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Genetics and Genomics - Life Sciences Previous Year Questions

Practice Genetics and Genomics - Life Sciences previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

18Papers
18Years
52Questions
1Topics

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Questions by year

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Difficulty distribution

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Medium 28 53.8%
Easy 23 44.2%
Hard 1 1.9%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 40 76.9%
MSQ 6 11.5%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 6 11.5%

Subject weightage

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Life Sciences
52 Qs

Most asked topics

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Genetics and Genomics
52 Qs

Subtopic coverage

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Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics
43 Qs
Inheritance, Recombination and Genetic Mapping
8 Qs
Functional Genomics and Omics Analysis
1 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Life Sciences (XL) 2026
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2025
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2024
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2023
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2021
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2020
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2018
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2017
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2016
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2015
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2014
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2013
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2011
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2010
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2009
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2008
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2007
11 Qs

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Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics

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43 questions17 papers17 years

Inheritance, Recombination and Genetic Mapping

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8 questions5 papers5 years

Functional Genomics and Omics Analysis

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1 questions1 papers1 years

Included previous year papers

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Life Sciences (XL) 20262026
3 questions in this view		2026
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Life Sciences (XL) 20252025
1 questions in this view		2025
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Life Sciences (XL) 20242024
1 questions in this view		2024
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Life Sciences (XL) 20232023
2 questions in this view		2023
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Life Sciences (XL) 20212021
4 questions in this view		2021
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Life Sciences (XL) 20202020
1 questions in this view		2020
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Life Sciences (XL) 20182018
2 questions in this view		2018
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Life Sciences (XL) 20172017
2 questions in this view		2017
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Life Sciences (XL) 20162016
2 questions in this view		2016
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Life Sciences (XL) 20152015
2 questions in this view		2015
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Life Sciences (XL) 20142014
4 questions in this view		2014
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Life Sciences (XL) 20132013
3 questions in this view		2013
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Life Sciences (XL) 20122012
3 questions in this view		2012
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Life Sciences (XL) 20112011
4 questions in this view		2011
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Life Sciences (XL) 20102010
1 questions in this view		2010
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Life Sciences (XL) 20092009
3 questions in this view		2009
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Life Sciences (XL) 20082008
3 questions in this view		2008
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Life Sciences (XL) 20072007
11 questions in this view		2007
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2007 · Life Sciences · Genetics and Genomics · Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics
Life Sciences (XL) 2007
Mobile genetic elements present in human genome are (P) long interspersed elements (LINEs) (Q) short interspersed elements (SINEs) (R) P elements (S) IS elements
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2008 · Life Sciences · Genetics and Genomics · Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics
Life Sciences (XL) 2008

Both pBR322-x and pUC18-y will hybridize to cosmids

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2009 · Life Sciences · Genetics and Genomics · Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics
Life Sciences (XL) 2009
Which of the following statements are TRUE for transposable genetic elements ?
P. IS elements can be inserted at many different sites in bacterial chromosomes and plasmids.
Q. In Tn5 the flanking IS elements are in the same orientation.
R. The Ac and Ds elements in maize were discovered by Barbara McClintock.
S. Tn10 consists of two IS elements flanking a gene for streptomycin resistance.
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2010 · Life Sciences · Genetics and Genomics · Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics
Life Sciences (XL) 2010
When changes in the phenotype or gene expression occur without changes in the underlying DNA sequence, the phenomenon is called
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2011 · Life Sciences · Genetics and Genomics · Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics
Life Sciences (XL) 2011
Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the Indian Medical Association, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which __________ treatments are unsatisfactory.
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2012 · Life Sciences · Genetics and Genomics · Genome Organization, Mutations and Epigenetics
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
Which of the following statements are TRUE for the transposable elements?
P. Barbara McClintock discovered the autonomous and non-autonomous transposable elements in Maize
Q. Variations in flower pigmentation in Antirrhinum are due to the presence of transposable elements Ac and Ds
R. The Ac transposable element is 4563 bp long and has an 11 bp inverted repeats
S. Ds produces the transposase and mobilize the Ac elements
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