The mechanism of sex determination in grasshoppers is:

1. XX – XY; male heterogamety
2. XX – XY; female heterogamety
3. XX – XO; male heterogamety
4. XX – XO; female heterogamety

Subtopic:  Sex Determination | Sex Determination: Further Considerations |
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A plant, on repeated self-pollination, preserves the trait expressed for many generations. Such a plant is said to be:

1. Panmictic 2. Homologous
3. Apomictic 4. Pure line
Subtopic:  Introduction to Genetics: 1 | Introduction to Genetics: 2 |
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What is the F2 phenotypic ratio in cases of incomplete dominance?

1. 1 : 1 2. 3 : 1
3. 1 : 2 : 1 4. 1 : 1
Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: Further Understanding |
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The famous double helix model of DNA was proposed by Watson and Crick in ____ and they shared Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in ________ for their effort.

1.1951, 19712.1943, 1963
3.1953, 19624.1969, 1972

Subtopic:  Introduction to Genetics: 1 | Introduction to Genetics: 2 |
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Which of the following is a recessive trait for a character chosen by Mendel in garden pea?

1.Violet flower colour2.Yellow pod colour
3.Axial flower position4.Tall stem height

Subtopic:  Introduction to Genetics: 1 | Introduction to Genetics: 2 |
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To study whether a gene exhibits multiple allelism or not, one must study:

1.An individual2.A population
3.A species4.With concentration!

Subtopic:  Dominance Deviation from Mendel: 1 |
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A graphical representation to calculate the probability of all possible genotypes of offspring in a genetic cross is called as:

1.Forked line diagram2.Punnett square
3.Pedigree chart4.Idiogram

Subtopic:  Monohybrid Cross: 1 |
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‘When two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, segregation of one pair of characters is independent of the other pair of characters’. This is the statement of:
1. Law of Dominance
2. Law of segregation
3. Law of Independent Assortment
4. Law of Linkage

Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross: Details |
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Mendelian disorders are mainly determined by:

1. Alteration or mutation in a single gene.
2. Chromosomal gross structural changes.
3. Recombination between linked genes.
4. Jumping genes
Subtopic:  Mendelian Disorders |
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In 1900, Mendel’s work was rediscovered by:

1. Khorana, Nirenberg and Mathei
2. de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak
3. Avery, McCleod and McCarty
4. Watson, Crick and Wilkins
Subtopic:  Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction |
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