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Whose cell free system finally helped the genetic code to be deciphered?

 
1. Gamow 2. Severo Ochoa
3. Hargobind Khorana 4. Marshall Nirenberg 

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Which of the following would be nucleoside found only in RNA?

1. Thymidine 2. Cytidine
3. Uridine 4. Adenosine

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Which of the following acts as the substrate and provides energy for DNA replication?

1. Dideoxyribonucleoside triphospahtes
2. Ribonucleoside triphosphates
3. Deoxyribonucleoside triphospahtes
4. Deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates

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Which of the following is not a stop codon?

1. UAA 2. UGA
3. UAC  4. UAG

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A segment of DNA coding for a polypeptide is most accurately defined as:

1. Operon 2. Gene
3. Recon 4. Cistron
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The central dogma of molecular biology was proposed by:

1. Francis Crick 2. James Watson
3. Rosalind Franklin 4. Erwin Chargaff
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The unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material was provided by:

1. Avery, Macleod, and McCarty
2. Hershey and Chase
3. Meselson and Stahl
4. Watson and Crick

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Hershey and Chase proved DNA as the genetic material in their experiment because :

1. Bacteria that were infected with viruses that had radioactive proteins were not radioactive.
2. Bacteria that were infected with viruses that had radioactive DNA were radioactive.
3. Both 1 and 2 are correct.
4. Both 1 and 2 are incorrect.

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DNA replication is correctly described as:

1. Semi-conservative and Continuous
2. Semi-conservative and Discontinuous
3. Conservative and Continuous
4. Semi-conservative and Semi-discontinuous

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According to Erwin Chargaff, in a double-stranded DNA

1. The ratios between Adenine and Thymine, and, Guanine and Cytosine are constant and equal.
2. The ratios between Adenine and Thymine, and, Guanine and Cytosine are constant but are not equal to one.
3. The ratios between Adenine and Guanine, and, Thymine and Cytosine are constant and equal.
4. The ratios between Adenine and Guanine, and, Thymine and Cytosine are constant but are not equal to one.

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