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Q. No.Three Scientists independently rediscovered Mendel’s results on the inheritance of characters in 1900. They were:
1. Avery–MacLeod–McCarty
2. de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak
3. Nirenberg, Mathei, Khorana
4. Paul Berg, Boyer and Cohen
Subtopic: Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction |
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Consider the two statements:
| Statement I: | The fruit fly is a popular choice as a model organism in genetics. |
| Statement II: | It has a very long generation time and low fecundity (females lay only a few eggs in life time). |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
| 2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| 4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
Subtopic: Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Further Considerations |
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Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion (A): | A sex linked recessive disorders is expected to be more common in males than in females. |
| Reason (R): | Males are hemizygous for sex chromosomes. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A) |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A) |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
Subtopic: Sex Linked Recessive Inheritance |
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What is not true regarding Phenylketonuria?
| 1. | It is an inborn error of metabolism. |
| 2. | It is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. |
| 3. | The affected individual lacks an enzyme that converts the amino acid tyrosine into phenylalanine. |
| 4. | Accumulation of phenylpyruvic acid in brain results in mental retardation. |
Subtopic: Mendelian Disorders |
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Consider the two statements:
| Statement I: | Thalassemia is a qualitative problem of synthesising an incorrectly functioning globin. |
| Statement II: | Sickle cell anaemia is a quantitative problem of synthesising too few globin molecules. |
1. Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct
2. Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect
3. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect
Subtopic: Mendelian Disorders: Thalassemia |
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Turner’s Syndrome:
| I: | is an aneuploidy |
| II: | causes infertility in affected females |
| III: | does not affect the development of secondary sexual characters in affected females |
1. Only I and II are correct
2. Only I and III are correct
3. Only II and III are correct
4. I, II and III are correct
Subtopic: Sex Aneuploidy - Turner & Klinefelter Syndrome |
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Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion (A): | In a dissimilar situation, the chance of a gamete receiving the dominant allele of a given gene is much higher than receiving the recessive allele. |
| Reason (R): | Recessive alleles are always present in less number than a dominant allele in the gene pool. |
| 1. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) |
| 4. | (A) is False and (R) is also False |
Subtopic: Monohybrid Cross: 1 |
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Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion (A): | Although there are three alleles for the ABO blood group types in humans, an individual is expected to carry only two of any such alleles. |
| Reason (R): | To study multiple allelism, the geneticist must study the population and not an individual. |
| 1. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
Subtopic: Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy |
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Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion (A): | Reciprocal crosses carried out on Drosophila by Morgan while taking eye colour as the trait under study did not yield same results. |
| Reason (R): | The gene for eye colour in Drosophila is a holandric [located on Y chromosome] gene. |
| 1. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
Subtopic: Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Introduction |
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Consider the given two statements:
| Assertion (A): | In Grasshoppers, the males have an odd number and females have an even number of chromosomes. |
| Reason (R): | Males develop parthenogenetically in Grasshoppers. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
Subtopic: Sex Determination |
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