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CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2023

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Broadly, genetic disorders may be grouped into two categories - Mendelian disorders and Chromosomal disorders. Mendelian disorders are mainly determined by alteration or mutation in the single gene. These disorders are transmitted to the offspring on the same lines as we have studied in the principle of inheritance. The trait may also be linked to the sex chromosome as in case of haemophilia. It is evident that this X-linked recessive trait shows transmission from carrier female of male progeny.
Which of the following disease is a result of aneuploidy?
(A) Turner's Syndrome
(B) Klinefelter's Syndrome
(C) Down's Syndrome
(D) Phenylketonuria
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A (A) and (C) only
  2. B (B) and (C) only
  3. C (A), (B) and (C) only
  4. D (A) and (D)
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(C) (A), (B) and (C) only

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(A) Turner's Syndrome is an aneuploidy (45,X). (B) Klinefelter's Syndrome is an aneuploidy (47,XXY). (C) Down's Syndrome is an aneuploidy (Trisomy 21). (D) Phenylketonuria is a Mendelian disorder. The correct answer is (A), (B) and (C) only.
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