Q. No.
Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select your answer from the codes given:
Column I
Column II
Scientist
Contribution
A.
Francis Crick
a.
Breaking the genetic code
B.
Nirenberg
b.
Established Coenorhabditiselegans as a model genetics study organism
C.
Benzer
c.
Central dogma of molecular biology
D.
Brenner
d.
Bacteriophage genetics
Codes:
A.
B.
C.
D.
1.
c
a
d
b
2.
c
a
b
d
3.
a
b
c
d
4.
a
c
d
b
The inheritance of flower colour in dog flower and 4’O clock plant exhibits:
| 1. | Complete dominance | 2. | Incomplete dominance |
| 3. | Co-dominance | 4. | Lethality |
Morgan coined the term ______ to describe this physical association of genes on a chromosome and the term _________ to describe the generation of non-parental gene combinations.
| 1. | Recombination; Linkage | 2. | Linkage, Mutation |
| 3. | Transposition, Mutation | 4. | Linkage, Recombination |
Occasionally, a single gene product may produce more than one effect. Such a gene is said to be:
| 1. | Pleiotropic | 2. | Polygenic |
| 3. | Psuedoallele | 4. | Housekeeping |
Suppose a gene has seven alleles. What would be the number of alleles in an individual at any instant?
| 1. | 1 | 2. | 7 |
| 3. | 2 | 4. | 3 |
A couple has a daughter. What is the probability that their next child will be a daughter?
| 1. | 0 % | 2. | 25 % |
| 3. | 50 % | 4. | 100 % |
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 |
Which of the following father and son duos received Nobel Prize?
| 1. | Nirenbergs | 2. | Kornbergs |
| 3. | Darwins | 4. | Lederbergs |
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 |
What is the F2 phenotypic ratio in cases of incomplete dominance?
| 1. | 1 : 1 | 2. | 3 : 1 |
| 3. | 1 : 2 : 1 | 4. | 1 : 1 |
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