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  1. In man there are how many pairs of homologous chromosomes?

  2. A.

     46

    B.

     23

    C.

     16

    D.

     11

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  3. It is composed of two polynucleotide chains which are coiled around each other in the form of a double helix.

  4. A.

     DNA

    B.

     RNA

    C.

     Fats

    D.

     None of the above

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  5. How many chromosomes are in a human gamete?

  6. A.

     23

    B.

     46

    C.

     92

    D.

     102

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  7. What is the unit of heredity?

  8. A.

     Cell

    B.

     Blood

    C.

     Gene

    D.

     All of the above

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  9. Who discovered genetic material?

  10. A.

     Crick and Watson

    B.

     Avery Mclood

    C.

     Friedrich Griffith

    D.

     Federik Meischer

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  11. Which one of the following is not a genetic disorder?

  12. A.

     Colour blindness

    B.

     Down's syndrome

    C.

     Haemophilia

    D.

     Xerophthalmia

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  13. Who is known as Father of Modern Genetics?

  14. A.

     Charles Darwin

    B.

     Louis Pasteur

    C.

     Gregor Mendel

    D.

     Jean Baptiste Lamarck

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  15. How many pairs of chromosomes are found in a human cell?

  16. A.

     18

    B.

     23

    C.

     27

    D.

     32

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  17. The experimental material used by Gregor Mendel is ________

  18. A.

     Pea plant

    B.

     Drossophila

    C.

     Potato plant

    D.

     None of the above

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  19. Mendel's second law is the law of

  20. A.

     Segregation

    B.

     Independent assortment

    C.

     Dominance

    D.

     Polygenic inheritance

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