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Science · 2024 · 1 mark
CBSE 2024 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q8
Consider the following statements: (i) The sex of a child is determined by what it inherits from the mother. (ii) The sex of a child is determined by…
Consider the following statements :
(i)
The sex of a child is determined by what it inherits from the mother.
(ii)
The sex of a child is determined by what it inherits from the father.
(iii)
The probability of having a male child is more than that of a female child.
(iv)
The sex of a child is determined at the time of fertilisation when male and female gametes fuse to form a zygote. The correct statements are :
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(B)
(ii) and (iv)
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