Which one of the following pairs of nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids is wrongly matched with the category mentioned against it?

1. Thymine, Uracil - Pyrimidines
2. Uracil, Cytosine - Pyrimidines
3. Guanine, Adenine - Purines
4. Adenine, Thymine - Purines

Subtopic:  The DNA | DNA Double Helix |
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AIPMT - 2008
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The length of the DNA molecule greatly exceeds the dimensions of the nucleus in eukaryotic cells. How is this DNA accommodated?

1. Deletion of non-essential genes

2. Super-coiling in nucleosomes

3. DNAse digestion

4. Through the elimination of repetitive DNA

Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix | DNA Packaging |
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AIPMT - 2007
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The Okazaki fragments in DNA chain growth:

1. result in transcription
2. polymerize in the 3'-to-5' direction and forms replication fork
3. prove semi-conservative nature of DNA replication
4. polymerize in the 5'-to-3' direction and explain 3'-to-5' DNA replication

Subtopic:  DNA Replication: I | DNA Replication: II | DNA Replication |
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AIPMT - 2007
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The two polynucleotide chains in DNA are:

1. parallel

2. discontinuous

3. antiparallel

4. semiconservative

Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix |
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AIPMT - 2007
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One gene-one enzyme relationship was established for the first time in:

1. Neurosporacrassa

2. Salmonella typhimurium

3. Escherichia coli

4. Diplococcuspneumonia

Subtopic:  Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes |
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AIPMT - 2007
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A sequential expression of a set of human genes occurs when a steroid molecule binds to the:

1. transfer RNA

2. messenger RNA

3. DNA sequence

4. ribosome

Subtopic:  Human Genome Project |
AIPMT - 2007
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Which antibiotic inhibits the interaction between t-RNA and m-RNA using bacterial protein synthesis?

1. Erythromycin

2. Neomycin

3. Streptomycin

4. Tetracycline

Subtopic:  Translation | Translation Mechanism |
AIPMT - 2006
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One gene – one enzyme hypothesis was postulated by:

1. R. Franklin

2. Hershey and Chase

3. A. Garrod

4. Beadle and Tatum

Subtopic:  Translation | Translation Mechanism |
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AIPMT - 2006
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Antiparallel strands of a DNA molecule mean that:

1. one strand turns anti-clockwise
2. the phosphate groups of two DNA strands,
at their ends, share the same position
3. the phosphate groups at the start of two DNA
strands are in opposite positions (pole)
4. one strand turns clockwise

Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix |
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AIPMT - 2006
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Match the following genes of the lac operon with their respective products:

(a) i  gene (i) β -galactosidase
(b) Z gene (ii) Permease
(c) A gene (iii) Repressor
(d) Y gene (iv) transacetylase

Select the correct option

Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
2. (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
3. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
4. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Subtopic:  Gene Regulation: Lac Operon |
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NEET - 2019
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