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Influence Of Heredity And Environment MCQ

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Influence Of Heredity And Environment MCQ

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01 To which of the following statements can the role of heredity and environment be linked?

  1. Role of environment is static while heredity changes
  2. Behavioral theories and related to heredity
  3. Comparative effects of heredity and environment differ in many areas of human development
  4. None of the above

Option 3 – Comparative effects of heredity and environment differ in many areas of human development

02 Rita has got a nose similar to her father. It is due to

  1. biological heredity
  2. societal heredity
  3. behavioral heredity
  4. educational heredity

Option 1 – biological heredity

03 An intelligent father has an intelligent child due to

  1. nurture
  2. nutrition
  3. school curriculum
  4. heredity

Option 4 – heredity

04 Which of the following is an environmental factor?

  1. Family
  2. Pre-disposition to certain diseases like diabetes
  3. Colour of eyes
  4. Blood type

Option 1 – Family

05 Which of the following is predominantly heredity related factor?

  1. Participation in social activities
  2. Attitude towards peer group
  3. Thinking pattern
  4. Colour of the eyes

Option 4 – Colour of the eyes

06 Heredity is considered as a ……… social structure

  1. primary
  2. secondary
  3. dynamic
  4. static

Option 4 – static

07 The physical characteristics of a child is influenced by

  1. Father’s DNA
  2. Mother’s DNA
  3. DNA of both mother’s and father’s
  4. Environment

Option 3 – DNA of both mother’s and father’s

08 Environmental factors that shape development include all of the following except

  1. culture
  2. quality of education
  3. physique
  4. quality of nutrition

Option 3 – physique

09 Which one among the following is not an environmental factor that affects child development?

  1. culture
  2. quality of education
  3. physique
  4. quality of nutrition

Which State of India experiences the maximum annual variation of rainfall?

(A) Meghalaya

(B) Kerala

(C) Rajasthan

(D) West Bengal

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Option 3 – physique

10 Determinants of individuals differences in human beings relate to

  1. difference in the environment
  2. difference in heredity
  3. interaction between heredity and environment
  4. Both heredity and environment interacting separately

Option 3 – interaction between heredity and environment

11 A child learns properly in an environment which

  1. gives due weightage to the emotions and experiences of a child
  2. gives ample space to place
  3. there is strict discipline
  4. there are opportunities to make friends

Option 1 – gives due weightage to the emotions and experiences of a child

12 Human personality is the result of

  1. only heredity
  2. upbringing and education
  3. interaction between heredity and environment
  4. only environment

Option 3 – interaction between heredity and environment

13 One of the identical twin brothers is adopted by a socio-economically rich family and the other by a poor family. After one year, which one of the following may be most likely observed about their IQ scores?

  1. The boy with poor family will score greater than the boy with rich socio-economic family
  2. socio-economic level does not affect the IQ score
  3. The boy with rich socio-economic family will score greater than the boy with poor family
  4. Both of them will score equally

Option 2 – socio-economic level does not affect the IQ score

14 Which one of the following is true about the role of heredity and environment in the development of a child?

  1. Both heredity and environment are contributed 50%-50% in the development of a child
  2. The relative contributions of adult and genes are not additive
  3. Heredity and environment do not operate together
  4. None of the above

Option 2 – The relative contributions of adult and genes are not additive

15 Which of the following statements is true?

  1. Genetic makeup impacts responsiveness of an individual to qualities of the environment
  2. Adoptive children possess the same IQ’s as their adoptive siblings
  3. Experience does not influence brain development
  4. Intelligence remains unaffected by the schooling

Pakyong Airport is located in?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Mizoram

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Option 1 – Genetic makeup impacts responsiveness of an individual to qualities of the environment

16 The nature-nurture debate refers to

  1. genetics and environment
  2. behavior and environment
  3. environment and biology
  4. environment and upbringing

Option 1 – genetics and environment

17 What is meant by ‘nature’ in ‘nature-nurture’ controversy?

  1. Biological givens or the hereditary information
  2. Temperament of an individual
  3. Complex forces of the physical and social world
  4. The environment around us

Option 1 – Biological givens or the hereditary information

18 A 6 years old girl shows exceptional sporting ability. Both of her parents are sportspersons, send her for coaching everyday, and trained her on weekends. Her capabilities are most likely to be the result of an interaction between

  1. growth and development
  2. health and training
  3. discipline and nutrition
  4. heredity and environment

Option 4 – heredity and environment

19 Determinants of individual differences in human beings relate to

  1. differences in environment
  2. differences in heredity
  3. interaction between heredity and environment
  4. Both heredity and environment interacting separately

Option 3 – interaction between heredity and environment

20 “Environment is an external force which influences us”. Who said this?

  1. Woodworth
  2. EJ Ross
  3. Anastasi
  4. None of these

Option 2 – EJ Ross

21 Human personality is a result of

  1. only heredity
  2. upbringing and education
  3. interaction between heredity and environment
  4. only environment

Option 3 – interaction between heredity and environment

22 Which of the following refers to the questions related to child, his abilities and his proper development?

  1. Heredity factors
  2. Environmental factors
  3. All of the above
  4. None of the above

Option 3 – All of the above

23 Which of the following is not the law of heredity? ( Influence Of Heredity And Environment MCQ )

  1. Similarity
  2. Variation
  3. Regression
  4. Motivation

Option 4 – Motivation

24 Which of the following traits can most suitably be related to heredity?

  1. Insight
  2. Appearance
  3. Knowledge
  4. Hard work

Option 2 – Appearance

25 Aarav says that language development is influenced by inborn talents while Radha feels that is because of the environment. This discussion between them is about

  1. continuous and discontinuous learning
  2. social and cultural factors
  3. biological and ethical factors
  4. nature and nurture debate

Option 4 – nature and nurture debate

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