Match each item in COLUMN I with one in COLUMN II and select your answer from the codes given:

 

COLUMN I

 

COLUMN II

 

SCIENTIST

 

CONTRIBUTION

A.

Francis Crick

a.

Breaking the genetic code

B.

Nirenberg

b.

Established Caenorhabditis elegans as a model genetics study organism

C.

Benzer

c.

Central dogma of molecular biology

D.

Brenner

d.

Bacteriophage genetics

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    A.    B.    C.     D.
1. c      a     d      b
2. c      a     b      d
3. a      b     c      d
4. a      c     d      b       

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The base pairing in a double stranded DNA is correctly described as:

(1) Similar

(2) Identical

(3) Complementary

(4) Synergistic

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If each strand of a ds DNA acts as a template for new strand, the two daughter DNA will be:

(1) Complementary to each other                

(2) Identical to the parental DNA

(3) Similar to each other

(4) Complementary to the parental DNA

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In some viruses, the flow of genetic information is from RNA to DNA. These viruses are:

(1) Reverse transcriptase

(2) Teminism

(3) Ribozymes                                                

(4) Retroviruses

Subtopic:  Transcription: I | Transcription |
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In prokaryotes:

(1) A typical nucleus is not seen and DNA is scattered throughout the cell

(2) A typical nucleus may sometimes be present and DNA is scattered throughout a cell

(3) A typical nucleus is not seen but DNA is not scattered throughout the cell

(4) A typical nucleus may sometimes be present but DNA is not scattered throughout the cell

Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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Histones are rich in amino acids:

(1) Arginine and Lysine

(2) Argine and Leucine

(3) Arginine and Isoleucine                                

(4) Aspartate and Glutamate

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A typical nucleosome unit consists of about:

1. 60 base pairs

2. 140 base pairs

3. 200 base pairs 

4. 400 base pairs

Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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During DNA packaging in eukaryotic cells, Non Histone Chromosomal proteins:

1. Are not required

2. Are required from the beginning to the end of packaging

3. Are required only for earlier stages of packaging

4. Are required for higher level of packaging

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Frederick Griffith discovered:

(1) DNA is the genetic material

(2) RNA can be the genetic material

(3) Sterptococcus has two strains

(4) Bacterial transformation

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In Avery, Macleod and McCarty experiment, the transformation of bacteria was inhibited by:

(1) Proteases

(2) RNase

(3) DNase

(4) None of these

Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material: II | Search for Genetic Material |
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