Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance Practice Test Quiz

1. Which of the following scientist first discovered the chromosomes in 1878?

2. The complex of nucleotide and histone proteins is called:

3. The distinctive structures found at the ends of chromosomes are known as:

4. Which of the following are components of chromosomes?

5. According to the chromosomal theory of inheritance, reproduction involves the union of:

6. Which protein is present in chromosomes mainly?

7. The giant chromosome which contains a number of chromonemeta is:

8. Which of the following statement is true about the Chromatids?

9. Chromosomes are .............. like structures that appear during cell division:

10. What does a male somatic cell contain?

11. The gene which causes red and green types of color blindness is found only on:

12. The blue-green algae and bacteria contain…?

13. Which of the following chromosomes has the centromere located midway between the ends of the chromosome?

14. Chromosomes found in the salivary gland cells of Drosophila and Chironomus are:

15. The centromere is a very specific part of the chromosome where….?

16. Structure that is present on the chromosome:

17. According to the chromosomal theory of inheritance, the similar chromosomes pair during:

18. Lampbrush chromosomes (LBCs) found in which of the following?

19. Who demonstrated and confirmed that genes are located on chromosomes?

20. How many nucleotides are present in a nucleosome?

21. The chromosomal theory of inheritance was proposed by:

22. The first evidence of the hereditary nature of DNA was provided by:

23. Puffs and Balbiani rings in the salivary gland chromosome are the sites of active:

24. Typically a chromosome is made of:

25. A typical human chromosome contains:

26. Which of the following chromosome is a chromosome whose centromere is subterminal?

27. The term chromosome was coined by which of the following anatomist?

28. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

29. How much DNA is present in a chromosome?

30. The highly condensed portions of the chromatin are called: