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Multiple Choice Questions

The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is widely used in contemporary biology as a/an

  • Indicator of water pollution

  • insecticide

  • agent for the production of dairy products

  • agent for the production of dairy products

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The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster was found to be very suitable for experimental verification of chromosomal theory of inheritance by Morgan and his colleagues because

  • It reproduces parthenogenetically

  • a single mating produces two young files

  • smaller female is easily recognisable from larger male

  • smaller female is easily recognisable from larger male

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Study the pedigree chart of a certain family given below and select the correct conclusion which can be drawn for the character.

  • The female parent is heterozygous

  • The parents could not have a had a normal daughter for this character

  • The trait under study could not be colour blindness

  • The trait under study could not be colour blindness

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Which one of the following condition in humans is correctly matched with tis chromosomal abnormality /linkage?

  • Klinefelter's syndrom-44 autosomes + XXX

  • Colourblindness- Y-linked

  • Erythroblastosis foetails - X-linked

  • Erythroblastosis foetails - X-linked

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Which one of the following statements about the particular entity is true?

  • Centromere is found in animal cell which produces ester during cell divison

  • the gene for producing insulin is present in every body cell

  • Nucleosome is formed of nucleotides

  • Nucleosome is formed of nucleotides

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Select the correct statement from the ones given below with respect to dihybrid cross. 

  • Tightly linked genes on the same chromosome show higher recombinations

  • Genes far apart on the same chromosome show very few recombinations

  • Genes loosely linked on the same chromosome show similar recombinations as the tightly linked ones.

  • Genes loosely linked on the same chromosome show similar recombinations as the tightly linked ones.

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In genetic engineering, a DNA segment (gene) of interest, is transferred to the host cell through a vector. Consider the following four agents (A-D) in the regard and select the correct option about which one or more of these can be used as a vector/vectors

A) A bacterium
B) Plasmid
C) Plasmodium
D) Bacteriophage

  • A, B and D only

  • A only

  • A and C only

  • A and C only

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Point mutation involves

  • insertion

  • change in the single base pair

  • duplication

  • duplication

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Which one of the following is commonly used in the transfer of foreign DNA into crops plants?

  • Trichoderma hazianum

  • Meloidogyne incognita

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens

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Which one of the following symbols and its representation, used in human pedigree analysis is correct?

  •  = Mating between relatives

  •  = unaffected male

  •  = Unaffected female

  •  = Unaffected female

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