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DPP: 1
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Q1 5-methyl uracil is (C) 2 (D) 1

(A) Another name of thymine
Q8 If the length of a DNA molecule is 340 A∘ , then
(B) A purine base
(A) There are 100 nucleotides
(C) A double ring structure
(B) There are 100 base pairs
(D) Both (A) and (C)
(C) There are 100 nitrogenous bases
Q2 5
′
end of a polynucleotide chain contains (D) There are 100 sugar phosphates
(A) Hydroxyl group
Q9 In the polynucleotide chain of DNA, a
(B) Ethyl group
nitrogenous base is linked to the −OH of
(C) Carboxyl group
(A) 2′ C pentose sugar
(D) Phosphate group
(B) 3′ C pentose sugar
Q3 Variable part of DNA molecule is (C) 5′ C pentose sugar
(A) Phosphate (D) 1′ C pentose sugar
(B) Sugar
Q10 Histone proteins are rich in
(C) Nitrogen base
(A) Histidine and Arginine
(D) Both (B) and (C)
(B) Histidne and Lysine
Q4 Nucleotide pairs present in one turn of DNA (C) Histidine, arginine and lysine
helix are (D) Arginine and Lysine
(A) 20 (B) 8
Q11 The 'beads on string' structure which is seen
(C) 10 (D) 9
under EM are
Q5 Who proposed central dogma? (A) Histone octamer
(A) Watson and Crick (B) Nucleosome
(B) Beadle and Tatum (C) Chromatin
(C) Klug (D) Chromatin fibres
(D) Crick
Q12 DNA is acidic due to
Q6 Information flow or central dogma of modern (A) Sugar
biology is (B) Purine
(A) RNA − Proteins − DNA (C) Phosphate group
(B) DNA − Proteins − RNA (D) Pyrimidine
(C) RNA − DNA − Proteins
Q13 Chromatin is chemically made of
(D) DNA − RNA − Proteins
(A) Nucleic acid, histone and non-histone
Q7 Number of hydrogen bonds between A and T proteins
of DNA is (B) Nucleic acid and histone proteins only
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) Nucleic acid and non-histone proteins only

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(D) Nucleic acid only

Q14 Which is the transcriptionally inactive

chromatin?
(A) Euchromatin
(B) Heterochromatin
(C) Loosely packed chromatin
(D) Both (B) and (C)

Q15 Number of histone molecules in each

nucleosome core is
(A) 14 (B) 12
(C) 10 (D) 8

Q16 Nucleosome is
(A) Intron interrupted DNA
(B) Double helix DNA
(C) Negatively charged DNA wrapped around
positively charged histone octamer
(D) Satellite DNAs

Q17 If the distance between two consecutive base

pairs 0.34 nm and the total number of base
pairs of DNA double helix in a typical
mammalian cell is 6.6× 10
9
bp . Then the
length of the DNA is approximately
(A) 2.5 m
(B) 2.2 m
(C) 2.7 m
(D) 2.0 m

Q18 Which is the transcriptionally active chromatin?

(A) Euchromatin
(B) Heterochromatin
(C) Tightly packed chromatin
(D) Both (B) and (C)

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Answer Key
Q1 (A) Q10 (D)

Q2 (D) Q11 (B)

Q3 (C) Q12 (C)

Q4 (C) Q13 (A)

Q5 (D) Q14 (B)

Q6 (D) Q15 (D)

Q7 (C) Q16 (C)

Q8 (B) Q17 (B)

Q9 (D) Q18 (A)

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DPP: 2
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Q1 Stability as one of the properties of genetic Q6 P

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was used to culture bacteriophages in
material was very evident in Hershey and Chase experiments, that resulted
(A) Griffith's transforming principle in radioactive
(B) Hershey and Chase experiment (A) Viral DNA
(C) Meselson & Stahl's centrifugation technique (B) Bacterial capsule
(D) Taylor's experiment (C) Viral proteins
(D) Plasma membrane of bacteria
Q2 Biochemical nature of genetic material was not
defined from Q7 RNA possess additional .....................group at
(A) Transforming principle ...................position in the sugar than the DNA.
(B) Hershey and Chase experiment (A) OH, 3′
(C) Avery, Macleod and McCarty (B) H, 2′
(D) None of the above (C) OH, 2′
(D) H, 3′
Q3 Bacteriophage with radioactivity both in DNA
and protein infects a bacterium. Bacterium Q8 The final proof for DNA as the genetic material
becomes radioactive. Radioactivity occurs in came from the experiments of?
(A) Protein (A) Griffith
(B) DNA (B) Hershey and Chase
(C) All parts (C) Avery, MacLeod and McCarty
(D) Both (A) and (B) (D) Har Gobind Khorana

Q4 RNA is less stable genetic material as Q9 Select correct order from given statements
compared to DNA. The reason for this is
(A) In RNA, 2' position has - OH group while
DNA does not
(B) RNA is also known to be catalytic
(C) RNA has uracil while DNA has thymine
(D) All of the above

Q5 During infection of E . coli cells by

bacteriophage T2
(A) Proteins are the only phage components
that actually enter the infected cell. (A) (A) (B) (B)
(B) Both proteins and nucleic acids enter the (C) (C) (D) (D)
cell.
(C) Only proteins from the infecting phage can Q10 The result of the following
also be detected in progeny phage. reaction/experiment carried out by Avery et. al.
(D) Only nucleic acids enter the cell.

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on Streptococcus pneumoniae has proved (C) Live R-strain + Denatured DNA of S-strain +
conclusively that DNA is the genetic material Protease
(A) Live R-strain + DNA from S-strain + RNAse (D) Heat Killed R-strain + DNA from S-strain +
(B) Live R-strain + DNA from S-strain + DNAse DNAse

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Answer Key
Q1 (A) Q6 (A)

Q2 (A) Q7 (C)

Q3 (B) Q8 (B)

Q4 (D) Q9 (C)

Q5 (D) Q10 (B)

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DPP: 3
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Q1 DNA replication is semi-conservative (C) N14 & N15

in prokaryotes proved by? (D) C14 &P31
(A) Meselson and Stahl.
Q6 In Meselson and Stahl's experiment using E.coli
(B) Taylor.
culture, the duration between the appearance
(C) Jacob and Monod.
of equal amounts of light and hybrid DNA was:
(D) A. Kornberg.
I. Two generations
Q2 Which statement is incorrect? II. 40 Minutes
(A) DNA replication is the process by which DNA III. 20 Minutes
makes a copy of itself during cell division. IV. 3 generations
st
(B) The 1 step in DNA replication is to 'Unzip' (A) I and II (B) II and III
the double helix structure of the DNA (C) III and IV (D) I and IV
molecule.
Q7 During DNA replication, synthesis of leading
(C) DNA replication occur in all living organisms.
and lagging strand require?
(D) DNA replication is a process during this
(A) Single primer
process DNA is catalyses by enzyme to form
(B) Single and many primers respectively
the 3 copies of DNA segment in which two
(C) Many and single primers respectively
are new strands while one is older.
(D) Many primers
Q3 DNA polymerisation rate of DNA polymerase is
Q8 Enzyme DNA polymerase catalyse
(A) 3.9 × 107 bp
polymerisation in
(B) 2000bp/s
(A) Ribonucleotides
(C) 4.6 × 106 bp
(B) 5'-3' direction
(D) 5000bp/s
(C) 3'-5' direction
Q4 Strand separation due to breaking the H - (D) Deoxyribonucleosides
bonds in DNA replication is done by
Q9 During polymerization of deoxyribonucleosides
(A) Topoisomerase (B) DNA Polymerase
triphosphates in bacteria which of the following
(C) Helicase (D) Gyrase
enzyme is mainly required?
Q5 Isotopes used for experimental proof of DNA (A) DNA dependent RNA polymerase.
replication are (B) DNA dependent DNA polymerase.
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(A) N &P (C) RNA dependent DNA polymerase.
14 14
(B) N &C (D) DNA gyrase.

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Answer Key
Q1 (A) Q6 (A)

Q2 (D) Q7 (B)

Q3 (B) Q8 (B)

Q4 (C) Q9 (B)

Q5 (C)

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DPP: 4
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Q1 Select the correct option from the given III. Promoter

statements- IV. Structural gene
(1) r-RNA provides the template for synthesis V. terminator
of proteins. VI. Cistron
(2) t-RNA brings amino acids and reads the (A) I, II and III
genetic code. (B) II, III and IV
(3) RNA polymerase binds to promoter and (C) III, IV and V
initiates transcription. (D) IV, V and VI
(4) A segment of DNA coding for polypeptide is
Q6 Monocistronic transcriptional unit codes for
called intron.
(A) single polypeptide
(A) 1 and 3 are correct.
(B) double polypeptides
(B) 1 and 2 are correct.
(C) no polypeptide
(C) 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
(D) triple polypeptides
(D) 2 and 3 are correct
Q7 During transcription, the site of DNA molecule
Q2 Which one of the following is not applicable to
at which RNA polymerase binds is called
RNA?
(A) Promoter (B) Regulator
(A) Chargaff's rule.
(C) Receptor (D) Enhancer
(B) Complementary base pairing.
(C) 5' phosphoryl and 3' hydroxyl ends. Q8 The structural genes, in eukaryotes possess
(D) Heterocyclic nitrogenous bases. coding and non-coding sequences called
as______ (i)
Q3 Portion of DNA having information for an
______and_____(ii)_____respectively.
entire polypeptide/trait is
(A) (i) promoter, (ii) operator
(A) Cistron (B) Recon
(B) (i) introns, (ii) exons
(C) Muton (D) Operon
(C) (i) exons, (ii) introns
Q4 The promoter site and the terminator site (D) (i) enhancer, (ii) silencer
for transcription are located at
Q9 Ribosomal RNA is synthesized in
(A) 3' (downstream) and 5' (upstream) end,
(A) Nucleolus (B) Nucleosome
respectively of the transcription unit
(C) Ribosome (D) Lysosome
(B) 5' (upstream) end and 3' (downstream) end,
respectively of the transcription unit Q10 Methyl guanosine triphosphate is added at 5′
(C) The 5' (upstream) end end of hnRNA in a process of
(D) The 3' (downstream) end (A) Tailing (B) Splicing
(C) Capping (D) None of these
Q5 Regions of transcription units are-
I. Exon. Q11 snRNAs are transcribed with the help of
II. Intron

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(A) RNA polymerase I

(B) RNA polymerase I and II
(C) RNA polymerase II
(D) RNA polymerase III

Q12 RNA polymerase III transcribes

(A) tRNA
(B) ssDNA
(C) mRNA
(D) Reverse transcriptase

Q13 Find out A-E from the given diagram

A− Promoter site
B− Structural gene
C− Terminator gene
D− Template strand
E− Coding strand
(A) A-5, B-1,C- 4,D-2, E-3
(B) A-5,B-1,C- 4, D-3, E-2
(C) A-5,B-4,C- 1,D-2, E-3
(D) A-1,B-4,C- 5, D-2, E-3

Q14 How many adenylate residues are added at 3′

end of hn RNA?
(A) 300 − 400 (B) 200 − 300
(C) 400 − 500 (D) 100 − 200

Q15 During transcription, if the nucleotide sequence

of the DNA strand that is being coded is
ATACG, then the nucleotide sequence in the
mRNA would be
(A) TATGC (B) TCTGG
(C) UAUGC (D) UATGC

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Answer Key
Q1 (D) Q9 (A)

Q2 (A) Q10 (C)

Q3 (A) Q11 (D)

Q4 (B) Q12 (A)

Q5 (C) Q13 (C)

Q6 (A) Q14 (B)

Q7 (A) Q15 (C)

Q8 (C)

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DPP: 5
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Q1 Which out of the following statements is Q8 Dr. Har Gobind Khorana was instrumental
incorrect? in synthesizing RNA molecules with
(A) Genetic code is ambiguous. defined combinations of
(B) Genetic code is degenerate. (A) homopolymers
(C) Genetic code is universal. (B) heteropolymers
(D) Genetic code is non-overlapping. (C) Homopolymer and copolymer
(D) hetero-Oligomers
Q2 Out of 64 codons, 61 code for 20 types of amino
acids. This property of genetic code is called as Q9 Untranslated regions are present at ............
(A) Unambiguous nature of code (A) After 5′ end
(B) Degeneracy of genetic code (B) Before 5′ end
(C) Wobbling of codons (C) 5′ end (after start codon) and at 3′ end
(D) Universality of codons (before stop codon)
(D) 5′ end (before start codon) and at 3′ end
Q3 Which one is not a termination codon?
(after stop codon)
(A) UAA (B) UAG
(C) AUG (D) UGA Q10 Identify the process associated with the
synthesis of enzymes and proteins.
Q4 From bacteria to men, a near universal code for
(A) Translation (B) Replication
phenylalanine
(C) Transduction (D) Transcription
(A) UUU (B) UUA
(C) UUG (D) CUU Q11 Charging (Aminoacylation) of tRNA involves the
attachment of
Q5 Which of the following has dual functions?
(A) Amino acid to mRNA
(A) AUG (B) AUC
(B) amino acid to tRNA
(C) ACU (D) ACA
(C) amino acid to rRNA
Q6 Three dimensional shape of tRNA is (D) acidic acid to ribosome
(A) Inverted L-shaped
Q12 Amino acids are activated by
(B) Clover leaf-like
(A) ADP
(C) X-shaped
(B) AMP
(D) Y-shaped
(C) ATP
Q7 For 50 amino acids in a polypeptide chain, (D) Special proteins
what will be the minimum number of
Q13 Proteins are formed by
nucleotides in its cistron?
(A) peptide link
(A) 50 (B) 153
(B) glycosidic link
(C) 306 (D) 300
(C) phosphate link
(D) phosphodiamine linkage

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Answer Key
Q1 (A) Q8 (C)

Q2 (B) Q9 (D)

Q3 (C) Q10 (A)

Q4 (A) Q11 (B)

Q5 (A) Q12 (C)

Q6 (A) Q13 (A)

Q7 (B)

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DPP: 6
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Q1 In lac peron, the genes a, i, y and z code Q5 Match the following columns select correct
respectively for? option
(A) Repressor protein, permease, β-
galactosidase, transacetylase.
(B) Transacetylase, permease, β -galactosidase,
repressor protein.
(C) β -galactosidase, transacetylase, repressor
protein, permease.
(D) Transacetylase, repressor protein,
permease, β -galactosidase.

Q2 Match the following columns. (A) A-2, B-5, C-1, D-3

(B) A-3, B-4, C-5, D-1
(C) A-4, B-1, C-5, D-2
(D) A-5, B-4, C-2, D-1

Q6 Identify components and enzymes for the

given figure

(A) I-4, II-1, III-2

(B) I-2, II-3, III-1
(C) I-2, II-1, III-3
(D) I-3, II-2, III-1

Q3 The sequence of structural gene in lac operon

concept is? (A) X-Repressor protein, Y- Inducer (lactose), E1
(A) Lac A, Lac Y, Lac Z. - Permease, E2 - Transacetylase, E3 − β
(B) Lac A, Lac Z, Lac Y. galactosidase.
(C) Lac Y, Lac Z, Lac A. (B) X-Repressor protein, Y-Inducer (lactose),
(D) Lac Z, Lac Y, Lac A. E1 − β-galactosidase, E2 -
Transacetylase, E3 Permease.
Q4 In lac operon, the structural genes are switches
(C) X-Inducer (lactose), Y-Repressor protein, E1-
off when
β - galactosidase, E2 - Permease, E3
(A) Repressor binds to operator.
Transacetylase.
(B) Repressor binds to promoter.
(D) X-Repressor protein, Y- Inducer (lactose), E1-
(C) Repressor binds to regulator.
β - galactosidase, E2 - Permease, E3
(D) Repressor binds to inducer.
Transacetylase.

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Q7 Which of the following is required as inducer for

the expression of lac operon?
(A) Glucose
(B) Galactose
(C) Lactose
(D) Lactose and Galactose

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Answer Key
Q1 (D) Q5 (C)

Q2 (A) Q6 (D)

Q3 (D) Q7 (C)

Q4 (A)

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DPP: 7
Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Q1 Transfer of DNA from an agarose gel to a (D) None of the above

nitrocellulose or nylon membrane is referred to
Q6 ____________is also credited for developing
(A) Western transfer
method for determination of amino acid
(B) Northern transfer
sequences in proteins.
(C) Eastern transfer
(A) Frederick Sanger
(D) Southern transfer
(B) Alec Jeffreys
Q2 The main aim of the human genome project is (C) J.D. Watson
(A) To introduce new genes into humans. (D) Sydney Brenner
(B) To identify and sequence all the genes
Q7 Father of DNA fingerprinting is?
present in human DNA.
(A) Alec Jeffreys (B) Lalji Singh
(C) To develop better techniques for comparing
(C) V.K. Kashyap (D) E.M. Southern
two different human DNA samples.
(D) To remove disease causing genes from Q8 SNPs or single nucleotide polymorphism is a
human DNA. (A) location on RNA where a single base differs.
(B) location on genome where many bases of
Q3 Due to high degree of polymorphism size of
DNA differs.
VNTR varies from
(C) location on genome where the single base
(A) 0.1 to 20 kb.
of DNA differs.
(B) 0.1 to 2 kb
(D) location of enzymes where the single base
(C) 0.01 to 20 kb
differs.
(D) 0.1 to 200 kb
Q9 The last human chromosome whose sequence
Q4 Which chromosome have maximum number of
was completed in may, 2006, is
genes?
(A) Chromosome 22.
(A) Chromosome Y
(B) Chromosome 14.
(B) Chromosome X
(C) Chromosome 1.
(C) Chromosome number 10
(D) Chromosome X and Y .
(D) Chromosome number 1

Q5 Human genome contain ......

(A) 3 × 108 bp
(B) 3 × 109 bp
(C) 3 × 107 bp

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Q10 What percentage of human genome codes for

proteins?
(A) 99%
(B) More than 10%
(C) Less than 1%
(D) Less than 2%

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Answer Key
Q1 (D) Q6 (A)

Q2 (B) Q7 (A)

Q3 (A) Q8 (C)

Q4 (D) Q9 (C)

Q5 (B) Q10 (D)

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