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Molecular Basis of Inheritance · Question 59

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1

Name the enzyme that facilitates opening of DNA helix during transcription.

  1. DNA polymerase
  2. RNA polymerase
  3. DNA helicase
  4. DNA ligase

Answer

(2) RNA polymerase

Solution

As per NCERT, RNA polymerase binds to the promoter and initiates transcription. It uses nucleoside triphosphates as substrate and polymerises in a template-dependent fashion following complementarity.

It also facilitates opening of the helix and continues elongation.

(DNA helicase opens the helix during DNA replication, not transcription.)

Answer: (2)

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2

Purines found both in DNA and RNA are:

  1. Guanine and cytosine
  2. Cytosine and thymine
  3. Adenine and thymine
  4. Adenine and guanine
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3

Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) refers to :

  1. DNA polymorphism
  2. Novel DNA sequences
  3. Genes expressed as RNA
  4. Polypeptide expression
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4

Under which of the following conditions will there be no change in the reading frame of following mRNA? 5' AACAGCGGUGCUAUU 3'

  1. Insertion of A and G at 4th and 5th positions respectively
  2. Deletion of GGU from 7th, 8th and 9th positions
  3. Insertion of G at 5th position
  4. Deletion of G from 5th position
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5

Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology?

  1. Genetic code is nearly universal
  2. Genetic code is specific
  3. Genetic code is not ambiguous
  4. Genetic code is redundant
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6

Match the following genes of the Lac operon with their respective products : Select the correct option.

  1. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
  2. (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
  3. (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
  4. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
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7

The experimental proof for semi-conservative replication of DNA was first shown in a

  1. fungus
  2. bacterium
  3. plant
  4. virus
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8

Select the correct match :

  1. Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae
  2. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase - TMV
  3. Matthew Meselson and F. Stahl - Pisum sativum
  4. Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod - Lac operon
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9

Select the correct match :

  1. Ribozyme - Nucleic acid
  2. F2 Recessive parent - Dihybrid cross
  3. T.H. Morgan - Transduction
  4. G. Mendel - Transformation
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10

Many ribosomes may associate with a single mRNA to form multiple copies of a polypeptide simultaneously. Such strings of ribosomes are termed as

  1. polysome
  2. polyhedral bodies
  3. plastidome
  4. nucleosome
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11

AGGTATCGCAT is a sequence from the coding strand of a gene. What will be the corresponding sequence of the transcribed mRNA?

  1. AGGUAUCGCAU
  2. UGGTUTCGCAT
  3. ACCUAUGCGAU
  4. UCCAUAGCGUA
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