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How many versions of each trait will be there in each child as per the rules for the inheritance of traits?

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

May be Karishma wasn't the only one who (had been overlooked) by Mrs Shah when it came to inheritance.

 

A) have been overlooked B) is been overlook
C) had been overlooking D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Tax on inheritance is called __________

A) Excise duty B) Estate duty
C) Gift tax D) Sales tax
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Estate duty

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Which of the following statements about inheritance is false?

A) Inheritance allows you to minimize the amount of duplicate code in an application by sharing common code among several subclasses. B) A subclass inherits all the members (fields, methods, and nested classes) from its superclass.
C) Through inheritance, a parent class is a more specialized form of the child class. D) Inheritance allows you to reuse the fields and methods of the super class without having to write them yourself.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Through inheritance, a parent class is a more specialized form of the child class.

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Which of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance?

A) Skin pigmentation in humans B) Huntingtonʹs disease in humans
C) White and purple flower color in peas D) The ABO blood groups in humans
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Skin pigmentation in humans

Explanation:

Polygenic inheritance involves the determination of a particular phenotypic characteristic by many genes, called polygenes(group of genes influencing a quantitative characteristic), each having a small effect individually.

Height and skin colour in humans are examples of Polygenic characters.

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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by 

A) August Weismann B) Hugo de Vries
C) Herbert Spencer D) Carl Linnaeus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

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August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

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What is the name of the writer of indian origin whose novel, "The Inheritance of Loss" has bagged Man Booker Prize?

A) Vikram Seth B) Kiran Desai
C) Salman Rushdie D) V.S Naipaul
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kiran Desai

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List the advantages of inheritance

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- Inheritence permits code reusability. 


- Reusability saves time in program development. 


- It encourages the reuse of proven and debugged high-quality software which reduces the problems after a system becomes functional.

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