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Genetics

Description: Study material for unit of heredity in a living organism stretch of DNA that codes for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: Genes DNA Genetic Code Transcription Translation Chromosomes Functional structure of a gene RNA Genes and Genomes
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Pyrimidines are comprised of

  1. Adenine and Guanine

  2. Adenine and uracil

  3. Thymine and Cytosine

  4. None


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Thymine and Cytosine

The functional gene is called

  1. Exon

  2. Cistron

  3. Intron

  4. Axon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cistron

The A/T =G/C rule was discovered by

  1. Chargaff

  2. Mendel

  3. Watson and Crick

  4. h.Khorana


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chargaff

The double -helix of DNA completes one turn at every

  1. 34 angstrom

  2. 3.4 angstrom

  3. 340 nm

  4. none


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

34 angstrom

Single stranded RNA is found in

  1. Plant viruses

  2. Animals

  3. Lower plants

  4. Retroviruses


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Plant viruses

Double helical DNA model was proposed by

  1. Franklin

  2. Beadle and Tatum

  3. Watson and Crick

  4. Chargaff


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Watson and Crick

Which of the following is not a method of gene transfer

  1. Micro-injection

  2. Shot gun

  3. Magic bullets

  4. Gene gun


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Shot gun

Purines are comprised of

  1. Adenine and Guanine

  2. Adenine and thymine

  3. Cytosine and uracil

  4. Cytosine and thymine


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adenine and Guanine

Mathew, Meselson and Stahlin proved that

  1. DNA replicates by a semiconservative method

  2. DNA is a double -helical structure

  3. DNA is a coiled structure

  4. DNA ia the genetic material


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

DNA replicates by semiconservative method

The two strands of double helical DNA are

  1. Parallel

  2. Antiparallel

  3. T-linked

  4. none


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Antiparallel

In RNA the bond between Cytosine and Guanine is a

  1. Double bond

  2. Triple bond

  3. Single bond

  4. none


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Triple bond

In DNA the bond between Adenine and Thymine is a

  1. Double bond

  2. Triple bond

  3. Single bond

  4. No bond


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Double bond

Single stranded DNA is found in

  1. Bacteria

  2. Animals

  3. Bacteriophages

  4. Plant viruses


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bacteriophages

In nucleosomes the prominent protein is

  1. Protons

  2. Histones

  3. proteoglycans

  4. none


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Histones

A typical eukaryotic cell contains about

  1. 40,000 genes

  2. 30,000 genes

  3. 50,000 genes

  4. 70,000 genes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

30,000 genes

The technique of amplification of specific DNA sequences by in-vitro DNA synthesis is

  1. Transcription

  2. Polymerase chain reaction

  3. Translation

  4. Amplification


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Polymerase chain reaction

A technique which uses nitro cellulose for separation of NA fragments is

  1. Northern blotting

  2. Southern blotting

  3. Western blotting

  4. Eastern blotting


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Southern blotting

Nucleic acids are characterized by absorbtion at wavelength of

  1. 340nm

  2. 260nm

  3. 460nm

  4. 575nm


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

260nm

The nucleoside molecule consists of a

  1. pentose sugar and a phosphate group

  2. Phosphate group and nitrogenous base

  3. Pentose sugar and nitrogenous base

  4. pentose sugar, nitrogenous base and phosphate group


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

pentose sugar and nitrogenous base

Self replicating ,double stranded, circular, extrachromosomal DNA molecules in bacterial cells are called

  1. Cosmids

  2. Plasmids

  3. mitochondrial DNA

  4. Recon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plasmids

when a solution of isolated DNA is subjected to extreme conditions of pH and temperature, its viscosity

  1. Decreases

  2. Increases

  3. Remains same

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Decreases

Split genes are also known as

  1. Recons

  2. Exons

  3. Introns

  4. Cistrons


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Introns

World's first mammalian clone is a

  1. Goat

  2. Sheep

  3. Horse

  4. Chicken


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sheep

DNA-helix is highly organised into well-defined DNA-protein complex called

  1. Lysosome

  2. Proteosome

  3. Nucleosome

  4. Golgi complex


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nucleosome

Which of the following cannot be used in DNA cloning

  1. Plasmids

  2. Cosmids

  3. Bacteriophages

  4. Amoeba


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Amoeba

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