Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Number of Barr bodies in XXXX female is

1. 3
2. 1
3. 2
4. 4

Male XX and female XY sometime occur due to

1. Aneuploidy
2. Deletion
3. Transfer of segments in X and Y chromosomes
4. Hormonal imbalance

Probability of four sons to a couple is : -

1. 116
2. 18
3. 14
4. 132

Due to the cross between TTRr × ttrr the resultant progenies showed how many percent plants tall, red flowered:

1. 50%
2. 100%
3. 75%
4. 25%

According to mendelism which character is showing dominance?

1. Green colour in seed coat
2. Wrinkled seed
3. Terminal position of flower
4. Green pod colour

Mongolian idiots are due to trisomy in 21st chromosome is called:

1. Klinefelter's syndrome
2. Down's syndrome
3. Turner's syndrome
4. Triplex syndrome

Erythroblastosis foetalis is caused when:

1. Rh- female & Rh+ male
2. Rh- female & Rh- male
3. Rh+ female & Rh+ male
4. Rh+ female & Rh- male

In Drosophila the XXY condition leads to femaleness whereas in human beings the same condition leads to Klinefelter's syndrome in male. It proves:

1. Y chromosome is active in sex determination in both human beings and Drosophila
2. In Drosophila Y-chromosome decides femaleness
3. Y chromosome of man have genes for syndrome
4. In human beings Y chromosome is active in sex determination