Multiple Choice Questions

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Stop codons are

  • AUG, GUG

  • UAA, UGA, UAG

  • UAC, UGG

  • AGU, AGA, UAC


B.

UAA, UGA, UAG

UAGUAAUGA are three stop codons or non- sense codons. They do not code for any amino acid.

AUG works as an initiation codon in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In rare cases, GUG is used as an initiation codon in bacterial protein synthesis.

AUG is used to code for tyrosine, UGG codes for tryptophan, AGU codes for serine and AGA codes for argenine.


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Retrovirus have genetic material

  • DNA only

  • RNA only

  • DNA or RNA only

  • either DNA or RNA


Bio- indicators are used for

  • oxygen demand

  • air pollution

  • mineral present

  • All of the above


Study of Ecology of population is called

  • Autecology

  • Synecology

  • Ecotype

  • Demecology


According to Kyoto protocol the major nations abide to reduce concentration of green house gases by

  • 2008

  • 2010

  • 2012

  • 2018


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Nitrifying bacteria are able to

  • convert atmospheric nitrogen into soluble forms

  • convert ammonia to nitrate

  • ammonia to nitrogen

  • nitrate to nitrogen


A lake with nutrients is called

  • trophic

  • euphotic

  • oligotrophic

  • eutrophic


Which of the following is not a Pyrimidine?

  • Thymine

  • Uracil

  • Guanine

  • Cytosine


RNA is not found in

  • chromosome

  • plasmalemma

  • nucleolus

  • ribosome


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One gene- one enzyme hypothesis of Beadle and Tatum was experimentally proved on

  • Saccharomyces 

  • Neurospora crassa

  • Lathyrus odoratus

  • Claviceps