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Year: 2023
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
1.
Which of the following statements are correct
about Klinefelter's Syndrome?
A. This disorder was first described by Langdon Down (1866).
B. Such an individual has overall masculine development. However, the feminine development is also expressed.
C. The affected individual is short statured.
D. Physical, psychomotor and mental development is retarded.
E. Such individuals are sterile.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A. This disorder was first described by Langdon Down (1866).
B. Such an individual has overall masculine development. However, the feminine development is also expressed.
C. The affected individual is short statured.
D. Physical, psychomotor and mental development is retarded.
E. Such individuals are sterile.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Year: 2022
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
3.
Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.
Statement II: Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Statement I : Mendel studied seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea plants and proposed the Laws of Inheritance.
Statement II: Seven characters examined by Mendel in his experiment on pea plants were seed shape and colour, flower colour, pod shape and colour, flower position and stem height.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Year: 2019
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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In Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), a red flower was crossed with a white flower and in F1 generation, pink flowers where obtained. When pink flowers were selfed, the F2 generation showed white, red from and pink flowers.
Choose the incorrecct statement from the following:
Choose the incorrecct statement from the following:
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Year: 2024
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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Which one of the following can be explained on the basis of Mendel's law of Dominance?
A. Out of one pair of factors one is dominant and the other is recessive.
B. Alleles do not show any expression and both the characters appear as such in F2 generation.
C. Factors occur in pairs in normal diploid plants.
D. The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called factor.
E. The expression of only one of the parental characters is found in a monohybrid cross.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A. Out of one pair of factors one is dominant and the other is recessive.
B. Alleles do not show any expression and both the characters appear as such in F2 generation.
C. Factors occur in pairs in normal diploid plants.
D. The discrete unit controlling a particular character is called factor.
E. The expression of only one of the parental characters is found in a monohybrid cross.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Year: 2024
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
18.
As per ABO blood grouping system, the blood group of father is B+, mother is A+ and child is O+.
Their respective gentype can be
A. IBi / IAi / ii
B. IBIB / IAIAI / ii
C. IAIB /i IAI /IBi
D. IAi / IBi /IAi
E. iIB / iIA / IAIB
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Their respective gentype can be
A. IBi / IAi / ii
B. IBIB / IAIAI / ii
C. IAIB /i IAI /IBi
D. IAi / IBi /IAi
E. iIB / iIA / IAIB
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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Year: 2022
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
25.
Given below are two statements : one is labelled
as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as
Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Mendel's law of Independent assortmnent does not hold goods for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome.
Reason (R) : Closely located genes asSort independently.
Answer from the options given below:
Assertion (A) : Mendel's law of Independent assortmnent does not hold goods for the genes that are located closely on the same chromosome.
Reason (R) : Closely located genes asSort independently.
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Year: 2016
Topic: Principles of Inheritance and Variation
42.
Pick out the correct statements
I. Haemophilia is a sex linked recessive disease
II . Down's syndrome is due to aneuploidy
III . Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive gene disorder
IV . Sickle cell anaemia is an X linked recessive gene disorder
I. Haemophilia is a sex linked recessive disease
II . Down's syndrome is due to aneuploidy
III . Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive gene disorder
IV . Sickle cell anaemia is an X linked recessive gene disorder


