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Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is central dogma

a)

Formation of RNA from DNA and formation of proteins from RNA

b)

Formation of protein from DNA and formation of RNA from protein

c)

Formation of DNA from RNA and formation of protein from DNA

d)

None of the above

2.

State chargaff’s rule

a)

Adenine=cytosine and guanine=thyamine

b)

Adenine=thyamine and cytosine=guanine

c)

Adenine=guanine and thyamine=cytosine

3.

What is the function of tRNA

a)

To synthesize protein

b)

To help in replication

c)

a binding site for RNA polymerase

d)

To carry amino acids to ribosome

4.

Who proposed the semiconservative nature of DNA

a)

Fredrick griffith

b)

Francis crick and watson

c)

Darwin

d)

Meselson and stahl

5.

what is the full form of VNTR

a)

Variable nucleus transfer repeat

b)

valuable of number technology repeat

c)

Variable number tandem repeats

d)

none of the above

6.

where translation takeplace

a)

Ribosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Mitochondria

7.

What is the function of primer

a)

to help DNA polymerase for initiation

b)

To help RNA polymerase for initiation

c)

To help DNA polymerase for termination

d)

To help RNA polymerase for termination

8.

What is the function of lactose in lac operon

a)

to bind with repressor protein

b)

To initiate the transcription

c)

To synthesize structural genes

d)

All of the above

9.

What methionine code for

a)

UGA

b)

AUG

c)

UAA

d)

CGA

10.

How introns are removed in eukaryotic cells

a)

Silencing

b)

Capping

c)

Tailing

d)

Splicing

11.

What does DNA have that RNA doesn't

a)

Presence of thymine

b)

Presence of deoxyribose

c)

Presence of ribose

d)

Both a and b

12.

The steps (rungs) of the DNA ladder are made up of __________.

a)

phosphate groups

b)

sugars

c)

nitrogen bases

d)

amino acids

13.

Which of the following is true of DNA but not of RNA?

a)

It is made up of a single strand of nucleotides.

b)

It contains the sugar deoxyribose.

c)

It leaves the nucleus to translate protein.

d)

It contains the nitrogen base uracil.

14.

What is the nature of the strands of the DNA duplex?

a)

Anti-parallel and complementary

b)

Identical and complementary

c)

Anti-parallel and non-complementary

d)

Dissimilar and non-complementary

15.

DNA is a polymer made of ______

a)

sugars

b)

amino acids

c)

fats

d)

nucleotides

16.

State chargaff’s rule

a)

Adenine=cytosine and guanine=thyamine

b)

Adenine=thyamine and cytosine=guanine

c)

Adenine=guanine and thyamine=cytosine

17.

What is the function of tRNA

a)

To synthesize protein

b)

To help in replication

c)

a binding site for RNA polymerase

d)

To carry amino acids to ribosome

18.

Who proposed the semiconservative nature of DNA

a)

Fredrick griffith

b)

Francis crick and watson

c)

Darwin

d)

Meselson and stahl

19.

where translation takeplace

a)

Ribosome

b)

Nucleus

c)

Cytoplasm

d)

Mitochondria

20.

What is the function of primer

a)

to help DNA polymerase for initiation

b)

To help RNA polymerase for initiation

c)

To help DNA polymerase for termination

d)

To help RNA polymerase for termination

21.

What is the function of lactose in lac operon

a)

to bind with repressor protein

b)

To initiate the transcription

c)

To synthesize structural genes

d)

All of the above

22.
In a DNA strand the nucleotides are linked together by:
a)
glycosidic bonds
b)
phosphodiester bonds
c)
peptide bonds
d)
hydrogen bonds
23.
A nucleoside differs from a nucleotide. It lacks the:
a)
base
b)
sugar
c)
phosphate group
d)
hydroxyl group
24.
The promoter site and the terminator site for transcription are located at:
a)
3' (downstream) end and 5' (upstream) end, respectively of the transcription unit
b)
5' (upstream) end and 3' (downstream) end, respectively of the transcription unit
c)
the 5' (upstream) end
d)
the 3' (downstream) end
25.
The human chromosome with the highest and least number of genes in them are respectively:
a)
Chromosome 21 and Y
b)
Chromosome 1 and X
c)
Chromosome 1 and Y
d)
Chromosome X and Y