| I: | is an aneuploidy |
| II: | is trisomy 21 |
| III: | always runs in a family |
| IV: | does not affect the life span and fertility |
| Assertion (A): | Human skin colour trait is spread over a gradient rather than having distinct alternate forms. |
| Reason (R): | Human skin colour is a polygenic trait. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True but the (R) does not correctly explain the (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and the (R) correctly explains the (A). |
| 3. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| Organism | Mechanism of sex determination | |
| 1. | Honey bees | Haplo-diploidy |
| 2. | Grasshoppers | XX-XO female heterogamety |
| 3. | Birds | ZZ-ZW female heterogamety |
| 4. | Fruit fly | Genic balance |
| Statement I: | The dominant phenotype can be produced only by an organism with a homozygous dominant genotype. |
| Statement II: | The results of a test cross indicate whether an individual with the dominant phenotype is heterozygous or homozygous dominant. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
| 2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
| 4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| 1. |
the number of recombinants between y and w will be higher than the number of recombinants between w and m.
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| 2. |
the number of recombinants between y and w will be lower than the number of recombinants between w and m.
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| 3. |
the number of recombinants between y and w will be equal to the number of recombinants between w and m.
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| 4. |
no recombinants between y and w and between w and m will be formed as they are linked.
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| Assertion (A): | X-linked recessive disorders are always expressed in males. |
| Reason (R): | Males have only one X chromosome. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 3. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| Statement I: | The two alleles of a gene pair are located on homologous sites on homologous chromosomes. |
| Statement II: | The pairing and separation of a pair of chromosomes would lead to the segregation of a pair of factors they carried. |
| 1. | de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak | Independently rediscovered Mendel’s laws |
| 2. | Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri | Gave chromosomal theory of inheritance |
| 3. | Sturtevant | Discovered the mechanism of sex determination in fruit flies |
| 4. | T. H. Morgan | Demonstrated that genes are carried on chromosomes |