This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In keeping with the law of independent assortment what is actually assorted? A) Non homologous chromosomes. B) Different genes on the same chromosome. C) Heterologous chromosomes. D) Centromeres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non homologous chromosomes. 2. A zygote contains A) Both alleles of a gene. B) Half alleles of a gene. C) One allele of a gene. D) Double alleles of a gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both alleles of a gene. 3. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched? A) Starch synthesis in pea:Multiple alleles. B) ABO blood grouping:Co-dominance. C) XO type sex determination:Grasshopper. D) T.H. Morgan:Linkage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Starch synthesis in pea:Multiple alleles. 4. ABO blood group in man is controlled by A) Multiple allele. B) Lethal gene. C) Sex linked genes. D) Y linked genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multiple allele. 5. It is to find out the genotype of the plant showing dominant trait, the given plant is crossed with the recessive homozygote. A) Test cross. B) Dominance. C) Dominant trait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Test cross. 6. Genetic constitution of Klinifelter's syndrome A) 44A+XO. B) 44A+XXX. C) 44A+XXY. D) 45A+XX. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 44A+XXY. 7. Are the basic unit of inheritance and located on chromosomes. A) Variation. B) Genes. C) Genetics. D) Inheritance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genes. 8. If there are four different types of nitrogenous bases (A, T, G and C) then how many different types of transitions and transversion are possible? A) Transition = 8, Transversion = 4. B) Transition = 8, Transversion = 4. C) Transition = 4, Transversion = 4. D) Transition = 4, Transversion = 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transition = 4, Transversion = 8. 9. X and Y-chromosomes are A) Only morphologically similar. B) Only morphologically dissimilar. C) Morphologically as well as genetically dissimilar. D) None are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morphologically as well as genetically dissimilar. 10. Which of the following are chromosomal disorders. I. Colour blindness II. Down's syndrome III. Phenylketonuria IV. Turner's syndrome V. Thalassaemia A) I, II and III. B) II, IV and V. C) III, IV and V. D) II and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) II, IV and V. 11. Chromosome maps/ genetic maps were first prepared by A) Sutton and Boveri (1902). B) Bateson and Punnett (1906). C) Morgan (1910). D) Sturtevant (1911). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sturtevant (1911). 12. Genotypic and Phenotypic ratio of incomplete dominance is- A) 1:2:1, 2:4:2. B) 1:2:1, 1:1:1. C) 1:2:1, 1:21:. D) 2:4:2, 2:4:2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1:2:1, 1:21:. 13. Study the following statements on Sex Linked inheritance. Find the incorrect statement. A) Father passes X linked allele to his daughter who in turn passes to her son. B) Mother passes the allele both to her daughter and son. C) X-linked alleles are more likely to express in females than males. D) Most of the sex linked traits are recessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X-linked alleles are more likely to express in females than males. 14. In certain plant, yellow fruit colour (Y) is dominant to green fruit colour (y) and round shape (R) is dominant to oval shape (r). The two genes involved are located on different chromosomes.Which of the following will result when plant YyRr is self-pollinated? A) 9:3:3:1 ratio of phenotypes only. B) 9:3:3:1 ratio of genotypes only. C) 1:1:1:1 ratio of phenotypes only. D) 1:1:1:1 ratio of phenotypes and genotypes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9:3:3:1 ratio of phenotypes only. 15. If a dominant allele is present, the trait will always appear in the organism. A) Law of Segregation. B) Law of Dominance. C) Law of Independent Assortment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Law of Dominance. 16. Monohybrid test cross ratio is A) 1:2:1. B) 1:1. C) 1:3. D) 3:1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1:1. 17. Read the given statements.(i) Incomplete or mosaic inheritance is an example of pre-Mendelian concept of blending inheritance.(ii) Test cross is a special type of back cross.(iii) Chromosomal aberrations are commonly observed in cancer cells.(iv) Thalassemia is a Mendelian disorder.Which of the above statements are correct? A) (i) and (ii) only. B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) only. C) (ii) and (iv) only. D) (i) and (iv) only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (ii) and (iv) only. 18. If a hybrid expresses a character, is it called ..... A) Epistaxis. B) Dominant. C) Co-dominant. D) Recessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dominant. 19. Mendel's law of Independent assortment does not hold true for the genes that are located closely on A) Autosome. B) Same chromosome. C) Non homologous chromosomes. D) X-chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Same chromosome. 20. Identify the Mendel's Law that states that though the parents contain both the alleles, during gamete formation alleles will separate and each gamete will get only one allele. A) Law of Dominance. B) Law of Independent assortment. C) Law of segregation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Law of segregation. 21. Statement I:Combination of gametes are theoretically represented in a square tabular form known as Punnet square.Statement II:Form of genes which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as alleles. A) Only statement I is true. B) Only statement II is true. C) Both the statements are true. D) Both the statements are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the statements are true. 22. A pleiogropic gene A) Controls a trait only in combination with another gene. B) Is expressed only in primitive plants. C) Is a gene evolved during Pliocene. D) Controls multiple traits in an individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Controls multiple traits in an individual. 23. Find out the percentage of gametes with tr in ttRr A) 50. B) 25. C) 100. D) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50. 24. Rate of mutation is affected by A) Temperature. B) X-rays. C) Gamma rays. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 25. From the following postulation of Mendel, which one expresses the 2nd law of Mendel? A) Each character is controlled by a discrete unit called factor. B) Factors occur in pairs. C) In a dissimilar pair, only dominant factor is expressed. D) Two factors for a character are not mixed up. Both are recovered in F2 population after segregation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two factors for a character are not mixed up. Both are recovered in F2 population after segregation. 26. What map unit (Centimorgan) is adopted in the construction of genetic maps? A) A unit of distance between two expressed genes representing 100% cross over. B) A unit of distance between two expressed genes representing 10% cross over. C) A unit of distance between genes on chromosomes, representing 1% cross over. D) A unit of distance between genes on chromosomes, representing 50% cross over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A unit of distance between genes on chromosomes, representing 1% cross over. 27. Ocassionally a single gene may express more than one effect. This phenomenon is called A) Multiple allelism. B) Mosaicism. C) Pleiotropy. D) Polygeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pleiotropy. 28. What will be possible blood group in children from the parents with B and AB blood groups? A) A, B, AB. B) A, O. C) B, O. D) A, B, AB, O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A, B, AB. 29. Which condition depict trisomy condition? A) 2n+2. B) 2n-1. C) 2n-2. D) 2n+1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2n+1. 30. Which of the following is sex linked disorder A) Harmophillia. B) Sickle cell anemia. C) Phenylketonuria. D) Albinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harmophillia. 31. Multiple alleles are present A) On non-sister chromatids. B) At the same locus of the chromosome. C) On different chromosomes. D) At different loci on the same chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the same locus of the chromosome. 32. WHEN A MAN WITH BLOOD A GETS MARRIED TO A WOMAN WITH BLOOD GROUP B, THEN THEIR FIRST CHILD HAS BLOOD GROUP O.FIND OUT PROBABILITY OF OTHER BLOOD GROUPS THEIR CHILDREN. A) A, AB. B) A, B, AB. C) A, O. D) B, O. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A, B, AB. 33. In his classic experiments on pea plants, Mendel did not use A) Pod length. B) Seed colour. C) Seed shape. D) Flower position. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pod length. 34. If a normal visioned man marries a colour blind woman, the chances are high that their sons will be ..... A) 25% chance of being colour blind. B) Not enough data. C) Normal visioned. D) All colour blind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25% chance of being colour blind. 35. A family of four children have colorblind father and a carrier mother. What will be the number of normal sons? A) 4. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 36. According to Mendel's principle of segregation, gametes always receive A) One pair factor. B) One quarter of the genes. C) Both one factor of father and one factor of mother. D) Only one factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only one factor. 37. IF A PEA PLANT WITH GENOTYPE RRYy IS CROSSED WITH ANOTHER PEA PLANT WITH GENOTYPE RrYy THEN FIND OUT THE PHENOTYPIC RATIO OF F1 HYBRIDS. A) 1:2:1. B) 9:3:3:1. C) 6:2. D) 6:3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6:2. 38. Two allelic genes are present on A) Two homologous chromosomes on different locus. B) Same chromosome. C) Two non-homologous chromosomes. D) Two homologous chromosomes on same locus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two homologous chromosomes on same locus. 39. Down's Syndrome is due to- A) Trisomy of 18. B) Monosomy of 21. C) Trisomy of 21. D) Monosomy of 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trisomy of 21. 40. Monosomic (2N-1) is a condition of Aneuploidy which is seen in A) Klinifelter's syndrome. B) Turner's syndrome. C) Edward's syndrome. D) Down's syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turner's syndrome. 41. In pea plant, a heterozygote for axial flower was outcrossed. In what ratio genotype would segregate? A) 100% parental trait. B) 1:1. C) 3:1. D) 1:2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1:1. 42. Where are the genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants located? A) Chloroplast genome. B) Mitochondrial genome. C) Cytosome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cytosome. 43. Recessive gene for haemophilia lacks A) Cones. B) Hepatic enzyme. C) Thromboplastin. D) Melanin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thromboplastin. 44. Generation of non-parental gene combinations is termed as A) Aneuploidy. B) Polyploidy. C) Recombination. D) Linkage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recombination. 45. The fourth blood group was discovered in the year ..... by Castelle and Sturli A) 1947. B) 2001. C) 1902. D) 1904. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1902. 46. In pea plant, white colour flowers appear due to presence of A) Functional enzyme for flower colour. B) Anthocyanin. C) Recessive trait. D) Dominant trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recessive trait. 47. Law of Segregation A) Every organism has two alleles which separate when gametes are produced. B) Alleles for traits are the same. C) Genes from different traits are inherited independently of one another. D) The allele combination of an organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every organism has two alleles which separate when gametes are produced. 48. The geneof sickle cell anemia is inherited by A) Autosomes. B) Bone cells. C) Blood cells. D) Sex chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autosomes. 49. . In this disease, there occurs a failure of chloride ion transport mechanism in cell surface membrane of epithelial cells; sweat of the patient conditions very high level of Na$^{+}$ and Cl$^{-}$ ions. This disease is A) Gaucher's disease. B) Cystic fibrosis. C) Thalassemia. D) Alzheimer's disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cystic fibrosis. 50. In the F$_{2}$ generation of a mendelian dihybrid cross the number of phenotypes and genotypes are A) Phenotypes-4; genotypes-8. B) Phenotypes-4; genotypes-8. C) Phenotypes-4; genotype-16. D) Phenotypes-9; genotypes-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phenotypes-4; genotypes-8. 51. Why is hemophilia a disease that is more commonly seen in males? A) Both (2) and (3). B) The disease is Y-linked. C) The disease is X-linked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The disease is X-linked. 52. When a single gene influences more than one trait it is called A) Pseudo-dominance. B) Pleiotropy. C) Epistasis. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleiotropy. 53. Read the given statements and select the correct option. Statement 1:Test cross is used to determine an unknown genotype within one breeding generation.Statement 2:Test cross is a cross between F$_{1 }$hybrid and dominant parent. A) Both statements 1 and 2 are correct. B) Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect. C) Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct. D) Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect. 54. If two genes lie very close to each other, it will show A) High degree of crossing over. B) Nil or low crossing over. C) Low linkage. D) Double crossing over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nil or low crossing over. 55. A fruit fly has two genes for eye color, but each of its sperm cells has only one. This illustrates A) Segregation. B) Independent assortment. C) Pleiotropy. D) Linked genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segregation. 56. A child with mother of A group and father of AB group, will not have the following blood group- A) O. B) A. C) B. D) AB. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) O. 57. Number of pair(s) of allosome present in Humans is/are A) 22. B) 23. C) 1. D) 46. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. 58. What will be the number of linkage groups in a cell having 2n = 20? A) 4. B) 15. C) 40. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10. 59. A normal-visioned man whose father was colourblind, marries a woman whose father was also colourblind. They have their first child as a daughter. What are the chances that this child would be colourblind? A) 0%. B) 100%. C) 25%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0%. 60. A cross where gametes from parental generation is reversed is called A) Reciprocal cross. B) Monohybrid cross. C) Test cross. D) Back cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reciprocal cross. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 1Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 2Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 4Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 5Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 6Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 7Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 8Class 12 Biology Chapter 1 Reproduction In Organisms Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books