NEET: Multiple Choice questions: Mendelian disorders



1. Which of the following is related with the Mendelian disorder.
A. These disorders are caused by the alternation or mutation of gene on chromosome.
B. These disorders are transmitted as per the law of inheritance given by Mendel.
C. The inheritance of these disorder can be traced through the Pedigree chart.
D. Gain or loss of chromosomes is also one of the reason of these disorder.
Answer: D 

2.In  Colour blindness, a person is failed to  distinguish between red and green colour due to defect of
A. Red cone cell of eye
B. Green cone cell of eye
C. Both red and green  cone cell of eye.
D. Either red or green cone cell of eye 
Answer : D Explanation 

3.Which of the following statement is not correct for the   Colour blindness.
A. It is a sex-linked recessive disorder. 
B. This defect is due to mutation in certain genes present in the X chromosome. C. It occurs in about 0.4 per cent of males and only about 8 per cent of females. This is because the genes that lead  C. The gene for red-green colour blindness are on the X chromosome. 
Answer: C Explanation

4.Why do more male suffer from this disease  Colour blindness.
A. Males have only one X chromosome and females have two chromosome.
B.Male lack cone cell in compare to female since beginning.
C. Female develop more cone cell during her embryonic development.
D. This mutation rarely occur in female.
Answer: A Explanation

5. A carrier  woman who carries the gene  of colour blindness has a what  per cent chance of son of colour blind. 
A. 25%               B. 50 %
C. 75%               D. 100%
Answers: B Explanation

6. A daughter will be normally be colour blind when 
A. Her mother is a carrier and her father is colour blind.
B. Her mother is a normal and her father is colour blind.
C. Her mother is a color blind and her father is normal.
D. Her mother is a carrier and her father is also carrier.
Answer: A Explanation

7. Which of the following  Mendelian disorder is / are  sex linked recessive disease, and  transmitted from  carrier female to some of the male progeny.
A.Haemophilia and Color blindness
B. Haemophilia and Sickle cell anemia
C.Thalassemia and color blindness 
D. Thalassemia and Sickle Cell anaemia 
Answer: A Explanation

8.Which of the following statement is not correct for the   disorder haemophilia.
A. A single protein of the cascade system involved in the clotting of blood is affected. 
B. An affected individual will result in non-stop bleeding during a simple cut on body.
C. The possibility of a female becoming a haemophilic is extremely rare.
D. The transmission of Haemophilia disease is  absolutely different from the color blindness.
Answer: D Explanation

9. The pedigree of Queen Victoria shows a number of descendents of which of following disease as she was a carrier of the disease.
A. Cystic fibrosis 
B. Phenyl ketonuria
C. Haemophilia 
D.Color blindness 
Answer: C Explanation

10.Which of the following statement is correct for the  sickle cell anemia.
A. This is an sex linked recessive trait.
B. It is transmitted to the offspring when both the parent are carrier for the gene.
C. An offspring is suffer from sickle cell anemia if both parent are homozygous.
D.This disorder is controlled by HBB and HBB.
Answer : B Explanation 
 
11.Consider the following sentences and select the number of correct statement.
1.Sickle cell anemia is controlled by a single pair of allele, HbA and HbS. 
2.The homozygous individuals for Hbs and Hbs is affected from sickle cell anemia.
3.The Heterozygous individuals  for HbA and HbS also  affected individual.
4. The Heterozygous individuals  for HbA and HbS  are carrier of the disease.
A. One             B. Two
C. Three.         D. Four
Answer : C Explanation

12. The carrier of sickle cell anemia has what  per cent of probability of transmission of the mutant gene to the progeny. 
A. 25%               B. 50 %
C. 75%               D. 100%
Answers: B Explanation  


13.Sickle cell anemia. is caused by the substitution of A.Glutamic acid  by  Valine  at the sixth position of the beta globin chain of the haemoglobin molecule.

B.Glutamic acid  by  Valine  at the sixth position of the alpha globin chain of the haemoglobin molecule.

C.Valine  by  glutamic acid  at the sixth position of the beta globin chain of the haemoglobin molecule.

D.Valine  by  glutamic acid  at the sixth position of the beta globin chain of the haemoglobin molecule.
Answer: A Explanation

14.Which of the following is correct for the  sickle cell anemia.
        DNA    DNA   mRNA  
A.     GTG    CAC    GUG
B.     GAG    CTC    GAG
C.     CTG    GAG    CUC
D.     CAC    GTG    CAC
Answer: A Explanation

14.Which of the following is occur in the  sickle cell anemia.
A. The mutant haemoglobin molecule is   polymerised.
B. There is low oxygen tension C. Shape of the RBC take place from biconcave disc to sickle like structure.
D. All of the above. 
Answer: D Explanation

15.Which of the following enzyme is not produced in body during the Phenyl ketonuria.
A. Succinic dehydrogenase
B.Carbonic anhydrase 
C. Phenyl alanine hydroxylase 
D. Atrial natriuretic factor
Answer : C Explanation


16.Enzyme phenyl alanine hydroxylase is responsible for the conversation of 
A. Phenylalanine into tyrosine
B. Phenylalanine into valine
C.Tyrosine into Phenylalanine
D. Valine into phenylalanine
Answer: A Explanation

17.Which of the following statement is not  correct for the Phenylketonuria.
A. Phenylalanine is not converted  into tyrosine due to absence of enzyme phenyl alanine hydroxylase.
B.Phenylalanine is accumulated and converted into Phenylpyruvic acid and other derivatives. 
C.Phenylketonuria does not show pleiotropy.
D. Accumulation of phenyl alanine  in brain causes mental retardation and loss of skin and hair pigmentation.
Answer: C Explanation


18. Consider the following statement and select the correct code.
1. Phenyl ketonuria is inborn error of metabolism and is an  autosomal recessive trait.  
2. Phenylalanine and it's derivative are  excreted through urine because of its poor absorption by kidney.
A. Only 1          
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: C Explanation


19. Phenylpyruvic acid and their  derivatives causes Mental retardation, are  formed during the 
A. Cystic fibrosis
B. Phenylketonuria 
C. Thalassemia 
D. Sickle cell anaemia 
Answer: B Explanation

20. Match the list 
A. Cascade    1. Haemophilia 
system 
B. Point.         2. Sickle cell
Mutation          Anemia
C.Phenyl        3. Phenyl keto
Pyruvic acid.      nuria
D. Royal         4. Color 
Disease.           Blindness 

      A        B        C       D
A.   1         2        3       4
B.   4        3         2       1
C.   1         2        4       3
D.   4        2        3        4
Answer: A Explanation

21. Consider the following  
autosomal  recessive blood disease transmitted from parents to the offspring when both the partners are unaffected carrier or heterozygous and select the correct code:
1. Haemophilia  
2. Cystic fibrosis 
3. Sickle cell anemia
4. Thalassemia 
A. 1 and 2         B. 2 and 4
C. 3 and 4        D. 1 and 3
Answer: C Explanation

22.Which of the following statement is not  correct for the Thalassemia
A. It is caused  due to mutation or deletion of gene. B.This disease reduces  the rate of synthesis of either  alpha chain or Beta chains that make up haemoglobin. 
C. Thalassemia can be classified into alpha , Beta Gamma and  Delta  thalassemia.
D.This disease result  the formation of abnormal haemoglobin molecules resulting into anaemia.
Answer: C Explanation

23. In alpha Thalassemia, production of alpha globin chain is affected which is controlled by the gene 
A. HBA and HBS
B. HBA1 and HBA2
C. HBB and HBB
D. HBA and HBB
Answer: B Explanation

24. Alpha Thalassemia is controlled by two closely linked genes HBA1 and HBA2 located on 
A. Chromosome 16
B. Chromosome 11
C. Chromosome 17
D. Chromosome 18
Answer: A Explanation


25. In Beta Thalassemia, production of beta globin chain is affected which is controlled by the gene 
A. HBA and HBS
B. HBA1 and HBA2
C. HBB and HBB
D. HBA and HBB
Answer: C Explanation

24. Beta Thalassemia is controlled by two closely linked genes HBB and HBB located on 
A. Chromosome 16
B. Chromosome 11
C. Chromosome 17
D. Chromosome 18
Answer: B Explanation

25. Consider the following statement and select the correct code.
1. Thalassemia is a quantitative disorder due to synthesising of  few haemoglobin molecules. 
2. Sickle-cell anaemia is a qualitative problem of synthesising an incorrectly functioning globin.
A. Only 1          
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: C Explanation





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