Microbiology Quiz

Who made an important contribution in the discovery of triplet codons for 20 amino acids?

• Dr Franklin

• Dr Watson

• Dr Crick

• Dr Har Govind Khorana

What is the process of RNA synthesis called?

• Translation

• Translocation

• Transcription

• Mutation

Which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1968 for the discovery of triplet codons?

• Dr Watson

• Dr Crick

• Dr Franklin

• Dr Har Govind Khorana

What is the structure that keeps on moving from one end of mRNA to the other end by the distance of one triplet codon called?

• Ribosome

• rRNA

• tRNA

• mRNA

What is the name of the process where the ribosome keeps on moving from one end of mRNA to the other end by the distance of one triplet codon?

• Translocation

• Translation

• Mutation

• Transcription

Which nucleotide is present in RNA instead of thymine of DNA?

• Uracil

• Guanine

• Cytosine

• Adenine

What is the molecule that brings in the coded message from DNA to the cytoplasm?

• rRNA

• Ribosome

• mRNA

• tRNA

What is the name of the molecule that has an anticodon having a complementary sequence to the codon on mRNA?

• Ribosome

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

What is the name of the process where amino acids are supplied by the tRNA as per the message on mRNA?

• Mutation

• Transcription

• Translation

• Translocation

What is the name of the minor change that occurs in genes due to the change in the position of any nucleotide?

• Transcription

• Translation

• Translocation

• Mutation