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This set of Biology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Heredity and Variation Set 2

Q1 | ) First generation after a cross is
  • First filial generation
  • F1 gneratioon
  • Second filial generation
  • Both (A) and (B)
  • cessive
Q2 | ) In humans , height shows a lot of variation . It is an example of
  • Multiple alleles
  • Pleiotropic inheritance
  • polygenic inheritance
  • False allelic inheritance
  • cessive
Q3 | Meiosis produce 4 daughter cells but each daughter cell differ from one another because of
  • Crossing over
  • Independent assortment
  • Change in chromosome number
  • Both A & B
  • cessive
Q4 | In T. H. Morgan"s Experiment on Drosophilia what will be the result when F1 female flies are crossed with double recessive male files ?
  • 83% parental combinations 17% Recombinations
  • 41.5 % parental combinations 58.5% recombinations
  • 60% parental combinations 40 % recombinations
  • 90 % parental combinations 10% Recombinations
  • cessive
Q5 | which cross yielded a ratio of 7:1 :1:7 ?
  • Test cross (Dihybrid) - Bateson and punnet
  • Test cross (Monohybrid) - Bateson and punnet
  • Test cross (Dihybri
  • #NAME?
  • cessive
Q6 | When there is no Possibility of independent assortment of genes during gametogenesis then What Will be the real ratio of F2 in dihybrd cross?
  • 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
  • 11 : 1 : 1 : 3
  • 12 : 1 : 1 : 2
  • 9 : 3 : 2 : 2
  • cessive
Q7 | What is incorrect statement Gynandromorphs ?
  • Individuals who show male characters and female characters
  • Individuals who show only female characters
  • It happens due to less of X- chromosomes
  • It happens due to binacleated eggs
  • cessive
Q8 | What is Barr body ?
  • One more than the number of X - chromosomes
  • One more than the number of Y-chromosomes
  • One less than the number of X - chromosomes
  • Two less than the number of X - chromosomes
  • cessive
Q9 | What is called Free martin ?
  • Sterile male born along with a fertile female
  • Sterile intersex born along with a fertile female
  • Sterile super male born along with a intersex
  • Sterile female born along with a fertile male
  • cessive
Q10 | Out of the following , Find out the reason for occurrence of free martin in cattles ?
  • Both the twins are connected by a common umbilical cord
  • Gonad of the male develop earlier then those of the female
  • Male hormones reach the female embryo and influence the development of male sex in the female embryo
  • All of the above
  • cessive
Q11 | In this group of plants male is heterogametic and female is homogametic type
  • Gymnosperms
  • Bryophytes
  • pteridophytes
  • angiosperms
  • cessive
Q12 | Name the Plant possessing two X chromosomes
  • Humulus japanic
  • Dioscoria sinulate
  • Flagellaria
  • Both (A) & (B)
  • cessive
Q13 | State the mutant gene Which converts the male flowers into female flowers In Maize plant
  • TA TA
  • ta ta
  • TA Ta
  • Both (A) &(C)
  • cessive
Q14 | By which gene sex is determind in Spinach ?
  • Single gene "m" located in the X- chromosome
  • Single gene "m" located in the Y- chromosome
  • Single gene "t" located in the X- chromosome
  • Single gene "t" located in the Y- chromosome
  • cessive
Q15 | Which factor in nature causes discontinuous Variation in a population ?
  • Recombination
  • Shufflng of parental genes
  • Mutation
  • Geneflow
  • cessive
Q16 | This is reversal of mutation
  • Spontneous mutation
  • Zygotic mutation
  • Back mutation
  • Recessive mutation
  • cessive
Q17 | Which condition among the following is lethal ?
  • (2n-2)
  • (2n +2)
  • (2n +1)
  • (2n- 1)
  • cessive
Q18 | State the cause of Philadelphia syndrome
  • Deletion from the long arm of chromosome number 20
  • Duplication in long arm of chromosome number 20
  • Deletion from the long arm of chromosome number 22
  • Deletion from the short arm of chromosome number 22
  • cessive
Q19 | which statement is incorrect regarding gene mutation
  • Mutations may be gradual or they may not be induced.
  • Mutation is an evolutionary agent
  • Any gene can undergo mutation
  • Mutated gene is harmful to the individual
  • cessive
Q20 | What happens to excessive phenylalanine accumulation in the blood of phenylketonuria patient ?
  • Get deposited on synovial membrane
  • excreted in urine
  • Get deposited in storage organs
  • All of the above
  • cessive
Q21 | Name the enzyme needed for the following biochemical reaction Tyrosine ???? enzyme Melanin
  • Melanase
  • tyrosinase
  • Tyrosine aminase
  • transaminase
  • cessive
Q22 | Which is very common method to study Human Karyotype ?
  • Blood culture method
  • Tissue culture method
  • Pedigree method
  • Statistical method
  • cessive
Q23 | Name the disorder caused by trisomy of sex chromosomes.
  • Down’s syndrome
  • Kline felter’s syndrome
  • Turner’s syndrome
  • Edward’s syndrome
  • cessive
Q24 | Match the following :-_ans_key_Column I Column II_ans_key_1. Genetics a. Father of genetics_ans_key_2. W.Bateson b. To become_ans_key_3. "Gen" c. Coined the term genetics_ans_key_4. Gregor Johann Mendel d. Study of heredity
  • (1 - d) (2 - c) (3 - a) (4 - b)
  • (1 - d) (2 - a) (3 - c) (4 - b)
  • (1 -
  • (2 - C) (3 - b) (4 - a)
  • cessive
Q25 | Match the following_ans_key_Column I Column II_ans_key_1. Johansen a. Coined the term gene_ans_key_2. Mendel b. Crossing over in drosophila_ans_key_3. T. H. Morgan c. Linkage in lathyrus odoratus_ans_key_4. Bateson & punnett d. Law of segregation
  • (1 - d) (2 - c) (3 -
  • (4 - a) (B) (1 - a) (2 - d) (3 - b) (4 - c)
  • (1 - c) (2 -
  • (3 - b) (4 - a) (D) (1 - b) (2 - d) (3 - a) (4 - c)
  • cessive