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Principles of Inheritance and Variation NEET PYQs
Class XII Biology
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The production of gametes by the parents, formation
of zygotes, the F1 and F2 plants, can be understood
from a diagram called:
A Bullet square
B Punch square
C Punnett square
D Net square
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In a cross between a male and female, both
heterozygous for sickle cell anaemia gene, what
percentage of the progeny will be diseased?
A 50%
B 75%
C 25%
D 100%
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How many true breeding pea plant varieties did
Mendel select as pairs, which were similar except
in one character with contrasting traits?
A 4
B 2
C 14
D 8
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Identify the wrong statement with reference to
the gene 'I' that controls ABO blood groups.
A The gene (I) has three alleles.
B A person will have only two of the three
alleles.
C When IA and IB are present together, they express same type of sugar.
D Allele 'i' does not produce any sugar.
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Experimental verification of the chromosomal
theory of inheritance was done by:
A Mendel
B Sutton
C Boveri
D Morgan
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Select the correct match.
A
B
Phenylketonuria -
Autosomal dominant trait
C
Sickle cell anaemia -
Autosomal recessive trait, chromosome-11
D
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The number of contrasting characters studied by Mendel for his experiments was:
A 14
B 4
C 2
D 7
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Chromosomal theory of inheritance was proposed by:
A Sutton and Boveri
B Bateson and Punnet
C T. H. Morgan
D Watson and Crick
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The best example for pleiotropy is:
A Skin colour
B Phenylketoneuria
C Colour Blindness
D ABO Blood group
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In Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), a red flower was
crossed with a white flower and in F1 generation, pink flowers were obtained. When pink flowers were selfed, the F2 generation showed white, red and pink flowers.
Choose the incorrect statement from the following :
A Law of Segregation does not apply in this
experiment.
B Ratio of F2 is ¼ (Red): 2/4 (Pink): ¼ (White)
C Pink colour in F1 is due to incomplete dominance.
D This experiment does not follow the Principle of
Dominance
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