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12101.

Which of the following human cells contains 23 chromosomes?

A. Zygote
B. Normal liver cell
C. Skin cell of female
D. An ovum
Answer» E.
12102.

___________ are DNA threads which appear inside the nucleus at the time of cell division.

A. Spindle fibers
B. Centrioles
C. Asters
D. Chromosomes
Answer» E.
12103.

Walter Fleming, stained some cells with ______________, to see how chromosomes would look under the microscope.

A. Perkin’s dye
B. Iodine Dye
C. Methyl blue Dye
D. All A, B and C
Answer» B. Iodine Dye
12104.

The chromosomes are composed of?

A. DNA
B. Histone proteins
C. RNA
D. All A, B and C
Answer» E.
12105.

What is diploid number of chromosomes in Frog?

A. 26
B. 28
C. 24
D. 20
Answer» B. 28
12106.

What is diploid number of chromosomes in Fern?

A. 1000
B. 500
C. 400
D. 200
Answer» B. 500
12107.

Sister chromatids are attached at an area called the?

A. Centrosome
B. Centriole
C. Centromere
D. all of the above
Answer» D. all of the above
12108.

Nuclcotide arrangement in DNA can be seen by?

A. X-ray crystallography
B. Electron microscope
C. Ultracentrifuge
D. Light microscope
Answer» B. Electron microscope
12109.

An inborn error of metabolism which eventually affects mental development is?

A. Albinism
B. Phenylketonuria
C. Anaemia
D. Bleeder’s disease
Answer» C. Anaemia
12110.

Male is haploid in?

A. Lizard
B. Cockroach
C. Honey bee
D. Bats
Answer» D. Bats
12111.

Klinefelter’s syndrome has number of chromosomes?

A. 47
B. 46
C. 45
D. 44
Answer» B. 46
12112.

Experimental material in the study of DNA replication has been?

A. Escherichia coli
B. Neurospora crassa
C. Pneumococcus
D. Drosophila melanogaster
Answer» B. Neurospora crassa
12113.

One gene one enzyme hypothesis was proposed by?

A. Jacob and Monod
B. Beadle and Tatum
C. Watson and Crick
D. Garrod and Jensen
Answer» C. Watson and Crick
12114.

DNA replication is?

A. Conservative and discontinuous
B. Semiconservative and semidiscontinuous
C. Semiconservative and discontinuous
D. Conservative
Answer» C. Semiconservative and discontinuous
12115.

Euploidy is...

A. one chromosome more than haploid set
B. one chromosome more than diploid set
C. one chromosome less than haploid set
D. Excat multiple of haploid set of chromosomes
Answer» E.
12116.

A DNA with unequal nitrogen bases would most probably be

A. Single stranded
B. Double stranded
C. Triple stranded
D. Four stranded
Answer» B. Double stranded
12117.

Exchange of one part of a chromosome with a part of the same or another chromosome is..

A. Translocation
B. Inversion
C. crossing over
D. Nucleolus
Answer» B. Inversion
12118.

DNA tempalte sequence of CTGATAGC is transcribed over mRNA as

A. GUCTUTCG
B. GACUAUCG
C. GAUTATUG
D. UACTATCU
Answer» C. GAUTATUG
12119.

A colour blind daughter is born in case of

A. colour blind mother, normal father
B. carrier mother, colour blind father
C. Normal mother, colour blind father
D. carrier mother, normal father
Answer» C. Normal mother, colour blind father
12120.

Determination of percentage of crossing over between two linked genes is important in

A. fixation of heterosis in organisms
B. maintaining heterozygosity in population
C. indicating relative position of genes in chromosomes
D. explaining the phenomenon of coupling and repulsion
Answer» D. explaining the phenomenon of coupling and repulsion
12121.

Transcription involves synthesis of

A. DNA
B. tRNA
C. mRNA
D. rRNA
Answer» D. rRNA
12122.

Which one can induce polyploidy?

A. Colchicine
B. Acridines
C. Ethylene
D. Maleic hydrazide
Answer» B. Acridines
12123.

Recessive mutations are expressed in

A. Heterozygous condition
B. Homozygous condition
C. Next generation
D. Same generation
Answer» C. Next generation
12124.

In Drosophila, XXY is female. In humans it represents an abnormal male because

A. Y-chromosome is essential for female sex in Drosophila
B. Y-Chromosome induces male traits in humans
C. Y-chromosome is not essential for male sex in humans
D. None of these
Answer» C. Y-chromosome is not essential for male sex in humans
12125.

In humans, Philadelphia chromosome formed by reciprocal translocation between chromosomes

A. 9 and 21
B. 9 and 20
C. 9 and 22
D. 20 and 10
Answer» D. 20 and 10
12126.

Genes exclusively present on Y-chromosome are called

A. sex-linked
B. Holandric
C. Hologynic
D. Histone
Answer» C. Hologynic
12127.

Number of barr bodies in XXXX female would be

A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
Answer» C. 2
12128.

A woman has a child with Klinefelter’s syndrome. Number of barr bodies present in the child is

A. one
B. two
C. three
D. none
Answer» B. two
12129.

According to genetic balance theory, X/A=1.5 will make the individual

A. Metafemale
B. Male
C. Intersex
D. None of these
Answer» B. Male
12130.

A normal green male Maize is crossed with albino female. The progeny is albino is albino because

A. Trait for albinism is dominant
B. The albinos have biochemical to destroy plastids derived from green male
C. Plastids are inherited from female parent
D. Green plastids of male must have mutated
Answer» D. Green plastids of male must have mutated
12131.

Smallest segment of genetic material affected by mutation is

A. Muton
B. Exon
C. Cistron
D. Recon
Answer» B. Exon
12132.

Which crop variety is not due to induced mutations?

A. Reimei of rice
B. Prabhat of Arhar
C. Sharbati sonora of wheat
D. Aruna of castor
Answer» E.
12133.

Harmful mutations do not get eliminated from gene pool because

A. They have survival value
B. Genetic drift
C. They are formed repeatedly
D. They are recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals
Answer» E.
12134.

Triticum aestivum (bread wheat) is

A. Tetraploid
B. Diploid
C. Hexaploid
D. Haploid
Answer» D. Haploid
12135.

Which one is de novo mutation?

A. tt×tt→Tt
B. TT×TT→TT
C. Tt×tt→Tt
D. Tt×Tt→TT,Tt,tt
Answer» B. TT×TT→TT
12136.

If haploid chromosome number is 10, the monosomic number shall be

A. 19
B. 9
C. 10
D. 18
Answer» B. 9
12137.

Sex of a child is due to

A. size of ovum
B. Health of father
C. Sex chromosome of father/sperm
D. Sex chromosome of mother/ovum
Answer» D. Sex chromosome of mother/ovum
12138.

Diploid chromosome number in humans is

A. 46
B. 44
C. 48
D. 42
Answer» B. 44
12139.

If BB represents barr body and Y0Y−body, XXY or Klinefelters syndrome has

A. BB-1,Y0−0
B. BB-1,Y0-1
C. BB-0,Y0-1
D. BB-2,Y0-1
Answer» C. BB-0,Y0-1
12140.

In human beings 45 chromosomes/single X/XO abnormality causes

A. Turner’s syndrome
B. Edward’s syndrome
C. Down’s syndrome
D. Klinefelter’s syndrome
Answer» B. Edward’s syndrome
12141.

Turner’s syndrome is characterised by chromosomes

A. 45
B. 46
C. 47
D. 48
Answer» B. 46
12142.

Nucleosome core is made of

A. H1,H2A, H2B and H3
B. H2A, H2B, H3 and H4
C. H1,H2A, H2B, H3 and H4
D. H1, H2A, H2B, H4
Answer» C. H1,H2A, H2B, H3 and H4
12143.

Trisomy has chromosome complement of.

A. 2n-1
B. 2n-1-1
C. 2n+1+1
D. 2n+1
Answer» E.
12144.

Sex linked characters are generally..

A. Lethal
B. recessive
C. not inherited
D. dominant
Answer» C. not inherited
12145.

In a dihybrid cross, two recessive genes showed 10% recombinants. The distance between two genes is.

A. 10 map units
B. 20 map units
C. 30 map units
D. 40 map units
Answer» B. 20 map units
12146.

A blue fowl obtained from mating between black and white fowls, is self-crossed. The F2 ratio is:

A. 1 black:2 white: 1 blue
B. 2 black: 1 white: 1 blue
C. 1 black: 2 blue :1white
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
12147.

Muller was awarded Nobel prize in 1946 for his work on:

A. Protein synthesis
B. chemistry of nucleic acids
C. cancer
D. X-ray induced mutations
Answer» E.
12148.

Mutations used in agriculture are commonly..

A. Induced
B. spontaneous
C. Lethal
D. recessive and lethal
Answer» B. spontaneous
12149.

In Red-white flowered cross of Mirabilis jalapa, F2 generation has red, pink and white flowered plants in the ration of..

A. 1:2:1
B. 1:0:1
C. 2:1:1
D. 1:1:2
Answer» B. 1:0:1
12150.

Mendel found certain traits not ti assort independently. It is due to

A. dominance
B. linkage
C. crossing over
D. amitosis
Answer» C. crossing over