Multiple Choice Quiz on Meiosis

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in 'Meiosis'. Questions come under ‘medium’ category. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking 'Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. Term meiosis was coined by
Robertson
Blackmann
Flemming
Farmer and Moore
2. During meiosis chromatids of individual chromosome separate during
Metaphase I
Anaphase I
Anaphase II
Metaphase II
3. The stage when Meiosis is of evolutionary significance as it produces
gametes
generally similar daughter cells
recominations
four daughter cells
4. In metaphase I, the cenromeres
undergo division
do not divide
divide but do not separate
are not similar
5. Chiasmata represents site of
Disjunction
Synapsis
Crossing over
Terminalisation
6. The stage when chiasmata are observed in
Leptotene
Diplotene
Pachytene
Zygotene
7. Crossing over occurs between
Two nuclei
Sister chromatids of a bivalent
Two bivalents
Nonsister chromatids of a bivalent
8. Name the phase of prophase I when synaptonemal complex disosolves, chromatids become clear and bivalents are called tetrads
Pachytene
Diakinesis
Diptolene
Zygotene
9. Synapsis oocurs between
mRNA and ribosomes
A male and ribosomes
A male and a female gamete
Two homologous chromosomes
10. Bread like thickening present over leptotene chromosomes are
chromomeres
centromeres
puffs
kinetochores
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