Multiple Choice Questions

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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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change in autosomes

Down's syndrome is due to trisomy of 21st chromosome. Patau's syndrome is trisomy of 13th pair of chromosome and Edward's syndrome is due to trisomy of 18th chromosome. Therefore, these all syndromes are caused due to change in autosomes.


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'Heterosis' is related to :

  • cloning

  • selection

  • hybridization

  • introduction


Inheritance of ABO blood groups illustrates

  • polyploidy

  • multiple allelism

  • euploidy

  • dominance


First geneticist, father of genetics was

  • de Vries

  • Mendel

  • Darwin

  • Morgan


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

  • XXY

  • XYY

  • XO

  • XXX


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Turner's syndrome chromosome pattern is:

  • XO

  • XXX

  • XYY

  • XXY


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


Sex determination in humans takes place by

  • sex chromosomes of father

  • measurement of sperm

  • measurement of ovum

  • sex chromosomes of mother


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 number of chromosomes in Klinefelter's syndrome are :

  • 47

  • 46

  • 45

  • 44


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