Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:

Column I

(Scientist)

Column II

(Contribution)

I. Hargobind Khorana

II. Norman Borlaug

III. Cohen and Boyer

IV. Ian Wilmut

1. Green revolution

2. First man-made gene

3. First cloned mammal

4. rDNA technology

 
Codes: I II III IV
1. 1 2 3 4
2. 2 1 4 3
3. 2 1 3 4
4. 1 2 4 3

Subtopic:  Genetic Code: I |
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Consider the following statements:

I: Inheritance of a character is affected by the promoter and regulatory sequences of a structural gene.
II: The split-gene arrangement represents an ancient feature of the genome.
III: The process of splicing represents the dominance of the RNA world.

Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only
2. I and III only
3. II and III only
4. I, II, and III
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Consider the following statements:

I: The unequivocal proof of DNA being the genetic material was given by Hershey and Chase.
II: Meselson and Stahl proposed that DNA replication is semi-conservative.
III: Beadle and Tatum proposed the one -gene - one - enzyme hypothesis.


Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only  4. I, II, and III
Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material: II | DNA Replication |
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Consider the following statements:

I: The VNTRs belong to a class of satellite DNA called as mini-satellite.
II: Southern blotting is the transfer of DNA fragments to a filter cellulose membrane.
III: VNTRs are used in DNA fingerprinting as they do not show any variations and are not inherited.


Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only 4. I, II, and III

Subtopic:  DNA Fingerprinting |
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Consider the following statements:

I: The cellular factory responsible for synthesizing proteins is the ribosome.
II: The ribosome also acts as a catalyst for the formation of a peptide bond.
III: The UTRs (untranslated regions) in an mRNA are not required for translation.


Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only 4. I, II, and III

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Study the results of the Meselson and Stahl experiment. What theoretically possible mode of DNA replication can be excluded after one round of replication?
 

1.Conservative2.Semiconservative
3.Disruptive4.Both 1 and 3

Subtopic:  DNA Replication |
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Which histone is represented by the letter X in the given diagram?
  

1. H 1 2. H 2 A
3. H 2 B 3. H 3
Subtopic:  DNA Packaging |
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Given below in Column I are the criteria for a molecule that can act as a genetic material and the corresponding inferences drawn are given in Column II. Identify the criteria that is not correctly matched to the inference drawn:

 

Criteria

Inference drawn

1.

It should be able to replicate

Protein cannot be the genetic material

2.

It should be stable structurally and chemically

DNA is a better genetic material than RNA

3.

It should provide the scope for slow changes

RNA evolves faster than DNA

4.

It should be able to express in the form of Mendelian characters

The protein synthesizing machinery has evolved around DNA

Subtopic:  DNA vs RNA as Genetic Material |
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Heat-killed S form Streptococcus extract treated with proteases is mixed with live R form Streptococcus cells and injected into living mice. What is most likely to happen?

1. The mice would live.
2. The mice would die.
3. The mice's blood would have dead R cells.
4. A new strain of Streptococcus will be present in mice.
Subtopic:  Search for Genetic Material:I | Search for Genetic Material: II | Search for Genetic Material |
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The addition of deoxyribonucleotides by DNA polymerase during DNA synthesis is an endergonic process. The source of energy used is:

1. ATP
2. Energy from photons of light
3. Entropy created from protein digestion
4. The nucleotides themselves
Subtopic:  The DNA | DNA Replication: I | DNA Replication: II |
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