Assertion: Viruses having RNA genome and having shorter life span mutate and evolve faster.
Reason: RNA polymerases have a higher error rate than the DNA polymerases.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 

Subtopic:  DNA vs RNA as Genetic Material |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Assertion: DNA is dependent on RNA for synthesis of proteins.
Reason: Essential life processes have evolved around RNA.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 
Subtopic:  DNA vs RNA as Genetic Material |
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Level 2: 60%+
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Assertion: DNA with 15N incorporated into DNA can be distinguished from the normal DNA by centrifugation in a CsCl density gradient.
Reason: 15N is a radioactive isotope and can be easily tagged and seen on autoradiography.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 
Subtopic:  DNA Replication |
 70%
Level 2: 60%+
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Assertion: Ribonulceoside triphosphates provide energy for polymerization reaction during replication of DNA.
Reason: Ribonulceoside triphosphates serve dual purposes during DNA replication and act as substrate as well for polymerisation.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 
Subtopic:  DNA Replication |
 54%
Level 3: 35%-60%
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Assertion: A piece of DNA if needed to be propagated during recombinant DNA procedures requires a vector.
Reason: Plasmids are good cloning vectors and are extrachromosomal DNA molecules found in some bacteria.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 
Subtopic:  DNA Replication |
 64%
Level 2: 60%+
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Assertion: It is necessary to define the boundaries that would demarcate the region and the strand of DNA that would be transcribed.
Reason: Unlike DNA replication the synthesis of RNA on the template of DNA does not follow complementarity.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 
Subtopic:  Genetic Code | Transcription |
 71%
Level 2: 60%+
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Assertion (A): In transcription the strand that does not code for anything is referred to as the coding strand.
Reason (R): All the reference point while defining a transcription unit is made with coding strand.
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
 
Subtopic:  Transcription |
 63%
Level 2: 60%+
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Assertion: It is the presence of the promoter in a transcription unit that defines the template and coding strands.
Reason: Promoter is a DNA sequence that provides binding site for RNA polymerase.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.

 
Subtopic:  Transcription |
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Level 3: 35%-60%
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Assertion: Transcription and translation can be coupled in bacteria.
Reason: The mRNA does not require any processing and both processes take place in same compartment.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 
Subtopic:  Translation |
 84%
Level 1: 80%+
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Assertion: An adapter molecule, that on one hand can read the genetic code and on the other hand can bind to specific amino acids, is required for translation of proteins.
Reason: Amino acids have no structural specialities to read the code uniquely.
1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false.
 
Subtopic:  Genetic Code |
 67%
Level 2: 60%+
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