E-Quiz Competition on "Genetics"

 

E-Quiz Competition on "Genetics"

 

The process of transfer of hereditary character from one generation to another is known as 

Physiology

Variation

Genetics

Mutation

Answer: Genetics

 

Who is known as father of genetics? 

Augustinian friar

Watson

Norman Borlaug

Gregor Mendel

Answer: Gregor Mendel

 

Name the chromosome found in the cells which are responsible for characters other than sex chromosomes? 

Mitochondrial chromosome

Genome

Autosomes

Y chromosome

Answer: Autosomes

 

A sudden change in the gene which is heritable from one generation to other is known as? 

Cloning

Totipotency

Mutation

Variation

Answer: Mutation

 

Which plant Gregor Mendel had cross breed for his experiment 

Pea plant

Groundnut plant

Onion plant

Carrot plant

 Answer: Pea plant

 

Which of the following process is an exception of Mendel Law? 

Linkage

Cloning

Mutation

Variation

 Answer: Linkage

 

The idea that for any particular trait, the pair of alleles of each parent separate and only one allele from each parent passes to an offspring is Mendel's principle of 

Hybridization

Segregation

Dominance

Independent assortment

Answer: Segregation

 

The idea that different pairs of alleles are passed to offspring independently is Mendel's principle of 

Genetics law

Unit inheritance

Independent assortment

Segregation

Answer: Independent assortment

 

When the genotype consists of a dominant and a recessive allele, the phenotype will be like 

The dominant

Both alleles

Neither

The recessive

 Answer: The dominant

 

Mendel believed that the characteristics of pea plants are determined by the 

Relative health of the parent plants at the time of pollination

Neither

Inheritance of units or factors from one parent

Inheritance of units or factors from both parents

Answer: Inheritance of units or factors from both parents

 

DNA replication can be described as 

Conservative

Dispersive

Degenerative

Semiconservative

Answer: Semiconservative

 

Which of the following best describes the parents in a test cross? 

Both individuals are heterozygous

Both individuals have the recessive phenotype

One individual has the dominant phenotype and the other has the recessive phenotype

Both individuals have the dominant phenotype

Answer: One individual has the dominant phenotype and the other has the recessive phenotype

 

What is a section of DNA that codes for a protein called 

Plasmid

Gene

Chromosome

Allele

Answer: Gene

 

Which blood groups are codominant 

IB and IO

Io and Io

IA and IB

IA and IO

Answer: IA and IB

 

Which of these is a correct type of mutation 

Substitution

Addition

Polymerase

Transcription

Answer: Substitution