DPP SET-01 5.

A very large population of randomly-mating

TOPIC – Evolution laboratory mice contains 35% white mice. White
coloring is caused by the recessive genotype, "aa".
Faculty- Naveen Sir Calculate allelic and genotypic frequencies for this
population.
1. A population of sheep is in Hardy- q= p= p2=
Weinberg equilibrium. The allele for white 2pq = q2 =
wool (W) has an allele frequency of 0.19,
and the allele for black wool (w) has an
allele frequency of 0.81. 6. The frequency of two alleles in a gene pool is
What is the percentage of heterozygous 0.19 (A) and 0.81(a). Assume that the population is
in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
individuals in the population?
A. 66% (a) Calculate the percentage of heterozygous
B. 31% individuals in the population.
C. 4% (b) Calculate the percentage of homozygous
D. 15% recessives in the population.
7. In a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg
2. You have sampled a population in which equilibrium, the frequency of the recessive
you know that the percentage of the homozygote genotype of a certain trait is 0.09.
homozygous recessive genotype (aa) is Calculate the percentage of individuals
36%. Using that 36%, calculate the homozygous for the dominant allele.
following: 8. In a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg
A. The frequency of the "aa" genotype equilibrium, 38 % of the individuals are recessive
B. The frequency of the "a" allele homozygotes for a certain trait. In a population of
14,500, calculate the percentage of homozygous
C. The frequency of the "A" allele dominant individuals and heterozygous individuals.
D. The frequencies of the genotypes "AA" 9. Allele T, for the ability to taste a particular
(p 2 ) and "Aa" (2pq) chemical, is dominant over allele t, for the inability
3. There are 100 students in a class. Ninety-six to taste the chemical. Four hundred university
did well in the course whereas four blew it totally students were surveyed and 64 were found to be
and received a grade of F. Sorry. In the highly nontasters. Calculate the percentage of
unlikely event that these traits are genetic rather heterozygous students. Assume that the population
than environmental, if these traits involve dominant is in H-W equilibrium.
and recessive alleles, and if the four (4%) represent 10. In humans, the Rh factor genetic information is
the frequency of the homozygous recessive inherited from our parents, but it is inherited
condition, please calculate the following: independently of the ABO blood type alleles. In
A. The frequency of the recessive allele humans, Rh+ individuals have the Rh antigen on
their red blood cells, while Rh− individuals do not.
B. The frequency of the dominant allele
There are two different alleles for the Rh factor
C. The frequency of heterozygous individuals known as Rh+ and rh. Assume that a dominant
4. Within a population of butterflies, the color gene Rh produces the Rh+ phenotype, and that the
brown (B) is dominant over the color white (b). recessive rh allele produces the Rh− phenotype. In
And, 40% of all butterflies are white. calculate the a population that is in Hardy-Weinberg
following: equilibrium, if 160 out of 200 individuals are Rh+,
calculate the frequencies of both alleles.
A. The percentage of butterflies in the population
that is heterozygous. 11. In corn, kernel color is governed by a dominant
allele for white color (W) and by a recessive allele
B. The frequency of homozygous dominant (w). A random sample of 100 kernels from a
individuals. population that is in H-W equilibrium reveals that 9
kernels are yellow (ww) and 91 kernels are white.
(a) Calculate the frequencies of the yellow and 19.Evolution of various forms of life is known as
white alleles in this population. (1) Chemogeny (2) Biogeny
(b) Calculate the percentage of this population that (3) Both (1) & (2) (4) Cognogeny
is heterozygous. 20.According to Oparin-Haldane hypothesis which
12. A rare disease which is due to a recessive allele of the following was/were first organic molecule(s)
(a) that is lethal when homozygous, occurs within a to be synthesized during origin of life?
specific population at a frequency of one in a (1) Methane
million. How many individuals in a town with a (2) Ammonia and methane
population of 14,000 can be expected to carry this (3) Carbon dioxide and ammonia
allele? (4) Methane and glycerol
13.If the frequency of occurrence of dominant 21.Which of the following is incorrect w.r.t. control
allele A is p and that of recessive allele a is q. Then apparatus of Miller and Urey experiment?
according to Hardy Weinberg law q is equal to. (1) 800°C [Temperature]
(1) 1 + p (2) 1 – p2 – 2pq (2) Electric sparks of 75,000 volt
(3) 1 – p (4) Both (1) & (2) (3) CH4 : NH3 : H2 = 2 : 2 : 1
(4) Devoid of energy source

14.Which of the following cannot be considered as

a feature of mutation? 22.Fossils are most frequently formed in
(1) Are random and directionless (1) Igneous rock
(2) Can be large (2) Sedimentary rock
(3) Can cause evolution suddenly (3) Metamorphic rock
(4) Can bring change only when they accumulate (4) Both (2) & (3)
over period of time 23.Consider the following characteristics :
15.Which of the following gives the correct (a) 120 cm high at shoulders.
explanation about Darwin's concept of fitness? (b) Forelimbs and hindlimbs had one complete
(1) A tiger who is able to mate with many finger and toe and two hidden splints.
tigresses but produces only one cub (c) Evolved from Merychippus.
(2) A tiger who is stronger than all other members (d) Teeth adapted for eating grass.
of group but does not produce any cub Which of the following ancestral horse genus is
(3) A tiger who mates with many tigresses and best described by the above mentioned
produces large number of cubs characteristics?
(4) Both (1) & (3) (1) Pliohippus (2) Mesohippus
(3) Hyracotherium (4) Calippus
16.Which of the following evidences help us to find
the systematic position of animals like Sacculina
and Herdmania? 24.Coacervates were
(1) Morphological and anatomical evidences (1) Membrane bound spheres containing
(2) Palaeontological evidences proteinoids
(3) Embryological evidences (2) Colloidal aggregates of carbohydrate and
(4) Geographical evidences proteins
17.Koala and Bandicoot show (3) Colloidal aggregate of carbohydrates only
(1) Adaptive radiation (4) Both (1) & (2)
(2) Convergent evolution 25.Which of the following cannot be considered as
(3) Parallel evolution avian character of Archaeopteryx?
(4) Both (2) & (3) (1) Presence of feathers on body
18.Which of the following shows restricted (2) Forelimbs modified into wings
distribution? (3) Modification of jaws into beak
(1) Elephants (4) Presence of teeth in beak
(2) Pouched mammals
(3) Alligators
(4) Lung fishes