Which one of the following pairs of nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids, is wrongly matched
with the category mentioned against it?
1. Thymine, Uracil - Pyrimidines
2. Uracil, Cytosine - Pyrimidines
3. Guanine, Adenine - Purines
4. Adenine, Thymine - Purines
A competive inhibitor of succinic dehydrogenase is
1. malonate
2. oxaloacetate
3. -ketoglutarate
4. malate
An organic substance bound to an enzyme and essential for its activity is called:
1. coenzyme
2. holoenzyme
3. apoenzyme
4. isoenzyme
The enzyme amylase belongs to the class
1. hydrolase
2. isomerase
3. transferase
4. lyases
Cobalt is present in the molecule of
1. vitamin B6
2. vitamin B12
3. vitamin B2
4. vitamin B1
DNA has deoxyribose as the constituent sugar. The position where the sugar lacks oxygen is
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
The linkage that joins two adjacent nucleotides in RNA is
1. phosphate ester
2. phosphodiester
3. phosphate anhydride
4. N-glycoside
Phosphodiester bond is present in
1. ATP
2. ADP
3. cAMP
4. none of these
Heating may cause denaturation of enzyme or protein mainly by damaging its
1. physical configuration
2. chemical structure
3. both physical configuration as well as chemical structure
4. other properties.
Which of the following is incorrect?
1. The hair protein, keratin, is synthesized from the amino acid methionine
2. Phospholipids act as carriers of small non polar molecules across the cell membrane
3. Dietary intake of PUFA decreases the serum cholesterol level in our body
4. Cobalt is a constituent of Vit B12