wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Molecular Basis of Inheritance 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In E. colt, the lac operon gets switched on when

a)

lactose is present and it binds to the repressor

b)

repressor binds to operator

c)

RNA polymerase binds to the operator

d)

lactose is present and it binds to RNA polymerase.

2.

In DNA strand, the nucleotides are linked together by

a)

glycosidic bonds

b)

phosphodiester bonds

c)

peptide bonds

d)

hydrogen bonds.

3.

If a double stranded DNA has 20% of cytosine, what will be the percentage of adenine in it ?

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

30%

d)

60%

4.

If the sequence of bases in one strand of DNA is ATGCATGCA, what would be the sequence of bases on complementary strand ?

a)

ATGCATGCA

b)

AUGCAUGCA

c)

TACTACGT

d)

UACGUACGU

5.

How far is each base pair from the next one in DNA double helix model ?

a)

2 nm

b)

3.4nm

c)

34 nm

d)

0.34 nm

6.

Synthesis of DNA from RNA is explained by

a)

central dogma reverse

b)

reverse transcription

c)

feminism

d)

all of these.

7.

Histone proteins are

a)

basic, positively charged

b)

basic, negatively charged

c)

acidic, positively charged

d)

acidic, negatively charged

8.

The structure in chromatin seen as ‘beads-on string’ when viewed under electron microscope are called

a)

nucleotides

b)

nucleosides

c)

histone octamer

d)

nucleosomes.

9.

Find out the wrong statement about heterochromatin,

a)

It is densely packed

b)

It stains dark.

c)

It is transcriptionally active.

d)

It is late replicating.

10.

They year 2003 was celebrated as the 50th anniversary of discovery of

a)

transposons by Barbare Me Clintock

b)

structure of DNA by Watson and Crick

c)

Mendel’s laws of inheritance

d)

biotechnology by Kary Muliis.

11.

The process of transofrmation is not affected by which of the following enzymes ?

A. DNase

B. RNase

C. Peptidase

D. Lipase

a)

A, B

b)

A, B, C, D

c)

B, C, D

d)

A, B, C

12.

The three codons which result in the termination of polypeptide chain synthesis are

a)

UAA, UAG, GUA

b)

UAA, UAG, UGA

c)

UAA, UGA, UUA

d)

UGU,UAG,UGA

13.

Amino acids which are specified by single codons are

a)

phenylalanine and arginine

b)

tryptophan and methionine

c)

valine and proline

d)

methionine and aroinine.

14.

Which out of the following statements is incorrect ?

a)

Genetic code is ambiguous.

b)

Genetic code is deqenerate.

c)

Genetic code is universal.

d)

Genetic code is non-overlanning.

15.

Some amino acids are coded by more than one codon, hence the genetic code is

a)

overlapping

b)

degenerate

c)

wobbled

d)

unambiguous.