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Genetics Quiz by Ashwini Chalak

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a section of DNA that codes for a protein?

a)

Gene

b)

Plasmid

c)

Chromosome

d)

Allele

2.

Degeneracy of genetic code was defined by...........

a)

Lagervist

b)

Mendel

c)

Darwin

d)

Crick

3.

The dogma classes into.............

a)

2 groups

b)

5 groups

c)

3 groups

d)

4 groups

4.

The process of genetic information flowing from DNA to RNA to protein is called............

a)

gene therapy

b)

gene expression

c)

gene pool

d)

gene flow

5.

Genetic code consists of.......... letters.

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

6.

Genetic code is not .............

a)

universal

b)

with commas

c)

degenerate

d)

overlapping

7.

Which of the following is not a feature of the genetic code?

a)

degenerate

b)

none of the above

c)

ambiguous

d)

Triplet

8.

The Wobble hypothesis was devised by...........

a)

William Asbury

b)

James Watson

c)

Francis Crick

d)

Arthur Kornberg

9.

UAA is known as.........

a)

Ochre

b)

Amber

c)

None of these

d)

Opal

10.

Which of the following is not a mRNA?

a)

UUG

b)

UCU

c)

TAC

d)

UUU