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151.

Which of the following is a palindromic sequence?

  • 5' - CGTATG - 3'

    3' - GCATAC - 5'

  • 5' - CGAATG - 3'

    3' - CGAATG - 5'

  • 5' - GAATTC - 3'

    3' - CTTAAG - 5'

  • 5' - GACTAC - 3'

    3' - TACGAC - 5'


152.

Assertion: One codon may code for more than one amino acid.

Reason: A codon is degenerate and ambiguous.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


153.

Beads on string like structures of A are seen in B, which further condense to form chromosomes in C stage of cell division

  •            A              B             C

    Chromonema Chromatin Metaphase

  •         A              B             C

    Chromatin Chromatid Metaphase

  •            A              B             C

    Chromonema Chromosome Anaphase

  •            A              B             C

    Chromonema Chromatid Anaphase.


154.

RNA interference is essential for the

  • cell proliferation

  • cell defence

  • cell differentiation

  • micropropagation


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155.

Chromatin is made up of

  • DNA and protein

  • DNA and histone

  • DNA, RNA, protein

  • RNA, histone and oil bodies


156.

Which of the following is correct regarding genetic code?

  • UUU is the initiation codon which also codes for phenylalanine.

  • There are 64 triplet codons and only 20 amino acids

  • Three random nitrogen bases specify the placement of one amino acid

  • UAA is the nonsense codon which also codes for methionine


157.

Assertion : DNA fingerprinting involves identifying differences in specific regions in DNA sequence.

Reason : DNA fingerprinting is the basis of paternity testing.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


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158.

What is incorrect about the following figure representing DNA replication?

  • The direction of DNA replication in strand (i)

  • The direction of DNA replication in strand (ii)

  • Discontinuous replication of strand (i)

  • Discontinuous replication of strand (ii)


C.

Discontinuous replication of strand (i)

DNA polymerase can polymerize nucleotides only in 5'  3' direction on 3'  5' strand because it adds them at the 3' end. Since the two strands of DNA run in antiparallel directions, the two templates provide different ends for replication.

Replication over the two templates thus proceeds in opposite directions. One strand with polarity 3'  5' forms its complementary strand continuously because 3' end of the latter is open for elongation. It is called leading strand.

Replication is discontinuous on the other template with polarity 5' 3' because only a short segment of DNA strand can be built in 5'  3' direction due to exposure of a small stretch of template at one time. Short segments of replicated DNA are called Okazaki fragments.


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159.

The binding site of tRNA with mRNA & amino acids respectively are

  • mRNA with DHU loop and amino acid with CCA end.

  • mRNA with CCA end and amino acid with anticodon loop

  • mRNA with anticodon loop and amino acid with DHU loop

  • mRNA with anticodon loop and amino acid with CCA end


160.

During protein synthesis in an organism at one point the process comes to a halt. Select the group of the three codons from the following, from which any one of the three could bring about this halt.

  • UUU, UCC, UAU

  • UUC, UUA, UAC

  • UAG, UGA, UAA 

  • UUG, UCA, UCG     


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