GREEN PARK INTERNATIONAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, NAMAKKAL

XII* (CBSE) – BOTANY – ASSIGNMENT – 2

PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION

5.3 6. The fraction of double homozygous individual

1. Statement-I: The pairing and separation of a in F2 of Mendel dihybrid cross
pair of chromosomes would lead to the 1 2
1) 2)
segregation of a pair of factors they carried. 4 4
Statement-II: Each pair of chromosomes 1 1
3) 4)
segregate independently of another pair 16 8
1) Both statements I and II are correct 7. The % of phenotypic recombinants in F2 of
2) Both statements I and II are incorrect Mendel dihybrid cross is
3) Statement I is correct, II is incorrect 1) 25% 2) 62.5%
4) Statement I is incorrect, II is correct 3) 37.5% 4) 12.5%
5.3.1 8. The percentage of ab gametes produced by
AaBb parent will be
2. The % of F2 individuals phenotypically similar
with F1 in Mendel dihybrid cross is 1) 12.5 2) 25
1) 56.25% 2) 62.5% 3) 50 4) 75
3) 37.25% 4) 12.5% 9. The number of double dominant progenies
3. The % F2 individuals genotypically similar formed in F2 generation of Mendel’s dihybrid
with F1 in Mendel dihybrid cross is cross is
1) 50% 2) 25% 1) 4 2) 6
3) 75% 4) 100% 3) 9 4) 8
4. Identify the correct one w.r.t F2 of Mendel 10. What is the probability of homozygous plants
typical dihybrid cross on pea plant for both dominant characters in F2 generation
1) Phenotypic ratio = 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 of a dihybrid cross
2) Total number of yellow seeds = 12
1) 4/16 2) 1/16
3) % of double dominant double heterozygous
3) 9/16 4) 3/16
individuals is 25%
11. If selfing occurs in the plant having genotype
4) All of the above
RrYy, then the ratio of given genotype will be
5. The fraction of double dominant and double
RRYY, RrYY, RRYy, RrYy.
homozygotes in F2 of Mendel dihybrid cross is
1 1 1) 1 : 2 : 2 : 4 2) 1 : 2 : 1 : 2
1) 2)
4 8 3) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 4) 2 : 2 : 2 : 1
1 1 12. In cross between yellow round (YYRR) and
3) 4)
16 12 pure breeding pea plant having green wrinkled
(yyrr), find out the total seeds (plants) having
yellow colour in F2 generation
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1) 9 2) 12 19. The ratio between the number of kinds of
3) 10 4) 15 homozygous genotypes and number of kinds
13. In Mendelian, linkage was not observed due to of heterozygous genotypes in the F2 of
1) Synapsis monohybrid cross is

2) Crossing over 1) 1 : 2 2) 1 : 1
3) 2 : 1 4) 1 : 2 : 1
3) Mutation
4) Independent assortment 20. Progeny are phenotypically and genotypically
similar in
14. The total kinds of genotypes and phenotypes
respectively in F2 generation of Mendel’s 1) F2 generation 2) F1 generation
dihybrid cross 3) F3 generation 4) F4 generation
1) 9 and 4 2) 10 and 6 21. Heterozygous organism for two genes is best
3) 4 and 9 4) 9 and 6 expressed as under

15. In a typical dihybird cross the number of 1) RRYY 2) RrYY

phenotypic recombinants formed in the F2 3) RRYy 4) RrYy
generation is 22. A cross between a plant heterozygous for two
1) 10/16 2) 9/16 factors and a plant recessive for both the
factors, gives a phenotypic ratio of
3) 6/16 4) 2/16
16. The phenotype with only one genotype in the 1) 9 : 1 : 1 : 7 2) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
F2 of a dihybrid cross 3) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 4) 1 : 7 : 7 : 1
1) Double dominant phenotype 23. The percentage of a recombinants in the F2 of
2) Single dominant phenotype a typical dihybrid cross is

3) Double recessive phenotype 1) 25 2) 37.50

4) Single recessive phenotype 3) 50 4) 62.50

17. Four different types of gametes are produced 24. In a typical dihybrid cross the fraction of F2
in equal proportion from the dihybrid similar to the parental phenotype that is
individual due to suppressed in F1 is

1) Linked genes 1) 1/16 2) 9/16

3) 6/16 4) 10/16
2) Incompletely linked genes
3) Non-linked genes 5.3.2
4) Completely linked genes 25. In which year Mendel’s work rediscovered
18. In law of independent assortment how many 1) 1900 2) 1865
factors are involved (for a dihybrid cross) 3) 1856 4) 1902
1) 4 2) 2 26. The literal meaning of chromosome is
3) 1 4) 3 1) thread like body 2) coloured body
3) painted body 4) doubling body
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27. The important things to remember are that 34. In 1900, Mendel results were rediscovered
chromosomes as well as genes occurs in A . independently by
The two alleles of a gene pair are located on 1) Hugo deVries 2) Carl Correns
homologous site on B chromosomes. 3) Von Tschermak 4) All of the above
1) A – single; B – analogous 35. Cross between AaBB and aaBB will form
2) A – pair, B – analogous 1) 1 AaBB : 1 aaBB 2) All AaBB
3) A – pair, B – homologous 3) 3 AaBB : 1 aaBB 4) 1 AaBB : 3 aaBB
4) a – single, B – heterozygous 36. The total number of linkage groups in pea
28. Who argued that pairing and separation of plant is
chromosomes would lead to the segregation of 1) 14 2) 7
a pair of factor they carried? 3) 20 4) 15
1) Sutton 2) Boveri 37. The total number of linkage groups in male
3) Both (1) and (2) 4) Morgan and female Drosophila flies respectively is
1) 3 and 4 2) 4 and 5
29. Experimental evidences of chromosomal
3) 5 and 4 4) 4 and 6
theory of inheritance was given by
38. The experimental organism Morgan worked
1) H.T. Morgan 2) H deVries
on
3) T.H. Morgan 4) Mendel
1) Neurospora 2) Drosophila
30. Morgan worked with tiny fruit fly named as
3) Pisum sativum 4) Mice
1) Drosophila indica 39. Identify the incorrect one from the given
2) Mirabilis jalapa below
3) Drosophila melanogaster 1) Chromosomal mapping – Sturtevant
4) Mangifera indica 2) Dihybrid cross in Drosophila - Morgan
31. Identify the mis-matched one from the 3) Dihybrid cross in Pea plant – Mendel
following. 4) ABO – Blood groups – Sutton and Boveri
1) Recombination frequencies – Sturtevant 40. If two genes a and b are linked and show 20%
2) Chromosomal theory – Sutton and Boveri recombination, the proportion of gametes
3) Chromosomal theory of linkage – produced in F1 by a dihybrid ++/ab derived
T.H. Morgan from a cross between ++/++ and ab/ab would
4) Chromosomal mapping - Mendel be
32. The statement, “Behaviour of chromosomes
++ ab +a +b
was parallel to the behaviour of genes was
given by 1) 40 20 20 20
1) Alfred Sturtevant 2) G.J. Mendel 2) 40 40 10 10
3) Sutton and Boveri 4) T.H. Morgan
3) 30 30 20 20
33. Who united the knowledge of chromosomal
segregation with Mendelian principles? 4) 20 20 30 30
1) Morgan 2) Bateson
3) Boveri 4) Sutton
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41. Select the incorrect one w.r.t Drosophila 47. Frequency of recombination between gene
1) Brown body and red eye are wild characters pairs on the same chromosome as a measure
2) Miniature wings and white eye are of the distance between genes was used first
recessive characters time to map their position on the chromosome
3) Yellow body and white eye are recessive by
characters 1) Morgan 2) Bridges
4) Miniature wings and red eye are dominant 3) Sturtevant 4) All of the above
characters 48. Match the following columns
42. Father of experimental genetics
Column – I Column – II
1) Mendel 2) Sutton
3) Boveri 4) T.H.Morgan A) Linkage 1) Recombination
of genes
5.3.3
43. The physical association of genes on a B) Chromosomal 2) More than 2 set
chromosomes is called theory of chromosomes
1) Recombination 2) Linkage C) Crossing over 3) Morgan
3) Genotype 4) Mutation D) Polyploidy 4) Sutton and
44. Strength of the linkage between the two genes Boveri
is Choose the correct option
1) Proportions to the distance between them A B C D
2) Depends on the chromosomes 1) 3 4 1 2
3) Inversely proportionate to the distance 2) 1 2 3 4
between them
3) 4 3 2 1
4) Depend upon the size of chromosomes
4) 1 2 4 3
45. Frequency of crossing over is A in linked
49. The terms linkage and recombination were
gene and B in unlinked gene. Choose
introduced by
correct combination for A and B.
1) Mendel 2) Bateson
1) A – More; B – Less 3) Boveri 4) Morgan
2) A – Less; B – More 50. Frequency of crossing over is directly
3) A – Same; B – Same proportional to
4) A – Same; B – Happened 1) Number of chromosomes
46. Who first used the term frequency of 2) Number of genes
recombination? 3) Length of chromosomes
1) Mendel 4) Distance between genes
51. If gene frequency between genes a and c is
2) Alfred nobel
2%; b and c is 13%; b and d is 4%; a and b is
3) Pasteur
15% c and d is 17% and a and d is 19%. The
4) Alfred sturtevant sequence of genes in a chromosome is
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1) a, c, b, d 2) b, c, d, a 5.5
3) a, b, c, d 4) d, c, b, a 57. Starch synthesis gene in pea plant is the
52. In a linear chromosome, mapping distance example of
between a – b is 10%, a – d is 3%, b – c is 4% 1) Single gene produce more than one effects
and a – c is 6%. What would be the crossing
2) Two genes produce more than one effects
over frequency between c and d is
3) Multiple genes produce more than one
1) 3% 2) 9%
effects
3) 4% 4) 3% or 9%
53. The frequency of recombination between gene 4) Multiple genes produce less than one
pairs on the same chromosome as a measure effects
of the distance between genes was explained 58. Occasionally, a single gene may express more
by than one effect. This is
1) Alfred Sturtevant 2) Sutton and Boveri 1) Polygenic inheritance
3) Bateson 4) Punnett 2) Pleiotropy
54. Which of the following is not correctly 3) Multiple allelism
matched? 4) Co-dominance
1) ABO – Blood groups – Multiple allelism
59. In pea plants, yellow seeds are dominant to
2) Law of segregation – Monohybrid cross
green. If a heterozygous yellow seeded plant is
3) Starch grain synthesis in pea seeds – Co-
crossed with a green seeded plants. What ratio
dominance
of yellow and green seeded plants would you
4) Law of independent assortment – Dihybrid
expect in F1 generation
cross
1) 3 : 1 2) 1 : 3
5.4
3) 50 : 50 4) 9 : 1
55. A polygenic inheritance in human being is
60. When one gene controls two (or) more
1) Sickle cell anaemia
different characters simultaneously, the
2) Colour blindness phenomenon is called
3) Skin colour 1) Apomixis 2) Pleiotropy
4) Phenyl ketonuria 3) Polyploidy 4) Linkage
56. How many types of gametes can be produced,
if a plant has the genotype AaBbCcDdEe?
1) 16 2) 8
3) 64 4) 32