.Mutations that cause the death of the individuals are called
1. Spontaneous
2. Biochemical
3.Lethal
4.Induced
22.In Antirrhinum production of half purple and half lavender coloured flowers after mutation is due to the
1. Phenotypic effects
2. Genotypic effects
3. Linkage
4. Crossing over
23.White eyed mutant Drosophila was reported by
1.Bateson
2. Hugo de Vries
3. Darwin
4. Morgan
A dwarf variety of sweet pea is called
1.Sport
2.Mutant
3.Cupid
4.Tiller
An example of a biochemical mutant of the fungus is Antirrhinum
1. Cicer gigas
2. Antirrhinum
3.Sorghum
4.Neurospora
Cupid of sweet pea arose by 8.
1. Gene mutation
2. Chromosomal mutation
3. Biochemical mutation
4. Spontaneous mutation
Deletion mutations are reported in some
1.Fungi
2.Yeasts
3.Chlamydomonas
4.All the above
Each gene occupies in a chromosome at a particular
1. Locus
2.Allele
3.Sport
4.Cupid
Examples of beneficial mutant
1. Cultivated crops
2. Drosophila mutants
3. Biochemical mutations
4. Neurospora
Formaldehyde nitrous acid mustard gas X-rays and UV rays are called
1.Mutant
2.Mutagens
3.Sports
4.Cupids
Gene mutations are also known as
1. Spontaneous mutation
2. Point mutation
3. Somatic mutations
4. Duplication mutations
Hugo de Vries observed mutations in
1. Cicer gigas
2. Cicer arietinum
3. Mirabilis jalapa
4. Oenothera lamarckiana
If the deletion is an intermediate chromosomal segment it is
1.Intercalary
2.Terminal
3.Insertion
4. Substitution
In which of the following types of mutation chromosome rotates by 180 ?
1.duplication
2.translocation
3.inversion
4.deletion
Large deletions in chromosomes are usually
1. Beneficial
2. Lethal
3. Harmful
4. useful
Loss or deletion of a single nucleotide pair causes
1.Insertion mutation
2.Addition mutation
3.Deletion mutation
4.Substitution mutation
Many Phenotypic changes are reported in
1.Oenothera
2.Antirrhinum
3.Drosophila
4.Sorghum
Most of the mutations are
1. Useful
2. Very useful
3.Harmful
4. Very harmful
Mutations are artificially induced by some agents called
1. Mutants
2.Mutagens
3.Sports
4.Cupids
Mutations arise due to 7.
1. abrupt changes in genes
2. infection by micro organisms
3. nutritional factors
4. acquired character
Mutations occurring in reproductive cells are called
1. Spontaneous mutation
2. Germinal mutations
3. Somatic mutations
4. Lethal mutations
Mutations that affect biochemical reactions are termed
1. Lethal mutations
2. Biochemical mutations
3. Phenotypic mutations
4. Spontaneous mutations
Mutations which occur in nature are called
1. Lethal
2.Chromosomal
3.Spontaneous
4.Biochemical
New breeds of domesticated animals have arisen by some
1.Chromosomal mutations
2.Gene mutations
3.Biochemical mutations
4.Spontaneous mutations
Recessive mutant fail to produce chlorophyll in
1. Antirrhinum
2. Oenothera
3. Cicer
4.Sorghum
Replacement of a Purine base by another Purine base is called
1. Somatic mutation
2. Addition mutation
3. Deletion mutation
4. Substitution mutation
Scientific studies on mutation began in the year
1.1906
2.1909
3.1910
4.1900
Some mutations are
1. Harmful
2. Beneficial
3. Very harmful
4. Very useful
Sudden change in a gene producing a change great or small in the organism is called
1. Mutation
2.Variation
3.Evolution
4. Linkage
The botanical name of small seeded Bengal gram is
1.Lathyrus odoratus
2.Mirabilis jalapa
3.Cicer gigas
4.Cicer arietinum
The chromosomal aberrations that causes lethal effect is
1.Duplication
2.Translocation
3.Inversion
4.Deletion
The effect of undetectable mutations have
1. little
2.high
3. very little
4. very high
The fungus which cannot synthesize aminoacids due to mutation is
1.Neurospora
2.Amtirrhinum
3.Sorghum
4. Cicer gigas
The genetically significant mutations are
1.Somatic mutation
2. Addition mutation
3. Substitution mutation
4. Deletion mutation
The heritable phenotypic changes in Oenothera lamarckiana (evening primrose) was described by
1. Hugo de Vries
2. Seth Wright
3. Mendel
4. Lamarck
The large seeded Bengal gram arose as a mutant of the small seeded
1.Antirrhinum
2.Sorghum
3. Cicer arietinum
4. Neurospora
The organism which underwent mutation is called
1.Sport
2.Factor
3.Mutant
4. Allele
The point mutations which bring about phenotypic changes in organism are
1. Substitution mutation
2. Deletion mutation
3. Addition mutation
4. Insertion mutation
The scientist who stated that mutation is a discontinuous change
1.Bateson
2. Hugo de Vries
3. Darwin
4.Morgan
The term �Sports� to sudden changes was used by 13.
1. Hutchinson
2. Hugo de Vries
3. Darwin
4. Morgan
The term mutation was first used by
1. Hutchinson
2. Hugo de Vries
3.Morgan
4.Bateson
The type of chromosomal aberration which does not change the number of genes is
1.Deletion
2.Duplication
3. Inversion
4.Translocation