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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A. The nascent RNA synthesised by RNA polymerase II is called hnRNA.
B. Splicing is the process of removal of introns and joining of exons in a defined order.
1. Only A is correct 
2. Both A and B are incorrect 
3. Only B is correct 
4. Both A and B are correct 
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In an mRNA, UTRs are present 
1. AT 5' end only 
2. Before stop codon only 
3. After start codon only 
4. Both, before start codon after stop codon 
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Human genome project was closely associated with the rapid development of a new area in biology called _____.
1. Biotechnology
2. Bioinformatics
3. Biofortification
4. Microbiology
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The technique of DNA fingerprinting was developed by
1. Lalji Singh
2. V.K. Kashyap
3. Alec Jeffreys 
4. Kim and Klug
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Monocistronic structural genes are found mostly in 
1. Bacteria 
2. Blue-gree algae
3. Monerans 
4. Eukaryotes
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To catalyse the transcription of all types of RNA in bacteria, how many type(s) of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase is/are present in them? 
1. Two 
2. Three
3. Five 
4. One
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The existence of complementarity with DNA is not seen during the process of 
1. Replication 
2. Reverse transcription 
3. Translation
4. Transcription 
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If the sequence of one strand of DNA is 5' A T G C  A T C G 3', find the sequence of complementary strand in 5' → 3' direction 
1. T A C G T A G C 
2. C G A T G C A T 
3. A T G C A T C G 
4. A T C G T A C G 
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Which of the following bonds is not present in DNA?
1. \(\beta-1^{\prime}-9-N \text {-glycosidic bond }\)
2. \(3^{\prime}-5^{\prime} \text { phosphodiester bond }\)
3. \(\beta-1^{\prime}-1-N-\text { glycosidic bond }\)
4. \(\beta-1^{\prime}-2-N-\text { glycosidic bond }\)
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