Explore topic-wise MCQs in Cell Biology.

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1.

Relative location of genes along a chromosome is shown by

A. chromosomal map
B. genetic map
C. linkage map
D. pedigree
Answer» D. pedigree
2.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy affects one in how many people in United States?

A. 1000
B. 3500
C. 10000
D. 5000
Answer» C. 10000
3.

In which year process of Mitosis was discovered?

A. 1821
B. 1827
C. 1862
D. 1875
Answer» E.
4.

Which of following cancers occurs due to Philadelphia chromosome?

A. chronic myeloid d leukemia
B. brain cancer
C. breast cancer
D. liver cancer
Answer» B. brain cancer
5.

Which of following changes usually silences a gene?

A. methylation
B. phosphorylation
C. dimerization
D. inversion
Answer» B. phosphorylation
6.

Which of following disease is caused by absence of one or more clotting factors of blood?

A. hemophilia
B. anemia
C. Tay Sach's
D. parkinson's disease
Answer» B. anemia
7.

If orientation of chromosome is reversed its called

A. duplication
B. deletion
C. inversion
D. rotation
Answer» D. rotation
8.

Which of following can only be passed on offspring from their mothers?

A. cell membrane
B. mitochondria
C. nucleus
D. ribosomes
Answer» C. nucleus
9.

Which of following tests can be used to check if two genes are linked or not?

A. chi square
B. Punnett's square
C. pedigree analysis
D. t test
Answer» B. Punnett's square
10.

What is ordered list of location of genes along a chromosome called?

A. genetic map
B. chromosomal map
C. pedigree
D. linkage map
Answer» B. chromosomal map
11.

Variation in phenotype depending upon which parent gene is inherited from is called

A. aneuploidy
B. translocation
C. genomic imprinting
D. Polyploid
Answer» D. Polyploid
12.

Number of copies of a gene that are being actively expressed is called

A. gene dosage
B. gene number
C. gene unit
D. gene replications
Answer» B. gene number
13.

Which of following disease have a low risk of occurring in Down?s syndrome patients?

A. malaria
B. leukemia
C. stroke
D. alzheimer's disease
Answer» D. alzheimer's disease
14.

Which of following scientists studies X chromosome inactivation?

A. Watson
B. Walter s. Sutton
C. Mendel
D. Mary Lyon
Answer» E.
15.

Which of following is a result of crossing over?

A. silencing of genes
B. deletion of genes
C. recombination of genes
D. addition of genes
Answer» D. addition of genes
16.

Which of following shows distance between genes?

A. gene unit
B. map unit
C. pedigree unit
D. linkage unit
Answer» C. pedigree unit
17.

Human X chromosome consists of approximately how many genes?

A. 500
B. 1000
C. 1100
D. 300
Answer» D. 300
18.

Which of following chromosomes are inherited by females?

A. XX
B. XY
C. YY
D. YX
Answer» B. XY
19.

In which year process of Meiosis was discovered?

A. 1920
B. 2000
C. 1921
D. 1890
Answer» E.
20.

On which of following chromosomes, sex-linked gene is present?

A. x
B. 1
C. 9
D. 10
Answer» B. 1
21.

What is standard cut off point for Chi-square test that is used by scientists?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 0.5
D. 0.75
Answer» D. 0.75
22.

Genes that are inherited together are called

A. linked genes
B. close genes
C. associated genes
D. connected genes
Answer» B. close genes
23.

Which of following disease is a result of a specific deletion in chromosome 5?

A. Klinefelter
B. cri du chat
C. Kupffer's disease
D. leukemia
Answer» C. Kupffer's disease
24.

Which of following disease have a high risk of occurring in Down's syndrome patients?

A. leukemia
B. stroke
C. malaria
D. polio
Answer» B. stroke
25.

Which of following diseases cannot be inherited by females?

A. x linked
B. y linked
C. silent mutations
D. Tay Sach's
Answer» C. silent mutations
26.

In which of following, Polyploidy is common?

A. humans
B. plants
C. fungi
D. animals
Answer» C. fungi
27.

How many males are typically born with XYY chromosomes?

A. 1 in 10,000
B. 1 in 500
C. 1 in 10
D. 1 in 1000
Answer» E.
28.

Which of following characteristics is present in females born with XXX?

A. slightly taller than usual
B. slightly darker
C. obese
D. short
Answer» B. slightly darker
29.

Inactive X chromosome in female cell forms a

A. barr fiber
B. condensed body
C. chromatin
D. barr body
Answer» E.
30.

Which of following terms denotes triploidy?

A. 3n
B. 4n+1
C. 4n
D. 2n+2
Answer» B. 4n+1
31.

Which of following terms denotes tetraploidy?

A. 4n
B. 4n+1
C. 2n+2
D. 3n-1
Answer» B. 4n+1
32.

Offspring that have new combinations of traits than their parents are called

A. F1 type
B. F2 type
C. parental type
D. recombinant type
Answer» E.
33.

When a chromosome fragment is lost its called

A. deletion
B. inversion
C. duplication
D. removal
Answer» B. inversion
34.

Which of following denotes number of chromosomes in a monosomic zygote?

A. 2n-1
B. 2n+1
C. 2n-2
D. 2n+2
Answer» B. 2n+1
35.

How does a mitochondrial disease mostly affect which of following?

A. immune system
B. respiratory organs
C. heart
D. nervous system
Answer» E.
36.

How many imprinted genes have been identified so far?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 40
D. 60
Answer» E.
37.

Which of following is not an X linked disease?

A. Duchenne muscular dystrophy
B. hemophilia
C. daltonism
D. Tay Sach's
Answer» E.
38.

Which of following is an example of mitochondrial disease?

A. respiratory failure
B. alzheimer's disease
C. Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
D. measles
Answer» D. measles
39.

In Down's syndrome, cells are trisomic for which of following chromosomes?

A. 21
B. 20
C. 14
D. 13
Answer» B. 20
40.

Which of following did Morgan perform his experiments on?

A. chimpanzees
B. drosophila
C. monkeys
D. mice
Answer» C. monkeys
41.

Work of which of following scientist was first hint towards mateRNAl inheritance of mitochondria?

A. Watson
B. carl Correns
C. crick
D. Mendel
Answer» C. crick
42.

If a deleted segment of a chromosome gets attached to another chromatid it results in

A. inversion
B. duplication
C. deletion
D. addition
Answer» C. deletion
43.

How many mutations have been found so far that cause Leber?s hereditary optic neuropathy?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» E.
44.

When an organism has more than one sets of chromosomes in somatic cells, it's known as

A. Proploidy
B. Multiploidy
C. polyploidy
D. Monoploidy
Answer» D. Monoploidy
45.

If a broken fragment of a chromosome joins to a non-homologous chromosome, it results in

A. duplication
B. inversion
C. rotation
D. translocation
Answer» E.
46.

Which of following is octoploid?

A. wheat
B. banana
C. strawberries
D. pea
Answer» D. pea
47.

What is percentage of aneuploidy in human conceptions?

A. 0.05
B. 0.01
C. 0.8
D. 0.25
Answer» E.
48.

In which of following Extranuclear genes are present?

A. mitochondria
B. ribosomes
C. endosomes
D. lysosomes
Answer» B. ribosomes
49.

Which of following is triploid?

A. banana
B. pea
C. strawberries
D. wheat
Answer» B. pea
50.

Offspring's that match parent traits are called

A. parental types
B. F1 types
C. F2 types
D. parent clones
Answer» B. F1 types