Explore topic-wise MCQs in Biology.

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1.

Which of the following is not an example of a holandric trait?

A. Porcupine skin
B. Hypertrichosis
C. Pattern baldness
D. Testes determining factor
Answer» D. Testes determining factor
2.

Which of the following is a sex-influenced trait?

A. Antlers in male deer
B. Female or male musculature
C. Porcupine skin
D. Pattern baldness
Answer» E.
3.

Which of the following is not an example of sex-limited traits?

A. Milk glands in females
B. Short index finger in male
C. Beard in male
D. Deep male voice
Answer» C. Beard in male
4.

Which of the following does not show an environmental mechanism of sex determination?

A. Grasshopper
B. Bonnelia
C. Crepidula
D. Ophryotrocha
Answer» B. Bonnelia
5.

Which of the following shows gynandromorphism?

A. Pigeon
B. Silk moth
C. Butterflies
D. Grasshopper
Answer» C. Butterflies
6.

How does Gynander differ from Gynandromorphs?

A. Gynander can only be a male
B. Gynander can only be a female
C. Gynander has patches of tissues of other sex on it
D. Gynander has one half body male and the other half as female
Answer» D. Gynander has one half body male and the other half as female
7.

What is the X/A ratio of super females of Drosophila?

A. 1
B. 0.67
C. 1.5
D. 0.33
Answer» D. 0.33
8.

Y chromosome plays a very significant role in the sex determination of Drosophila.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
9.

Which of the following determines is responsible for determining the sex of the bacteria?

A. Plasmid
B. Cytoplasm
C. Core nucleus
D. Vacuole
Answer» B. Cytoplasm
10.

Accumulation of which of the following in the brain leads to phenylketonuria?

A. Phenylpyruvic acid
B. Pyruvic acids
C. Tyrosine
D. Phenylalanine
Answer» E.
11.

Which of the following enzymes is not present in the patients of Phenylketonuria?

A. Somatostatin
B. Testosterone
C. Phenylalanine hydroxylase
D. Phenylalanine
Answer» D. Phenylalanine
12.

Phenylketonuria is a sex-linked dominant trait.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
13.

Which of the following is not a symptom of phenylketonuria?

A. Mental retardation
B. Reduction in hair
C. White urine
D. Skin pigmentation
Answer» D. Skin pigmentation
14.

What is the full form of PKU?

A. Phenyl Ketonic Ubisch bodies
B. Para-keto ulna
C. Phenylketonuria
D. Para-keto uremia
Answer» D. Para-keto uremia
15.

What is the mechanism behind pleiotropy?

A. A single gene controls a single character
B. Effect of a gene on metabolic pathways
C. Effect of multiple genes on multiple pathways
D. Effect of multiple alleles on a biochemical pathway
Answer» C. Effect of multiple genes on multiple pathways
16.

How is pleiotropy different from polygenic inheritance?

A. A single gene can exhibit multiple expressions
B. A single gene exhibits only a single expression
C. Two genes exhibit a single character
D. Multiple genes control a single character
Answer» B. A single gene exhibits only a single expression