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) 
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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) 
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Satellite DNA 
1. Codes for proteins which are needed in the chloroplast 
2. Codes enzymes for Krebs' cycle
3. Does not code for proteins 
4. Form a little portion of human genome 
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Which one of the following statements is not correct w.r.t. DNA packaging? 
1. Histones are rich in basic amino acids, lysines and arginines
2. Positively charged DNA is wrapped around the negatively charged histone octamer to form a nucleosome 
3. Linker DNA contains about 80 bp 
4. Loosely packed chromatins are euchromatin 
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