This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 5 Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which of the sex determination both male and female have same number of chromosomes? A) XY type. B) ZO type. C) XO type. D) Both A & C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) XY type. 2. Application of Mendel's law is limited to A) Very high recombinants. B) Any crosses. C) Linked genes only. D) When parents are true breeding types. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When parents are true breeding types. 3. F2 generation in a Mendelian cross showed that both genotypic and phenotypic ratios are same as 1:2:1. It represents a case of: A) Monohybrid cross with incomplete dominance. B) Monohybrid cross with complete dominance. C) Dihybrid cross. D) Co-dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monohybrid cross with incomplete dominance. 4. Mutation can be induced with A) Gamma radiation. B) Infrared radiation. C) IAA. D) Ethylene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gamma radiation. 5. A specific characteristics. Mendel looked at 7 different ..... in peas such as color and shape. A) Trait. B) Allele. C) Self-pollination. D) Cross-pollination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trait. 6. Linkage was discovered by A) Muller. B) Mendel. C) Crick. D) Morgan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morgan. 7. The law based on fact that the characters do not show any blending and both the characters are recovered as such in F2-generation although one character was absent in F1-progeny, is A) Law of purity of gametes. B) Law of independent assortment. C) Law of dominance. D) Law of incomplete dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Law of purity of gametes. 8. Monohybrid F2 and dihybrid F2 can have the following similarity A) Both are formed by cross-pollination. B) Both are formed by self pollination. C) Both are having same phenotypic ratio. D) Both are having same genotypic ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both are formed by self pollination. 9. The number of gametes formed from selfing the F1 generation in a dihybrid cross is A) 4. B) 2. C) 16. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 10. On crossing two heterozygous tall plants (Tt), a total of 500 plants were obtained in F$_{1}$ generation. What will be the respective number of tall and dwarf plants obtained in F$_{1}$ generation? A) 375, 125. B) 475, 25. C) 350, 150. D) 250, 250. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 375, 125. 11. In his Cross 1 on Drosophila, T.H.Morgan crossed between- A) Y+y+ww X yyw+w+. B) Yyw+w+ X y+y+ww. C) Yyww X wwmm. D) Yyww X y+y+w+w+. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yyww X y+y+w+w+. 12. Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. Thephenomenon is called: A) Multiple allelism. B) Mosaicism. C) Pleiotropy. D) Polygeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pleiotropy. 13. In most species, mitochondrial DNA is passed down from- A) DNA. B) Mother and Father. C) Father. D) Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother and Father. 14. What is the probability that a cross between a true breeding pea plant with smooth seeds and a true breeding pea plant with wrinkled seeds will produce F1 progeny with smooth seeds? A) 1/4. B) 1/2. C) 0. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1. 15. John has 2 genes for blue eyes. His GENEOTYPE is ..... A) Homozygous. B) Heterozygous. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homozygous. 16. The recessive genes located on X chromosome in humans are always A) Lethal. B) Expressed in males. C) Sub lethal. D) Expressed in females. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expressed in males. 17. In his classic experiments on garden pea, Mendel did not use A) Seed shape. B) Seed colour. C) Pod length. D) Flower colour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pod length. 18. IN THE TEST CROSS A) UNKNOWN HYBRID IS CROSSED WITH HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT PARENT. B) UNKNOWN HYBRID IS CROSSED WITH HETEROZYGOUS PARENT. C) UNKNOWN HYBRID IS CROSSED WITH HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE PARENT. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) UNKNOWN HYBRID IS CROSSED WITH HOMOZYGOUS RECESSIVE PARENT. 19. Person having genotype /$^{A }$/$^{B }$would show the blood group as AB. This is because of A) Pleiotropy. B) Incomplete dominance. C) Segregation. D) Co-dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Co-dominance. 20. The gene that is hidden unless both genes are present. A) Recessive. B) Dominant. C) Heterozygous. D) Homozygous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recessive. 21. If linkage was known at the time of Mendel then which of the following laws, he would not have been able to explain? A) Law of Dominance. B) Law of Purity of gametes. C) Law of Segregation. D) Law of Independent Assortment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Law of Independent Assortment. 22. Y-linked genes are holandric genes A) True. B) False. C) Can not be determined. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Phenotype of an organism is the result of A) Genotype and environment interactions. B) Mutations and linkages. C) Cytoplasmic effects and nutrition. D) Environmental changes and sexual dimorphism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genotype and environment interactions. 24. Which of the following statement is considered to be universal? A) Within a pair of factors, one always dominates the other. B) Two factors of a trait separates during gamete formation. C) Blending of traits do not occur. D) None of the statements are universal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two factors of a trait separates during gamete formation. 25. Fruit color in squash in an example of A) Inhibitory genes. B) Complementary genes. C) Recessive epistasis. D) Dominant epistasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dominant epistasis. 26. Chromosomal theory of inheritance was given by A) Morgan et al. B) Sutton and Boveri. C) Hugo de Vires. D) Gregor J. Mendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sutton and Boveri. 27. A sex linked disorder is A) Phenylketonuria. B) Albinism. C) Colorblindness. D) Sickle cell anaemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Colorblindness. 28. Mendel crossed the tall plant from F2 generation with a dwarf plant. Mark the correct statement regarding this. A) It was conducted to determine the genotype of dwarf plant. B) It was regarded as self-crossing by Mendel. C) It was performed to determine the genotype of tall plant from F2 generation. D) Mendel conducted this to determine the total progenies in F2 generation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was performed to determine the genotype of tall plant from F2 generation. 29. Which of the following statement is not correct about Incomplete dominance? A) Both the allele expresses their typical phenotypes. B) Hybrid has new phenotype but has no gene. C) There is blending of traits. D) Alleles show quantitative effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both the allele expresses their typical phenotypes. 30. In polygenic inheritance A) Many genes govern a single character. B) Heterozygous organisms express only one allele itself. C) Heterozygous organisms express both alleles. D) A single gene influences many characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many genes govern a single character. 31. Who discovered X-body in spermatogenesis- A) Henking. B) Gregor Mandel. C) Watson Crick. D) De Vries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henking. 32. In Mendel's experiment, when tall pea plants were crossed with dwarf pea plants, F1 generation showed all tall plants (dominant trait). The recessive trait dwarfness did not get expressed because ..... A) The allele responsible, produced normal enzyme for tallness. B) The allele responsible, produced no enzyme for the expression of tallness. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The allele responsible, produced no enzyme for the expression of tallness. 33. Out of the 832 total plants, the number of recombinant offspring obtained in F2 generation of a dihybrid experiment is A) 416. B) 52. C) 312. D) 468. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 312. 34. In Honeybee, no.of Chromosomes present are- A) In Female 32, In Male 16. B) 32 in both Male and Female. C) 16 in Both Male and female. D) 40 in female. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Female 32, In Male 16. 35. In sickle cell anaemia glutamic acid is replaced by valine. Which one ofthe following triplets codes for valine? A) GAA. B) GGG. C) AAG. D) GUG. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GUG. 36. The distance between the genes is measured by A) Angstrom. B) Dobson unit. C) Millimetre. D) Map unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Map unit. 37. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Mendel's experiment? A) Experiments had small sampling size. B) Each character of garden pea used had two opposing traits. C) Statistical analysis and mathematical logic were applied to problems in biology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experiments had small sampling size. 38. Study of inheritance and variation is A) Morphology. B) Physyology. C) Anatomy. D) Evolution. E) Genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Genetics. 39. In the F2 generation of a Mendelian dihybrid cross the number ofphenotypes and genotypes are: A) Phenotypes-4; genotypes-9. B) Phenotypes-4; genotypes-8. C) Phenotypes-9; genotypes-4. D) Phenotypes-4; genotypes-16. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phenotypes-4; genotypes-9. 40. Failure of segregation of chromatid during cell division cycle results in the gain or loss of chromosome which as called A) Polyploidy. B) Hypopolyploidy. C) Hyperpolyploidy. D) Aneuploidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aneuploidy. 41. How many types of gametes is possible with genotype AaBb A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 42. The types of gametes formed by the genotype RrYy are A) RY, Ry, rY, ry. B) Rr, RR, Yy, YY. C) RY, Ry, ry, ry. D) Ry, Ry, Yy, ry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RY, Ry, rY, ry. 43. In a red and white-flowered cross of Mirabilis jalapa, F2 generation has red, pink and white-flowered plants in the ratio of A) 1:0:1. B) 1:2:1. C) 1:1:2. D) 2:1:1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1:2:1. 44. In a cross between plants having yellow round (YYRR) and green wrinkled (yyrr) seeds, what will be the ratio between seeds having yellow and green seed colour? A) 9:7. B) 3:2. C) 7:9. D) 3:1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3:1. 45. The disease sickle-cell anaemia is caused by the substitution of (i) by (ii) at the (iii) position of (iv) globin chain of haemoglobin molecule.Which of the following correctly fills the blanks in the above statement? A) (i) valine, (ii) glutamic acid, (iii) fifth, (iv) beta. B) (i) glutamic acid, (ii) valine, (iii) fifth, (iv) beta. C) (i) glutamic acid, (ii) valine, (iii) sixth, (iv) beta. D) (i) valine, (ii) glutamic acid, (iii) sixth, (iv) beta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (i) glutamic acid, (ii) valine, (iii) sixth, (iv) beta. 46. According to Mendel's law of segregation, what happens to the alleles during gamete formation? A) They mix with each other. B) They become recessive. C) They become dominant. D) They segregate from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They segregate from each other. 47. Mustard gas, Phenol and Ammonia are- A) Insecticides. B) Chemical Compounds. C) Chemical Mutagens. D) Physical mutagens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical Mutagens. 48. Which of the following trait shows transmission from carrier female to male progeny? A) X-linked dominant. B) X-linked recessive. C) Autosomal dominant. D) Y-linked recessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X-linked recessive. 49. Morgan found ..... of non-parental type in F2 generation in Drosophila when he made a cross between white eyed & miniature winged female with wild-type red eyed & normal winged male. A) 1.3%. B) 98.7%. C) 37.2%. D) 62.8%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 37.2%. 50. Find the number of phenotypes and genotypes when TtRR is crossed with TtRr A) 2, 4. B) 16, 4. C) 4, 8. D) 2, 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2, 6. 51. Genotype of the blood group is I$^{A}$ I$^{O}$. Find the phenotype? A) AB group. B) O group. C) B group. D) A group. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A group. 52. F$_{1}$ individual of the cross AAbb x aaBB was test crossed. If both non-allelic genes are 24 map units apart then calculate the percentage of aaBb: A) 12%. B) 76%. C) 38%. D) 24%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 38%. 53. The three autosomal allele that determine the blood group are located in chromosome A) 9. B) 7. C) 24. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9. 54. The allele which expresses itself in both homozygous and heterozygous condition is called A) Dominant allele. B) Recessive allele. C) Incomplete dominant allele. D) Split allele. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dominant allele. 55. Pick out the correct statements:*******I. Haemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disease*******II. Down's syndrome is due to aneuploidy*******III. Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive gene disorder.*******IV. Sickle cell anaemia is a X-linked recessive gene disorder A) I and II are correct. B) II and IV are correct. C) I, II and IV are correct. D) I, II and III are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I, II and III are correct. 56. In a cross between CcPp X Ccpp, where C and P are dominant genes needed for development of purple colour flower in sweet pea plants; what would be the ratio of plants producing flowers of different colours? A) 3 purple and 5 white coloured flowers. B) 3 white and 5 purple coloured flowers. C) 2 white and 6 purple colours flowers. D) 2 purple and 6 white coloured flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 purple and 5 white coloured flowers. 57. A diploid organism is heterozygous for five loci and homozygous for two loci, how many types of gametes are possible? A) 64. B) 14. C) 16. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32. 58. The gene that is expressed. Brown eyes are ..... over blue. A) Heterozygous. B) Homozygous. C) Dominant. D) Recessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominant. 59. The contracting pairs of factors in Mendelian crosses are called A) Multiple alleles. B) Allelomorphs. C) Alloloci. D) Paramorphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allelomorphs. 60. If a haemophilic woman marries a normal man A) All their children will be normal. B) All their sons will be haemophilic. C) All their daughters will be haemophilic. D) 50% sons and 50% daughters will be haemophilic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All their sons will be haemophilic. ← 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 3Class 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 8Class 12 Biology Chapter 1 Reproduction In Organisms Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books