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Genetics - Life Sciences Previous Year Questions

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

20Papers
20Years
84Questions
1Topics

Genetics question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Genetics. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 42 50%
Medium 40 47.6%
Hard 2 2.4%

Question type distribution

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

MCQ 50 59.5%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 33 39.3%
MSQ 1 1.2%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Life Sciences
84 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Genetics
84 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
76 Qs
Population Genetics and Genetic Disorders
8 Qs

Paper coverage

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

Life Sciences (XL) 2026
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2025
7 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2024
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2023
7 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2021
6 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2020
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2019
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2018
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2017
7 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2016
5 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2015
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2014
5 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2013
7 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2011
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2010
7 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2009
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2008
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2007
6 Qs

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Inheritance and Genetic Mapping

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76 questions20 papers20 years

Population Genetics and Genetic Disorders

Explore previous-paper coverage, trends and focused practice for Population Genetics and Genetic Disorders.

8 questions7 papers7 years

Included previous year papers

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PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Life Sciences (XL) 202620264View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 202520257View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 202420241View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 202320237View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 202220221View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 202120216View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 202020201View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201920194View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201820184View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201720177View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201620165View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201520153View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201420145View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201320137View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201220123View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201120113View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 201020107View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 200920092View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 200820081View paper
Life Sciences (XL) 200720076View paper

Sample previous year questions

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2007 · Life Sciences · Genetics · Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
Life Sciences (XL) 2007
How many different kinds of F1 gametes would be expected from the above cross?
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2008 · Life Sciences · Genetics · Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
Life Sciences (XL) 2008
Red flower (R) dominant to white flower (r) and short pollen grain (l) recessive to long pollen grain (L) are two genes on chromosome no. 2 of sweet pea. Plants with red flower and long pollen grains were crossed with plants with white flower and short pollen grains. The hybrids were test crossed and the following progenies were obtained in the F2 a. Red flower with long pollen grain ss: Red flower with short pollen grain 35 : White flower with long pollen grain 350 : White flower with short pollen grain What would be the map distance between R and L ?
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2009 · Life Sciences · Genetics · Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
Life Sciences (XL) 2009
Mendel’s principle of segregation means that the germ cells (egg or sperm) always receive
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4
2010 · Life Sciences · Genetics · Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
Life Sciences (XL) 2010
Given digits 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 how many distinct 4 digit numbers greater than 3000 can be formed?
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5
2011 · Life Sciences · Genetics · Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
Life Sciences (XL) 2011

The diploid chromosome number of an organism is 2n = 14. What would be the expected chromosome numbers in a nullisomic?

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2012 · Life Sciences · Genetics · Inheritance and Genetic Mapping
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
The relationship between genes and enzymes was first suggested by the discovery of
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