Alpha Assignment 7
Alpha Assignment 7
Biology
1. The nucleic acid synthesis takes place in
1. 3’-5’ direction
2. 5’-3’ direction
3. Both ways
4. Any direction
2. What is the nature of the strands of the DNA
duplex?
1. Anti-parallel and complementary
2. Identical and complementary
3. Anti=parallel and non-complementary
4. Dissimilar and non-complementary
3. Hershey and Chase’s experiment was based on the
principle
1. Transformation
2. Translation
3. Transduction
4. Transcription
4. AUG stands for
1. Alanine
2. Methionine
3. N-formyl methionine
4. Glycine
5. The reason behind the anti-parallel strand of DNA is
1. Hydrogen bond
2. Ionic bond
3. Phosphodiester bond
4. Disulphide bond
6. In a transcription unit, the promoter is located
towards
1. 5’end of the structural gene
2. 3’end of the structural gene
3. 5’end of the template strand
4. 3’end of the coding strand
7. The primer in DNA replication is
1. Small ribonucleotide polymer
2. Helix destabilizing protein
3. Small deoxyribonucleotide polymer
4. Enzyme joining nucleotides of new strands
8. Genetic information is transferred from nucleus to
cytoplasm through
1. RNA
2. Anticodon
3. DNA
4. Lysosomes
9. The enzyme involved in transcription
1. DNA Polymerase I
2. DNA Polymerase III
3. RNA Polymerase
4. DNA Polymerase II
10. Non-sense codons participate in
1. Releasing t-RNA from polynucleotide chain
2. Formation of unspecified amino acids
3. Terminating message of gene-controlled protein
synthesis
4. Conversion of sense DNA into non-sense DNA
11. The proofreading enzyme in DNA replication is
1. Primase
2. DNA Polymerase I
3. Ligase
4. DNA Polymerase II
12. Select a ribozyme
1. Peptidyl transferase
2. Helicase
3. Ribonuclease-P
4. Both (a) and (c)
13. Which step does not occur in translation?
1. Replication
2. Termination
3. Elongation
4. Initiation
14. Select the incorrectly matched pairs
1. Purines – Nitrogenous bases cytosine, thymine and
uracil
2. Recombinant DNA – DNA formed by joining the
DNA segments from two different sources
3. rRNA – RNA found in ribosomes
4. ATP – The energy-carrying compound in the cell
15. The energy source for the elongation process is
1. Creatine-PO4
2. GTP
3. ATP
4. All of the above
16. The anticodon of initiation codon for protein
synthesis is
1. UUU
2. AUG
3. UAC
4. CAU
17. In lac-operon, which protein is not regulated by
the repressor?
1. Galactosidase
2. Lactose Permease
3. Tryptophan
4. Transacetylase
18. Which enzyme is not produced during lactose
catabolism by E.coli?
1. 𝜷-galactosidase
2. Lactose Permease
3. Thiogalactoside transacetylase
4. Lactose dehydrogenase
19. The eukaryotic replication of DNA is
1. Bidirectional with many origins
2. Unidirectional with many origins
3. Bidirectional with a single origin
4. Unidirectional with a single origin
20. The amino acid coded by 3 codons is
1. Proline
2. Isoleucine
3. Tryptophan
4. Serine