CBSE Questions for Class 12 Medical Biology Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 8 - MCQExams.com

The ploidy of bread wheat is
  • 4n
  • 6n
  • 2n
  • 8n
The factor that enriches the gene pool with new modified genes is
  • Mutation
  • Somatic variation
  • Decrease in chromosomes
  • Increase in cytoplasm
Select the correct sequence of the $$F_1$$ generation.
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Feminised males have .......... chromosomes.
  • $$44$$
  • $$45$$
  • $$46$$
  • $$47$$
Who proposed chromosomal theory of inheritance?
  • Boveri and Sutton
  • Bateson and Punnet
  • Morgan
  • Avery
A couple, both carriers for the gene sickle cell anaemia planning to get married, wants to know the chances of having anaemic progeny?
  • $$100\%$$
  • $$75\%$$
  • $$50\%$$
  • $$25\%$$
If diploid chromosome number is 12, then monosomic number of chromosome will be
  • 6
  • 12
  • 11
  • 13
Aneuploidy is the term applied for the
  • Gene mutation
  • Chromosomal mutation
  • Chromosomal mutations involving the addition or loss of one or more chromosomes
  • Chromosomal mutation involving the addition of one or more complete set of chromosomes
Gene mutations are those which involve
  • The change in nature and sequence of base triplets of DNA
  • The change in genome
  • The change in all the genes
  • The disappearance of certain part of chromosome
A classical example of allopolyploidy is?
  • Brassica
  • Raphano-brassica
  • Raphanus
  • All the above
Which of the following is a case of autoallopolyploidy?
  • AA, AA, AA
  • AA, AA, BB
  • AA-$$1$$
  • $$2n-2$$
The males of roundworms have ________________.
  • One Y-chromosome
  • One chromosome less than female
  • Two similar sex chromosomes
  • Distinct sex chromosomes
The effect of today's radioactive fallout will probably be more harmful to children of future generations than to children now living because
  • Infants are more susceptible to radiations.
  • Susceptibility to radiations increase with age.
  • Mutated genes are frequently recessive.
  • Contamination of milk supply is not cumulative.
Sex determination of foetus is banned because it leads to
  • Malformation
  • Infections and diseases
  • Chromosome aberrations
  • Female foeticide
Chromosomes were first seen by
  • Hofmeister
  • Waldeyer
  • Walter S. Sutton
  • Crick and Watson
The term chromosome was introduced by
  • Strasburger
  • Benda
  • Waldeyer
  • Hofmeister
The mutations which prove fatal for the organism are called
  • Spontaneous
  • Induced
  • Deleterious
  • Lethal
Role of chromosomes in sex determination was proposed by
  • Sutton and Boveri
  • Henking
  • Mc Clung
  • Morgan
Chromosome theory of XY sex determination was proposed by.
  • Henking
  • Wilson and Stevens
  • Johannsen
  • Punnet
In Drosophila the XXY constitution determines
  • Maleness
  • Femaleness
  • Intersex
  • Both A and C
Mendel selected Pea as material for his experiments because
  • It is an annual plant with comparatively short life cycle
  • The flowers are self-pollinated
  • The number of seeds produced is quite large
  • All the above
Theory of heterogamesis for sex determination was proposed by.
  • Morgan
  • Darwin
  • Correns
  • Bridges
The word 'Chromosome' was coined by
  • Benda
  • Waldeyer
  • Robert Hooke
  • T.H. Morgan
Heat killed pathogenic NL cells and live nonpathogenic cells are mixed and injected into mice. The result  would be 
  • Mice develop disease and die
  • Mice die without developing disease
  • Mice remain healthy
  • 50% mice develop disease and die
  • All mice remain healthy but lose vision
Heterogamesis is
  • Formation of two types of gametes
  • Morphological distinction of male and female gametes
  • Formation of two types of gametes by one sex and one type by other sex
  • Formation of two types of gametes by both the sexes
The daughters born to haemophilic father and normal mother could be
  • Normal
  • Carrier
  • Haemophilic
  • All of these
In humans, sex is determined by
  • Y-chromosome
  • X-chromosome
  • A and X-chromosome
  • A and Y-chromosome
Chromosomes connected with sex determination are
  • Autosomes
  • Heterosomes
  • Oxysomes
  • B-chromosomes
Plant in which chromosomal basis of sex determination was discovered first is?
  • Rumex
  • Melandrium
  • Coccinia
  • Sphaerocarpus
Aneuploidy is caused by .............. of the zygotic chromosome number
  • Thrice of gametic number
  • Twice of gametic number
  • Quadruple of gametic number
  • Abnormality
Muller was awarded Nobel prize in $$1946$$ for his work on
  • Protein synthesis
  • Chemistry of nucleic acids
  • Cancer
  • X-ray induced mutations
When a yellow mouse was crossed to another yellow mouse, the $$F_1$$ generation produces yellow and brown-black mice in the ratio 2 :The yellow mice are never homozygous. The reason is
  • Homozygous yellow cannot survive due to lethal effect of genes
  • Yellow mice are not very suitable to live
  • There is no formation of zygotes with homozygous yellow constitution
  • None of the above.
The genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross will be
  • 3 : 1
  • 1 : 1
  • 1 : 2 : 1
  • 2 : 1
Which is correct?
  • Multivalent formation occurs in allopolyploids
  • Aneuploidy occurs due to chromosome doubling
  • Tetraploid plants may have wider and extensive distribution
  • Rephanobrassica is autopolyploid
Sex of a child is due to
  • Size of ovum
  • Health of father
  • Sex chromosome of father/ sperm
  • Sex chromosome of mother/ ovum
Mutations are commonly.
  • Dominant
  • Codominant
  • Recessive
  • Incomplete
Colchicine brings about
  • Polyploidy
  • Cell division
  • Cell elongation
  • Cell differentiation
XY sex chromosomes were discovered by
  • Gregor Johann Mendel
  • M.J.D. White
  • Nettie Stevens
  • Robert Brown
Punnet square is used to know
  • Outcome of a cross
  • Probable result of a cross
  • Types of gametes
  • Result of meiosis
If an inheritable mutation is observed in a population at high frequency, it is referred as
  • DNA polymorphism
  • Expressed sequence tag
  • Sequence annonation
  • Linkage
  • Triplet codon
Smallest segment of genetic material affected by mutation is?
  • Recon
  • Cistron
  • Muton
  • Exon
A point mutation is?
  • Sickle cell anaemia
  • Thalassemia
  • Night blindness
  • Down's syndrome
What is wrong about mutation
  • Deletion and insertion of base pairs cause frameshift
  • Change in a single base of DNA that does not cause mutation
  • Cancer cells show chromosomal aberrations
  • UV and gamma rays are mutagens
Checkerboard method of calculations was developed by
  • Mendel
  • Bateson
  • Punnett
  • Morgan
In human zygote male sex is determined by
  • Strength of father
  • Nutrition of mother
  • Composition of required chromosome pair
  • None of the above
Mutation cannot change
  • Enzyme
  • DNA
  • RNA
  • Environment
$$F_2$$ generation of a dihybrid cross possesses one or both the dominant traits in proportion of
  • 1/16
  • 6/16
  • 9/16
  • 15/16
Genetic identity of human male is known by
  • Nucleolus
  • Cell organelles
  • Autosomes
  • Sex chromosomes
Male sex is determined in human zygote by.
  • Nutrition of mother
  • Strength of father
  • Chromosome composition of egg
  • Chromosome composition of sperm
A man-made allopolyploid is?
  • Water Melon
  • Gossypium
  • Triticale
  • Triticum
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