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Packaging of DNA,Search for genetic material-experiments

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Who amongst the following scientists had no contribution in the development of the double helix model for the structure of DNA?

a)

§ a. Rosalind Franklin

b)

§ b. Maurice Wilkins

c)

§ c. Erwin Chargaff

d)

§ d. Meselson and Stahl

2.

What is Chargaff rule?

a)

C=G and T=A

b)

C=T and G=A

c)

T=G and C=A

d)

All of the above.

3.

Who used radioactive labeling to trace DNA and protien?

a)

Franklin and Wilkins

b)

Hershey and Chase

c)

Crick and Franklin

d)

Watson and Crick

4.

Who studied S. Pneumoniae?

a)

Franklin

b)

Wilkins

c)

Griffith

d)

Watson

5.

What happened when S.Pneumoniae and R. Pneumoniae were combined?

a)

the mouse died

b)

the mouse was alive

c)

the mouse was happy

d)

the dna mutated

6.

To fit into a cell, DNA coils around a group of beadlike proteins …..

a)

DNA

b)

nucleosome

c)

histones

d)

chromatid

7.

Who identified the molecule that transformed the R strain of S. Pneumoniae into S strain?

a)

Wilkins

b)

Avery

c)

Franklin

d)

Watson

8.
Erwin Chargaff discovered what feature regarding DNA
a)
The Helical structure
b)
The constant ratio of the bases
c)
The Sugar-Phosphate Backbone
d)
The length of a strand of DNA
9.

Which scientist discovered that the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae changed its form?

a)

Griffith

b)

Avery

c)

Chase

d)

Hershey

10.

A molecule that acts as a genetic material must fulfil the following traits, except

a)

It should be structurally and chemically unstable

b)

It should have the ability to generate its replica

c)

It should facilitate slow changes necessary for evolution.

d)

It should be able to express itself in the form of Mendelian characters.

11.

Histones are

a)

Positively charged and basic amino acids

b)

Positively charged and acidic proteins

c)

Negatively charged and basic proteins

d)

Absent in bacteria

12.

Name the amino acids which occur in abundance in histone protiens.

(a)  

13.

Length of Ecoli DNA is------------

 10610^6  



(a)  

14.

Who Identified DNA and named it as ‘Nuclein’.

(a)  

15.

¤Ф 174 (a bacteriophage) has ---------nucleotides.

(a)  

16.

The pitch of the helix=

a)

034nm

b)

3.4nm

c)

0.34nm

d)

34nm

17.

•The packaging of chromatin at higher level requires additional set of proteins called --------------

(a)  

18.

Name the protein which connects nucleosomes (a)