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101.

Pure tall plants are crossed with pure dwarf plants. In the F1 generation, all plants were tall. These tall plants of F1 generation were selfed and the ratio of tall to dwarf plants obtained was 3 : 1. This is called

  • dominance

  • inheritance

  • codominance

  • heredity


102.

Chromosome complement with 2n - 1 is called

  • monosomy

  • nullisomy

  • trisomy

  • tetrasomy


103.

The trisomy for 21st chromosome is called

  • Down's syndrome

  • Turner's syndrome

  • Sickle cell anaemia

  • Klinfelter's syndrome


104.

Chromosome complement with 2n - 1 is called

  • monosomy

  • nullisomy

  • trisomy

  • tetrasomy


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105.

L- shaped chromosomes are also called

  • acrocentric

  • telocentric

  • sub- metacentric

  • None of these


C.

sub- metacentric

The shape of chromosome is determined by the position of centromere on the chromosomes. They may be of following five types:

(i) Acentric- centromere is absent.

(ii) Telocentric- centromere present at one end of chromosome.

(iii) Acrocentric- when chromosome is divided into a very small segment at one end and a very large segment on the other end.

(iv)Submetacentric- when chromosome has two unequal segments and forms V- shaped structure.

(v) Metacentric- two equal segments of chromosomes


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106.

If root of a flowering plant has 24 chromosomes, then its gamete has how many chromosomes?

  • 24

  • 12

  • 4

  • 8


107.

Balbiani rings are the structural features of

  • allosomes

  • polytene chromosomes

  • autosomes

  • Lampbrush chromosomes


108.

X- linked recessive gene is

  • always expressed in male

  • always expressed in femlae

  • lethal

  • sub- lethal


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109.

Which of the following is a test cross?

  • Tt ×tt

  • TT ×tt

  • Tt ×Tt

  • tt ×tt


110.

1 : 2 : 1 phenotypic and genotypic ratio is found in

  • complementary genes

  • blending inheritance

  • multiple alleles

  • pseudo alleles


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