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MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE - Quiz 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which site of the tRNA pairs through hydrogen bonding with the triplet codon on mRNA?

a)

Codon

b)

5’ end of tRNA

c)

3’ end of tRNA

d)

Anticodon

2.

What is nucleosome?

a)

A vesicle containing positively charged histones within nucleolus

b)

They are similar to endosomes

c)

A structure formed by wrapping of negatively charged DNA around positively charged histone octamer.

d)

They are the transforming principles discovered by Griffith

3.

The deflection of pitch angle between two successive steps (rungs) of DNA is

a)

72o

b)

54o

c)

36o

d)

18o

4.

In a 3.2 Kbp long piece of DNA, 820 adenine bases were found. What would be the number of cytosine bases?

a)

780

b)

1560

c)

740

d)

1480

5.

Which molecule has its synthesis directly controlled by DNA?

a)

Amylase

b)

Cholesterol

c)

Glycogen

d)

Phospholipid

6.

Which one of the following is not applicable to RNA?

a)

Heterocyclic nitrogenous bases

b)

Chargaff’s rule

c)

Complementary base pairing

d)

5’ phosphoryl and 3’ hydroxyl ends

7.

Nucleosome core is intimately associated with :

a)

160 bp of DNA

b)

210 bp of DNA

c)

250 bp of DNA

d)

100 bp of DNA

8.

Who proved experimentally that DNA is genetic material?

a)

O. Avery and Colleagues

b)

J. Waston and F. Crick

c)

W. Arber and Colleagues

d)

G. Mendel

9.

The nucleosome structure of eukaryotic chromatin is due to all of the following histones, except

a)

H1

b)

H2A

c)

H2B

d)

H3

10.

The association of histone H1 with a nucleosome indicates:

a)

DNA replication is occurring.

b)

The DNA is condensed into a Chromatin Fibre.

c)

The DNA double helix is exposed.

d)

Transcription is occurring.