Quiz 1

• Who is known as the “Father of Genetics”?

1. Morgan

2. Mendel

3. Watson

4. Bateson

• Which of the following is a trait of X-linked recessive?

1. Albinism

2. Hemophilia

3. Huntington’s disease

4. None of these

• A chart used to determine the offspring of a genetic cross is called a

1. cross chart

2. Punnet Square

3. periodic table

4. Genetic square

• The stage of prophase I wherein crossing over occurs is

1. Zygotene

2. Diplotene

3. Leptotene

4. Pachytene

Quiz 2

• The meiotic division takes place in

1. Meristematic cells

2. Conductive cells

3. Reproductive cells

4. Vegetative cells

• What technique in plant biology was used by Gregor Mendel to derive the patterns of inheritance?

1. Hybridization

2. Mutagenesis

3. Exportation

4. Importation

• The stage of prophase I wherein crossing over occurs is

1. Zygotene

2. Diplotene

3. Leptotene

4. Pachytene

• Who proposed the laws of inheritance in living organisms?

1. Gregor Mendel

2. James Watson

3. Francis Crick

4. Erwin Chargaff

Surprise Test

• Which of the following is a trait of X-linked recessive?

1. Albinism

2. Haemophilia

3. Huntington’s disease

4. None of these

• Epistasis is the interaction between_____________ genes.

1. 2

2. 4

3. 8

4. 16

• Nucleolus and endoplasmic reticulum start disappearing at

1. early prophase

2. telophase

3. late metaphase

4. early metaphase

• The map of the chromosome which shows identifiable sites is called__________

1. Gene expression

2. Genome sequencing

3. chromosome walking

4. Genome map

• The Phenomenon of two or more than two genes affecting the expression of each other is called _

1. crossing over

2. pairing

3. Gene interaction

4. Linkage

• What is epistasis?

1. Type of linkage

2. Masking or modifying gene effect

3. Upper portion of a chromosome

4. Group of genes

• After cross-fertilization of true-breeding tall and dwarf plants, the F1 generation was self-fertilized. The resultant plants have genotype in the ratio

1. 1:2:1 (homozygous tall : heterozygous tall : dwarf)

2. 1:2:1 (heterozygous tall : homozygous tall : dwarf)

3. 3:1 (tall : dwarf)

4. 3:1 (dwarf : tall)

• Phenotype in genetics means

1. Physical appearance

2. Genetic makeup

3. co-dominance

4. None

• Which of the following characteristics of pea plants was not used by Mendel in his experiments?

1. seed colour

2. seed shape

3. pod length

4. flower position

The laws of inheritance in living organisms proposed by?

1. Centimeter

2. James Watson

3. Crick

4. Mendel

Which disorder is a trait of X-linked recessive ?

1. Albinism

2. Huntington’s disease

3. Haemophilia

4. All

Mendel took _______ contrasting characteristics of pea plants.

1. eight

2. seven

3. six

4. five