Select the incorrect statement. 
1. DNA is genetic material in all organisms except some viruses
2. RNA is genetic material in riboviruses.
3. Term 'factor' was used by Mendel
4. DNA is a basic substance which was first identified by Altmann.

Subtopic:  The DNA |
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Select the mis-matched pair.
1. \(\phi \times 174\) bacteriophage   - 5386 bases
2. \(\lambda\) phage   - ds RNA
3. E. coli  - ds DNA
4. Human genome   - 3.3 x109 bp
Subtopic:  The DNA |
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Adenine and guanine are
1. Heterocyclic
2. Have nitrogen only at position 1 and 3
3. 9- membered double ring structures 
4. Both (1) & (3)
Subtopic:  The DNA |
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Mark the odd one w.r.t. chargaff's rule 
1. A + G = T + C
2. A + T / C + G = 0.92 for E.coli
3. Purine guanine is equimolar to pyrimidine cytosine
4. Applicable for both single as well as double stranded DNA 
Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix |
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Splicing is one of the steps of post-transcriptional modifications which occurs in 
1. Nucleus 
2. Cytoplasm 
3. ER
4. Ribosomes
Subtopic:  Transcription |
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Which one of the following DNA molecules will melt at the lowest temperature?
1. 5'TGCAGCGGCAGCG3'
    3'ACGTCGCCGTCGC5'
2. 5'CCCGGACCGATGC3'
    3'GGGCCTGGCTACG5'
3. 5'AATTAAACGCAATA3'
    3'TTAATTTGCGTTAT5'
4. 5'GGCCATCCGTGCC3'
    3'CCGGTAGGCACGG5'
Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix |
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The longest RNA in an eukaryotic cell is 
1. rRNA 
2. mRNA
3. tRNA
4. ScRNA
Subtopic:  Transcription |
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Mark the mismatched pair. 
1. UGG - Non-degenerate codon 
2. GUG - Non-ambiguous codon 
3. UAG - Non-sense codon
4. AUG - Initiator codon 
Subtopic:  Genetic Code |
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Consider the following statements and state true (T) or false (F)
A : In the prokaryotes, control of the rate of transcriptional initiation is the predominant site for control of gene expression.
B : Lac i is a constitutive gene of lac operon 
C : Tryptophan operon has five structural genes 
   A    B    C
(1)    F    T    F
(2)    F    F    T
(3)    T    T    F
(4)    T    T    T
Subtopic:  Gene Regulation: Lac Operon |
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VNTRs are 
a. Small DNA sequences arranged tandemly in many copy number.
b. Surrounded by conserved restriction sites. 
c. Microsatellites
d. Present in the same copy number in different chromosomes of an individual. 
1. a and b
2. b and c
3. c and d 
4. a and d 
Subtopic:  DNA Fingerprinting |
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