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The genotype of plant showing the dominant phenotype can be determined by 

  • test cross

  • dihybrid cross

  • pedigree analysis

  • pedigree analysis


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test cross

In Genetics, a test cross, first introduced by Gregor Mendel, is used to determine if an individual exhibiting a dominant trait is homozygous or heterozygous for that trait. More simply, test cross determines the genotype of an individual with a dominant phenotype. In some sources, the test cross is defined as being a type of back cross between the recessive homozygote and F1 generation

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A person with unknown blood group under ABO system has suffered much blood loss in an accident and needs an immediate blood transfusion. His one friend who has a valid certificate of his own blood type offers for blood donation without delay. What would have been the type of blood group of the donor friend?

  • Type AB

  • Type O

  • Type A

  • Type A

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Which one of the following conditions correctly describes the manner of determining the sex in the given samples?

  • XO type of sex chromosomes determine male sex in grasshopper

  • XO condition in humans as found in Turner syndrome determines female sex

  • Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce male in Drosophila

  • Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce male in Drosophila

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Mutations can be induced with

  • IAA

  • ethylene

  • gamma radiations

  • gamma radiations

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peptide synthesis inside a cell takes place in 

  • mitochondria

  • chromoplast

  • ribosomes 

  • ribosomes 

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Test cross in plants of in Drosophila involves crossing 

  • Between two genotypes with recessive trait

  • Between two F1 hybrids

  • the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype

  • the F1 hybrid with a double recessive genotype

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Sweet potato is homologous to 

  • potato

  • colocasia

  • ginger

  • ginger

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Which one of the following conditions of the zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal human female child?

  • Two X - chromosomes 

  • Only one Y- chromosomes

  • Only one X - chromosome

  • Only one X - chromosome

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Which one of the following is a wrong matching of a microbe and its industrial product, while the remaining three are correct? 

  • Yeast - statins

  • Acetobacter aceti - acid

  • Clostridium Butulicum - lactic acid

  • Clostridium Butulicum - lactic acid

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Which one of the following cannot be explained on the basis of Mendel's Law of Dominance? 

  • the discrete unit controlling a particular character is called a factor

  • Out of one pair of factors, one is dominant and the other recessive

  • Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation

  • Alleles do not show any blending and both the characters recover as such in F2 generation

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