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Genetics History and Fundamentals

Genetics

A series of medium-difficulty questions focusing on historical dates, key figures, and numerical data in genetics.

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8 Questions Medium Ages 12+ Nov 7, 2026

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1 In which year did Gregor Mendel publish his paper 'Experiments on Plant Hybridization' describing the laws of inheritance?

A 1855
B 1866
C 1872
D 1884

2 How many pairs of autosomes do humans typically have in their somatic cells?

A 21
B 22
C 23
D 24

3 James Watson and Francis Crick published their famous paper on the double-helix structure of DNA in the journal 'Nature' in which year?

A 1950
B 1953
C 1955
D 1958

4 Who is credited with the discovery of the 'jumping gene' or transposable elements, for which they were awarded a Nobel Prize in 1983?

A Barbara McClintock
B Rosalind Franklin
C Thomas Hunt Morgan
D Hermann Muller

5 The Human Genome Project, an international research effort to determine the DNA sequence of the entire human genome, was officially completed in which year?

A 1998
B 2001
C 2003
D 2005

6 How many standard amino acids are encoded by the universal genetic code in humans?

A 16
B 20
C 24
D 28

7 Thomas Hunt Morgan won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for his research on the hereditary role of which organism?

A Drosophila melanogaster
B Escherichia coli
C Caenorhabditis elegans
D Arabidopsis thaliana

8 The Hershey-Chase experiment, which confirmed that DNA is the genetic material of life, was conducted in which year?

A 1948
B 1952
C 1956
D 1960

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