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Biology Mixed Test - 1

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The other name for DNA is

  1. nucleosome

  2. chromatin

  3. nuclein

  4. histones


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This option is correct, DNA was first identified by Friedrich Meischer in 1869. He named it nuclein.

The negatively charged DNA is wrapped around the positively charged histone octamer to form a structure. What is that structure called?

  1. Nucleosome

  2. Chromatin

  3. Euchromatin

  4. Heterochromatin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This option is correct, DNA is wrapped around the histone octamer to form a nucleosome. A typical nucleosome contains 200 bp of DNA helix.

In eukaryotes, there is a set of positively charged basic proteins. What is it called?

  1. Histones

  2. Lectins

  3. Myosins

  4. Haemoglobin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This option is correct, in eukaryotes the organisation is much more complex, there is a set of positively charged, basic proteins called histones.

Which of the following is not a type of pyrimidines?

  1. Cytosine

  2. Guanine

  3. Uracil

  4. Thymine


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This option is correct, guanine is a purine, not a pyrimidine.

The process of making RNA from DNA is called

  1. mutation

  2. linkage

  3. transcription

  4. recombination


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This option is correct, transcription is the process of making RNA from DNA.

Which of the following is a process in which the messenger RNA is decoded by the ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide that will later fold into an active protein?

  1. Translation

  2. Transcription

  3. Initiation

  4. Termination


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This option is correct, translation is the process in which the messenger RNA is decoded by the ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide.

Genetic material in prokaryotes comprises

  1. circular DNA and histones

  2. linear DNA and histones

  3. circular DNA, but no histones

  4. linear DNA, but no histones


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Prokaryotes have circular DNA, but lack in proteins called histones.

Traits arising through convergent evolution are called

  1. homologous structures

  2. analogous structures

  3. clades

  4. speciation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Convergent evolution occurs in unrelated lineages. So, analogous structures are traits arising from this kind of evolution.

Which of the following structures in a gene is/are responsible for protein synthesis?

  1. Intron

  2. Exon

  3. Operon

  4. Both intron and exon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Exon is the protein coding region of gene and thus, responsible for protein synthesis.

Polytene chromosomes are formed because of

  1. DNA replication and cell division

  2. RNA transcription and cell division

  3. DNA replication without cell division

  4. RNA transcription without cell division


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

DNA replication occurs several times without cell division, thereby increasing cell volume in case of polytene chromosomes.

Which of the following is a carnivorous plant?

  1. Orobanche

  2. Striga

  3. Cuscuta

  4. Dionaea


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Dionaea is a carnivorous plant.

Which of the following is not an essential mineral element for plants?

  1. Potassium

  2. Magnesium

  3. Calcium

  4. Lead


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lead is not an essential mineral element for plants. 

Which of the following is an essential micronutrient for plants?

  1. Potassium

  2. Nickel

  3. Calcium

  4. Phosphorus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Nickel is a micronutrient. Plants need micronutrients in concentrations of less than 100 milligrams per kilogram of their dry matter.

Snapdragons and four-o-clock plants are examples of

  1. incomplete dominance

  2. co-dominance

  3. sex-linked dominance

  4. epistasis


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Snapdragons and four-o-clock plants produce F1heterozygotes in which blending of dominant and recessive traits take place and this is termed as incomplete dominance.The dominant allele does not mask the phenotypic expression of recessive allele completely.

'Khaira disease of rice' is the consequence of deficiency of

  1. boron

  2. zinc

  3. magnesium

  4. copper


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Khaira' disease of rice is caused due to zinc deficiency.

Who was the first scientist to identify DNA?

  1. Friedrich Meischer

  2. Frederick Griffith

  3. Gregor Mendel

  4. Walter Sutton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This option is correct, DNA as an acidic substance present in nucleus was first identifeid by Friedrich Meischer in 1869.

Which of the following is a parasite plant?

  1. Venus flytrap

  2. Pitcher plant

  3. Sundew

  4. Dodder


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Dodder is a parasitic plant. 

What is lysine?

  1. Amino acid

  2. Loosely packed chromatin

  3. Densely packed chromatin

  4. Nitrogenous base


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This option is correct. Lysine is an amino acid.

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