Most Important Genetics MCQ's
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1. Who gave the term genetics ?
a. Mendel
b. Bateson
c. Morgan
d. Griffith
Answer : b. Bateson
2. Laws of inheritance was given by
a. Morgan
b. Miller
c. Mendel
d. Punnett and Bateson
Answer : c. Mendel
3. In heredity, the genes are obtained from
a. father
b. mother
c. both
d. none of the above
Answer : c. both
4. Mendel is called the father of
a. genetics
b. taxonomy
c. paleobotany
d. molecular biology
Answer : a. genetics
5. The term genotype and phenotype were introduced by
a. Mendel
b. Darwin
c. Johannsen
d. Bateson
Answer : c. Johannsen
6. The jumping gene (transposon) in maize were discovered by
a. Beadle and Tatum
b. Barbara McClintock
c. H.G. Khorana
d. T.H. Morgan
Answer : b. Barbara McClintock
7. The terms cistron, muton and recon were coined by
a. Jenner
b. Benzer
c. Carlson
d. Bateson
Answer : b. Benzer
8. The term nucleosome was given by
a. Dupraw
b. Oudet
c. Flemming
d. Emil Heitz
Answer : b. Oudet
9. DNA fingerprinting method is very useful for
a. DNA tests for identify and relationship
b. forensic studies
c. polymorphism
d. all of the above
Answer : d. all of the above
10. The modern concept of gene is
a. a segment of chromosome
b. a segment of DNA
c. a functional unit of DNA
d. a segment of DNA capable of crossing over.
Answer : c. a functional unit of DNA
11. The gene concerned with the production of cancer is called
a. oncogene
b. carcinogen
c. cancer gene
d. carcinoma
Answer : a. oncogene
12. Biometric genetics deals with
a. the biochemical explanations of different genetical mechanisms
b. the biochemical explanations of different genetical mechanisms
c. the inheritance of quantitative traits
d. the effect of environment on genetic set up of organisms
Answer : c. the inheritance of quantitative traits
