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Question 16. For the formation of 50 seeds, how many minimum meiotic divisions are necessary? (a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 75 (d) 63

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Correct answer is (d) 63

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3.

……………… chromosome appears ‘V’-shaped during anaphase. (a) Metacentric (b) Acrocentric (c) Telocentric (d) Sub-Metacentric

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Correct answer is (a) Metacentric

4.

Which of the following is not X-linked disorder ? (a) Haemophilia (b) Night-blindness (c) Hypertrichosis (d) Myopia

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Correct answer is (c) Hypertrichosis

5.

The sister chromatids are held together by ………………. (a) centrioles (b) chromonemata (c) chromomere (d) centromere

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Correct answer is (d) centromere

6.

What are homologues?

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Homologues are homologous chromosomes which are morphologically similar to each other.

7.

Which law of Mendelian genetics is universally applicable?

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The law of segregation of Mendelian genetics is universally applicable.

8.

Which law of Mendelian genetics is not universally applicable?

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The law of independent assortment of Mendelian genetics is not universally applicable.

9.

The word chroma means ………………. (a) a part of nucleus (b) a part of chromosome (c) colour (d) filamentous body

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Correct answer is (c) colour

10.

Give the alternative term for checker board.

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Punnett’s square is the alternative term for the checker board.

11.

Presence of whole sets of chromosomes is called ………………. (a) aneuploidy (b) euploidy (c) ploidy (d) chromatography

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Correct answer is (b) euploidy

12.

The synonymous term for centromere is ………………. (a) primary constriction (b) secondary constriction (c) telomere (d) satellite

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Correct answer is (a) primary constriction

13.

A class is derived from a class which is a derived class itself, then this is referred to as ……….(a) multiple inheritance(b) multilevel inheritance(c) single inheritance(d) double inheritance

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(b) multilevel inheritance

14.

Which of the following is true with respect to inheritance?(a) Private members of base class are inherited to the derived class with private (b) Private members of base class are not inherited to the derived class with private accessibility(c) Public members of base class are inherited but not visible to the derived class(d) Protected members of base class are inherited but not visible to the outside class

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(b) Private members of base class are not inherited to the derived class with private accessibility

15.

Which amongst the following is executed in the order of inheritance?(a) Destructor(b) Member function(c) Constructor(d) Object

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(c) Constructor

16.

What output will be generated when the following Python code is executed?def changeList () :L = []LI = [ ]L2 = []for i in range (10,1, -2) :LI append (i)for i in range (len ( LI)) :L2. append (LI [i] + L [i] )print L2ChangeList ( )

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[11, 10,9, 8, 7,4]

17.

What is visibility mode?

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The visibility mode in inheritance specify the access mode of base class members to derived class.

18.

When is it necessary to use inheritance?

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When a newly created class need to acquire properties of existing class and with its own properties then it is necessary to use inheritance.

19.

When do we need to inherit?

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Suppose X is a class exist and we need new class Y having all properties of X and in addition to its own, then we need to inherit X class to derive Y class.

20.

What is single inheritance? Give an example.

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Single inheritance:

A derived class with only one base class is called single inheritance. For example, If A is base class then class B derive from base class A.

21.

What is single inheritance?

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It is a derived class with only one base class is called single inheritance.

22.

Which part of a chromosome is called nucleolar organizer?

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The secondary constriction present on the chromatid arms of a chromosome is called nucleolar organizer.

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What is base class?

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A base class is a class from which other classes are derived.

24.

Rewrite the following code after removing errors. Underline each correction and write the output after correcting the code:class First():def _init_ (self):print “first”:class Second(object):def _init_ (self):print “second” class Third(First, Second):def _init_ (self):First. _init_ (self):Second. _init_ (self):print “that’s it”t=Third()t=Third()

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class First():

def _init_ (self):

print “first”

class Second(object):

def_ init_(self):

print “second” class Third(First, Second):

def _init_ (self):

First._init_ (self)

Second._init_(self)

print “that’s it”

t=Third()

t=Third()

25.

How to implement inheritance?

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The inheritance is implemented using the following syntax class derived_classname : access specifier base classname.

26.

What is virtual base class? Give example.

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The base class is declared as the virtual base class so that only one copy of its members are inherited by the derived class in a hybrid inheritance. For example, the derived class D derive from the classes B and C whereas both the classes B and C are derived from base class A. Then base class A is inherited twice and to avoid two copies of class A to class D, class A is declared virtual base class.

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Find the output of the following code and write the type of inheritance:p=Gstudent(‘Mona’, 20,12, $9, ‘computer’)def_init_(self, name, age, roll no, marks, stream):super (Gstudent, self) _init_(name, age, roll no, marks)self stream=streamdef display 2 (self):self display()print “stream:”,self.stream P=Gstudent (‘Mona’, 20,12, 99, ‘Computer’)p.display2()

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Type of inheritance: Multilevel 

Output:

Name: Mona

Age: 20

Roll No: 12

Marks: 99

stream: computer

28.

How do we implement abstract method in Python? Support your answer with an example.

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An abstract method is a method defined in a base class, but that may not provide any implementation. It is done by using the abc module in Python, import abc class Shape(object):

metaclass = abc.ABCMeta

@abc.abstractmethod

def method_to_implement(self, input):

“’’’’Method documentation

return

29.

Define the term inheritance.

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Inheritance is a mechanism in which a new class is derived from an already defined class. The derived class is known as a subclass or a child class. The preexisting class is known as base class or a parent class or a super class. The mechanism of inheritance gives rise to hierarchy in classes. The major purpose of inheriting a base class into one or more derived class is code reuse. The subclass inherits all the methods and properties of the super class.

30.

What is an abstract class?

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Abstract class is one that is not used to create objects. An abstract class is designed only to act as a base class.

31.

Give one example for an abstract method.

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An abstract method is a method declared in a parent class, but not implemented in it. The implementation of such a method can be given in the derived class, class

circle(object):

def getradius(self):

32.

Appearance of new combinations in F generation in a dihybrid cross proves the law of ………………. (a) dominance (b) segregation (c) independent assortment (d) purity of gametes

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Correct answer is (c) independent assortment

33.

Which one of the following is a true pleiotropic gene? (a) HbA (b) Hbs (c) HbD (d) HbP

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Correct answer is (b) Hbs

34.

What is a lethal gene?

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The gene which causes the death of the bearer is called lethal gene.

35.

Which one of the following characters is recessive in the case of the pea plants? (a) Axial flower (b) Green pod (c) Green seed (d) Inflated pod

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Correct answer is (c) Green seed

36.

Definition of alleles or Allelomorphs.

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The two or more alternative forms of a given gene which are present on the identical loci on the homologous chromosomes are called alleles of each other.

37.

Definition of gene.

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The specific segment of DNA or sequence of nucleotides which is responsible for the inheritance and expression of that character is called a gene.

38.

Why hypertrichosis is called holandric gene?

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Hypertrichosis is Y linked gene which can be seen only in males, therefore it is called holandric gene

39.

If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant, the proportion of dwarf progeny will be ………………. (a) 100 per cent (b) 75 per cent (c) 50 per cent (d) 25 per cent

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Correct answer is (c) 50 percent

40.

What happens if the gene for production of factor VIII and IX becomes recessive?

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The person having recessive gene for haemophilia is deficient in clotting factors (VIII or IX) in blood, such person’s blood does not clot and he thus becomes a patient of haemophilia.

41.

Individuals having identical alleles of a gene are known as ………………. (a) homozygous (b) heterozygous (c) hybrids (d) dominants

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Correct answer is (a) homozygous

42.

What colouration do roans possess? Why?

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Roans possess the mixture of red and white colour side by side due to codominant alleles for red and white traits.

43.

The pairing of homologous chromosomes is called ………………. (a) crossing over (b) terminalisation (c) synapsis (d) bivalent

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Correct answer is (c) synapsis

44.

In which of the following disorders the number of chromosomes present is (extra) 47? (a) Turner’s syndrome (b) Cushing’s syndrome (c) Acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (d) Down’s syndrome

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Correct answer is (d) Down’s syndrome

45.

On what basis are the chromosomes usually classified?(a) On the basis of their function (b) On the basis of their length (c) On the basis of the position of the centromere (d) On the basis of their number

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(c) On the basis of the position of the centromere

46.

What are polygenes?

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When a character is controlled by two or more than two pairs of genes, the genes are called polygenes.

47.

Genotype refers to the genetic composition of ………………. (a) an organism (b) an organ (c) chromosomes(d) germ cells

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Correct answer is (a) an organism

48.

Genes located on the same locus but show more than two different phenotypes are called ………………. (a) polygenes (b) multiple alleles (c) co-dominants (d) pleiotropic genes

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Correct answer is (b) multiple alleles

49.

In which region of chromosomes does crossing over take place?

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Crossing over takes place in the homologous region of the chromosomes.

50.

When two genes control a single character and have cumulative effect, the ratio is ………………. (a) 1 : 1 : 1 : 1(b) 1 : 4 : 6 : 4 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 6 : 15 : 20 : 15 : 6 : 1

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Correct answer is (d) 1 : 6 : 15 : 20 : 15 : 6 : 1