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  1. 121.
    A tall true breeding garden pea plant is crossed with a dwarf true breeding garden pea plant. When the plants were sealed the resulting genotypes were in the ratio of:
    1. (1)1:2:1: Tall homozygous: Tall heterozygous : Dwarf
    2. (2)1:2:1: Tall heterozygous: Tall homozygous: Dwarf
    3. (3)3 : 1 : : Tall Dwarf
    4. (4)3 : 1 : : Dwarf : Tall
  2. 122.
    Which of the following conditions of the zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal human male child?
    1. (1)Two X-chromosomes
    2. (2)Only one Y-chromosome
    3. (3)Only one X-chromosome
    4. (4)One X-and one Y-chromosome
  3. 123.
    Which one of the following conditions correctly describes the manner of determining the sex in the given example?
    1. (1)XO type of sex chromosomes determine male sex in grasshopper.
    2. (2)XO condition in humans as found in Turner syndrome, determines female sex.
    3. (3)Homozygous sex chromosomes (XX) produce male in Drosophila.
    4. (4)Homozygous sex chromosomes (ZZ) determine female sex in birds.
  4. 124.
    Inheritance of skin colour in humans is an example of :-
    1. (1)chromosomal aberration
    2. (2)point mutation
    3. (3)polygenic inheritance
    4. (4)codominance
  5. 125.
    Which one of the following conditions of the zygotic cell would lead to the birth of a normal human female child?
    1. (1)Two X chromosomes
    2. (2)Only one Y chromosome
    3. (3)Only one X chromosome
    4. (4)One X and one Y chromosome
  6. 126.
    Test cross in plants or in Drosophila involves crossing:
    1. (1)Between two genotypes with dominant trait
    2. (2)Between two genotypes with recessive trait
    3. (3)Between two hybrids
    4. (4)The hybrid with a double recessive genotype
  7. 127.
    Select the incorrect statement from the following:-
    1. (1)Baldness is a sex-limited trait
    2. (2)Linkage is an exception to the principle of independent assortment in heredity
    3. (3)Galactosemia is an inborn error of metabolism
    4. (4)Small population size results in random genetic drift in a population
  8. 128.
    Phenotype of an organism is the result of –
    1. (1)Mutations and linkages
    2. (2)Cytoplasmic effects and nutrition
    3. (3)Environmental changes and sexual dimorphism
    4. (4)Genotype and environment interactions
  9. 129.
    Test cross involves –
    1. (1)Crossing between two genotypes with recessive trait
    2. (2)Crossing between two hybrids
    3. (3)Crossing the hybrid with a double recessive genotype
    4. (4)Crossing between two genotypes with dominant trait