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Inheritance
5 Class 12 Biology questions with answers and explanations.
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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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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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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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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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Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome:
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Correct answer: 21
It is trisomy 21.
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