1. On which plant, Mendel carried out his experiments? a. Oenothera lamarckiana b. Mirabilis 4 O clock d. Neurospora crassa d.

Pisum sativum 2. Which of the following characters was not considered by Mendel for his experiments? a. height of the plant b. flower colour c. flower position d. pod position 3. A cross in which a F1 offspring is mated with its double recessive parent a. Monohybrid cross b. polyhybrid cross c. test cross d. reciprocal cross 4. In a case of quantitative inheritance, where 2 pairs of different genes are involved, the characteristic phenotypic ratio will be a. 1 : 4 : 6 : 4 : 1 b. 1 : 4 : 6: 9 : 6 : 4 : 1 c. 1: 5 : 10 : 10 : 5 : 11 d. none of these 5. A gene affecting more than one character is called a. Polygenes b. pleiotropic gene c. multiple gene d. multiple allele 6. The law of Independent assortment fails if two genes are present on a. Different chromosomes b. different genomes c. same chromosomes d. it never fails 7. Sickle cell anaemia is an example of a. Pleiotropy b. epistasis c. multiple alleles d. collaborator genes 8. Which of the character/s in man is / are not controlled by multiple factors a. Skin colour b. intelligence c. ABO blood groups d. none of these 9. Characteristic ratio for the recessive Epistasis is a. 9 : 3 : 4 b. 12 : 3 : 1 c. 13 : 3 d. 9 : 6 : 1 10. Lethal genes are example of a. Pleiotropic genes b. epistatic genes c. multiple alleles d. polygenes 11. How many types of gametes will be formed from a plant with configuration AABbDd ? a. 4 types b. 8 types c. 6 types d. 16 types 12. Mendelian principles are not applicable in

a. Multiple alleles b. polygenes c. epistasis d. pleiotropy 13. In a multiple series, the most dominant allele is called a. Mutant allele b. wild allele c. unit allele d. prominent allele 14. A collection of all varieties of genes, of a species is called a. Gene library b. gene bank c. gene pool d. gene club 15. The work of Mendel was rediscovered and re-established by a. De Vries b. Correns c. Tshermak d. all these 16. In a gamete, for a particular character, how many alleles are present? a. Only one b. two c. either one or two d. four 17. When the two species are morphologically similar but do not interbreed, are called a. Evolutionary species b. Polytypic species c. Sibling species. d. Sub-species 18. At high temperature the two strands of DNA become separated. This process is called a. DNA heating b. denaturation c. reanneling d. DNA healing 19. Molecular scissors are a. Restriction endonuclease b. exonuclease c. ligase d. RNA polymerase 20. Proof reading is done by a. Primase b. DNA polymerase c. ligase d. helicase 21. The tension in DNA strands during replication is removed off by a. Restriction endonuclease b. DNA gyrase c. topoisomerase d. none of these 22. Wobble base of a codon is a. first base b. second base c. third base d. second and third both 23. AUG codes for F- met in a. bacteria b. protozoa c. invertebrates d. vertebrates 24. Formula of deoxyribose sugar is a. C5H10O5 b. C5 H12 O4 c. C6 H10 O4

d. C5 H10 O4 25. Transformation in bacteria was experimentally explained by a. Hershey and Chase b. L. Pasteur c. Griffith d. Nirenberg 26. Which of the following is not the property of genetic code a. individual specific b. Comma-less c. Unambiguous d. degenerate 27. Degeneracy of genetic codon is because of a. wobble base b. first base of the codon c. universal nature of genetic codes d. none of these 28. A mutated proto-oncogene may cause the development of a. AIDS b. Cancer c. Hepatitis B d. Immunological disorders 29. In which of the following group, histone proteins are not found a. Yeast b. Amoeba c. Man d. Mycoplasma 30. During DNA replication the unzipping of parental DNA is facilitated by a. DNA polymerase b. ligase c. helicase d. topoisomerase 31. Primase is a type of a. DNA polymerase b. RNA polymerase c. topoisomerase d. DNA gyrase 32. Okazaki fragments are joined together by a. DNA polymerase b. ligase c. helicase d. topoisomerase 33. A kind of genetic recombination in bacteria which is facilitated by a bacteriophage virus a. Transformation b. transcription c. transduction d. transversion 34. In capping 5 end of mRNA is capped by a. Polyadenylic acid b. introns c. 7 mGTP d. cyclic AMP 35. Sequence of genes in an operon is a. Regulator, promoter, structural and operator b. structural, promoter, operator and regulator c. regulator, operator, promoter and structural d. regulator, promoter, operator and structural 36. The most likely molecule for information storage, direction of protein synthesis, and replication in early protobionts is a. DNA

b. RNA c. proteins d. enzymes 37. Which method of extracting energy from molecules is thought to be the oldest? a. photosynthesis b. respiration c. fermentation d. glycolysis 38. An organism that lives within another organism for the benefit of both is an association called a. parasitism b. endosymbiosis c. heterotrophism d. existentialism 39. Which of the following kinds of molecules is thought to have been absent from primitive reducing atmosphere? a. water vapor b. carbon dioxide c. free hydrogen d. free oxygen 40. Sympatric populations are formed by a. Any kind of isolation b. reproductive isolation c. geographical isolation d. none of these 41. Animals which have cosmopolitan distribution are called a. Eurytopic b. Stenotopic c. Omnipresent d. none of these 42. Mammals are characterized by a. Autostylic jaw suspansorium b. Homodont dentition c. craniostylic jaw suspansorium d. all these 43. Earliest ancestor of horse was a. Mesohippus b. Eqqus c. Eohippus d. Merichippus 44. Splint bone is found in a. Rabbit b. Man c. Horse d. Frog 45. Echidna is the connecting link between a. Mammals and birds b. Mammals and reptiles c. Reptiles and birds d. Amphibians and reptiles 46. Birbal Sahni institute of Palaeobotany is located at a. Ahemdabad b. Calcutta c. Lucknow d. Delhi 47. Father of embryology is a. Von Bear b. E. Haeckel c. Spencer d. Darwin 48. Speciation means a. Destruction of species b. Origin of new species c. Merger of two species d. extinction of a species

49. Which of the following is not the source of variations a. Crossing over b. Random fusion of gametes c. asexual reproduction d. isolation 50. Inheritance of acquired character is the main point of a. Darwinism b. Lamarckism c. Mutation theory d. Germplasm theory