Consider the given statements:
I: Griffith discovered the process of bacterial transformation.
II: Hershey and Chase unequivocally proved that DNA is the genetic material.
III: Meselson and Stahl showed that DNA replicated semi-conservatively.
 
1. Only I and II are correct
2. Only I and III are correct
3. Only II and III are correct
4. I, II and III are correct
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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) 

Assertion (A): Semiconservative replication was experimentally proved by Mathew Meselson and Franklin Stahl (1958)
Reason (R): Meselson and Stahl used radioactive isotope \(^{15}N\) and equilibrium density gradient centrifugation technique.


In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

1. (A) is True but (R) is False.
2. (A) is False but (R) is True.
3. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
4. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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Given below are two statements:
Statement I: DNA polymerases catalyse polymerisation only in one direction, that is 5' →3'
Statement II: During replication of DNA, on one strand the replication is continuous while on other strand it is discontinuous.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
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Assertion(A): For long DNA molecules, replication occurs within the replication fork.
Reason(R): It takes a very high amount of energy to open the DNA along its full length.
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. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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Assertion(A): The main enzyme of replication is known as DNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
Reason(R): This enzyme utilizes the DNA template to catalyze the polymerization of deoxynucleotides.
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. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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