1.

What is the chance of occurrence of a progeny with Aabb genotype from the cross between AaBb and
AaBb genotypes?
2. How many pea plants will be dwarf in a Mendelian dihybrid cross for height and flower color in F2
population? (1) 100% (2) 75% (3) 50% (4) 25%
3. In which one case, all daughters will be carrier but sons will be normal? [CB for colorblindness]
(1) CB mother x CB father
(2) CB mother x normal father
(3) Carrier mother x normal father
(4) Normal mother x CB father
4. In a trihybrid condition, two genes are showing complete linkage. The probable F2 phenotypic ratio
will be: (1) 9:3:3:1 (2) 3:1 (3) 1:2:1 (4) Cannot predict
5. Calculate the total number of phenotypes and genotypes produced in F2 generation of (i) a polygenic
inheritance involving 3 pairs of alleles (ii) incomplete dominance.
6. In the Mendelian dihybrid cross for the color and shape of seed, what is the probability of plants having
homozygotic round seed character? (1) 3/4 (2) 9/16 (3) 3/8 (4) 1/4
7. Initial experiments about genetic or chromosomal mechanism of sex determination were carried out in
(1) Insects (2) Pea (3) Birds (4) Humans
8. A condition where an individual heterozygous for two pairs of linked genes (TtRr) possesses the two
dominant genes on one homologous chromosome pair and two recessive on the other, it is said to be
(1) trans-arrangement (2) cis-arrangement
(2) Partial trans, partial cos (4) more than option is correct
9. In an F2 population of 96 plants produced from a Mendelian cross of RRYY and rryy, how many plants
will be homozygous for round and green seeds?
10. What is the probability of occurrence of 3 consecutive male child to a couple?
11. A couple has 2 male children then what is the probability of occurrence of 3rd child as male?
12. A couple heterozygous for sickle cell anemia expects a baby. What is the chance of having a
completely normal baby?
13. A man with blood group A (heterozygous) marries a woman with blood group A whose father had
blood group O. Their first child had blood group O. What would be the probability of different possible
blood groups in the next child?
(1) ½ for blood group A and ½ for blood group O
(2) ¼ for blood group A and ¼ for blood group O
(3) 3/4 for blood group A and 1/4 for blood group O
(4) ¼ for blood group AB and ½ for blood group A
14. In maize plant coloured grain is dominant over colourless and full grain is dominant over shrunken
grain. A heterozygous for coloured and full grain was test crossed and following results were obtained
(A) Coloured and full = 205
(B) Coloured and shrunken = 16
(C) Colourless and full = 14
(D) Colourless and shrunken = 200
 If the two genes responsible for colour and shape are linked then determine the distance between these
linked genes [cM for centimorgan or map unit]

(1) 12.6 cM (2) 16.9 cM (3) 6.9 cM (4) 7.4 cM

15. From the cross between genotypes Aabb x aaBb, what would be the probability of individuals with
genotype AaBb?
(1) ½ (2) ¼ (3) 1/8 (4) ¾
16. From which cross, progenies with one phenotype and four genotypes can be obtained from
(1) Dihybrid test cross
(2) Monohybrid test cross
(3) Dihybrid out cross
(4) Trihybrid cross
17. Which one type of inheritance is referred to as criss-cross inheritance?
18. In snapdragon, dwarf and pink flower plant is crossed with heterozygous tall and pink flowered plant,
then what proportion of plants are pink in progeny?
(1) ¾ (2) 3/8 (3) ½ (4) ¼
19. What would be the number of tall and pink plants, if tall and pink plants (TtRr) are self-crossed? Given
that first character shows complete dominance and second character shows incomplete dominance.
(1) 9/16 (2) 8/16 (3) 6/16 (4) 3/16
20. A dihybrid test cross produced the following offspring:
AB/ab = 960, Ab/ab = 60, aB/ab = 40, ab/ab = 940.
What is the distance between gene A and B?
(1) 5 map unit (2) 20 map unit (3) 100 map unit (4) 10 map unit
21. Calculate the number of genotypes if a character is controlled by 4 alleles (multiple allelism)?
22. X and Y chromosomes named as sex chromosomes by
(1) Stevens (2) Henking (3) Wilson and Stevens (4) Bateson
23. Select wrong statement
(1) Hemophilia A is more severe
(2) Hemophilia B is called Christmas disease
(3) Plasma thromboplastin is not synthesized in Hemophilia B
(4) Fibrins are not produced in hemophilia A
24. Not a feature of Klinefelter syndrome?
(1) Short stature
(2) Overall masculine development
(3) Gynaecomastia
(4) Some female characteristics
25. Select wrong one:
(1) 5-Bromouracil and 2-amino purine are base analogues
(2) Acridine causes frame-shift mutation
(3) Point mutation is also called gibberish mutation
(4) Nitrous acid causes mutation by deamination
26. How many double homozygous individuals are produced by the selfing of a dihybrid?
27. A hemophilic man marries a colorblind woman, what proportion of their children will have both these
defects? (1) 0% (2) 25% (3) 50% (4) 100%
28. What is the sequence of genes on chromosome if frequency of crossing over between A-B is 20%, A-C
is 15%, B-C is 5%, A-D is 10% and B-D is 30%?
(1) ABCD (2) CBDA (3) DACB (4) DABC
29. How many pure line varieties or true-breeding varieties were selected finally by Mendel in pea plants
for the hybridization experiments?
(1) 7 (2) 14 (3) 22 (4) 34
30. In fruit flies, genes of grey body and long wings are dominant over black body and vestigial wings.
Body color and wing length are found on the same chromosome and are completely linked. If pure
breeding fruit flies for both characters are crossed then expected F2 phenotypic ratio should be
(1) 3:1 (2) 9:3:3:1 (3) 1:1:1:1 (4) 7:1:1:7
31. What is the probability of white flowered plants in F2 generation while performing the dihybrid cross
in pea?
(1) ¾ (2) ¼ (3) ½ (4) 3/8
32. How many types of gametes will be produced by genotype AabbCcDd, when last two genes will show
complete linkage?
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 16
33. Mr. X is hemophilic and carrier for Phenylketonuria. What percentage of sperms posses defective allele
for both traits?
(1) 25% (2) 50% (3) 0% (4) can’t predict
34. What is the percentage probability of getting offspring with first recessive and rest heterozygous traits
from F2 generation of trihybrid test cross?
(1) 12.5 (2) 37.5 (3) 25 (4) 50
35. If three loci are completely linked, what would be the phenotypic ratio in F2 generation of a trihybrid
test cross?
(1) 1:1 (2) 3:1 (3) 1:2:1 (4) 1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1
36. If two genes a and b are linked and shows 20% recombination. The proportion of gametes produced in
F1 by a dihybrid ++/ab derived from a cross between ++/++ and ab/ab would be
(1) ++ 80% : ab 20%
(2) ++ 50% : ab 50%
(3) ++ 40% : ab 40% : +a 10% : +b 10%
(4) ++ 20% : ab 20% : +a 20% : +b 20%
37. Which one set of gametes will be produced if genes present in F1 hybrid having genotype AaBb shows
independent assortment?
(1) ab = 25%; AB = 75%
(2) AB = 50%; ab = 50%
(3) AB = 25%, aB = 25%, Ab = 25%, ab = 25%
(4) Aa = 50%, Bb = 50%
38. A male with genetic disease marries a phenotypically normal female. They have 2 sons and 3
daughters. All daughters have the same disease as their father but none of the sons is affected. The
disease is caused by
(1) X-linked recessive allele
(2) X-linked dominant allele
(3) Autosomal recessive allele
(4) Autosomal dominant allele
39. From the given genotypes of parent’s blood group, which cannot produce same blood group type in
genotype of their offspring is
(1) IAIB and ii (2) IAIB and IBIB (3) IAIB and IAIo (4) IAIA and IAIB
40. If a true-breeding white-flowered Antirrhinum is crossed with true-breeding red flowered plant then
what will be the phenotypic ratio of white and red flowers in F2 generation of this cross?
(1) 1:1 (2) 2:1 (3) 1:2:1 (4) 3:1
41. Philadelphia syndrome occurs due to which type of chromosomal aberration?
42. Bell-shaped normal distribution curve is characteristics of which type of inheritance?
43. Who united the knowledge of chromosomal segregation with Mendelian principles?
44. The enzymes produced by alleles IA and IB?
45. Environmental method of sex determination can be seen in
(1) Reptile (2) Bonnelia (3) Turkey (4) Moth