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Molecular Basis Off Inheritance

The document provides instructions for a biology test on molecular basis of inheritance. It includes 25 multiple choice questions to be completed within 60 minutes. Each correct answer receives 4 marks and incorrect answers receive -1 mark. Rough work can be done on the question paper. Calculators are not allowed. The questions cover topics like genetic code, translation, transcription, and central dogma.

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Molecular Basis Off Inheritance

The document provides instructions for a biology test on molecular basis of inheritance. It includes 25 multiple choice questions to be completed within 60 minutes. Each correct answer receives 4 marks and incorrect answers receive -1 mark. Rough work can be done on the question paper. Calculators are not allowed. The questions cover topics like genetic code, translation, transcription, and central dogma.

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​TEST NAME: Sunday Test Series

BIOLOGY

CLASS: NEET XII 2019-20 Max Marks: 100


Topic: Molecular basis of Inheritance Duration: 60 Mins

INSTRUCTION
1. The test paper contains 25 multiple choice questions Answer all the questions.
2. Each question carries four marks for correct answers and one negative mark for wrong
answer.
3. Multiple markings for the same question will be treated as a wrong answer and will
carry one negative mark.
4. For each question there are four options of which one option is correct.
5. Rough work can he done on the question paper itself.
6. Calculator / Log table is not allowed.

1. ​Amino acid Leucine is coded by 6 triplet codons- UUa, UUG, CUU, CUA and CUG.
Which of the following is most relevant for the statement given
(A ) Codes are non overlapping
(B) Degeneracy of code
(C) Codes are commaless
(D) Three adjacent nitrogen bases specify one amino

2.​ Translational efficiency is nowhere related with


(A) Presence of UTR on transcript
(B) Splicing of parts, which are transcribed but not to be translated
(C) Degeneracy of triplet codons
(D) Capping of methyl guanosine triphosphate

3. ​ How many triplet codons are possible after full probability base substitutions in one triplet
codon.
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 27

4.​ How many amino acids will be coded by the sense strand of a DNA piece, whose transcript
is given below.
AUG UUU UUC UUC AUG UGG UUU UAG
(A) One
(B) Zero
(C) Six
(D) Seven

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5.​ Triplet nature of genetic code was proposed by
(A) Nirenberg
(B) Hoagland
(C) F.H.C. Crick
(D) Khorana

6. ​Considering that we have four nucleotides A, G, C and T, the number of base substitutions
that can occur in the amino acid codons are
(A) 549
(B) 564
(C) 261
(D) 256

7.​ Streptomycin inhibits


(A) Peptidyl transferase activity
(B) translocation of mRNA along ribosomes
(C) initiation of translation and causes misreading
(D) binding of amino acyl tRNA to ribosomes

8.​ Genetic code determines


(A) Structural pattern of organism
(B) The sequence of amino acid in protein
(C) The number of variation of offspring
(D) Constancy of morphological traits

9.​ There are 64 codons in genetic code dictionary because


(A) There are 64 types of tRNAs found in the cell
(B) There are 44 meaningless and 20 codons for amino acids
(C) There are 64 amino acids to be coded
(D) Genetic code is triplet

10.​ ​During translation (protein synthesis), the enzyme that catalyses peptide bonding is
located in the
(A) Central part of the tRNA
(B) Larger subunit of the ribosome
(C) Smaller subunit of the ribosome
(D) 5’ end of the mRNA

11​.Which of the following complex is formed at first during the initiation of translation in
Rhizobium?
(A) 50S subunit - mRNA complex
(B) 60S subunit - mRNA complex

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(C) 30S subunit - mRNA complex
(D) 40S subunit - mRNA complex

12. ​What location one can expect for “ methyl guanosine triphosphate”
(A) Structural gene of template strand
(B) 5’ end of hnRNA
(C) Overlapping genes of x 174 viruses
(D) Jumping genes of maize

13.​ Translational efficiency is nowhere related with


(A) Presence of multiple STOP codons
(B) Occurrence of degeneracy
(C) Absence of untranslated regions
(D) Absence of cap of mRNA

14.​ During protein synthesis, amino acid gets attached to tRNA with the help of
(A) mRNA
(B) Aminoacyl synthetase
(C) ribosome
(D) rRNA

15.​The first amino acid in any polypeptide chain of prokaryote is always


(A) Formylated methionine
(B) Formylated arginine
(C) Lysine
(D) Methionine

16. ​In protein synthesis, the codon used as a start signal is


(A) AUG
(B) UGA
(C) GUA
(D) UAG, UAA

17.​ The translation step in the process of protein synthesis, in which the conversion of the
language of nucleic acid into that of proteins, is made by a charged form of
(A) mRNA
(B) tRNA
(C) rRNA
(D) Template DNA

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18.​ Which site of tRNA molecule forms hydrogen bonds with mRNA molecule?
(A) Codon
(B) Anticodon
(C) 5’ end of the t-RNA molecule
(4) 3’ end of the t-RNA molecule

19. ​To code the 50 amino acids in a polypeptide chain, what will be the minimum number of
bp in its cistron?
(A) 50
(B) 153
(C) 306
(D) 300

20. ​A single anticodon can recognize more than one codon of mRNA. This phenomenon is
terminated as
(A) Richmond and Lang effect
(B) Gene flow hypothesis
(C) Wobble hypothesis
(D) Transposability

21. ​Inheritance of a character is affected by


(A) promoter of structural gene
(B) Regulatory sequences of a structural gene
(C) Structural gene
(D) All of these

22. ​ Regulatory sequences.


(A) are regulatory genes in all the aspects
(B) are transcribed easily
(C) do not code for ant protein
(D) form Aporepressor

23. ​Which of the following is pre - dominant site for control of gene expression in
prokaryotes
(A) Processing level
(B) transport of mRNA from nucleus to the cytoplasm
(C) Transcriptional initiation
(D) All of these

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24. ​The substrate for the enzyme 𝛽-Galactosidase is
(A) Glucose
(B) Galactose
(C) Lactose
(D) All of these

25.​ Incorrect statement is


(A) Transcript of promoter gene, can directly enter in translation process, without any
processing or maturation
(B) product of structural gene may not involve in splicing
(C) A failure in cell division after DNA replication results into polyploidy
(chromosmal anomaly)
(D) Untranslated regions are required for efficient translation

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