Multiple Choice Questions

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Which statement is incorrect ?

  • Plant viruses contain RNA

  • Animal viruses contain DNA

  • T4 contains double strand DNA

  • TMV contains double stranded RNA


D.

TMV contains double stranded RNA

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), Poliovirus, HRV, VSV etc contains single stranded RNA whereas Reovirus (animals) and wound tumor virus (Plants) contain double stranded RNA.


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Living in same habitat organisms of same species from:

  • biosphere

  • community

  • population

  • niche


Innitiation codon is :

  • AUG

  • UUU

  • UAG

  • AAG


Jumping genes in maize were discovered by:

  • Hugo de Vries

  • T.H. Morgan

  • Barbara McClintock

  • Mendel


Non-coding sequences of DNA are:

  • exon

  • intron

  • rhizoids

  • cistron


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Aleuron layer is found in :

  • embryo

  • nucellus

  • endosperm

  • endodermis


'Heterosis' is related to :

  • cloning

  • selection

  • hybridization

  • introduction


By anaerobic process, the cow dung is used to produce :

  • methane

  • butane

  • ethane

  • propane


Which of the following constitute about 10-20% of total circular RNA?

  • m-RNA

  • r -RNA

  • t-RNA

  • hn -RNA


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Pollination occuring from one flower to another of same plant is :

  • autogamy

  • allogamy

  • geitenogamy

  • none of these