All the following are recessive traits in Pisum sativum except:
1. Green pod colour
2. Green seed colour
3. Terminal flower position
4. Constricted pod shape

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Sex determination is based on the number of sets of chromosomes an individual receives in:
1. Honeybees
2. Grasshoppers
3. Fruit fly
4. Birds
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α Thalassemia is controlled by:
1. two closely linked genes on chromosome 16
2. two closely linked genes on chromosome 11
3. a single gene on chromosome 11             
4. a single gene on chromosome 16
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The given pedigree shows the inheritance pattern of a rare mutant phenotype (filled-in symbols) in humans. What is the most likely mode of inheritance of the trait?

1. Autosomal recessive
2. Sex-linked recessive
3. Autosomal dominant
4. Sex-linked dominant
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The son of a woman who carries the gene for colour blindness [but herself is not affected]:
1. can never be colour blind
2. has a 25 per cent chance of being colour blind
3. has a 50 per cent chance of being colour blind
4. has a 100 per cent chance of being colour blind
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Which of the following conditions is not a case of aneuploidy?
1. Down’s syndrome
2. Turner’s syndrome
3. Thalassemia
4. Klinefelter’s syndrome
Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Thalassemia | Non - Disjunction & Aneuploidy | Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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A man has type AB blood and he marries a woman with type O blood. Two children are born to the couple and they also adopted one child. If child 1 has type A blood, child 2 has type B blood, and child 3 has type O blood, which child was adopted?
1. Child 1 2. Child 2
3. Child 3 4. Cannot be determined
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The number of chromosomes in the male and female is/are not equal in:
I: Humans
II: Honeybees
III: Grasshoppers
IV: Drosophila
1. Only II
2. Only I and IV
3. Only II and III
4. I, II, III and IV
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For a female becoming haemophilic:
I: mother of such a female has to be at least a carrier.
II: father of such a female has to be at least a carrier.           
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders: Hemophilia |
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In Pisum sativum, the allele for tallness [T] is completely dominant over the allele for dwarfness [t]. What proportion of the tall progeny of the cross Tt X Tt will be homozygous tall?
1. 1/3
2. 1/4
3. 1/2
4. 3/2
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