Frederick Griffith discovered:

(1) DNA is the genetic material

(2) RNA can be the genetic material

(3) Sterptococcus has two strains

(4) Bacterial transformation

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In Avery, Macleod and McCarty experiment, the transformation of bacteria was inhibited by:

(1) Proteases

(2) RNase

(3) DNase

(4) None of these

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Viruses grown on radioactive sulfur contain:

(1) Radioactive proteins but not DNA

(2) Radioactive DNA but not proteins

(3) Radioactive proteins and DNA

(4) Nonradioactive DNA and protein

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

(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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RNA is not the genetic material in:

1. Tobacco mosaic virus

2. QB bacteriophage

3. HIV

4. Archaebacteria

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DNA is structurally and chemically more stable than RNA because of all the following except:

(1) It has thymine instead of uracil

(2) 2’ –OH is absent in DNA

(3) It replicates itself based on complementary base pairing

(4) It does not have any catalytic role

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Who proposed semi-conservative mode of replication for DNA?

(1) Watson and Crick

(2) Meselson and Stahl

(3) Hershey and Chase

(4) Beadle and Tatum

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What radioactive isotope was use by Meselson and Stahl to label DNA in their experiment?

1. 35 S

2. 15 N

3. 32 P

4. None

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Any mistakes during DNA replication by the enzyme would result into:

(1) Cancer

(2) Apoptosis

(3) Cell fragmentation

(4) Mutation

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

(1) Dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates

(2) Ribonucleoside triphosphates

(3) Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates

(4) Deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates

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