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Heredity and Evolution

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A tall plant (Tt) crosses with another tall plant (Tt). Which of the following is true for the offsprings?

  1. All plants are tall.

  2. All plants are short.

  3. 3 plants are tall and 1 plant is short.

  4. 3 plants are short and 1 plant is tall.

  5. NA


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tt X Tt = TT Tt Tt tt

A human baby will be female if its 23rd chromosome pair is

  1. XX

  2. XY

  3. XXY

  4. XYY

  5. NA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Males have XY and females have XX. Hence, this is the correct answer.

Vermiform appendix, nictitating membrane and hair on the body of human beings are examples of

  1. analogous organs

  2. vestigial organs

  3. fossils

  4. homologous organs

  5. NA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Vestigial organs were useful in the past, but are useless now.

Regardless of where we are living right now, our genetic roots can be traced from

  1. Europe

  2. Asia

  3. Australia

  4. Africa

  5. NA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The earliest members of the human species can be traced from Africa.

If round green (RRyy) is crossed with wrinkled yellow (rrYY), which type of fruit will it produce in F1 generation?

  1. Round green

  2. Round yellow

  3. Wrinkled yellow

  4. Wrinkled green

  5. NA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The fruit will be round yellow.

According to Darwin's theory of evolution, differences between species may be the result of

  1. mutagenic agents

  2. natural selection

  3. the disuse of body structures

  4. None of these

  5. NA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Natural selection theory proposed by Darwin states that evolutionary change comes through the production of variation in each generation and differential survival of individuals with different combinations of these variable characters.

Sex in humans is determined at the time of

  1. fertilisation of gametes

  2. formation of male and female gametes

  3. when the zygote is developing

  4. when the embryo is developing

  5. NA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is determined at the time when the embryo starts to develop.

Which of the following statements is not true with respect to variation?

  1. All variations in a species have equal chance of survival.

  2. Change in genetic compositions results in variation.

  3. Selection of variants by environmental factors forms the basis of evolutionary process.

  4. Variation is minimum in sexual reproduction.

  5. NA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All variations do not have equal chance of survival.

____ have the same function, but different origin.

  1. Analogous organs

  2. Vestigial organs

  3. Fossils

  4. Homologous organs

  5. NA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Their function is same, but their origin is different.

Fossils are found in the deeper layers of Earth. What conclusion can be drawn from this?

  1. Fossils are most recent.

  2. Fossils are more than a thousand years old.

  3. The age of fossils cannot be computed.

  4. Fossils may be old or recent, their position is not important.

  5. NA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

They are very old. So, this answer is incorrect.

If T is for tallness and t for dwarfness, what shall be the genotype of a tall pea plant according to Mendelism?

  1. TT

  2. tt

  3. Tt

  4. Either TT or Tt

  5. NA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

T present in the plant is enough to make it tall. Hence, both TT and Tt plants are tall.

Surgically removing tails of mice over several generations does not yield mice without tails. What does it prove?

  1. Cutting tails does not cause genetic change. So, it is not inherited.

  2. Acquired characters during one's own life are not inherited.

  3. Neither (1) nor (2)

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. NA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Both these statements are correct.

Which of the following characteristics of parents can be inherited by children?

  1. Deep scar on chin

  2. Scub nose

  3. Technique of swimming

  4. Cut nose

  5. NA


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is a genetic trait and can be inherited by children from their parents.

Which of the following are homologous organs?

  1. Forelimbs of frogs, birds and humans

  2. Flippers of dolphins and wings of bats

  3. Neither (1) nor (2)

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. NA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Both options are correct.

To create the primitive conditions that may have existed at the time of origin of life, _________ were subjected to electrical discharge.

  1. H2, NH3, CO2 and H2O

  2. H2, CH4, H2O and CO2

  3. H2, CH4, C2H6 and CO2

  4. H2, NH3, NO2 and H2O

  5. NA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Haldane and Urey assembled an atmosphere similar to that on early Earth. This had molecules like ammonia, methane and hydrogen sulphide over water. This is correct.

Some dinosaurs had feathers, although they could not fly. But birds have feathers that help them fly. In the context of evolution, this means that

  1. reptiles have evolved from birds

  2. there is no evolutionary connection between reptiles and birds

  3. feathers are homologous structures in both the organisms

  4. birds have evolved from reptiles

  5. NA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Birds have evolved from reptiles. This is correct.

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