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Inheritance

5 Class 12 Biology questions with answers and explanations.

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  1. A cross between a heterozygous and a homozygous recessive individual (Aa x aa) gives the phenotypic ratio:

    • 1 1 : 1
    • 2 3 : 1
    • 3 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
    • 4 All the same
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    Correct answer: 1 : 1

    Half show the dominant trait and half the recessive.

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  2. A dihybrid cross of two heterozygotes gives a phenotypic ratio of:

    • 1 3 : 1
    • 2 9 : 3 : 3 : 1
    • 3 1 : 2 : 1
    • 4 1 : 1
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    Correct answer: 9 : 3 : 3 : 1

    This is Mendel's dihybrid ratio.

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  3. Haemophilia is carried on the:

    • 1 Mitochondria only
    • 2 X chromosome
    • 3 Chromosome 21
    • 4 Y chromosome
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    Correct answer: X chromosome

    It is an X linked recessive condition.

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  4. The sex of a human child is determined by the:

    • 1 Environment
    • 2 Egg
    • 3 Mother's age
    • 4 Sperm
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    Correct answer: Sperm

    A sperm carries either X or Y.

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  5. Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome:

    • 1 18
    • 2 X
    • 3 13
    • 4 21
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    Correct answer: 21

    It is trisomy 21.

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