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Molecular Biology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statements is not applicable to viruses?

a)

The virus replicates in a bacterial host

b)

The protein coat of a virus does not enter the host cell

c)

The genetic material is DNA or RNA

d)

Virus replicate autonomously in the absence of host

2.

Mode of DNA replication is

a)

Conservative and bidirectional

b)

Semiconservative and unidirectional

c)

Semiconservative and bidirectional

d)

Conservative and unidirectional

3.

Which enzyme is used in the unwinding of DNA?

a)

Ligase

b)

Topoisomerase

c)

Helicase

d)

Exonuclease

4.

Which of the following processes does not occur in prokaryotes?

a)

Transcription

b)

Splicing

c)

Translation

d)

Replication

5.

How many RNA polymerases are present in a bacterial system?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

1

d)

3

6.

Presence of the heparin promotes transcription.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The β subunit of polymerase has a function of (a)  

8.

The RNA polymerase core enzyme converts into a holoenzyme on the addition of the _________ subunit.

a)

α

b)

β

c)

β’

d)

σ

9.

Which part of the ribosome identifies the Shine – Dalgarno sequence?

a)

Protein

b)

16S rRNA

c)

23S rRNA

d)

5S rRNA

10.

Who was the first to propose indirect interaction between mRNA template and amino acids to produce accurate ordering of amino acid in a polypeptide chain?

a)

Paul C. Zamecnic

b)

James Watson

c)

Francis H. Crick

d)

Mahlon B. Hoagland