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Assignment 1: Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

a)

phosphate groups

b)

sugars

c)

nitrogen bases

d)

amino acids

3.

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.

4.

Which of the following best represents the Central Dogma?

a)

DNA --> RNA --> proteins

b)

RNA --> DNA --> proteins

c)

DNA --> proteins --> RNA

d)

proteins --> RNA --> DNA

5.

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

6.

If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double-stranded DNA is 45%, the amount of guanine in this DNA will be

a)

22.5%

b)

27.5%

c)

45%

d)

55%

7.

DNA is a polymer made of ______

a)

sugars

b)

amino acids

c)

fats

d)

nucleotides

8.

Nucleoside is made of (a)  

9.

The nitrogenous base is linked to the sugar by (a)   bond

10.

Name the person who discovered 'nuclein'

a)

Fredrick Miecher

b)

Watson

c)

Crick

d)

Basel

11.

In the nuclein obtaining experiment,if scientist used RBC instead of WBC,whether he would discovered it?

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

Identify the type of RNA which is not involved in gene expression

a)

rRNA

b)

mRNA

c)

tRNA

d)

hnRNA

13.

In post transcription stage,which among the following process is not involved.

a)

Capping using Poly adenyl group

b)

Capping with methyl guanosine triphosphate group

c)

splicing

d)

slicing

14.

The important enzyme required for the process of transcrption from DNA to mRNA is..............

a)

DNA ligase

b)

DNA polymerase

c)

RNA polymerase

d)

DNA helicase

15.

DNA fragments are ......................

a)

Positively charged

b)

Negatively charged

c)

Neutral