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LAKSHYA (NEET)
BIOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE ASSIGNMENT DPP-07

1. Inheritance of skin colour in humans is an 6. Example of gene interaction involving single

example of: gene loci is-
(1) Codominance (2)Chromosomal (1) Polygenic inheritance (2) Epistatis
aberration (3) Co-dominance (4)
(3) Point mutation (4) Polygenic Complimentary gene
inheritance . 7. Select the list of items of Column I with
2.Which of the following is best suited for Column II and select the correct option
codominance? from the codes given below:
(1) Both allele are recessive Column I Column II
(2) Both allele are dominant A Polygenic inheritance i 1: 4 : 6 : 4 :
(3) One is recessive 1
(4) both allele able to express itself B.Dominant epistatis ii 12 : 3 : 1
3.Which of he following pairs of features is a C. Recessive epistatis iii 9 : 3 : 4
good example of polygenic inheritance? (1) A-ii, B-i, C-iii (2) A-i, B-iii, C-ii
(1) Human height and skin colour (3) A-iii, B-ii, C-i (4) A-i, B-ii, C-iii
(2) ABO blood groups in humans and 8. How many gene loci in human controlled
flower colour of Mirabilis jalapa skin colour?
(3) Hair pigment of mouse and tongue (1) two (2) One
rolling in humans (3) Three (4) Six
(4) Human eye colour and sickle cell 9. If skin colour is polygenic inheritance, than
anaemia Colour of person with genotype AaBBCc is
4. Which of the following statements is not true similar to colour of person with genotype-
genes that show 50% recombination (1) AABBCc (2) AaBBcc
frequency? (3) aaBBCC (4)aabbCC
(1) The genes are tightly linked 10. Fruit colour of summer squash is an
(2) The genes show independent example of-
assortment (1) Dominant epistatis
(3) 50 percent parental progeny (2) Recessive epistatis
(4) The genes may be on different (3) Complimentary gene
chromosomes (4) Supplimentary gene
5. Name of Scientists who proposed that 11. Which of the following is incorrect regarding
‘pairing and seperation of a pair of pleiotropy-
chromosomes would lead to seperation of (1) Involve single gene
factors’are-
(2) Enzyme whose presence can manifest
(1) Thomas hunt morgan many phenotype
(2) sutton and boveri (3) PKU and Sickle cell anaemia is an
(3) de vries and correns example
(4) Punnet and Bateson (4) PKU is result of many mutations
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12. Different number of phenotypes obtain in (4)Clear differentiation of the sexes , male
case of polygenic inheritance involving 5 and female is easily distinguishable
gene loci- 17. Polygenic trait is controlled by 3 genes A, B
(1) 10 (2) 11 and C. In a cross AaBbCc × AaBbCc, the
(3) 8 (4) 32 phenotypic ratio of the offsprings was
13. Consider the following statements - observed as :
(A) In case of multiple alleles no. of 1 : 6 : × : 20 : × : 6 : 1
genotype can be possible to predictbut what is the possible value of x?
not easy to predict no. of phenotype (1) 3 (2) 9
(B) Skin colour is Quantitative trait (3) 15 (4) 25
(C) When one allele mask expression of 18. Ratio of duplicate genes is :–
another allele of same gene loci is known (1) 9 : 3 : 4 (2) 12 : 3 : 1
as epistatis (3) 9 : 3 : 3 : 4 (4) 15 : 1
How many are correct 19. Which of the following is the example of
(1) Only A (2) Both A and B pleiotropic gene-
(3) Only B (4) all three (1) Haemophilia (2) Thalaessemia
14. Scientist who gave Experimental verification (3) Sickle cell anaemia (4) Cystic fibrosis
of the chromosomal theory of inheritance 20. In tomato, genotype aabbcc produces 100g
is- tomatoes and AABBCC produces 160g
(1) Sutton (2) Boveri tomatoes. What is contribution of each
(3) T.H morgan polygene in the production of tomatoes:-
(4) Sutton and boveri (1) 10 g (2) 20 g
15. Read the following statements and mark the (3) 30 g (4) 40 g
right option 21. In a family, father has a blood group 'A' and
A. Mendel published his work on mother has a blood group 'B'. Their
inheritance in 1865 children show 50% probability for a blood
B. By 1902, chromosome movement group 'AB' indicating that –
during meiosis had been worked out (1) Father and mother both is
C. Sutton united the knowledge of heterozygous
chromosomal segregation with mendelian (2) Mother and father both is homozygous
principle and called it the chromosomal (3)One parent is homozygous and another
theory of inheritance is heterozygous
(1) Only B is correct (4) Mother is homozygous for allele i
(2) Only B and C are correct 22. (A) Pleiotropic genes have multiple
(3) Only A and C are correct phenotypic effect.
(4) All A, B and C are correct (B) Muliple alleles exhibit same phenotypic
16. Reason why T.H morgan selected drosophila expression.
as experimental material can be all (C) Polygenes exhibit continuous variation.
except- (1) Statement (A), (B) and (C) are correct
(1) Drosophila could be grown on simple (2) Statement (A), (C) correct and (B) is
synthetic medium in the laboratory incorrect
(2) A single mating could produce a large (3) Statement (A), (B) and (C) are incorrect
number of progeny flies (4) Statement (B) and (C) are correct and
(3)Most hereditary variations can not be (A) is incorrect
seen by low power microspcope 23. In a genetic cross having recessive

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epistasis, F2 phenotypic ratio would be :- 30. lathyrus odoratus flower colour exhibits :-
(1) 9:6:1 (2) 15:1 (1) polygenic inheritance
(3) 9:3:4 (4) 12:3:1 (2) Mosaic inheritance
24. Grain colour in wheat is determined by (3) recessive Epistasis
three pairs of polygenes. Following cross (4) Complimentary gene
AABBCC (dark colour) x aabbcc (light 31. Morgan carried out several ............. cross to
colour), in F2 generation what proportion study genes that were ...................
of the progeny is likely to resemble either (1) Monohybrid , independent assort
parent ? (1) all (2) Less (2) Dihybrid , independent assort
than 5 per cent (3) trihybrid , sex-linked
(3) One third (4) Half (4) dihybrid , sex-linked
25.Epistasis differs from dominance because 32. In Morgan’s experiments on drosophila, the
(1) In epistasis one gene pair mask the term recombination describe-
expression of another pair of genes (1) Parental gene combinations
(2) Epistasis is an interaction within gene (2) Non-parental gene combinations
loci (3) inter-specific hybrid
(3) Many genes collectively controls a (4) Mutatnt form
particular phenotype
33. Linkage can be best studied by the result of
(4) One gene pair independently controls a –
particular phenotype
(1) monohybrid test cross
26. In a plant flower colour is the example of
(2) dihybrid test cross
quantitative trait and controlled by two gene
(3) monohybrid reciprocal cross
pair. How many plants show parental
(4) all
phenotype in F2 generation:–
34. In case of complete linkage in two gene loci
(1) 5 (2) 3 located on same chromosome , result of
(3) 7 (4) 9 test cross will give result
27. Two nonallelic genes produces the new (1) Recombinant 25 percent
phenotype when present together but fail (2) Parental 100 percent
to do so independently then it is called :– (3) Recombinant 100 percent
(1) Epistatisis (4) Parental 50 perecent
(2) Polygene 35. Two genes P and Q are linked and show
(3) Non complimentary gene recombinant 25 percent in test cross than
(4) Complimenatry gene it implies-
28. The weight of fruit in a plant is determined (1) incomplete linkage
by the number of dominant alleles of a (2) parental less than 100 percent
certain number of genes. If nine weight (3) parental more than 50 percent
categories are noticed, how many gene (4) all
loci would be involved?
36. Loosely linked genes implies-
(1) two (2) three
(1) more recombinant than parental
(3) four (4) five
(2) 100 percent recombiant
29.In multiple allele system a gamete possesses
(3) show higher recombinant frequency
:-
but it is less than 50 percent
(1) Two alleles (2) Three alleles
(4) show lower recombinant frequency but
(3) One allele (4) Several alleles it is more than 50 percent

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37. Physical association of two genes for if out of total obtained progeny 250
different characters is - progeny have genotype Ttrr ,than find
(1) Linkage (2) Crossing over total number of progeny obtained in test
(3) Recombination (4) Independent cross was -
assortment (1) 1000 (2) 500
38. Phenomenon of linkage was discovered by- (3) 2000 (4) 4000
(1) T.H morgan (2) Sturtevant 45. Crossing over is an important event to
(3) Sutton (4) Carl correns increase recombinant type , from the given
39. A and B genes are linked. What shall be statements mark the correct about
genotype of progeny in a cross between crossing over-
AaBb and aabb (without crossing over) : (1) Increase recombianat progeny
(1) AAbb and aabb (2) Occur in prophase I
(2) AaBb and aabb (3) decrease parental type progeny
(3) AABB and aabb (4) all
(4) None
40. A test cross between AaBb with aabb give
700 parental type than calculate percent
of recombinant if total obtain progeny is
1000 ?
(1)30 % (2) 70 %
(3) 15% (4) 20%
41 In a dihybrid test cross if fout type of
progeny obtained and number of parental
type is greater than number of
recombinant type than this implies-
(1) presence of linkage
(2) independent assortment
(3)complete absence of linkage
(4) all
42. If linked genes are seperated through
crossing over than probable result is –
(1) parental 50%
(2)recombinant 50 %
(3)parental below 50%
(4) recombinant below 50%
43 If plant with genotype RrTt have linked
genes undergo test cross with rrtt give
progeny in ratio of 7:1:1:7, than number of
progeny with Rrtt genotype would
be. ............... out of total 1000 progeny-
(1) 63 (2) 125
(3) 250 (4) none
44. If result of test cross of two linked genes T
and R give progeny with ratio 3:1:1:3 and

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