
c) Both genotype and environment a) 44 + XY b) 46 + XX
d) DNA only c) 22 + XX d) 22 + XY