Match List I with List II:
List I List II
A. Frederick Griffith I. Genetic code
B. Francois Jacob & Jacque Monod II. Semi-conservative mode of DNA replication
C. Har Gobind Khorana III. Transformation
D. Meselson Stahl IV. Lac operon

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
2. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
3. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
4. A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material:I | Genetic Code: I | Gene Regulation: Lac Operon | Search for Genetic Material |
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Unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material was first proposed by: 
1. Wilkins and Franklin 
2. Frederick Griffith 
3. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase 
4. Avery, Macleod and McCarthy 
Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material |
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NEET - 2023
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Which scientist conducted an experiment with 32p and 35s labelled phages for demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material?
1. James D. Watson and F.H.C Crick
2. A.D. Hershey and M.J. Chase
3. F. Griffith
4. O.T. Avery, C.M. MacLeod and M. McCarty
Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material |
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With reference to Hershey and Chase experiments, select the correct statements:
A: Viruses grown in the presence of radioactive phosphorus contained radioactive DNA.
B: Viruses grown on radioactive sulphur contained radioactive proteins.
C: Viruses grown on radioactive phosphorus contained radioactive protein
D: Viruses grown on radioactive sulphur contained radioactive DNA
E: Viruses grown on radioactive protein contained radioactive DNA
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1. (D) and (E) only 2. (A) and (B) only
3. (A) and (C) only 4. (B) and (D) only
Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material |
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Which one of the following is not a criterion of genetic material? 

1. Should not provide the scope for changes for evolution 
2. Should be able to express itself in the form of Mendelian character 
3. Should be able to generate its replica 
4. Should be stable chemically and structurally

Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material |
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NEET - 2022
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Which one of the following experiments of Frederick Griffith resulted in the discovery of bacterial transformation?

1. S-stain(heat-killed) → injected in to Mice → Mice lived
2. S-strain (heat killed) + R-strain(live) → injected in to Mice → Mice died
3. S-stain → injected in to Mice → Mice died
4. R-strain → injected in to Mice → Mice lived

Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material |
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If DNA contained sulphur instead of phosphorus and proteins contained phosphorus instead of sulfur, what would have been the outcome of Hershey and Chase experiment?
1. No radioactive sulfur in bacterial cells
2. Both radioactive sulfur and phosphorus in bacterial cells
3. Radioactive sulfur in bacterial cells
4. Radioactive phosphorus in bacterial cells
Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material |
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NEET - 2022
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Which scientist experimentally proved that DNA is the sole genetic material in bacteriophage?

1. Beadle and Tatum

2. Messelson and Stahl

3. Hershey and Chase

4. Jacob and Monod

Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material:I | Search for Genetic Material |
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NEET - 2019
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