Transformation was discovered by

(1) Meselson and Stahl

(2) Hershey and Chase

(3) Griffith

(4) Watson and Crick

Select the correct option 

Commonly used vectors for human genome sequencing are

(1) T-DNA

(2) BAC and YAC

(3) Expression vectors

(4) T/A cloning vectors

The diagram shows an important concept in the genetic implication of DNA. Fill in the blanks A to C

(1) A-transcription, B-replication, C-James Watson

(2) A-translation, B-transcription, C-Ervin Chargaff

(3) A-transcription, B-translation, C-Francis Crick

(4) A-translation, B-extension, C-Rosalind Franklin

Which enzymes/s will be produced in a cell in which there is a non-sense mutation in the lac Y gene?

(1) β-galactosidase

(2) Lactose permease

(3) Transacetylase

(4) Lactose permease and transacetylase

Removal of RNA polymerase III from nucleoplasm will affect the synthesis of

(1) tRNA

(2) hnRNA

(3) mRNA

(4) rRNA

Which one of the following is not a part of a transcription unit in DNA?

(1) The inducer

(2) A terminator

(3) A promoter

(4) The structural gene

If one strand of DNA has the nitrogenous base sequence as ATCTG, what would be the complementary RNA strand sequence?

(1) TTAGU

(2) UAGAC

(3) AACTG

(4) ATCGU

Removal of introns and joining of exons in a defined order during transcription is called

(1) looping

(2) inducing

(3) capping

(4) splicing

What are those structures that appear as ‘beads-on-string’ in the chromosomes when viewed under electron microscope?

(1) Nucleotides

(2) Nucleosomes

(3) Base pairs

(4) Genes