Who coined the term genetics?
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T.H. Morgan
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Hugo de Vries
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W.L. Johannsen
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W. Bateson
Which of following scientist(s) founded the Journal of Genetics ?
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Mendel
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Bateson and Punnett
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Hugo de Veries and Tschermak
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Watson and Crick
Which of the following organisms is regarded as the 'queen of genetics'?
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Pisum sativum
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Drosophila persimilis
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Arabidopsis thaliana
Who said, man is becoming Brahma since modern genetics is helping to acquire the capacity for creation ?
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M.S. Swaminathan
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J.D. Watson
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T.S. Venkataraman
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H.G. Khorana
Which of the following has been nicknamed as Drosophila of plant kingdom'?
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Pea
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Arabidopsis thaliana
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Tobacco
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Brassica napus
DNAs present in mitochondria and chloroplasts are involved in which of the following?
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Mendelian inheritance
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Non-Mendelian inheritance
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Zig-zag inheritance
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Criss-cross inheritance
Which of the following is called natural genetic engineer?
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Agrobacterium
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Humans
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Azotobactor
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Rhizobium
Which of the following is the main function of chromosomes ?
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To control the activity of cell.
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To transmit genetic material from one generation to the next generation.
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To protect the genetic material.
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All of the above
Which of the following produces pseudo- dominance ?
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Deletion
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Duplication
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Inversion
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Translocation
The hypothesis of inheritance of acquired characters was disproved by which of the following?
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Darwin
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Bateson
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Weismann
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Mendel
Which of the following replaced the theory pangenesis?
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Blending inheritance
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Epigenesis
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Germplasm theory
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Natural selection
The germplasm theory was proposed by which of the following?
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Mendel
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Weismann
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Hugo de Veries
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Darwin
The abbreviation OMIM stands for which of the following?
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Online Mendelian inheritance in monkey
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Online Mendelian inheritance in mouse
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Online Mendelian inheritance in mango
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Online Mendelian inheritance in man.
Credit for the concept of epigenesis goes to which of the following?
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Wolff
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Aristotle
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Lamarck
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Swamnerdam
Which of the following is the most appropriate description of genetic death?
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Death before reproductive age
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Death due to a genetic disease
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Inability to reproduce
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Both (a) and (b)
Which of the following is not correct about sex-influenced traits?
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They are expressed in higher frequency in one sex in comparison to that in the other.
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(b) Genes responsible for sex-influenced traits are located in autosomes.
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Expression of sex-influenced traits is governed by sex hormones.
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Haemophilia is an example of sex influenced trait
Which of the following is not correct about the classical concept of gene?
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Genes are located in chromosomes.
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Genes may show intragenic recombination.
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Gene is the functional unit that governs the development of a single character of an individual.
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Gene is the unit of mutation.
Which of the following is not correct about sex-limited traits?
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Sex-limited traits are expressed in one of the two sexes
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Genes for sex-limited traits are located in the sex chromosome.
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It includes the secondary sex characters
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Milk production in cattle is an example of a sex-limited trait.
Which of the following is the controlling centre of a cell?
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Nucleus
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Chloroplast
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Nucleolus
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Mitochondria
Our genome sequence is more than 98% similar to that of which of the following?
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Mouse
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Lion
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Chimpanzee
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Goat
Who is the father of Drosophila?
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Sutton and boveri
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Mendel
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T. H. Morgan
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W. Bateson
Which of the following is discovered Sex chromosomes?
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W. Bateson
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Sutton and boveri
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T. H. Morgan
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Mc Clung
Which of the following constitutes surrogate genetics?
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Animal cloning used for genetic analysis.
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Genetic principles from one organism extended to others.
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Function of a DNA sequence is analysed in an in vitro system
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Function of a DNA sequence from one organism is analysed in another organism.
Who coined the term gene?
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T. H. Morgan
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Hugo de Vries
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W. Bateson
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Johannsen