This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Genetic And Mendel S Law Of Heredity – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Genetic And Mendel S Law Of Heredity Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a Hybrid? A) The offspring of parents that have different forms of the same trait. B) Sloth. C) DNA. D) Two different animals merged together. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The offspring of parents that have different forms of the same trait. 2. The cell undergoing a reduction division is called. A) Meiospore. B) Oocyte. C) Germ cell. D) Meiocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meiocyte. 3. Successful fusion of somatic cells from man and mouse was first demonstrated by. A) R. Sinsheimer. B) E.C Cocking. C) H. Harris. D) A. Kornberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. Harris. 4. Test cross is a cross between. A) F1 hybrid with a recessive parental type. B) P>F1 generation. C) F2 generation. D) F2 with dominant parental type. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F1 hybrid with a recessive parental type. 5. The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology established by the United Nation Organizations (UNO) is located at. A) Tokyo. B) Washington. C) Paris. D) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Delhi. 6. The science of improving the hereditary qualities of future generation of mankind is referred to as. A) Epigenesis. B) Genetics. C) Eugenics. D) Epistasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eugenics. 7. Who is Mendel referred to? A) The Father of DNA. B) The Father of Characteristics. C) The Father of Heredity. D) The Father of Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Father of Heredity. 8. Some human disease sare genetically controlled was first established by. A) Gregor Mendel. B) A.E.Garrod. C) Watson and Crick. D) William Bateson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A.E.Garrod. 9. Offspring from the first offspring A) P1. B) F1. C) Qwertyuiop[. D) F2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F2. 10. Which one of the following represents a true heterozygous arrangement of genes? A) TT RR. B) Tr Rr. C) Tt rr. D) TT rr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tr Rr. 11. Mendel chose for his experiments the plant. A) Pea. B) Cucumber. C) Bean. D) Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pea. 12. Which of the following human disease/s is/are controlled by heredity? A) Alkaptonuria. B) Leukemia. C) Anaemia. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alkaptonuria. 13. What is atavism? A) Effects of mutation. B) Reappearance of traits after several generation. C) Intermediate inheritance of genes. D) The genes which show numerous phenotypic effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reappearance of traits after several generation. 14. Were did Mendel live? A) Zimbabwe. B) England. C) Austria. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Austria. 15. When White flowered F1 plants were crossed to pure red-flowered plants the progeny had all plants which were. A) White flowered. B) Exhibiting 3 1 ratio of red to white flowered plants. C) Exhibiting 1.1 ration of red to white flowered plants. D) Red flowered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red flowered. 16. Rate of mutation in plants can be increased by. A) More manure. B) More pesticides. C) Infrared rays. D) X-ray. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) X-ray. 17. Allosomes are chromosomes. A) Not connected with sex. B) In separate individuals. C) Connected with sex. D) In separate cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connected with sex. 18. The number of chromosomes in a normal human body cells is. A) 44. B) 43. C) 46. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 46. 19. What is Heredity? A) The passing of traits from off spring to parents. B) Pea Plants. C) DNA. D) The passing of traits from parents to off spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The passing of traits from parents to off spring. 20. What makes Mendel, s contribution so impressive is that he described the basic patterns of inheritance before the mechanism for inheritance was even. A) Found. B) Believed. C) Discovered. D) Solved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discovered. 21. The science of heredity was called Genetics by. A) W. Bateson. B) C.Correns. C) H.J Muller. D) Gregor Mendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) W. Bateson. 22. Sex-linked genes are carried by. A) X Chromosomes. B) Y Chromosomes. C) Different parts of X and Y chromosomes. D) Autosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Different parts of X and Y chromosomes. 23. A male child is born to parents only when. A) The genetic composition of the child includes XX combination of chromosomes. B) Rh factors of the parents are positive. C) Rh factors of the parents are negative. D) The genetic composition of the child includes XY combination of ohromosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The genetic composition of the child includes XY combination of ohromosomes. 24. In genetic engineering, a DNA segment of interest is joined to a small but complete DNA molecule that is capable of replicating itself This DNA molecule is referred to as. A) Plasmid. B) Vector. C) Cloning vehicle. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b and c. 25. Two tall plants, each being a hybrid and carrying a recessive factor for dwarfness are crossed What proportion of thier offspring will be dwarf? A) 50%. B) 100%. C) 75%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25%. 26. Haemophilia is a hereditary disease carried by. A) Females and expressed by females. B) Females and expressed by males. C) Males and expressed by females. D) Males and expressed by males. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Females and expressed by males. 27. Offspring of parents A) P1. B) F2. C) Asdfghjkl. D) F1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F1. 28. Which of the following is normal human (male chromosomal constitution )? A) 44+XY. B) 44+ XXY. C) XYY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 44+XY. 29. Mutation could be created by X-rays This was found by. A) Meyer. B) Morgan. C) Flemming. D) Muller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muller. 30. Human skin colour is believed to be controlled by at least. A) 3 genes. B) 6 genes. C) 5 genes. D) 4 genes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 genes. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesGenetic And Mendel S Law Of Heredity Quiz 1Biological Sciences QuizBiology QuizBotany QuizCell Biology QuizCirculatory System QuizEndocrine Glands QuizHuman Body And Reproduction Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books