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101.

Nucleic acid can be fragmented by the enzyme `:`A. ligaseB. protasasC. nucleaseD. polymerases

Answer» Correct Answer - C
102.

In a DNA molecule, the adenine is `15%` . What will be the percentage of guanine in this DNA ?A. 0.15B. 0.35C. 0.7D. 0.3

Answer» Correct Answer - B
103.

In a nucleotide having a cytosine base and linked to a sugar by glycosidic bond at carbon number `:`A. 1B. 2C. 4D. 5

Answer» Correct Answer - A
104.

DNA is double helix and `:`A. complementary and antiparallelB. complementary and parallelC. without supercoilsD. always circular

Answer» Correct Answer - A
105.

AGCT are nitrogenous bases of DNA. The pairing is `:`A. `A-G,C-T`B. `A-T,G-C`C. `A-C,G-T`D. `A-T,G-T`

Answer» Correct Answer - B
106.

The following diagrams represent the nitrogenous bases of nucleic acid molecules. Identify the correct combination `:` A. A= uracil, B= guanine, C=cytosine,D=adenine,E=thymineB. A=thymine,B=adenine,C=cytosine,D=guanine,E=uracilC. A=uracil,B=adenine,C=thymine,D=guanine, E=cytosineD. A=uracil,B=guanine,C=thymine,D=adenine,E=cytosine

Answer» Correct Answer - C
107.

The given organic compound is a diagrammatic representation of `:` A. lecithinB. uridineC. adenosineD. adenylic acid

Answer» Correct Answer - D
108.

The double helix of DNA is made of polynucleotide chains where backbone constituted by sugar-phosphate and bases are projected `:`A. insideB. outsideC. one base inside and the other outsideD. bases remain in line of sugar - phosphate

Answer» Correct Answer - A
109.

Among the nitrogenous bases involved in DNA and RNA formation, the double ring base is `:`A. uracilB. guanineC. thymineD. cytosine

Answer» Correct Answer - B
110.

In sea urchin DNA, which is double stranded, 17% of the bases were show to be cytosine. The percentages of the other three bases expected to be present in this DNA areA. `G 17 %, A 33%, T 33%`B. `G 8.5%,A 50%, T 24.5%`C. `G 34%,A 24%, T 24.5%`D. `G 17 % , A 16.5%, T 32.5%`

Answer» Correct Answer - A
111.

A stretch of DNA consisting of 10-20 bases is most appropriately be called as `:`A. nucleotidesB. nucleosidesC. polynucleotideD. oligonucleotide

Answer» Correct Answer - D
112.

DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes transcription on one strand of the DNA which is called the `:`A. Alpha strandB. AntistrandC. template strandD. Coding strand

Answer» Correct Answer - C
113.

Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a "triplet " ?A. Beadle and TatumB. Hershey and ChaseC. Nirenberg and MatthaeiD. Morgan and Sturtevant

Answer» Correct Answer - C
114.

The genetic trnsformation experiments on Diplococcus pneumoniae gave first undoubted evidence that `:`A. DNA is the genetic materialB. DNA is made of nucleotidesC. Chromosomes are made of DNAD. RNA is synthesized on a DNA template

Answer» Correct Answer - A
115.

If one strand of DNA has the sequence CAT, GAC, TAG, what would be the base sequence in the other strand ?A. GTA, CTG,ATCB. GAT,GTC,ACTC. TAC,ACT,GCTD. CAT,TAG, GAC

Answer» Correct Answer - A
116.

If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double stranded DNA is 45% the amount of guanine this DNA will be `:`A. 0.45B. 0.55C. `22.5%`D. `27.5%`

Answer» Correct Answer - D
117.

If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double-stranded DNA is `60%` , the amount of guanine in this DNA will be `:`A. `15%`B. `20%`C. `30%`D. `40%`

Answer» Correct Answer - B
118.

Watson and Crick got Noble Prize for proposing DNA model in the year `:`A. 1959B. 1962C. 1968D. 1990

Answer» Correct Answer - B
119.

The method developed by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl to separate heavy DNA with` ^(15)`N from DNA with `^(14)` N, for providing evidence for semi- conservative replication of DNA isA. gel filtrationB. isopycnic centrifugationC. buoyant density centrifugationD. ion exchange chromatography

Answer» Correct Answer - C
120.

The unequivocal proof of DNA as the genetic material came from the studies on `:`A. FungusB. ViroidC. BacteriumD. Bacterial virus

Answer» Correct Answer - D
121.

The first every experiment evidence showing DNA as genetic material in bacteriophages came from the studies of `:`A. WeismannB. Beadle and TatumC. Hershey and ChaseD. Schleiden and Schwann

Answer» Correct Answer - C
122.

Who proved that DNA is the basic genetic material ?A. James WatsonB. Frederick GriffithC. Hershey and ChaseD. Sutton and Boveri

Answer» Correct Answer - C
123.

Transformation efficiency of bacteria ( as in the experiment of Avery et al.) would be drastically reduced if the tranforming material is treated with `:`A. lipaseB. ribonucleaseC. proteaseD. deoxyribonuclease

Answer» Correct Answer - D
124.

E. coli about to replicate was placed in a medium containing radioactive thymidine for five minutes. Then it was made to replicate in a normal medium. Which of the following observation will be correct ?A. Both the strands of DNA will be radioactiveB. Each strand half radioactiveC. One strand radioactiveD. None is radioactive

Answer» Correct Answer - C
125.

The proteins associated with nucleic acids are `:`A. albuminsB. histonesC. globulinsD. lipoproteins

Answer» Correct Answer - B
126.

Prokaryotic genetic material possesses `:`A. DNA but no histonesB. Either DNA or histonesC. Both DNA and histonesD. Neither DNA nor histones

Answer» Correct Answer - A
127.

A bacteriophage with radioactive DNA and protein when infects a bacterium the radioactivity inside the bacterium will be located in `:`A. DNAB. proteinC. Both DNA and proteinD. All parts of bacteria cell

Answer» Correct Answer - A