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The nuclear membrane completely disappears during

A. late prophase

B. early metaphase

C. metaphase

D. interphase

Correct Answer :

A. late prophase


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The possibilities of hereditary and evolutionary changes are greatest in species that reproduce by

A. fission

B. budding

C. asexual means

D. sexual means

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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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Chromosomes exhibit minimum coiling during

A. prophase

B. metaphase

C. interphase

D. telophase

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Albinism in com plants is best described as

A. lethal

B. sex-linked

C. inbred

D. dominance

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A colour-blind man marries the daughter of a colour-blind person. In their progeny

A. none of her daughters are colour-blind

B. all her sons are colour-blind

C. all her daughters are colour-blind

D. half of her sons are colour-blind

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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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In humans, an example of sex-linked trait is

A. Curly hair

B. Sickle-cell anaemia

C. Colour-blindness

D. Down's syndrome

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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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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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A giant chromosome having many chromo-nemata lying side by side all along their length is called

A. megachromosome

B. heterosome

C. polytene chromosome

D. super numerary chromosome

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In the Operon concept, the regulator gene regulates chemical reactions in the cell by

A. inhibiting transcription of m-RNA

B. inactivating enzymes in the reaction

C. inhibiting the substrate in the reaction

D. inhibiting the migration of m-RNA into cytoplasm

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A pure tall pea plant was reared in a soil poor in nutrition and reached the size of a pure dwarf pea plant If the plant is selfed, the genotype in the Fi generation is most likely to be

A. all tall

B. 50% tall and 50% dwarf

C. all dwarf

D. data insufficient

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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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Lethal genes are those which

A. cause the death of the organism in which they are present

B. cause the death of the homozygous infant being formed

C. cause the death of heterozygous infant being formed

D. all of the above

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In a monohybrid cross the Fi ratio of a backcross is

A. 1:1

B. 3:1

C. 1:2:1

D. 9:3:3:3

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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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A child is bom with an extra chromosome in each of its cells. This is usually the result of

A. nondisjunction

B. crossing over

C. segregation

D. hybridization

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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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The condition in which only one allele of a pair is present is known as

A. Homozygous

B. Heterozygous

C. Hemizygous

D. Incomplete dominance

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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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Linked genes may be separated by the process of

A. gene mutation

B. segregation

C. crossing over

D. polyploidy

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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 number of characters investigated by Mendel was

A. four

B. seven

C. six

D. one

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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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The nuclear membrane completely disappears during

A. late prophase

B. early metaphase

C. metaphase

D. interphase

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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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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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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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Crossing over in meiosis occurs in

A. leptotene

B. pachytene

C. diplotene

D. diakinesis

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Which one of the following chemical characteristics is not common to all living beings ?

A. Similar triplet codes for amino acids

B. Energy is stored by high energy rich phosphate bonds

C. Types of protein present in the body.

D. Ribosomes act at sites of protein synthesis