Match the following columns and select the correct option.
a. UAG (i) Codes for amino acid Tryptophan 
b. AUG (ii) Start codon 
c. UUU (iii) Codes for phenylalanine 
d. UGG (iv) Nonsense codon 
 
  a   b   c   d
1.   (ii)   (i)   (iii)   (iv)
2.   (iii)   (iv)   (ii)   (i)
3.   (iv)   (ii)   (iii)   (i)
4.   (iv)   (i)   (iii)   (ii)

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Select the correct statement(s) about lac operon 
a. Glucose or galactose act as inducer for the expression of lac operon 
b. In the presence of lactose the repressor protein binds with the lactose molecules 
c. It is an example of repressible operon system 
d. Its regulation by repressor protein is called positive regulation. 
1. a and b 
2. b and c
3. Only b
4. Only d
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The genes in eukaryotes are said to be split as 
1. They have introns only 
2. They have interrupted coding sequences 
3. Mature mRNA contains both exons and introns 
4. They have exons only 
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Select the true statement(s) for AUG. 
A. It codes for an amino acid methionine 
B. It is an initiation codon 
C. It is a non-degenerate codon 
1. Only A
2. Only A and B 
3. Only B and C 
4. All A, B and C 
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Mark the wrong statement. 
1. In prokaryotes, transcription and translation occur in the different compartments
2. In eukaryotes, usually structural gene of transcription unit is monocistronic 
3. In prokaryotes, the mRNA is produced in the cytoplasm 
4. In eukaryotes, the primary transcript undergoes splicing 
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In prokaryotic translation, the formation of peptide bond between two amino acids is catalysed by a 
1. Proteinaceous enzyme 
2. Lysozyme 
3. RNA catalyst 
4. Ribonuclease
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The experimental proof for semiconservative mode of DNA replication was first shown in a bacterium, by 
1. Meselson and Stahl
2. Hershey and Chase
3. Jacob and Monod 
4. Alec Jeffreys
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Heterochromatin is 
(a) Darkly stained 
(b) Loosely packed chromatin 
(c) Transcriptionally inactive 
1. Only (a)
2. Only (a) and (b) 
3. Only (b) and (c)
4. Only (a) and (c) 
Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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Select true (T) or false (F) for the following statements and choose the correct option. 
A. QB bacteriophage has RNA as genetic material. 
B. Free 2'OH of RNA makes it more labile and easily degradable. 
C. The experiment of Hershey and Chase gave unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material. 
   A    B    C
1.    T    F    T
2.    F    F    T
3.    T    T    T
4.    T    F    F
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Polymorphism in DNA sequence is the basis of which of the following? 
(a) Genetic mapping of human genome 
(b) DNA fingerprinting 
(c) Similarities among human beings 
1. Only (a)
2. Only (b)
3. Only (a) and (b) 
4. Only (b) and (c) 
Subtopic:  Human Genome Project | DNA Fingerprinting |
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