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Albinism in com plants is best described as

A. lethal

B. sex-linked

C. inbred

D. dominance

Correct Answer :

A. lethal


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Exhibition of superiority by a hybrid over both of its parents is called

A. heterosis

B. hybridization

C. hypostasis

D. dominance

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Chromosomes exhibit minimum coiling during

A. prophase

B. metaphase

C. interphase

D. telophase

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Some people experience PTC paper on tongue as bitter, others as tasteless. This character is hereditary in nature. Suppose T stands for dominant gene and t for recessive gene, the genetic make up of a person who cannot taste is

A. TT

B. Tt

C. tt

D. None of these

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Mutations which are not dominant are not lost by a gene pooL This is known as

A. Survival of the dominant

B. Survival of the recessive

C. Hardly-Weinberg law

D. None of these

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If an individual does not breed true for its characters, it is called

A. homozygote

B. allelomorph

C. hybrid

D. ecotype

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Linkage is

A. directly related to crossing over

B. same as translocation

C. inversely related to crossing over

D. opposite to segregation

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Linked genes may be separated by the process of

A. gene mutation

B. segregation

C. crossing over

D. polyploidy

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Dyad is

A. a pair of homologous chromosomes

B. a pair of non-homologous chromosomes

C. a pair of sister chromosomes

D. a pair of non-sister chromosomes

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An offspring of two homozygous parents different from one another by alleles at only one gene locus is known as

A. monohybrid

B. dihybrid

C. trihybrid

D. backcross

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When is the sex of an offspring decided

A. At ovulation

B. During meiosis

C. During cleavage

D. At fertilization

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Diakinesis is characterised by

A. crossing over

B. synapse

C. chiasmata

D. terminalization

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The segment of DNA which participates in crossing over is known as

A. recon

B. muton

C. criston

D. replicon

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 A chemical mutagen is

A. X-rays

B. UV-rays

C. β-rays

D. 5-Bromo-Uracil

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Colour blindness is caused due to

A. deficiency of vitamic C

B. sex-linked abnormality

C. absence of rods in retina

D. absence of visual purple in retina

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The science dealing with study of inheritance and variation is

A. Genetics

B. Evolution

C. Morphology

D. Cytology

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Which disease results from the genetic inability to synthesize a single enzyme ?

A. Diabetes

B. Phenylketonuria

C. Colour-blindness

D. Down's syndrome

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 A person meets with an accident and great loss of blood has occurred. There is no time to analyse his blood group. It is safe to transfuse blood of

A. AB, RH+

B. AB, RH-

C. O, RH-

D. O, RH+

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Reverse transcription was discovered by

A. Watson

B. Crick

C. Temin

D. Porter

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Klinefelter's syndrome is developed when the chromosome in male is

A. XXY

B. XXXY

C. XXYY

D. All of these

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A functional unit of a gene which specifies synthesis of one poly-peptide is known as

A. clone

B. recon

C. cistron

D. codon

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Down's syndrome is an example of

A. monosomy

B. trisomy

C. triploidy

D. polyploidy

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A codon is a sequence of 3 nucleolides on

A. t-RNA

B. m-RNA

C. s-RNA

D. hn-RNA

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Transfer of a gene or genes through a virus is called

A. transformation

B. transduction

C. genetic engineering

D. sex-duction

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The first person to induce mutations was

A. Hugo de Vries

B. T.H. Morgan

C. Sturtevant

D. H.J. Muller

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Base substitutions from base analogues I are called

A. transitions

B. transversions

C. intragenic complimentation

D. intergenic complimentation

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The term 'meiosis' was coined bv

A. Herting and Van Beneden

B. Sutton and Boveri

C. Hofmeister and Waldeyer

D. Farmer and Moore

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Crossing over in meiosis occurs in

A. leptotene

B. pachytene

C. diplotene

D. diakinesis

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DNA duplication occurs in

A. meiosis only

B. meiosis II and mitosis

C. mitosis only

D. meiosis I and mitosis

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The crossing of a homozygous tall plant with a dwarf would yield plants in the ratio of

A. all heterozygous tall

B. two tall and two dwarf

C. one homozygous tall, two heterozygous tall and one homozygous dwarf

D. all homozygous dwarf.

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Albinism in com plants is best described as

A. lethal

B. sex-linked

C. inbred

D. dominance