Principles of Inheritance and Variation

181 Questions
2004 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2004
A male human is heterozygous for autosomal genes A and B and is also hemizygous for hemophilic gene h. What proportion of his sperms will be abh :-
A.
1/16
B.
1/32
C.
1/8
D.
1/4
2004 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2004
A normal woman, whose father was colour-blind is married to a normal man. The sons would be :-
A.
All colour-blind
B.
75 % colour-blind
C.
All normal
D.
50% colour-blind
2004 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2004
Lack of independent assortment of two genes A and B in fruit fly Drosophila is due to :-
A.
Linkage
B.
Recombination
C.
Repulsion
D.
Crossing over
2004 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2004
In a plant, red fruit (R) is dominant over yellow fruit (r) and tallness (T) is dominant over shortness (t). If a plant with RRTt genotype is crossed with a plant that is rrtt
A.
75% will be tall with red fruit
B.
25% will be tall with red fruit
C.
50% will be tall with red fruit
D.
All the offspring will be tall with red fruit
2003 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2003
Which one of the following conditions though harmful in itself, is also a potential saviour from a mosquito borne infectious disease ?
A.
Pernicius anaemia
B.
Thalassaemia
C.
Leukemia
D.
Sickle cell anaemia
2003 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2003
Down's syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome number 21. What percentage of offspring produced by an affected mother and a normal father would be affected by this disorder ?
A.
50%
B.
100%
C.
75%
D.
25%
2003 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2003
Pattern baldness, moustaches and beard in human males are examples of : -
A.
Sex limited traits
B.
Sex influenced traits
C.
Sex determining traits
D.
Sex linked traits
2003 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2003
In Drosophila, the sex is determined by : -
A.
X and Y chromosomes
B.
Whether the egg is fertilized or develops parthenogenetically
C.
The ratio of number of X-chromosomes to the sets of autosomes
D.
The ratio of pairs of X-chromosomes to the pairs of autosomes
2003 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2003
Two crosses between the same pair of genotypes or phenotypes in which the sources of the gametes are reversed in one cross, is known as : -
A.
Reciprocal cross
B.
Reverse cross
C.
Test cross
D.
Dihybrid cross
2003 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2003
Which one of the following traits of garden pea studied by Mendel was a recessive feature ?
A.
Green seed colour
B.
Green pod colour
C.
Axial flower position
D.
Round seed shape
2003 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2003
The genes controlling the seven pea characters studied by Mendel are now known to be located on how many different chromosomes ?
A.
Six
B.
Seven
C.
Five
D.
Four
2002 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2002
There are three genes a, b and c. The percentage of crossing over between a and b is 20%, b and c is 28% and a and c is 8%. What is the sequence of genes on chromosome
A.
a, b, c
B.
b, a, c
C.
a, c, b
D.
None
2002 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2002
Which of the following is a correct match -
A.
Sickel cell anaemia = X – Chromosome
B.
Down Syndrome = 21st Chromosome
C.
Haemophilia = Y – Chromosome
D.
Parkinson Disease = X & Y Chromosome
2002 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2002
A diseased man marries a normal woman. They get three daughter and five sons. All the daughter were diseased and sons were normal. The gene of this disease is : -
A.
Sex linked dominant
B.
Autosomal dominant
C.
Sex linked recessive
D.
Sex limited character
2002 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2002
Which of the following is the example of pleiotropy ?
A.
Thalassemea
B.
Haemophilia
C.
Sickle cell anaemia
D.
Colour blindness
2002 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2002
A gene said to be dominant if : -
A.
It expressed only in heterozygous condition
B.
It express it's effect only in homozygous stage
C.
It never expressed in any condition
D.
It expressed both in homozygous and heterozygous condition
2002 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2002
On selfing a plant of F1 generation with genotype “AABbCC”,the genotypic ratio in F2 generation will be
A.
1 : 1
B.
3 : 1
C.
9 : 3 : 3 : 1
D.
27 : 9 : 9 : 9 : 3 : 3 : 3 : 1
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
Independent assortment of genes does not takes place when : -
A.
Genes are located on non-homologous chromosome
B.
Genes are linked and located on same chromosome
C.
Genes are located on homologous chromosomes
D.
All the above
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
A and B genes are linked. What shall be genotype of progeny in a cross between AB/ab and ab/ab : -
A.
AABB and aabb
B.
None
C.
AaBb and aabb
D.
AAbb and aabb
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
Sickle cell anaemia is induce to : -
A.
Change of Amino acid either a or b chain of Haemoglobin
B.
Change of Amino Acid in a chain of Haemoglobin
C.
Change of Amino acid in both a and b chain of Haemoglobin
D.
Change of Amino Acid in b chain of Haemoglobin
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
When dominant and recessive allels express itself together it is called : -
A.
Dominance
B.
Pseudo dominance
C.
Co-dominance
D.
Amphidominance
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
Number of Barr bodies in XXXX female is
A.
3
B.
1
C.
2
D.
4
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
Probability of four son to a couple is : -
A.
$1 \over 16$
B.
$1 \over 8$
C.
$1 \over 4$
D.
$1 \over 32$
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
Two nonallelic genes produces the new phenotype when present together but fail to do so independently then it is called : -
A.
Polygene
B.
Complimentry gen
C.
Non complimentry gene
D.
Epistasis
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
Ratio of complementry genes is : -
A.
9 : 3 : 4
B.
9 : 7
C.
12 : 3 : 1
D.
9 : 3 : 3 : 4
2001 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2001
Male XX and female XY sometime occur due to
A.
Aneuploidy
B.
Deletion
C.
Transfer of segments in X and Y chromosomes
D.
Hormonal imbalance
2000 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2000
Mongolian idiots are due to trisomy in 21st chromosome is called :
A.
Kleinfelters syndrome
B.
Down's syndrome
C.
Turner's syndrome
D.
Triplex syndrome
2000 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2000
Due to the cross between TTRr × ttrr the resultant progenies showed how many percent plants tall, red flowered :
A.
50%
B.
100%
C.
75%
D.
25%
2000 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2000
According to mendelism which character is showing dominance ?
A.
Green colour in seed coat
B.
Wrinkled seed
C.
Terminal position of flower
D.
Green pod colour
2000 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2000
Erythroblastosis foetalis is caused when :
A.
Rh female & Rh+ male
B.
Rh female & Rh male
C.
Rh+ female & Rh+ male
D.
Rh+ female & Rh male
2000 NEET MCQ
AIPMT 2000
In Drosophila the XXY condition leads to femaleness whereas in human beings the same condition leads to Klienfelter's syndrome in male. It proves :
A.
Y chromosome is active in sex determination in both human beings and Drosophila
B.
In Drosophila Y-chromosome decides femaleness
C.
Y chromosome of man have genes for syndrome
D.
In human beings Y chromosome is active in sex determination