Multiple Choice Questions

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Sex determination in humans takes place by

  • sex chromosomes of father

  • measurement of sperm

  • measurement of ovum

  • sex chromosomes of mother


A.

sex chromosomes of father

In humans, sex of offspring is determined at the time of fertilization. Man is heterogametic i.e. having two types of gametes 22 + X and 22 + Y and is responsible for sex determination whereas female is homogametic i.e. having single type of gametes 22 + XX.


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Inheritance of ABO blood groups illustrates

  • polyploidy

  • multiple allelism

  • euploidy

  • dominance


First geneticist, father of genetics was

  • de Vries

  • Mendel

  • Darwin

  • Morgan


Turner's syndrome chromosome pattern is:

  • XO

  • XXX

  • XYY

  • XXY


Crossing over in diploid organisms is responsible for

  • dominance of genes

  • linkage between genes

  • recombination of linked genes

  • segregation of alleles


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The genotype of a man having female sexual characters will be :

  • XXY

  • XYY

  • XO

  • XXX


'Heterosis' is related to :

  • cloning

  • selection

  • hybridization

  • introduction


When a tall plant with rounded seeds (TTRR) is crossed with a dwarf plant with wrinkled seeds (ttrr), the F1 generation consists of tall plants with rounded seeds. How many types of gametes an F1 plant would produce ?

  • One

  • Three

  • Four

  • Eight


The number of chromosomes in Klinefelter's syndrome are :

  • 47

  • 46

  • 45

  • 44


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The main cause of Edward syndrome, Patau syndrome and Down syndrome is :

  • mutation of gene

  • change in both autosomes and heterosomes

  • change in autosomes

  • change in heterosomes


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