Exercise: Heredity
Multiple Choice Questions
Fill in the Blanks
- In snails, individuals can change _______.
- A section of DNA that provides information for one protein synthesis is called ________ for that protein.
- Mendel proposed the law of ________.
- The ________ chromosomes are responsible for the male child.
Answers
(1). Sex, (2). Gene, (3). Inheritance, (4). Y
True/ False
- Between the red and white colours of flowers the white colour is dominant character and red colour is recessive character.
- Round and wrinkled character of seeds the round is dominant character and wrinkled is recessive character.
- The characters which are not transmitted from one generation to another generation are called hereditary characters.
- Johann Mendel proposed the rules of development of flowers.
Answers
(1). False, (2). True, (3). False, (4). False
One-Word Answer
- What will be the 23rd chromosome pair for a female human baby?
- On crossing tall plants with dwarf plants what percentage of dwarf plants in F2 generation was found by mendel.
- What is the information source in a cell?
- Write the name of father of genetics. Or Who worked out the main rule of such inheritance.
Answers
(1). XX, (2). 25% dwarf plants, (3). Cellular DNA, (4). Gregor Johann Mendel
Match the column
| Section A | Section B |
|---|---|
| 1). Father of genetics | a). Sex determination/XY |
| 2). Carriers of heredity characters | b). Laws of genetics |
| 3). Pair of Sex chromosomes | c). Gregor Johann Mendel |
| 4). Genetic material | d). Genes |
| 5). Mendel | e). Young DNA |
Answers
(1). > (c), (2). > (d), (3). > (a), (4). > (e), (5). > (b)

