Multiple Choice Questions

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

  • XXY

  • XYY

  • XO

  • XXX


A.

XXY

XXY genotype represents to Klinefelter's syndrome which is characterised by undeveloped testes, sparse body hair and mental retardation with some female characters.

XO genotype represents Turner's syndrome individual.

XXX genotype represents to super female whereas XYY represents to super male.


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The number of chromosomes in Klinefelter's syndrome are :

  • 47

  • 46

  • 45

  • 44


'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 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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Crossing over in diploid organisms is responsible for

  • dominance of genes

  • linkage between genes

  • recombination of linked genes

  • segregation of alleles


Sex determination in humans takes place by

  • sex chromosomes of father

  • measurement of sperm

  • measurement of ovum

  • sex chromosomes of mother


Inheritance of ABO blood groups illustrates

  • polyploidy

  • multiple allelism

  • euploidy

  • dominance


Turner's syndrome chromosome pattern is:

  • XO

  • XXX

  • XYY

  • XXY


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First geneticist, father of genetics was

  • de Vries

  • Mendel

  • Darwin

  • Morgan


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