1.

An allele is the
(A) Total number of genes for a trait (B) Total number of genes on chromosome
(C) Alternative form of a gene (D) Alternative form of a character
2. Cytogenetics is the study of
(A) Cell (B) Nucleus (C) Chromosomes (D) RNA
3. What is a pure line?
(A) Continuous crossing of different traits
(B) Out cross
(C) Inbreeding involving individuals of same genome
(D) Out breeding
4. Example for multiple allelism
(A) ABO blood groups (B) sickle cell anemia
(C) MN blood groups (D) phenylketonuria
5. What happens when Rh Men was married to a Rh- women to their offsprings if it is a
+

Rh+ baby
(A) Rh antibodies are formed in mother
(B) Rh+ blood not shows Rh antigens
(C) Rh- blood shows Rh antibodies commonly
(D) Antigens enter into growing fetus.
6. Example of a polygenic inheritance
(A) Drosophila body color (B) height of a pea plant
(C) lethal gene in mouse (D) skin color of a human
7. Expression of Recombination frequency (cov)
Number of offsprings
(A) cov = Number of recombinants 100 (B) cov = centimorgan in prokaryotes
Number of recombinants
(C) cov = Total number of offsprings 100 (D) cov = Map unit in eukaryotes
8. Drumstick(barr body) is absent in
(A) Neutrophils of female (B) Neutrophils of male
(C) Eosinophils of female (D) Y spots of Male
9. Mutation occurs in
(A) Cells (B) vacuoles (C) genetic material (D) centrioles
10. Example for chemical mutagens
(A) H2SO4 (B) acridines (C) methane (D) cyclohexane
11. Example for X-linked recessive mutation
(A) Hemophilia A (B) Alzheimers disease
(C) phenylketonuria (D) Thalassemia
12. Which mendelian cross can produce two genotypes and two phenotypes
(A) Monohybrid cross (B) Monohybrid test cross
(C) Incomplete dominance (D) co dominance
13. Both chromosomes as well as genes do not occur in pairs in
(A) Somatic cells (B) fertilized cells
(C) Megaspore mother cell (D) Microspore
14. Sum total of genes with all these alleles at any time in a unit of evolution is called
(A) Genotype (B) Genome (C) Gene pool (D) gene library
15. Which one of the following crosses would have ratio 1:1:1:1?
(A) TtRR ttrr (B) TtRr ttrr (C) TtRR TTrr (D) TTRR ttrr
16. Complete linkage is found in
(A) Male drosophila (B) female silkworm (C) both A & B (D)aspergillus flavus
17. Genic balance theory was given by
(A) Bridges (B) Morgan (C) Boveri (D) Muller
18. Which radiations induce the formation of thymine dimers in DNA that interfere with it
replication
(A) UV rays (B)X-rays (C) r-rays (D) IR rays
19. Gene mutation is called by
(A)Reproduction (B) segregation
(C)Change in chromosome (D) Change in sequence of nitrogenous base
20. Dihybrid test cross ratio for two completely linked genes will be
(A) 1:1:1:1 (B) 1:1 (C) 1:7:7:1 (D)7:1:1:7
21. Which of the following defects in man is due to sex-linked inheritance?
(A) Albinism (B) colorblindness (C) Beriberi (D) Polydactyly
22. Crossing ever occur in ------------stage
(A)Leptotene (B)Zygotene (C)Pachytene (D)Diakinesis
23. Pleiotropic genes show
(A)one gene one character (B)One gene regulator many phenotynic character
(C)Polygenic inheritance (D) lethal genes
24. A trihybrid cross is made with genotynes AaBbCd . What proportion of offsprngs will be
of genotype aabbcc?
1 1 1
(A)0 (B)4 (C) 16 (D) 64
25. Example of chromosome (autosomal abnormality) disosder
(A)Turners syndrome (B) Super female (C)Jacobs syndrome
(D) Downs syndrome
26. Sickle cell anemia is mutation , identity the following
(A)CTC->CAC (B)CAC->CTC
(C)Glutamicacid->Glutamine (D)Valine -> Glutamicacid
27. What is sex determination in birds
(A) 2w-22 (B) 20 -22 (C) XX-XY (D) XX-XO type.
28. Example for incomplete dominance.
(A) snapdragon flowers (B) pea plant
(C) Lathyrus sativum (D) Drosophila body color
29. Expression for calculation of number of gametes in a cross
(A) (gametes)2 (B) 2n (C) n2 (D) 3n
30. What is phenotypic ratio of Mendelian dihybrid cross.
(A) 1:1:1:1 (B) 9:3:3:1 (C) 1:2:2:4:1:2:1:2:1 (D) 1:2:1