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Questions |
Answers |
| 1 |
Phenylketonuria is an example of an inborn error of metabolism. This ‘error’ refers to – |
Inherited lack of an enzyme |
| 2 |
A person affected by phenylketonuria disease suffers form – |
Mental Idiocy |
| 3 |
The famous ‘Bubble Baby Disease’ is so called because – |
The suffering baby is treated in a germ–free plastic bubble |
| 4 |
Haemophilia is a genetic disease carried by – |
Women, Appear in Men |
| 5 |
Haemophilia is – |
A Hereditary Defect |
| 6 |
Which one of the following genetic diseases is sex–linked? |
Royal Haemophilia |
| 7 |
Haemophilia is a hereditary disease which affects as – |
Absence of blood clotting |
| 8 |
The heritable disease is – |
Haemophilia |
| 9 |
In humans trisomy of chromosome number 21 is responsible for – |
Down Syndrome |
| 10 |
Trisomy 21 is known as – |
Down Syndrome |
| 11 |
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder, which is caused due to – |
Due to changes in the number of the chromosomes |
| 12 |
In respect of women, men can suffer more of colour blindness because – |
They have only one X–chromosome |
| 13 |
If a colour blind man marries with normal women, then the symptoms of colour blindness is generated in – |
Sons of Daughters |
| 14 |
In a patient of Thalassemia, the body is unable to synthesise – |
Haemoglobin |
| 15 |
Thalassemia is a hereditary disease which affects – |
Blood |
