If E. coli completes the process of DNA replication within 38 minutes then the rate of polymerisation of DNA would be approximately
1. \(4.6 \times 10^6\) bp/second 
2. 500 bp/second 
3. 230 bp/second 
4. 2000 bp/second 

Subtopic:  DNA Replication |
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In a transcription unit, the promoter is located towards 
1. 5' end of the templates strand 
2. 5' end of the coding strand 
3. 3' end of the non-template strand 
4. 3' end of the sense strand 
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If the sequence of bases in one of the DNA strand is A G G A G A A, then the sequence of bases in the other complementary strand of DNA would be
1. C C T T C T T
2. T C T C T C C 
3. T C C T C T T
4. C C T C T C T
Subtopic:  DNA Replication | Transcription |
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A hypothetical sequence of a transcription unit is represented below
3'C G G A T A T C C A A T-5' Template strand 
5' G C C T A T A G G T T A-3' Coding strand
If we switch the position of promoter with terminator in the above given transcription unit and transcriotion occurs then the sequence of RNA transcribed will be 
1. 5'-C G G A U A U C C A A U-3'
2. 5'-G C C U A U A G G U U A-3'
3. 5'-A U U G G A U A U C C G-3'
4. 5'-U A A C C U A U A G G C-3'
 
Subtopic:  Transcription |
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Select the incorrect statement from the following 
1. In most of the eukaryotes, the structural gene in monocistronic 
2. Exons are the expressed sequence of genes 
3. Introns do not appear in processed RNA 
4. A gene does not code for tRNA
Subtopic:  Transcription |
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In DNA, cytosine pairs with
1. Guanine
2. Thymine
3. Adenine
4. Uracil
 
Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix |
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In eukaryotes, rRNAs are transcribed by 
1. RNA polymerase I and III
2. RNA polymerase III only 
3. RNA polymerase I and II 
4. RNA polymerase I only 
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Match the following columns and select the correct option 
Column I
(Genes of lac operon)
Column II 
(Function)
a.  Operator gene  (i)  Interacts with repressor protein
b.  Promoter gene  (ii)  Transcribes mRNA for polypeptide synthesis
c.  Structural gene  (iii)  Provides attachment site for RNA polymerase
d.  Regulator gene  (iv) Controls the activity of operator gene 

1. a(i), b(ii), c(iii), d(iv)
2. a(iv), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)
3. a(i), b(iii), c(ii), d(iv)
4. a(iv), b(ii), c(iii), d(i)
Subtopic:  Gene Regulation: Lac Operon |
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Which of the following RNA is a carrier that delivers the correct amino acid for protein synthesis?
1. mRNA 
2. rRNA
3. hnRNA 
4. tRNA
Subtopic:  Translation |
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Select the incorrect match(es) from the following 
a. Minisatellites  - 0.1 to 20 bp 
b. SNPs  - Due to single base DNA differences 
c. Frederick Sanger  - Developed method to determine amino acid sequence in proteins
d. VNTR  - Does not show polymorphism 
1. a, b and c
2. a and d
3. d only 
4. b and c only 
Subtopic:  DNA Fingerprinting |
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